An Introduction to Photoshop
A friend of mine took the plunge and invested in Photoshop. He had saved and planned for this purchase that was going to make his life easier. He had envisioned getting Photoshop and immediately creating graphics that would be the envy of all on the internet. But then he attempted to use it. He was totally lost! Don’t let this happen to you. Now that you’ve invested in Photoshop you want to get the most out of it possible. This is an expensive tool but obviously well worth its weight in gold to anyone having the knowledge to use it to its full potential.
You shouldn’t have to go through this tragedy. You deserve better. Photoshop may be expensive, but anyone who knows how to properly use it will tell you it’s worth every cent. Like anything else you will have to make mistakes and learn by yourself, exploring the interface of the software. One way to help is to go to ‘Preferences’. Here you can improve the performance of your Photoshop.
The color algorithm that the program uses is decided by the color picker. Most user selct Adobe or Windows. The algorithm for resizing an image is choosen by the ‘Image Interpolation’. Again, most people will use the ‘Bicubic Interpolation’.
Next you will notice the “History Log”. This allows you to save all the steps you used in the creation of an image. Here you have some choices … you can either record the start time and date of every editing session with the “Sessions Only” selection. The “Concise” selection records details on every editing session on the file. The other option is the “Detailed”, which records the same information as in the ‘Concise’ selection … plus information such as the path of the file and an account of every edit made to the file.
These brief examples can point you in the right direction, but the best way to learn about Photoshop is to experiment and try things out for yourself. Play around with all Photoshop’s features and discover great new ways to alter your image. To learn in more detail you can read about Photoshop or take an online video tutorial which will show you the step-by-step process for achieving a specific effect. If you keep at it, you’ll be making those top quality pictures in no time!
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