Adobe Photoshop
Posted on November 18, 2008
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In the history of photography, there has never been a time that we can achieve such phenomenal results, as has happened in the digital age. While there are a myriad of tools that the computer and internet have made available, that enhance and change the images that come from a photo shoot, none can top the popularity and power of Adobe Photoshop. Adobe Photoshop, has become equal in thought to editing and creating new effects and people use the term; “to Photoshop” to describe editing or enhancing a picture image.
We can “Photoshop in” new outfits, accessories or even people into a picture where it was just not possible before.
So if you want a picture of you shaking hands with the president, you don’t have to go to Washington to get it, just “Photoshop” your image into the image of the president and it will look as real as if you had been there.
In the same way we can Photoshop out things we no longer want to have in our pictures.
So if you have a physical flaw, that can be removed. You can even remove a distracting person from the background of the shot. The features on the program are so advanced that you can not even tell that the pictures was altered in some way.
Photoshop has become such a de facto standard for photo processing used, that if you are setting up a photography studio or business; a copy of the software is as necessary as Microsoft word or PowerPoint. The good thing about this software is that it is readily accessible and a lot of people know how to use it. If you feel insecure about learning yet another computer application, you can probably find someone that knows about Photoshop, who can help you jump start learning how to use the software as well.
However, Photoshop did not always dominate in this field. In 1989 two brothers, John and Thomas Knoll created this program together. While the brothers developed Photoshop for custom uses they had at the time, it wasn’t long before the market potential of this software became evident. In 1990 John and Thomas became the bright entrepreneurs of a new company, that they called Adobe and began the business operation right away.
Adobe has been a shining example of how to achieve success in the age of the internet. Today few of us who use the internet are not aware of Adobe. You probably cannot find a personal computer that uses the internet that does not have a free copy of the Adobe reader on it, used to read PDF files.
In order to increase your skills in using Photoshop, you should see if you can practice on another person’s program first. Like most computer applications, you can probably find a copy on a friend’s computer just to tinker with it and get a feel for the controls. Then if your friend is a wizard at Photoshop, let him or her show you some of the real “wiz-bang” things they can do with Photoshop, by using the same menus you were just tinkering with.
Picking one afternoon to do this together, could end up getting you addicted to Photoshop.
After you become familiar with it more, then you should purchase your own copy. If you want an evaluation version, you will get many of the basic features. However, you only really need the evaluation version if you are still not sure you are going to buy your own copy. Since Photoshop dominates this market, you most certainly should buy a copy, this will help save some frustration, so it’s a good idea to purchase a licensed copy right away. Now, you will probably find yourself playing with the software for long hours just having fun and that’s great. But don’t overlook the value of taking some organized classes in photo editing using Adobe Photoshop software. Often, these classes will help you learn different techniques and shortcuts in using the software.
From there on out, your imagination is the only limit to how you will use this tool to make your photographs better for your customers. You will be able to respond enthusiastically when someone says, “That’s ok, you can just Photoshop and fix it right up”.
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