Photoshop

American  

[foh-toh-shop] / ˈfoʊ toʊˌʃɒp /

Trademark.

1. a brand name for computer software used to digitally alter digital photographs or other graphics.

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verb (used with object)

Photoshopped, Photoshopping

1. (often lowercase) to digitally alter (a photograph or other graphic) using image-editing software such as Photoshop.

   Her face is nicely Photoshopped in the ad.

   They’ve photoshopped the car onto an image of a beautiful beach.

Photoshop British  

/ ˈfəʊtəʊˌʃɒp /

verb

1. (tr) to alter (a digital photograph or other image), using an image editing application, especially Adobe Photoshop

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Usage

What does photoshopped mean? When a graphic or photograph has been photoshopped, it has been altered in some way using digital image-editing software like its namesake, the program Photoshop. While so much of media is professionally edited, calling something photoshopped specifically suggests it is fake or misleading—often to subjectively alter the appearance of a celebrity or to spread disinformation. Note: As a noun, Photoshop is a proprietary name, and so is capitalized. Used as a generic verb in popular contexts, Photoshop is often written as a lowercase photoshop (cf. google for “to search online” ). How is photoshopped pronounced?[ foh-toh-shopd ]What are some other forms of photoshopped?PhotoshoppedWhat are some other words related to photoshopped?airbrushretouch

Etymology

Origin of Photoshop

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Photoshop Photoshopped Photoshopping

Photoshop him into a 2005 summit meeting alongside Tony Blair, George W. Bush and Jacques Chirac, and he’d fit right in.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

On Facebook and Reddit combined, there are dozens of groups and threads dedicated to Photoshop requests.

From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2026

He taught himself to use digital tools, such as Photoshop, to design clothes he would want to wear and shared the ideas on TikTok.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

Adobe also announced at the time that it has officially launched Photoshop, Express, and Acrobat in ChatGPT, which would be free to ChatGPT users globally.

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

“You’d better! Photoshop me into a few,” I say to Mya, who is a wizard at Adobe.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

The staginess that sinks many of his other pictures portended a digital age where all images would trend toward idealized, Photoshopped perfection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

“People were like, ‘She Photoshopped that,’” Weinraub said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025

One particularly disturbing 2019 A1 that was surely the star of many nightmares even showed the faces of Trump and Vladimir Putin Photoshopped together.

From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2025

Photoshopped images and memes - and even doctored audio of politicians - have been around for decades.

From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2023

I scanned the room for the model of the town, but it was replaced with a Photoshopped image on the wall of Pipo Place.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

Posts enable control over what we portray to others, and enhanced Photoshopping capabilities mean that pictures found online may not be bona fide anyway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025

I’m going to take this to an actual forensic image analyst who can take a look and say if there has been manipulation or Photoshopping.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2023

But the internet, Photoshopping, cellphones, the transformation of parental Instagram accounts into virtual photo galleries, the flooding of images online — all those conspired to dampen her old business model.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2021

In the case of Comet Ping Pong, Little Brother spent hours Photoshopping pictures, creating fake maps of tunnels and deceptive collages of stolen Facebook images.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2016

“That’s almost as bad as Julian’s mom Photoshopping the picture,” Summer said.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio