OKAY! What does 'photoshopped' mean? How is it accomplished?

[Bobbieo]

Does it mean the same thing as a 'composite' photo?

[Cronus Protagonist]

1. These are all (mostly) photoshopped

Tons of examples...

http://bushfordummies.com

[Speck Tater]

10. Here's a tutorial on how to do it.

This one shows how to turn a photo of a city into a photo of ruins of the city.

http://www.worth1000.com/tutorial.asp?sid=161052&page=1

[billyoc]

2. A retouched photo. Adobe Photoshop is photo editing software.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Photoshop is a photo editing program.

You can use it to alter digital photographs in many different ways. It's not the same as a composite photo, although you can use it to create composite photos.

[Speck Tater]

9. Or a slightly cheaper but equally capable "Paintshop Pro" can also be used to do a "photoshop". NT

[navarth]

4. yeh takes yer photoshop and ye puts yer picture in it

and yeh edits to yer hart's content.

I mean that's it in a nutshell.

Adobe Photoshop is the app, do a google

[Bobbieo]

5. Thank you - Comprendo!

[navarth]

12. It will give you hours of amusement. Beware!

I use it professionally so I don't have a choice. Stop before it's too late!!

[spag68]

6. It means

Something else that I can't do with a computer.

[Bobbieo]

7. Me neither but I know what it means, now.

[ConcernedCanuk]

8. Here's an obvious "photoshop" - (well, should be obvious)

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[navarth]

13. Oh I like that one. Well done!

[Fovea]

11. One important point to make

Digital Single Lens Reflex cameras do not, as a general rule, produce an image with enough contrast. And in certain lighting situations, the correct white balance (like using the wrong color film).

The normal recourse is to use some sort of post processing to correct the image.
What may seem like a defect, is really a strength in several ways, the two most significant for this thread are that the image may seem flat because it has a lot of information in it and that you get to choose how to use that information to create a more nuanced image than most can with film.

However, when I use it as a verb, I mean photo manipulation, not enhancement.