LOL, fuck you!
Photoshop is not a verb
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Re: Photoshop is not a verb
#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have an issue with the whole thing. I think they've already lost the trademark to the language. Correct: The image was enhanced with Adobe® Photoshop® Elements software. Incorrect: The image was photoshopped.
I love how they expect people to assert their trademark rights with the ® symbol. Unless this document is aimed at Adobe employees or contractors, that's inappropriate.
Ya, this is bordering on REALTOR® level.
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#13I'm mostly disturbed by the sentence "Since Photoshop is a trademark, you should always use it as an adjective only to describe the Adobe products associated with the Photoshop brand.", as Photoshop is clearly a noun.
I have an issue with the whole thing. I think they've already lost the trademark to the language. Correct: The image was enhanced with Adobe® Photoshop® Elements software. Incorrect: The image was photoshopped.
My favorite part is the assumption that Photoshop only ever enhances images.
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#14I'm mostly disturbed by the sentence "Since Photoshop is a trademark, you should always use it as an adjective only to describe the Adobe products associated with the Photoshop brand.", as Photoshop is clearly a noun.
I have an issue with the whole thing. I think they've already lost the trademark to the language. Correct: The image was enhanced with Adobe® Photoshop® Elements software. Incorrect: The image was photoshopped.
Ianal, but my sense is that as long as they keep trying to hold back the tide, they're eligible for trademark protection. Once they give up, there's nothing to stop Google Docs Photoshop mode, Microsoft Office Photoshop, or rflrob's awesome photoshop. Though there's nothing that says that vigorous enforcement needs to be mean—see, for example, Jack Daniels: https://brokenpianoforpresident.com/2012/07/19/jack-daniels-...
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#15Using it correctly will only make you look like an Adobe® Photoshop® shill. No thanks.
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#16Does anyone know when this guidance was first released? I see it cited as far back as 2004 but I seem to remember it earlier than that.
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#17I don't understand how this is a bad thing, I mean to Google is a verb, to Photoshop ® is to edit photos, it means that their product is the absolute best in its category so much so that it became a verb. Most startup folks would kill it to have their product be a synonym with a verb.
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#18Photoshop is a verb. Adobe's trademark lawyers would very much like it to not be a verb, but it is. They've lost that battle long ago.
I think it's an excellent excuse to try to get people to stop making implicit product recommendations and reinforcing a de facto standard (monpoly?) when they are really just trying to say "photo editing".
Adobe's Creative Suite is a little pet peeve of mine. Many people I know have it illegally (I'm a student, so that says something about the financial capabilities of my peers), and even if they can afford it they say they don't use it professionally or not enough to warrant buying it. Many are even software developers themselves. Some subjects in the study I do even require using Adobe Photoshop specifically, but kindly ask people to buy it rather than supplying a license "because it's too expensive to provide for everyone". (So they think the students can afford it then? I'm quite certain they're just covertly asking us to violate copyright laws here.) If it's all so terribly expensive and apparently we can't negotiate with this overlord, why don't we try to get rid of this industry standard?
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#19I wonder if Xerox went through the same mental gymnastics on their path down the drain?
Re: Photoshop is not a verb
#20Using it correctly will only make you look like an Adobe® Photoshop® shill. No thanks.
So then don't use it except if it's a necessary detail for the story.