photoshop
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photoshop¹
- /ˈfəʊ.təʊ.ʃɒp/ UK
- /ˈfoʊ.toʊ.ʃɑp/ US
Where it comes from
Genericized trademark of Adobe Photoshop, a widely-used graphics editor. This may in turn have been derived from its usage to refer to the camera room in the offset lithography process, where laid up pages could be extensively retouched before being transferred to the printing plates.
verb photoshops · photoshopping · photoshopped · Photoshop
- To digitally edit or alter (a picture or photograph). She charged that the prosecutor had photoshopped the image to incriminate her.
noun photoshops · Photoshop
- A digitally altered image. I reckon the image is a photoshop.
Photoshop²
Where it comes from
Renamed by its cocreator Thomas Knoll, from photo + shop.
proper noun
- A raster graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Inc.
verb Photoshops · Photoshopping · Photoshopped
- Alternative letter-case form of photoshop (“to digitally edit or alter a picture or photograph”). Almost as if the building has been Photoshopped for greater sharpness while the rest of the block retains a fuzzier contrast.
noun Photoshops
- Alternative letter-case form of photoshop (“a digitally altered image”). While the jargon inspired by this meme will live forever, the Photoshops and remixes have mostly dried up.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: digital, fake, edit, retouch, manipulate, airbrush, doctor, touch-up, alter, modify, enhance, composite, adjust, transform, morph, tweak
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verb to digitally edit a picture
| Español | photoshopear, fotoshopear |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | フォトショする fotosho suru |
| 中文 | PS (pi'aisi), P (pī), P圖 /P图 pī tú, 修圖 /修图 xiūtú, 美圖 /美图 měitú |
| Português | photoshopar |
| Français | photoshoper |
| Deutsch | photoshoppen |
| Italiano | photoshoppare, ritoccare |
| Русский | фотошопить fotošopitʹ |
noun program
| 日本語 | Photoshop (Photoshop) |
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