Pray tell me what is the difference between "fixing the exposure" and altering the saturation? Changing the hue range? Upping the contrast? Correcting the gamma? You wouldn't allow making a corresponding frame in PhotoShop, but would allow pixels to be changed to repair the lighting? You wouldn't allow touching up for poke-through, but would allow a desaturated image to enhance the moodiness? Whether you use a prepackaged filter to get a nice glow or sit there with the gamma curve to fix the exposure doesn't matter, you've done postwork. Even "saving for web" where the program mushes up the colors to get the image size down is postwork! Placing the signature is postwork! Reading between the lines, it appears that what you want to do is separate out the images where people have painted hair and clothes from the images where people use 3d models of hair and clothes. Sheep and goats? ...and I have to ask WHY? If you are doing your art just to make the image which conveys your thoughts and satisfies you, why are you worried about what others might or might not be doing? Carolly