Seventeen years after its inception, Adobe is a term frequently used as a part of the web jargon today. Even the non-techies are considerably dependant upon Adobe. A terminology that has become associated with every stratum of the society, not just celebrities and ace photographers but even common people have turned towards Photoshop, the photo editing software by Adobe.
People with no knowledge of editing aim at trying to Photoshop their pictures in the hope that they can create the same magic that professionals do with the software. However, the tools remaining the same, there are a number of techniques that has to be mastered first, not to mention the experience one must have in order to churn out quality edited images.
If you are just starting out, you have to first get the basics right. Be acquainted with each of the tools and its applications. There are a number of tools like selection tool that are employed to manually crop parts of the picture, these are the very basic that one must be aware of before advancing.
Your best ally in learning the software would be the video tutorials. The official Adobe Photoshop website has a number of tutorials that can assist both novice and professionals. YouTube too has a good number of videos dealing on the same content and a lot of professionals too take to YouTube to ‘teach’ others about the basic and advanced applications of the software.
Practically, these videos are so much better than the bulky manuals that do not even cater to the knowledge requirement whereas a visual demonstration raises the level of information and understanding considerably higher. There are paid videos too that you can avail of at a nominal cost and are slightly better than the free ones as they deal with the subject in much depth.
Photoshop also regularly come up updates and modifications, which you can resort to once you get the basic correct. The updates do not cause a lot of topsy-turvy changes and are basically limited to minor ones. The trial version can be downloaded directly from the website and one can also purchase the software from the official website.
