FAQ #18. What about the use of things like beauty filters for videos and Auto-Tune (pitch correction) for audio?

Those are both disqualified by the Trust Test if they are applied after light and sound from the scene reach the camera.

A video example:

If a woman wearing makeup is videotaped, a record of what everyone looking at her sees can qualify as TTG.

But if she is not wearing makeup when others look at her and her face instead is “beautified” by the camera or by software, then the resulting video does not reflect what was “seen at the scene” and the video is disqualified from TTG.

That disqualification applies even if the camera/software beautification makes her look exactly how she would have looked if she had been wearing makeup.

An audio example:

If a performer at a concert has his voice instantly pitch-corrected (Auto-Tuned) as he is singing into the microphone, a record of what everyone in the audience hears over the speakers can qualify as TTG.

But if the singer does not Auto-Tune his voice before the audience hears it and his voice instead is pitch-corrected by the camera or by software, then the resulting recording does not reflect what was “heard at the scene” and the video is disqualified by TTG.

That disqualification applies even if the camera/software makes the singer sound exactly how he would have sounded if his voice had been Auto-Tuned before the audience heard it.