Posted by admin | Under Photoshop
Friday Aug 29, 2008
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Here at OptikTutorials we’re dedicated to developing easy-to-understand photoshop tutorials so you can expand your design creativity.
Adobe Photoshop is a professional image editing software package that can be used by experts and beginners alike. It is a truly comprehensive program that can be used to prepare images for print media or the Internet.
Photos that hold your attention speak for themselves. An amazing photo will capture the eye and hold it. In today’s market most photographers use digital cameras. It is much simpler to use and it also provides better quality photograph. Whether you are a beginner or a professional, Adobe Photoshop may be the digital photo editing software program for you.
Adobe Photoshop is a digital image editing program that is used to fix or enhance digital photographs. Using Photoshop you can touch up photos and give them a professional look and fee.
Photoshop is used worldwide by amateurs and photographers’ alike to manipulate and enhance photos to turn them into something which most magazines and newspapers would gladly publish.
With digital image editing software you don’t even need to be a “professional” photographer to produce high quality photographs. You don’t even need to learn about shutter speeds, film speeds, exposure compensation, white balance, and other photography jargons. All that is required is that you point, shoot, upload, and print. You don’t even need to have an expensive SLR camera to take quality pictures. With a regular digital camera, and Adobe Photoshop installed in to your computer, you can easily create amazing, high quality photos. You can easily correct color saturation, light balance, and exposure compensation after you take the pictures, saving on time involved during the photo shoot itself.
Even if your photos are taken in poor lighting conditions you are able to edit them with Photoshop and make them look as if they were taken in the best possible lighting condition.
Even old, faded, yellowed and torn photos can be edited in Adobe Photoshop. Old faded, yellowed, torn photos with water damage can still be repaired with Adobe Photoshop. To do this all you need is a scanner to create a digital copy of the old photograph. You can then edit your digital image to fix tears, water damage, fading, etc. This is an amazing way to keep those old photographs that you have cherished for years.
Even close up headshots are not a problem any longer. What headshot means is that you will need to take close up pictures of someone from the neck up. Unfortunately with these you run the risk of exposing your subject’s sore areas (wrinkles, zits, etc.). Many people resist having close-ups taken because of their imperfections. With Adobe Photoshop, you will be able to solve all these problems.
You can edit all these photos. You can make wrinkles disappear, make the face look thinner or fuller, make the zit disappear, and even add a healthy color to a pale looking face. In fact, you can even make someone look as if they just went to the beach for a tan.
Once you are comfortable using Photoshop you will be amazed at the number of tools at your disposal. As a photographer, you will find that Adobe Photoshop is one of the essential tools in photography. You can be sure that you will have lots of fun with this software and also be sure that you will be able to produce high quality photos.
In this Adobe Photoshop graphics tutorial we are going to design a quick and simple website banner with an easy gradient effect and a small glass effect. This tutorial is compatable with Adobe Photoshop CS1, CS2, CS3 & CS4 versions.
Difficulty Level:
Easy/Beginner
If you have any problems or need help with any of this tutorial please leave a comment below or message me on YouTube.
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