Photoshop has been used to commit some outrageous crimes against fact-based photography. However, here are some of the highlights, with links to more.
By Andy Bloxham
The original image of the Iranian missile launchers
The Photoshopped image showing an extra missile taking off
The image of the command centre with 2 of the monitors with new screens Photo: BP
The image of the command centre before being photoshopped Photo: BP
Microsoft was forced to apologise after its Polish arm changed a promotional image of three employees to change the apparent race of a black man to white
Could this be the 'original' BP image?
This list is inspired by BP's admission that it changed an image of its command centre overseeing the team tackling the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to make staff look busier but other giant firms and even nations have been embarrassed by similar errors.
Iran was caught out after it apparently doctored images of a multiple missile launch, to hide the fact that one of them failed to go off.
Microsoft was forced to apologise after its Polish arm changed a promotional image of three employees to change the apparent race of a black man to white, and even failed to change the hand to match.
Britain's former culture secretary James Purnell faked his presence at a photo shoot after he arrived late.
Awards have also mistakenly been given out for manipulated images.
A Chinese photographer claimed to have proven that the controversial Qinghai-Tibet railway was not detrimental to wildlife with an image that showed both rare antelopes and a train, and was awarded for the photo. However, he was later shown to have faked it.
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