To edit or manipulate a digital image using image editing software, particularly Adobe Photoshop.
Originally a trademark from Adobe Systems, combining 'photo' (Greek photos, light) and 'shop' (Old English sceoppa, booth). The brand name became a generic verb in the 1990s as digital image editing became widespread.
Photoshop transformed from a proper noun to a universal verb so quickly that it created new philosophical questions about truth and reality in images. The word now carries both creative possibility and ethical concern, embodying our complex relationship with digital manipulation of reality.
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