They call their work photoshopping because of their used of the product Photoshop by Adboe. This PC and MAC compatible program took its roots from the darkroom but uses the ept skills that were once only used by professionals with the click of a button. This so called digital darkroom is this generations version of putting mustaches on their friends and cutting your ex out of the picture and adding the cute guy from across the hall.

However, most tools cannot be used alone because they are made to work with each other. There are also tools that are similar to another, but perform a different part of a function and they are usually grouped together on the tool bar. Here are a few tools (and their similar groupies) that make manipulations quick and easy:

THE CLONE TOOL
(previously known as the rubber stamp):
The clone stamp tool is necessary to repeat a group of pixels. First the to be copied selection is choosen and then you paint that selection over other areas of the photo. Deleting someone out of a picture is merely a process of coping the backgroun pixles over top the person.

THE DODGE TOOL
The dodge tool will lighten pixels it is dragged over. The percentage can be changed with the option tool bar also location with this tool and it can lighten the highlights, midtones, or shadows, but not all three at the same time.

THE BLUR TOOL
The blur and other related tools are used to "focus" images and clean up pixels. They harden or soften edges within an image and are great for retouching and special effects. When cutting and pasting pieces of images, these tools work to smooth the contrast between the newly pasted section. It's another tool to be used in conjunction with the clone stamp.

ERASER TOOL
The erasers are reverse paintbrushes; they pick up the color and turn it to the background color or transparent (see left...the background color in this picture is the white).

EYEDROPPER TOOL
The eyedropper will match any color that it is used to select.