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To gimp something means to severely reduce it's functionality. The photoshopped part is a joke; it doesn't mean anything.

Using gimp as a verb can also be a sly reference to Pulp Fiction: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bring%20out%...

You've got it backwards. "Gimp" is also a BDSM term, which is what it's used for in Pulp Fiction.