Is Photoshop in jeopardy of becoming the next Kleenex

Question: Is Photoshop in jeopardy of becoming the next Kleenex

Or Xerox, Jello, Coke!? It seems people tend to use Photoshop as a verb or as a generic term for photo editing!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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YES!

It is too bad that people get lazy in their speech and do that!.

I recently ran into someone complaining about their new "Canon" !.!.!. when I took a look at the camera, it was a Casio P&S!. When I pointed that out to them, they just said, "Well it's MY Canon" Yes Photoshop is becoming a verb as are other photo products!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Not only is Photoshop becoming a verb and generic term it's becoming to be used for any photo editing program whether it's actually Photoshop or not!. Most people don't realise just how much a professional tool the real Photoshop is or that it has a steep learning curve to use it properly!. There are plenty of other freely available and much easier to use photo editing programs on line which appear to get ignored simply because they don't have the designer label that Adobe has created!. There is also the unfortunate perception that photo editing programs can some how work miracles on bad photos and it helps perpetuate the idea that anyone can take good photos so long as they can "Photoshop" them afterwards!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

In the old days people would take pictures and spend time in their Darkrooms developing and printing their pictures!. Now days you take pictures, download them and do post-production on your computer!.
Photoshop has become the Digital Darkroom!. I don't know if it is the best photo-editor software but most photographers are familiar with it!. So, at least in the photography realm, if you are a photographer you 'are' required to know about photoshop techniques for post-production!.
Yes, I believe photoshop has become a verb in the same sense Google has become ( ie, Can you photoshop this for me or can you Google it for me!?)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Photoshop is starting to be used as a verb, like ' hey, can you photoshop something for me '!. I see it on yahoo! answers all the time!. Photoshop is so widely Used!. A few years ago, it was used my professionals!. But now, it's being used by amateurs/professionals alike!.

It's a very popular software!. However, most be don't know exactly how to do some of the things on there, including me, i only had lightroom!. But yes, Photoshop is becoming more popular everyday!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

Sadly, yes!. It happens on the board time after time!. people ask 'what is the best Photoshop'!. Doh the latest version!. But, I guess it's inevitable!. Did you know that there was actually a Mr!. Biro - Hungarian, I believe - who invented the writing implement which is now always called by his name!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Well, yes, it probably already has, but I don't see where the 'jeopardy' bit comes in!. The Pepsi board of Directors would probably sell their grandmothers to get Pepsi 'in jeopardy' of becoming the universal generic word for cola drinks!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Oh definitely! I can't count the times I heard the phrase, "That was photoshopped" or "That needs to be photoshopped"Www@QuestionHome@Com

No, its not in jeopardy!.!.!. It already IS like Kleenex!. I hear people using it everyday!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Thay are gonna make it that thyn !?
I downt thynk that xeroxing jello or coke wood wirk vary wel!.

Im vary confuzed!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I think you are right, and that it will!. :o)Www@QuestionHome@Com

I'm sure if you "google" it you will get your Y!answerWww@QuestionHome@Com