1. An automated, computerized method for processing an image, comprising the steps of: providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory; performing an image segregation operation on the image file to generate a set of intrinsic images corresponding to the image; modifying a preselected one of the set of intrinsic images by a geometric transformation of the preselected on of the set of intrinsic images; and merging the modified one of the set of intrinsic images relative to the set of intrinsic images to provide a modified output image.