The process of modifying filmed footage with software — warping, retouching, or replacing elements after shooting. Unlike practical effects, digital alteration happens in post-production, pixel by pixel. It enables everything from removing blemishes to the painstaking face distortion of Phony, where artists adjusted Connie Britton’s features frame by frame by frame. The technique raises fascinating questions about performance, authorship, and what acting even means on a digital canvas.