Adobe Photoshop

Digital photo studio

Adobe Photoshop is image-editing software, the industry standard for manipulating digital photographs and graphics.

Its name has become shorthand for digital image manipulation generally: That photo is obviously Photoshopped.

The verb photoshop (lowercase) means to alter an image digitally, whether or not the actual software was used: She photoshopped herself into the group photo.

editing

layers

Stacked levels or coatings

  • masksFace-covering disguises
  • retouchImprove an image's appearance
  • cropCultivated agricultural plants

resize · filters · adjustment · correction · transform · composite · blend · cloning · healing · brush

photography

RAW

Unaltered sensor output format

retouching · portrait · landscape · HDR · panorama · blemish removal · skin smoothing · red-eye · sharpening · noise reduction

graphics

raster

Grid of pixels

artboard · typography · gradient · texture · pattern · mockup · banner · thumbnail · icon design · digital painting

tools

pen tool

Creates vector curves digitally

healing brush · eyedropper · brush · eraser · marquee · crop tool · slice · smudge

ecosystem

Bridge

Trick-based partnership card game

  • PSDAdobe's native format
  • pluginsInstallable software modules
  • presetsSaved default configurations

GIMP · subscription · workspace · panels · extensions

Categories
Opposites
image manipulation vs. image capture

Adobe Photoshopcamera

Image capturing device

digital camera · Nikon · darkroom · film photography · DSLR

digital alteration vs. authenticity

Adobe Photoshopunedited

Not yet corrected

unretouched · unaltered · raw image · authentic · original

professional/commercial software vs. free/open-source alternatives

Adobe PhotoshopGIMP

Free image manipulation software

open-source software · freeware · MS Paint

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G