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March 18, 2010

Get To Know Adobe Photoshop By Finding The Right Photoshop Training

With so many new software programs available every day, knowing which product is the right one can be quite a task. I have a feeling that many people steer away from learning how to use new software because the whole selection process can be so intimidating. If you’re new to the wonderful world of digital editing and compositing, you need look no further: Photoshop is the industry leader, no matter what your specific field of interest might be. Photoshop is the software of choice for professional designers, as well as for amateur photographers and You Tubers.

A really cool thing about Photoshop is that the user interface has changed little over the years, which makes it easy to upgrade from earlier versions. If you have learned how to use a version like Photoshop 6, check out the upgrades available for Photoshop CS4. Then sign up for advanced Photoshop training to see how CS4 can help you reach your full potential.

If you’re just starting to experiment with online video and digital imaging or if you are a novice photographer, a good place to start is Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3. This software is free, so it’s a great way to learn the fundamentals of digital photography. It will teach you all the basics about how to view, manage, correct, and share your photos online. Photoshop training will teach you how to fix common problems with a single click, and then you can use Photoshop Album Starter to send your digital photos to mobile handsets. The best thing about Photoshop Album Starter is that it’s a fully functional download-it’s not a trial evaluation download that will be restricted or limited after an initial period. Photoshop is dedicated software-the choice for professionals in a broad variety of fields. But Photoshop training makes it easy for novices to start creating professional designs and visual effects with Photoshop CS4. To get the best results in the least amount of time, sign up for an online Photoshop training course that will show you how to do things you didn’t know were possible.

If you attend an advanced Photoshop training, you will be shown how to create complex images; it will teach you all the skills you need to master digital image creation, editing, and compositing. One of the best things about Photoshop CS4 training is that it shows experienced users how to quickly solve old problems with new tools and techniques. Advanced Photoshop training will give you new techniques for solving problems like image selection and image correction.

If you are still using an old version of Photoshop, check out the upgrades that are available and sign up for an advanced Photoshop CS4 training course. Advanced Photoshop training will teach you how to:

- Achieve more professional results with layers, gradients, and other tools. – Use advanced color correction techniques. – Enhance images with layer masks. – Master the tools and skills necessary for creating professional composite images.

Enrol now for the Photoshop training course that’s right for you.

The author is a training consultant with a UK IT training company offering Adobe Photoshop classes as well as Adobe Acrobat training at their central London training centre.

September 25, 2009

Print and Web File Formats In Adobe Photoshop CS4

Most of the images produced in Adobe Photoshop are destined for export. The native file format of Adobe Photoshop documents is “.psd”. This is the only format which supports all of Photoshop’s features: layers, layer masks, layer comps, etc. If you have used these features in creating your final artwork, it is always a good idea to retain the “.psd” version and use File – Save As to export your work in any other format.

If you are exporting images from Photoshop, you will normally either be producing either print or web graphics. Print graphics are saved in the CMYK colour space while web graphics remain in Photoshop’s native colour space: RGB. With print graphics the focus is on quality, while the main talent of web graphics formats is file compression.

If you are exporting work for print, the normal format you should be using is TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) and the colour space CMYK. Although the TIFF format is capable of preserving layers, best practice is to make sure that you flatten the image by choosing Layers – Flatten Image before exporting. EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) is another option for exporting files for print. However, this option is now normally reserved for files that contain one or more spot colours.

As for web graphics, the two main formats are GIF (Graphic Interchange Format) and JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group). The GIF format compresses files by reducing the number of colours in an image. This makes the format ideal for exporting images that contain flat colour such as logos, charts and symbols. If photographs or images containing smooth transitions of colour are saved in GIF format, posterization and banding will normally occur. This is where, instead of seeing all the colours that were in the image, we see simplified clumps or bands of colour.

The JPEG format compresses images by dividing the image into blocks of 8 x 8 pixels and locating redundant information within these blocks and rewriting the information in a simplified manner which requires less data storage. The fact that the human eye does not detect slight changes in colour means that pixels which have very similar colour values can be treated as being identical. When saving an image in the JPEG format, Photoshop allows you to specify the degree of compression. Naturally, there is always some loss of quality, so it is never a good idea to open a JPEG, make changes to it and then resave it. It is always better to fall back on the original PSD file if changes need to be made.

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