An Introduction to Photoshop
My nephew made the leap and finally bought Photoshop. He had been saving up for a while now, and believed it would make his life a lot easier. He saw a future where he would make top quality images by merely thinking about it. Just close your eyes hard enough and ‘poof’, it was done. Then he sat down to use Photoshop, and realized he had no idea what to do!
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 select Adobe or Windows. The algorithm for resizing an image is chosen by the ‘Image Interpolation’. Again, most people will use the ‘Bicubic Interpolation’.
Find the ‘History Log’. Here you can save every step you take when making your picture. You can choose how much information it saves. For example choose the ‘Sessions Only’ to remember the time and date that you start each Photoshop session. ‘Concise’ records more information on all the editing sessions. You can also choose ‘Detailed’ which does the same job as ‘Concise’, but also notes the file path and details about every edit 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!