cut-out backgrounds
(post-exposure deletion of background)

Cutting the background out of a photograph disqualifies it from both P2 and P7 (respected news agencies do not allow cut-out backgrounds in information-reportage applications).

A photograph with a cut-out background cannot qualify for the TTG label.

In keeping with rinairs, photographs may only be cropped to a rectangular or square shape if they are to remain eligible to qualify for the TTG label.

Note that photographs with blown-out (under- or overexposed) backgrounds can remain eligible to qualify for the TTG label.

See the brief on “seen vs. simulated” if the reasoning for the different policies regarding “blown-out” vs. “cut-out” backgrounds is unclear.