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How to Use Photoshop

Photoshop is a very popular graphics editing software that is used by regular customers and professionals. Adobe designs this software.  It is available for all operating systems and is also available in different languages. This software can create an image from scratch and also can edit existing images. Photoshop skill is essential to get gainful employment. You can obtain a degree in photoshop, or you can teach yourself by following tutorials.

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Step 1: – Starting a Picture

Once the software has started, you have to open a new file for creating a new image. For doing this action, you need to click the main menu button and then select the New option or press “control/command N” for the shortcut.

  • Now you will be able to see a variety of options. This will help you to customize the starting canvas. This option bar will allow you to choose the image dimensions, image resolution, colour mode and select background. If you forget to customize it, don’t be worried. Most of the options are customizable after you start working on the file. But be aware of selecting those options are affect the image quality.

Step 2: -Accessing Tools

1. Selection tools: – With the help of the selection tools, you will able to select parts of your image or the whole image. After selecting the image, you can copy/paste or edit the selected portion of your image. For deselecting the image, you have to press control/command +D. 

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  • Marquee: You can choose a different shaped marquee tool. You can change the shape by clicking and holding from the menu. This tool will allow you to select differently shaped parts of your image by clicking and dragging. 
  • Lasso: The lasso tool works like the marquee tool, but it allows freehand selection. The lasso tool helps to work faster, but it is less accurate than the other selection tools. 
  • Magic Wand: This selection tool only selects pixels and auto selects other pixels similar in colour. You can increase or decrease its tolerance to control its pickiness. This tool will also make you able to select particular areas or entire objects.
  • Quick Selection: Quick selection is the most useful and most common selection tool for editing particular image areas. It is mainly the combination of magnetic lasso tools and magic wand tools. For selecting specific areas of your image, just click and drag this tool to this area you want to select.

2. Brush tools: Brushes are mainly used to add pixels to the image. You can use it to add necessary pixels to your photograph or use it to paint images from scratches. You can adjust brushes to get more accuracy. You will get different types of preset shapes into the brush menu for applying other purposes. You can also download more presets from the website. However, here you can get professional photo editing services,

You can also adjust the size, opacity and hardness of your brush according to your necessity. A bigger shaped brush will fill a large area, a harder one will draw a cleaner line, and the opacity feature will give you more control on layer colours.

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3. Understand blur, smudge and sharpen: – All these tools are placed under the same button that looks like a water drop. Choose the tool according to your necessity by clicking from their menu.

  • Blur: Blur tool loosen and diffuse the image pixels and make the selected area blurrier. The blurriness depends on the strength of your chosen blur tool.
  • Sharpen: This tool is entirely the opposite of the blur tool. It is used for tightening and consolidating pixels. 
  • Smudge: This tool picks the colour from your selected area and smudges the same colour onto the area where you drag the cursor.

4. Dodge, sponge and burn: Dodge and burn tools are used to lighten and darken the image. The sponge tool is used to add or decrease the saturation level. You can choose these tools by clicking on the icon that looks like a line or a circle. With the help of these three tools, you will be able to highlight, brighten and darken the image.

5. The clone tool: To select this tool, you need to click the button that looks like a stamp. This tool is used to pick a piece of the image and then copy this somewhere. After selecting this tool, press alt and click the image area you want to copy and then click the area you want to place.

Step 3: – Saving Files

You should save your program early on in the creation process. It will keep your program safe if the software crashes. For saving the program, press Ctrl +S which will show you the usual save window. Then choose the file type and save it to your disk. 

If you need to learn anything about it or have any query, simply search on google

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