Exposing photo manipulation with inconsistent shadows

  • Authors:
  • Eric Kee;James F. O'Brien;Hany Farid

  • Affiliations:
  • Dartmouth College;University of California, Berkeley;Dartmouth College

  • Venue:
  • ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

We describe a geometric technique to detect physically inconsistent arrangements of shadows in an image. This technique combines multiple constraints from cast and attached shadows to constrain the projected location of a point light source. The consistency of the shadows is posed as a linear programming problem. A feasible solution indicates that the collection of shadows is physically plausible, while a failure to find a solution provides evidence of photo tampering.