airbrushed

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Airbrushed means smoothed until every flaw has vanished. An airbrushed photograph, airbrushed skin, look airbrushed.

It is now a criticism as often as a description, because the standard it sets is one nobody meets — several countries require advertisements to say when an image has been altered. The tool it names sprays paint in a fine even mist.

Definitions of airbrushed

1adjectiveairbrushedSmoothed until every flaw has vanished.B2+
“Those airbrushed faces in magazines make ordinary skin look like a problem.”

airbrushed is a quality of retouching.

Where it comes from

airbrush comes from air + brush.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Beauty & Cosmetics

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airbrushed in the wild

Playboy airbrushed out the scars on her arm in her pictures, and asked her to skate topless for a pictorial (which she says was "... embarrassing.
Heather Christensen
The art for the book was made with wax-based pencils, as well as airbrushed acrylic paint.
Stellaluna
For the reissue, the can of Comet (originally sitting on the toilet tank) was airbrushed out of the cover.
Bakesale
Super Star rides are capable of having a complete back-flash fitted with airbrushed artwork and neon lighting.
Super Star (ride)
The South African edition was similarly censored, albeit only the rooster's nipples were airbrushed over.
Atomic Roooster

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