A friend of mine had been saving up for some time to buy the legendary Photoshop. The editing software of choice by graphic designers, soulless tabloid journalists and artists around the world, he knew he was making a great choice. He imagined his life would be complete when he bought Photoshop. Life would be breezy, he would glide around his laptop making outstanding images whenever he wanted. But when he eventually bought the Photoshop package, he was completely lost.
Just as with any piece of software or tool, you will need to explore what exactly is at your finger tips. We sometimes call this "playing" ... so my advice is to play with your Photoshop extensively. Check out the 'preferences' in Photoshop. Your goal is to increase the performance of your Photoshop. So open up your "Preferences" window. The color picker chooses the algorithm that will be used. Most users will choose between Windows and Adobe. The 'Image Interpolation' is used to decide which algorithm Photoshop will use when resizing an image. The 'Bicubic Interpolation' is generally a good choice for most people.
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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