Why converting RGB images into separated luminance and chrominance color spaces exposes manipulation concealed by human visual perception.
Human vision is far more sensitive to brightness changes than color variations. Digital retouchers often balance brightness while leaving subtle chrominance errors.
Decomposing an image into HSV (Hue, Saturation, Value) or YCbCr surfaces tonal seams that are completely invisible in standard sRGB viewing.
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Use 2D Sobel luminance vector gradients to verify whether all subjects and shadows in a photograph converge toward the same light source.
How second-order spatial convolution highlights artificial sharpening seams, cut-out borders, and digital brush smoothing.