Photo Editing Levels:

Level 0
No editing or crop. 

Level 1
Photo cropped and / or rotated.

Level 2
Anything in level 1 plus global edits such as exposure, saturation, etc. Any edit that affects the entire photo in the same manner. This does not include things like shadow or highlight adjustments since they target only portions of the photo. Global sharpening and denoise are acceptable here. 

Level 3
Anything in level 2 plus targeted edits, such as using masks or selections to target only parts of the photo for editing, or edits such as shadow or highlight adjustments. Minor background or distracting elements can be removed. Targeted sharpening and denoise are acceptable. Focus stacking or exposure stacking are acceptable.

Level 4
Anything in level 3 plus adding elements, objects or subjects to the photo. Such as combining multiple photos, or objects from multiple photos together to form a new photo. Some examples would be sky replacements and composites. Does not include focus or exposure stacking. 

Level 5
Anything in level 4 plus using generative AI to generate all or part of the photo. This does not include AI powered denoise or sharpening since they do not add new subjects to the photo.