photoshop
English meaning: Photoshop
Definition
A digitally altered image.
Example
“That magazine cover is an obvious photoshop.”
Another example: “He photoshopped his ex out of all the holiday pictures.”
Usage — When, Where & How
Originally a brand name, now used informally both as a noun for a digitally altered image and as a verb meaning to edit a photo. Often lowercased in casual use; in formal contexts 'photo editing' is preferred.
Etymology & Origin
English — Origin & History
From 'Adobe Photoshop', the image-editing software released in 1990, used generically from the 1990s.
Related Words
- gimp
- corel
- helicon
- adobe
- hdr
- plugin
- raster
- psd
- illustrator
- bitmap
Common Collocations
- a photoshop
- photoshop fail
- obvious photoshop
- photoshop an image
- badly photoshopped
Word Forms
photoshop (n & v); photoshopped; photoshopping; Photoshop (proper noun)
Word Tools
Literary Heritage
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
/To thine own self be true/
“Be honest with yourself — and as naturally as night follows day, you will be unable to be false to others.”
“I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?”
/I'm nobody! Who are you?/
“I am nobody — and that quiet anonymity is more honest than the noise of public fame.”
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Language information
- Language
- English
- English
- Script
- Latin
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- Indo-European
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