lopernv Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Adobe's demonstration of how the term "photoshop" is to be used. Well...now an image is Adobe® Photoshop®-ed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiasco! Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Obviously, you didn't read the article. The company is merely trying to protect their brand, just like any other company does. CORRECT: The image was enhanced with Adobe® Photoshop® Elements software. INCORRECT: The image was photoshopped. INCORRECT: The image was Photoshopped. INCORRECT: The image was Adobe® Photoshopped.Trademarks must never be used as slang terms. Twitter | Design | LinkedIn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyandlux Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 You cant change slang...it just is...Im now off to photoshop my head on a monkey =)If a company is trying to tell the public how to use its product name correctly then they have lost all grip on reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapshot Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 I can google some photoshopped images on the interweb. Back-to-Back Fatal Forty Champion 2015 & 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiasco! Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 I don't think they are trying to tell the public how to use their terms, but the press and their internal people. Like I said, they are just trying to protect their identity, just like any other company out there with a corporate style guide.If you were Adobe, would you want some schlub Paint user saying he's Photoshopping his images? Twitter | Design | LinkedIn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidson Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 i cant believe some anally retentive c*** wrote that.what a pointless job.its obvious that having a trademark enter common vernacular is beneficial for a product."i hoovered the carpet,i googled britneys snooch,i photoshopped paris' head onto it"they should be happy for gods sake.and if they arent they can sc®ew themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jr79 Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 i cant believe some anally retentive c*** wrote that.what a pointless job.its obvious that having a trademark enter common vernacular is beneficial for a product."i hoovered the carpet,i googled britneys snooch,i photoshopped paris' head onto it"they should be happy for gods sake.and if they arent they can sc®ew themselves.Its only beneficial until you legally lose your trademarks as they've entered common usage and you failed to protect them. If they didn't do this then another software company could claim in a few years that their software that lets you put someone's head on someone else's body is "photoshop" software because the term is in common use, and Adobe's investment in the brand is diluted, if not ruined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidson Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 but surely they will retain the rights to calling their product photoshop.you can after all, hoover the floor with a dyson. (that my just be a uk colloquialism) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EatSleepJeep Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Go read the ZAMBONI company's TM guidelines. Just as funny.http://www.zamboni.com/copyright.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopernv Posted April 23, 2007 Author Share Posted April 23, 2007 Obviously, you didn't read the article. The company is merely trying to protect their brand, just like any other company does, and fails, miserably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanB06 Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 Lego did something similar back in the day - on the product catalogs that came with all the stuff it said to refer to the bricks as "Lego bricks" - not "Legos".I called them Legos anyway. Sodboy13 said: As you watch more basketball, you will learn to appreciate the difference between "defense" and "couldn't find the rim with a pair of bloodhounds and a Garmin." meet the new page, not the same as the old page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmered Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 Like Xerox, Polaroid and Hoover, they're fighting a losing battle if they think they're actually going to stop people using the word Photoshop to not mean 'changing a digital image via software'.It's like cul8r.If I owned the phrase See You Later, I'd be kidding myself to try and get people to spell it properly when they used it on their mobile phones.Fair enough, this is geared to professionals and Adobe staff, but all it's going to end up doing is alienating those who use the correct terminology from those who don't, which will be the majority. Oh, and I've got a site.Footy Jumpers Dot Com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJMorris3 Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 This sounds like the same thing that Selchow and Richter decided to do, noting the official game that is played with 100 lettered tiles is called "Crossword Game". "SCRABBLE" is just the brand name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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