0 a machine that spreads paint using air pressure, used for painting or for delicate improvement work on photographs --
1 to use an airbrush to cover or improve the appearance of something: --
Airbrushes were also used, whence the term airbrushing for manipulation.
People on the blacklist were even airbrushed out of images.
Typically, watercolours, oils, crayons or pastels, and other paints or dyes are applied to the image surface using brushes, fingers, cotton swabs or airbrushes.
The original album cover still has the blood running from the new tattoo though it was airbrushed out soon after its release.
However, it has also been lauded for honesty and lack of airbrushing.
Because of the detail work involved, airbrushes with a small tip diameter are considered more useful.
Later prints of the album have the name in red and the guitar neck airbrushed out.
He would also insist that all pictures of himself were meticulously airbrushed.