Photoshop tennis (also known as
Photoshop Pong or
Photoshop battle (similar in its function to a "
DJ battle" or "
rap battle" in
hip hop music) is a game played through sequential alternating (photoshopping) of an
image. Photoshop tennis originated in graphics-related
internet forums in the late-1990s/early-2000s, and shares an earlier history with online image games such as
SITO's "PANIC" (started January, 1994). The game was made popular by art director Jim Coudal in 2001 as "Photoshop Tennis". Each match tennis is generally played with two competing players. The players pick a starting image, or one is "served" by a player, then another player makes some sort of alteration to the image in any chosen image editor (matches are not exclusive to Adobe Photoshop). They then send the altered image to the other player or players, usually via
e-mail or by posting the image to a Photoshop tennis forum, who then edits that image and sends it back to the first player. This process goes back and forth until a predetermined number of rounds have elapsed, or the players otherwise wish to end the game. When the final round is over, there may be an independent
judge who determines who has played the best shots, and declares that person the winner, or players may play without a clear winner. Sometimes extra rules can be enforced, such as sticking to one particular
software package, or keeping to a particular
theme. ==Pictures==