Editing Photoshop contest (section)

==Photoshop tennis==
'''Photoshop tennis''' (also known as '''Photoshop Pong''' or '''Photoshop battle''' (similar in its function to a "[[Turntablism#Turntablist contests|DJ battle]]" or "[[Battle rap|rap battle]]" in [[hip hop music]]) is a game played through sequential alternating (photoshopping) of an [[image]]. Photoshop tennis originated in graphics-related [[internet forum]]s in the late-1990s/early-2000s, and shares an earlier history with online image games such as [[SITO]]'s "PANIC" (started January, 1994).<ref name="SITOpanic">[http://www.sito.org/docs/tennis.html SITO Panic and Photoshop Tennis]</ref>  The game was made popular by art director Jim Coudal in 2001 as "Photoshop Tennis".<ref name="wiredtennis"/> The matches on coudal.com were later renamed '''Layer Tennis''' after enabling the use of other software, and continued through four seasons of competition.<ref name="layertennis">[https://web.archive.org/web/20220930183224/http://www.layertennis.com/ Coudal Partners' Layer Tennis]</ref>

Each match tennis is generally played with two competing players.<ref name="wiredtennis">{{cite web|url=https://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2001/09/47132
|title=Anyone for Photoshop Tennis?
|accessdate=2007-10-27
|last=Schreve |first=Jenn
|date=2001-09-27
|publisher=[[Wired News]]
}}</ref> 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 [[Computer software|software package]], or keeping to a particular [[Motif (visual arts)|theme]]. <!-- // Context of this sentence? It's not exclusive to any one forum:
Posts have been known to be deleted by moderators even though the "Vote" option has been turned off. An example of Photoshop Tennis can be viewed [http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=57080 on the unicyclist forums.]
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