Media & Press
Newspapers that focus on gossip and sensational stories.
Tabloids
To remove or rub out a mistake or a person from a digital file.
Erase
A tiny amount; not very much.
Slightly.
Something that is not allowed, unacceptable, or off-limits.
Out of bounds
Small spots on the skin that editors often remove from photos.
Pimples
The amount of reporting or time the media gives to a specific story.
Coverage
An adjective for a photo that has been changed to hide flaws.
Retouched.
When a person or newspaper shows an unfair preference and is not neutral.
Biased.
Something that is inside the limits of what is reasonable.
Within bounds
A person who is an ordinary citizen and not in the military or police.
Civilian
Expensive fashion magazines printed on shiny, smooth paper.
Glossy
A digital improvement that makes a photo look better or sharper.
Enhancement
To admit or accept that something is true.
Acknowledge
To go too far or do something that is no longer polite/acceptable.
Cross the line
A metaphor for "magic" or special digital effects.
Pixie dust
Footage or info showing what happens away from the public view or cameras.
Behind-the-scenes
To place one image on top of another in layers.
Superimpose
A physical movement of the shoulders showing you don't care.
Shrug of indifference
Something that is viewed as the normal or habitual way of doing things.
Considered standard
A messy, wild, or disorganized pile/group of something.
Unruly mass
Doing something in a very persuasive way that makes people believe it.
Convincingly.
To "transplant" or insert one piece of an image into another.
Graft.
An image or photo made up of many different parts or people.
Composite
An edited image of a city that shows no air pollution or grey clouds.
Smog-free
The grammar point used to tell someone what another person said.
Reported Speech