Photoshop
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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
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On Facebook and Reddit combined, there are dozens of groups and threads dedicated to Photoshop requests.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2026
He wrote in a research note that even though the company responsible for Photoshop and Lightroom has expanded artificial intelligence capabilities and monetization opportunities, risks remain.
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
One company mentioned by several readers was Adobe, the maker of Photoshop and Acrobat.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026
Arianna Moultrie, the brand’s senior print and concept designer, used Photoshop to fix small mistakes the AI made, like the blurring of a lion’s face.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 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
Social media sleuths claimed photos of Swift’s hands had been Photoshopped to conceal the presence of an engagement ring, Page Six reported at the time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 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 pictures of the Secret Service agents smiling as Trump posed went viral.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2024
Someone had Photoshopped the image of me on the floor of the locker room into every photo on Jesse’s SnowFlake page.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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
Over the summer, a Twitter user had fun with that image, Photoshopping Dunbar’s logo over Omar’s head and putting Theodore Roosevelt’s logo over the neighborhood kids.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2021
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
“That’s almost as bad as Julian’s mom Photoshopping the picture,” Summer said.
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
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