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[[Image:Lukket-50s-computer-HOAX.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Photoshopped "early computing" hoax by Lukket of [[Fark.com]], this image even fooled news publications as to its authenticity.]] |
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[[Image:Evercrack.jpg|thumb|right|The ''[[EverCrack]]'' box cover is an example of photoshopped packaging.]] |
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[[Image:Pink Elephant.jpg|thumb|right|This [[elephant]] has been photoshopped to be [[pink]].]] |
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'''Photoshopping''', or simply ''shopping'', is the [[Digital image editing|digital editing]] of pictures with [[Raster graphics editor|image editing software]]. The term comes from [[Adobe Photoshop]], the image editor most commonly used by professionals for this purpose, although other programs, such as [[Paint Shop Pro]], [[Corel Photopaint]], or the [[GIMP]] may be used. [[Adobe Systems]], the publisher of Adobe Photoshop, discourages use of the term ''photoshop'' as a verb <ref>[http://www.adobe.com/misc/trade.html#photoshop Proper use of the Photoshop trademark] at adobe.com, retrieved on 20 May, 2006</ref> out of concern that it may [[genericized trademark|undermine]] the company's [[trademark]]; for this reason, some people have called the practice ''photochopping''. |
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==Usage== |
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Although professional graphic artists and designers might describe elements of their work as "photoshopping", the practice is more commonly associated with creating [[visual]] [[joke]]s on [[Internet]] sites. In this way, photoshopping can be seen as another way of producing [[cartoon]]s, but without the need to generate original [[drawing]]s. As such, the edits can be done in a very basic way, so it is clear that the image has been altered (often humour is derived from this fact), or in a hyper-realistic way so that the changes are seamless. The shorter term "shopped" is also frequently used to describe an image that has obviously been edited. |
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Examples of photoshopping include people changing a picture of a well known [[actress]] to make it appear as if she has posed [[nude]]. In other examples two or more pictures are combined together for humour value. Another example, commonly seen in ''[[MAD Magazine]]'', involves the “rebranding” of products for satirical purposes; this often requires specialized skills including [[type design]], because new letters must be drawn that match the style of an existing logo. |
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Similarly to photoshopping, some neologisms are derived from the names of other image editing packages, for example "to [[GIMP|gimp]] up" an image. |
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Many Photoshopped images are propagated [[meme]]tically via [[e-mail]] as humour or passed as actual news. Some well known images include ''[[Every time you masturbate... God kills a kitten]]'' and ''[[Helicopter Shark|Shark and Helicopter]]''. The latter image was widely circulated as a National Geographic 'Image of the Year' and was later revealed to be a hoax.<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/08/0815_020815_photooftheyear.html Shark "Photo of the Year" Is E-Mail Hoax] from National Geographic News, retrieved on 20 May, 2006</ref> |
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The style and techniques of photoshopping were anticipated as early as the late 1960s, particularly by the surreal album cover photography of the British design group [[Hipgnosis]]. |
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== Tools == |
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Modern [[image editing software]] has introduced two tools of particular use to Photoshoppers: the [[magic wand tool]], which helps isolate an object for copying or deletion; and the [[clone tool]], which can often fill in the gap left when an object is removed. Recent versions of Photoshop have added more sophisticated features (such as the Magnetic Lasso and the Patch tool) which make these tasks even easier. |
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== See also == |
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* [[Digital image editing]] |
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* [[Photo editing]] |
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* [[Photoshop contest]] |
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* [[Photoshop tennis]] |
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* [[E-mail art]] |
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* [[Worth1000]] |
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== References == |
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== External links == |
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* [http://www.b3ta.com/ B3ta] |
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* [http://www.fark.com/ Fark.com] |
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* [http://www.freakingnews.com/ Freaking News.com] News Photoshop Image Contests |
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* [[Something Awful]]'s [http://www.somethingawful.com/photoshop/ Photoshop Phriday] feature |
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* [http://www.worth1000.com/ Worth1000.com] Photoshop Contests |
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[[Category:Artistic techniques]] |
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[[Category:Photographic techniques]] |
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[[ru:Фотожаба]] |
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