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The Basics of Photoshop
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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.
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.
You will realize sharp edges are created and few will be jagged. The 'Nearest Neighbor" manipulates the pixel sizes. The "Bilinear Interpolation" calculates the averages of the pixels and then creates a new pixel based on the average. The resulting image is usually blurry. You will see that there is a "General Options" button. These options are up to the user's preference. That means you should customize your Photoshop to feel like your own.
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.
The only real way to learn Photoshop is to play around with things. Keep exploring and discover what you can do. For more specific learning read about Photoshop online and try out the many available video tutorials. After a while, you'll be making superb pictures just like my nephew wanted to!
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