glutimates

Editorial photographers now use Photoshop to dump glutimates into the images that we routinely see by the bucketful, and these visual glutimates were also liberally sprinkled into the restored Proudin-Gorsky images.

I have no doubt that you are correct about the visual glutimates that are routinely added to our modern visual diet.

E.g., Modern French cuisine, as codified in the late 19th century, is largely based on getting plenty of glutimates into food through the use of veal stock and deglazing, etc.

Anyone who experiences any particular feeling of "wow" from seeing these restored images, is really just enjoying those glutimates.

What you seem to be saying is as follows: With the advent of digital image manipulation tools such as Photoshop, we've discovered the visual equivalent of glutimates, the previously unrecognized fifth "taste", which does not have its own distinct flavor, and yet somehow manages to make everything that is combined with it taste ever so much better.

Anyone who experiences any particular feeling of "wow" from seeing these restored images, is really just enjoying those glutimates.

What you seem to be saying is as follows: With the advent of digital image manipulation tools such as Photoshop, we've discovered the visual equivalent of glutimates, the previously unrecognized fifth "taste", which does not have its own distinct flavor, and yet somehow manages to make everything that is combined with it taste ever so much better.