Proceeding of the Faculty of technical Sciences, Novi Sad

Gaphic Engineering and Design

Vol. 40 No. 08 (2025): Proceedings of the Faculty of Technical Sciences

THE IMPACT OF PHOTOMANIPULATION ON THE NATURAL APPEARANCE OF FAST FOOD IN IMAGES

  • Marija Stepanović
  • Ivana Tomić
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24867/31EF05Stepanovic
Submitted
August 12, 2025
Published
2026-01-02

Abstract

In this work various techniques to manipulate food photographs were applied, followed by a survey to examine how these manipulations affected the perception of the naturalness of the presented product. The results showed that respondents perceive the photographs with minimal retouching as the most natural, while those where AI tools were used to replace the main element of the image were rated as the least natural.

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