Software Gems: The Computer History Museum Historical Source Code Series pho·to·shop, transitive verb, often capitalized ˈfō-(ˌ)tō-ˌshäp to alter (a digital image) with Photoshop software or other image-editing software especially in a way that distorts reality (as for deliberately deceptive purposes) — Merriam-Webster online dictionary, 2012 When brothers Thomas and John Knoll began designing and