Image splicing combines elements from multiple real images to fabricate a scene, using tools that range from manual editing to AI-assisted compositing. Modern tools blend lighting, shadows, and color so the spliced result looks like a single natural photograph.

• Source images are selected and elements extracted
• Lighting, color, and edges are blended to match across boundaries
• AI tools automate the matching, including shadow generation and reflective consistency

• Fabricated event photos placing real people at locations they never visited
• Manipulated court evidence with people, objects, or contextual elements added or removed
• Doctored news photos used to mislead about events or attendees
• Fake real estate or product listings with composited elements
• Catfishing and scam profiles built from spliced legitimate photos