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Photoshop
Definitions
- 1 A raster graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Inc.
- 1 A digitally altered image.
"I reckon the image is a photoshop."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of photoshop (“a digitally altered image”). alt-of
"While the jargon inspired by this meme will live forever, the Photoshops and remixes have mostly dried up."
- 1 To digitally edit or alter (a picture or photograph). transitive, usually
"She charged that the prosecutor had photoshopped the image to incriminate her."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of photoshop (“to digitally edit or alter a picture or photograph”). Internet, alt-of, transitive
"Almost as if the building has been Photoshopped for greater sharpness while the rest of the block retains a fuzzier contrast."
- 3 To digitally alter a photo wordnet
Etymology
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.
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.
Renamed by its cocreator Thomas Knoll, from photo + shop.
Renamed by its cocreator Thomas Knoll, from photo + shop.
Renamed by its cocreator Thomas Knoll, from photo + shop.
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