Document Crop and Edit History — Document Crop and Edit History

Documenting modifications made to original images, such as cropping, color grading, or retouching, helps maintain transparency with your audience. Provenance specifications like C2PA allow creators to record these edits and asset ingredients as standard assertions within the file's metadata.

Understanding how modifications affect the original artistic choices of a photograph is also important under copyright principles. Keeping an honest record of edits supports authenticity and helps comply with professional standards in commercial media.