Noun

The action of the verb to process .

*{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Catherine Clabby

, magazine=(American Scientist), title= Focus on Everything , passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that.}}

The act of taking something through a set of prescribed procedures.

Noun

(uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture

the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government

(countable) That which is fabricated; a falsehood

The story is doubtless a fabrication .