photoshop
photoshop Lexical Profile
photoshop Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A widely used proprietary raster graphics editor developed by Adobe Inc. for editing, retouching, and compositing digital images (usually capitalized as Photoshop).
"The graphic designer used Photoshop to restore the faded colors of the vintage family portrait."
A photograph or digital image that has been altered, retouched, or fabricated using image-editing software.
"Several commenters quickly pointed out that the viral picture of the shark on the highway was an obvious photoshop."
• verb
To alter, retouch, or manipulate a digital photograph or image using image-editing software, either to enhance its appearance or to create a deceptive composite.
"The magazine editor asked the art department to photoshop the power lines out of the landscape shot."
Word Nuance & Usage
Although originally a registered trademark for Adobe's image-editing software, the lowercase verb 'photoshop' has become a genericized term in everyday usage for any digital manipulation of a photograph, regardless of the specific software used.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the proprietary software name Adobe Photoshop, first developed in 1987 by American brothers Thomas and John Knoll as a digital equivalent of a traditional photographic darkroom or 'photo shop'.
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