Photoshop

See also: photoshop

English

Etymology

Renamed by its cocreator Thomas Knoll, from photo +‎ shop.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Proper noun

Photoshop

1. (software, trademark) A raster graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Inc.

Verb

Photoshop (third-person singular simple present Photoshops, present participle Photoshopping, simple past and past participle Photoshopped)

1. (transitive, Internet) Alternative letter-case form of photoshop (“to digitally edit or alter a picture or photograph”).
   • 2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 184:

     Almost as if the building has been Photoshopped for greater sharpness while the rest of the block retains a fuzzier contrast.

Noun

Photoshop (plural Photoshops)

1. Alternative letter-case form of photoshop (“a digitally altered image”).
   • 2011, Cole Stryker, “The Meme Life Cycle”, in Epic Win for Anonymous: How 4chan’s Army Conquered the Web, New York, N.Y.; London: Overlook Duckworth, →ISBN, page 214:

     While the jargon inspired by this meme will live forever, the Photoshops and remixes have mostly dried up.

   • 2016 October, Dana Perino, quoting FiveFan [pseudonym], “Introducing @FiveFanPhotoshops”, in Let Me Tell You about Jasper… How My Best Friend Became America’s Dog, New York, N.Y.; Boston, Mass.: Twelve, →ISBN, page 132:

     From there I kept up doing Photoshops revolving around things said on The Five, or my other favorite show, Red Eye, with plenty of Jasper adventures thrown in the mix.

   • 2017 September, Zoë Quinn, “Cracks in My Armor”, in Crash Override: How GamerGate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate, New York, N.Y.: PublicAffairs, →ISBN, page 86:

     Every time a new person in my life became a target for the mob, it was hands-down more upsetting than any of the threats or creepy Photoshops or asinine accusations.

Japanese

Etymology

From English Photoshop.

Proper noun

Photoshop(フォトショップ) • (Fotoshoppu) 

1. (software, trademark) Photoshop