Author Topic: Why does everyone thinkPhotoshop is the only image editing tool? (Read 5685 times)

Dre5567 · May 14, 2013, 12:12:52 AM

Seriously, people say "looks shopped"
You can use other programs too, but everyone says it's photoshop.
Photoshop might be advanced, but I can do that stuff too with paint.
It just makes me wonder if people think Photoshop is only image editor.

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ShadowsfeaR · May 14, 2013, 12:14:00 AM

Quote from: Dre5567 on May 14, 2013, 12:12:52 AM

Seriously, people say "looks shopped"
You can use other programs too, but everyone says it's photoshop.
Photoshop might be advanced, but I can do that stuff too with paint.
It just makes me wonder if people think Photoshop is only image editor.

"Looks shopped" has just become a house term. Doesn't mean it was manipulated via Photoshop. It's just a popular and powerful tool.

Darksaber530 · May 14, 2013, 12:14:14 AM

Shopped is a slang for edited.

Dre5567 · May 14, 2013, 12:14:50 AM

ah. but couldn't they just say "looks edited"?

ShadowsfeaR · May 14, 2013, 12:15:02 AM

It's kind of how like in some places "Coke" is a blanket term for soda in general.

Pixel · May 14, 2013, 12:15:08 AM

Because the term "photoshopped" no longer means "to be edited in photoshop" it just means "to be edited"

I hear people use photoshopped when theyre not even referring to a photo. Language evolves.