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Adobe loses branding power as "Photoshopped" becomes "AI-generated"

The term "Photoshopped" is no longer commonly used to describe sloppily edited images, with "AI-generated" now being the preferred descriptor. This shift indicates that Adobe has lost its brand recognition for image manipulation, as the term "Photoshopped" has become genericized. AI

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Adobe loses branding power as "Photoshopped" becomes "AI-generated"

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    I love how imagery that has been sloppily edited together is no longer called “Photoshopped” and instead Adobe has lost out on branding of crap images now refer

    I love how imagery that has been sloppily edited together is no longer called “Photoshopped” and instead Adobe has lost out on branding of crap images now referred to as generated by “AI”. # Adobe # AI