Etymology

photoshop

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Today it means: To digitally edit or alter (a picture or photograph). Full definition →

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photoshop · verb, noun1

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.

Photoshop · proper noun, verb, noun2

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

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