photoshop

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From 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[edit]

photoshop (third-person singular simple present photoshops, present participle photoshopping, simple past and past participle photoshopped)

  1. (transitive, Internet) To digitally edit or alter a picture or photograph.

Noun[edit]

photoshop (plural photoshops)

  1. A digitally altered image.

Usage notes[edit]

Both the verb and noun uses have been discouraged by Adobe for trademark reasons (see references).

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References[edit]

Permissions and Trademark Guidelines on Adobe.com.

Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

photoshop m (plural photoshops)

  1. photoshop