fauxtoshop

A retouched image (read as Adobe's Photoshop). Sometimes sloppily retouched. Sometimes a fauxtoshopped image is used for social or political gain.

See that cloning over and over again? That's some obvious fauxtoshop!

by artdrectr August 1, 2008

fauxtogenic

Someone who looks better in pictures

Rachelle is so fauxtogenic. She looked good in pictures, but when I saw her in person I didn't even recognize her.

by BeachHouse October 29, 2010

fauxtobomb

n. a pose pre-arranged by the photographer to fake the likeness of a photobomb

To create the fauxtobomb, he asked the strangers to wave while taking a picture of the statue.

by 师父Mike February 15, 2013

fauxto

Picture of the digital variety taken and modified by Photoshop or other method to increase it's shock and propaganda value. Used especially well by contributors to the NYTimes, Reuters and other left wing newspapers who have a diffiult time fact checking. That is, unless it is a subject that could damage the United States.

In recent weeks, bloggers such as Michelle Malkin, LGF and others have debunked numerous fauxtos taken in Lebanon. Especially amusing was the altered smoke pic that a 4th grader could have altered more convincingly.

by Tiberius1701 September 10, 2008

Fauxtown

Representative of the genre of music borrowing heavily from the Motown era. Though the Motown label helped to spotlight talented African-American artists, Fauxtown artists are predominantly white. Examples of the Motown-era artists are Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder etc. The term was first used in New York City by an informed music website blogger in early 2007.

Fauxtown artists include: Alicia Keys, Amy Winehouse, Justin Timerlake.

Amy Winehouse had great success with the release of her Fauxtown album, "Back To Black".

by Justin Dorset October 2, 2007

fauxtography

Fraudulent photography. News images that have been faked by various means, generally to promote an ideological agenda or to manipulate the emotions of the viewer. (Derived from a combination of the French term faux meaning “false,” and “-tography,” the second half of the word “photography.”)

The word was first used to describe the doctoring of photographs by Reuters photographer Adnan Hajj during the Lebanon War of 2006, and has since been generalized to mean any dishonest or faked news photo.

Methods for creating “fauxtographs” include: using Photoshop (or similar software) to digitally alter the photo; photographing staged scenes or simulated news events and presenting them as real; interfering with or manipulating photo subjects to creat a “more effective” picture; adding inaccurate and/or misleading captions.

"Since (in their world view) the ends justify the means, terrorist leaders, and their willing accomplices in the moonstream media, have employed fauxtography to deceive tens of millions of illiterate Muslims into believing faked atrocities. Many educated Muslims have been duped as well."

by (I am) John Doe February 1, 2008

fauxtography

the crappy pictures of the sky or dead plants that scene kids take with their digital cameras and call it a hobby. They say photography is their passion, but we all know it's really fauxtography.

Wow, a picture of the sky. And I see you went on paint and added your name with a TM. Now no one can steal your fauxtography.

by JF. May 4, 2006