A few years ago I decided I wanted to do some photo editing and graphics on my computer. A friend of mine recommended Photoshop and I am so glad I took his advice! I was new to graphics and had never done anything like that before but I quickly got the hang of it and kept on learning new things and I still learn new things today.
I would say the learning curve for this program is quite steep. When you first get it, it is very confusing as you are not familiar with all the tools. After a while you start to learn how to use it as you get used to the tools available. The tools are neatly displayed at the side and top making it easy to locate the one you need. It took me a while to find some of the things I needed because I was not sure of the name or symbol for it but I quickly found it, usually.
There are lots of very customizable filters you can put on your photos, creating very interesting effects eg. artistic, blur and distortion . There are also lots of adjustments you can make to your photos to make them look even better. You can edit brightness and contrast, hue and saturation, put it in negative and many, many more. There is also a paintbrush tool if you want to do some digital painting. There are lots of different brush types, which you can change the size and hardness of to suit your needs. There is also a 3D editor which I am not familiar with myself as I have never needed to use it before.
Photoshop is a very expensive program, but in my opinion, it is well worth the money. Cheaper programs do not offer such high quality tools, so it is worth paying a little extra to get this instead.
Overall, I think Photoshop is a very good graphics editing program and recommend it to everyone. It is suitable for all levels of skill, as it is quite easy to use. It has lots of options for editing your photos, so you can do almost anything with it. You will improve the more you use it which has definitely been the case with me. I can't imagine where I would be without Photoshop!
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Advantages: Runs on 64 bit processors properly. Uses the graphics card properly. Disadvantages: Expensive to upgrade if you don't need the technical benefits. Most features are the same.
Advantages: Superb finish, unbelivable outfut and detail that can be manipulated, changed, created. Disadvantages: cumbersome and overwhelming for 1st time users.
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