What about a tag in an image file indicating it is not the original?

Taking it further, what about including each edited image in the file?

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On 17/07/2020 23.21, dale wrote:
> What about a tag in an image file indicating it is not the original?

And how would you mandate it being obeyed?

>
> Taking it further, what about including each edited image in the file?

making the file huge.

However, that's an history file. The Gimp saves images that way, undo works.

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On 17/07/2020 22:21, dale wrote:
> What about a tag in an image file indicating it is not the original?

Utterly pointless. Anyone that understands the file formats can tell if
something has been through one of the common image editing programs and
many cameras include enough meta information and use custom quantisation
tables in their JPEGs to effectively have signed the original image.

You cannot stop someone producing a convincing edited fake that looks
entirely authentic using already existing tools.
>
> Taking it further, what about including each edited image in the file?

If you want the file size to grow exponentially then why not?

Strangely NASA have a bug in their workflow that means sometimes they
publish images which contain two or three identical thumbnails with a
brace of original images concatenated. Unclear how or why they do it.

Mickeysoft Word does that sometimes to corporate documents where users
drag and drop images into report templates originally written in a
legacy version. The document grows exponentially in size each time it is
edited with different versions of Word as more and more orphaned image
data accumulates in the file with each iteration.

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In article <s8m9ug-lu3.ln1@Telcontar.valinor>, Carlos E.R.
<robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

> On 17/07/2020 23.21, dale wrote:
> > What about a tag in an image file indicating it is not the original?
>
> And how would you mandate it being obeyed?

the bigger problem is preventing its removal.

the correct way to indicate an image original and never modified is to
cryptographically sign it, which is what some cameras do.

> > Taking it further, what about including each edited image in the file?
>
> making the file huge.

only if done incorrectly.

> However, that's an history file. The Gimp saves images that way, undo works.

saving the undo history in the image is silly. is that gimp's lame
attempt at non-destructive editing because they refuse to do it
correctly? if so, that's laughable.

On 18/07/2020 17.37, nospam wrote:
> In article <s8m9ug-lu3.ln1@Telcontar.valinor>, Carlos E.R.
> <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On 17/07/2020 23.21, dale wrote:
>>> What about a tag in an image file indicating it is not the original?
>>
>> And how would you mandate it being obeyed?
>
> the bigger problem is preventing its removal.
>
> the correct way to indicate an image original and never modified is to
> cryptographically sign it, which is what some cameras do.

Interesting.

>
>>> Taking it further, what about including each edited image in the file?
>>
>> making the file huge.
>
> only if done incorrectly.

No way. Say the original is 10 Mb. Each modification saved is another 10 Mb.

>
>> However, that's an history file. The Gimp saves images that way, undo works.
>
> saving the undo history in the image is silly. is that gimp's lame
> attempt at non-destructive editing because they refuse to do it
> correctly? if so, that's laughable.

Ha ha. They are doing it correctly. You are biased.

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Cheers, Carlos.

In article <bl5jug-11o.ln1@Telcontar.valinor>, Carlos E.R.
<robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

> >
> >>> Taking it further, what about including each edited image in the file?
> >>
> >> making the file huge.
> >
> > only if done incorrectly.
>
> No way. Say the original is 10 Mb. Each modification saved is another 10 Mb.

that's doing it incorrectly.

the correct way to do it is by saving an edit list and replay it, not
saving a version of the entire image each time.

each step is *tiny*, measured in bytes and replaying is *fast*,
especially when rendered on a gpu.

> >> However, that's an history file. The Gimp saves images that way, undo
> >> works.
> >
> > saving the undo history in the image is silly. is that gimp's lame
> > attempt at non-destructive editing because they refuse to do it
> > correctly? if so, that's laughable.
>
> Ha ha. They are doing it correctly. You are biased.

nope. they aren't doing it at all and have no immediate plans to do so.

they now claim that it might be added in version 3.2 (a change from
their previous claim which was a flat 'no'), except they haven't
figured out how to do it, according to their own road map.

the gimp is a toy, lacking features photoshop had 30 years ago and
*significantly* slower on the same hardware.

On 21/07/2020 16.13, nospam wrote:
> In article <bl5jug-11o.ln1@Telcontar.valinor>, Carlos E.R.
> <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>
>>>
>>>>> Taking it further, what about including each edited image in the file?
>>>>
>>>> making the file huge.
>>>
>>> only if done incorrectly.
>>
>> No way. Say the original is 10 Mb. Each modification saved is another 10 Mb.
>
> that's doing it incorrectly.
>
> the correct way to do it is by saving an edit list and replay it, not
> saving a version of the entire image each time.

That's not what the OP said, and needs having the same application for
replaying the steps.

>
> each step is *tiny*, measured in bytes and replaying is *fast*,
> especially when rendered on a gpu.
>
>>>> However, that's an history file. The Gimp saves images that way, undo
>>>> works.
>>>
>>> saving the undo history in the image is silly. is that gimp's lame
>>> attempt at non-destructive editing because they refuse to do it
>>> correctly? if so, that's laughable.
>>
>> Ha ha. They are doing it correctly. You are biased.
>
> nope. they aren't doing it at all and have no immediate plans to do so.
>
> they now claim that it might be added in version 3.2 (a change from
> their previous claim which was a flat 'no'), except they haven't
> figured out how to do it, according to their own road map.
>
> the gimp is a toy, lacking features photoshop had 30 years ago and
> *significantly* slower on the same hardware.

Ha ha.

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Cheers, Carlos.

In article <khsjug-d9t.ln1@Telcontar.valinor>, Carlos E.R.
<robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

> >>>>> Taking it further, what about including each edited image in the file?
> >>>>
> >>>> making the file huge.
> >>>
> >>> only if done incorrectly.
> >>
> >> No way. Say the original is 10 Mb. Each modification saved is another 10
> >> Mb.
> >
> > that's doing it incorrectly.
> >
> > the correct way to do it is by saving an edit list and replay it, not
> > saving a version of the entire image each time.
>
> That's not what the OP said,

he initially wanted a way to confirm that a photo had not been altered,
and the only way to do that is by signing it.

he mentioned including a snapshot at every step. that's a bad idea for
all sorts of reasons.

> and needs having the same application for
> replaying the steps.

not an issue, and other compatible apps can work.

> >>>> However, that's an history file. The Gimp saves images that way, undo
> >>>> works.
> >>>
> >>> saving the undo history in the image is silly. is that gimp's lame
> >>> attempt at non-destructive editing because they refuse to do it
> >>> correctly? if so, that's laughable.
> >>
> >> Ha ha. They are doing it correctly. You are biased.
> >
> > nope. they aren't doing it at all and have no immediate plans to do so.
> >
> > they now claim that it might be added in version 3.2 (a change from
> > their previous claim which was a flat 'no'), except they haven't
> > figured out how to do it, according to their own road map.
> >
> > the gimp is a toy, lacking features photoshop had 30 years ago and
> > *significantly* slower on the same hardware.
>
> Ha ha.

read their roadmap and do some comparisons.

On 7/17/2020 5:21 PM, dale wrote:
> What about a tag in an image file indicating it is not the original?
>
> Taking it further, what about including each edited image in the file?
>
>

some kind of signed image might also be a way to protect copyright

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Minister Dale Kelly, Ph.D.
https://www.dalekelly.org/
Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner
Board Certified Alternative Medical Practitioner

In article <db9fdj.rln.19.1@news.alt.net>, dale <dale@dalekelly.org>
wrote:

> some kind of signed image might also be a way to protect copyright

it is.