How to learn and use Photoshop
Photoshop is one of the photo editing software that can be used by anyone. It allows users to manipulate, resize, crop and digitalize photos also correct/change colour . we use Photoshop for any kind of image
editing, creating high-quality
graphics, create special effects such as touching up photos
and much more. Photoshop is an extremely powerful application used by many
professional designers and photographers.
People use Adobe Photoshop to make art, designs, images,
and more……
1 Web designers
2 Graphic designers
3 Photographers
4 Fashion designers
5 Animators
Adobe Photoshop is used
for editing images (adding text to
image, correcting colours, reducing size, changing format , enlarging images, and
so on...), creating web pages, other design things , creating animations
,creating logos and, working with movie clips and even working with 3D content.
There are four components in workspace that we will use
modifying or creating graphics. These
components are:
- The Menu Bar
- The Toolbox
- Palettes
- The Drawing Canvas
Photoshop
versions:
The Knoll brothers released
the first version Photoshop 1.0 in 1990.
Photoshop 1.0:
Released :Photoshop 1.0 was Released in February 1990
Features: 1 Hue
and saturation and Color correction facility was introduced also
2. Clone tool ,Levels, and Curves were introduced in this version,
Released in: Photoshop 2.0 was Released in June 1991 with the code word “Fast
Eddy”
Features: In this version changes like paths in which furnishes
with creation of line based drawings And Pen Tool was introduced for this
purpose and it becomes easier in manipulating. Masking was also introduced
in this version. support CMYK color mode.
Photoshop 2.5 :
Released in: Photoshop 2.5 was Released in November 1992named with the
code word “Merlin Brimstone”.
Features: Palettes were introduced and support 16 bit channel.
Photoshop 3.0 :
Macintosh was launched
Photoshop 3.0 in September 1994 and the same version Windows and Solaris was launched in November
1994with the code word “Tiger Mountain”.
Features: Tabbed palettes and Layers were introduced in this
version and it becomes an easy process in
manipulating images.
Released
in: Photoshop 4.0 was Released in November
1996 with the code word “Big Electric Cat”.
Features: Macros and Adjustment layers were introduced in this
version.
Photoshop 5.0 :
Released in: Photoshop 5.0 was Released in
May 1998with the code word “Strange
Cargo”.
Features: Magnetic Lasso and
Managing color was introduced in this version. Undo command for
multiple times
Released in: Photoshop 5.5 was Released in February
1999with the code word “Strange Cargo”.
Features:
Save extract feature and the Web feature was added and the was introduced in this version, Image slicing was introduced first time and rollover effects added. It Supports Windows and Macintosh only.
Save extract feature and the Web feature was added and the was introduced in this version, Image slicing was introduced first time and rollover effects added. It Supports Windows and Macintosh only.
Released in: Photoshop 6.0 was Released in September
2000 with the code word “Venus in Furs”
Features: Layer styles, Dialog box were added, Liquefy Filter, Vector shapes, User Interface was updated.
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Photoshop 7.0 :
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Photoshop 7.0 :
Released in:
Photoshop 7.0 was Released in March 2002with the code word “Liquid Sky”..
Features: Photoshop file browser was first time introduced in
this version.
Designed Text in vector,
And Healing Brush tool was introduced,
Designed Text in vector,
And Healing Brush tool was introduced,
Photoshop CS:
Released in: Photoshop
CS was Released in October 2003 with the code word “Dark Matter”.
Features: Match Color command, Shadow/Highlight command, Lens Blur filter, Smart Guides, Highly modified “Slice Tool”, Real-Time Histogram was introduced in this version,
Camera RAW 2.x,
Photoshop CS2:
Released in: Photoshop
CS2 was Released in April 2005 with the code word “Space Monkey”.
Features: Image Warp, Smart Objects,
Smart Sharpen, Spot healing brush, Lens Correction filter, Vanishing Point was introduced, Smart Guides, Red-Eye tool,
It furnished Memory management for 64-bit power
PC G5s.
Photoshop CS3 :
Released in: Photoshop
CS3 was Released in April 2007with the code word “Red Pill”.
Features: Auto Align and Auto Blend, Black-and-white conversion adjustment, Mobile device graphic optimization was introduced. User interface, alterations to Curves, Channel Mixer, Vanishing Point,
Contrast and, Brightness the Print dialog were also introduced
Smart Filters,
cloning and healing were improved.
Photoshop CS4:
Released in: Photoshop
CS4 was Released in April 2008
Features: New Adjustments window, Pixel grid for editing individual pixels, Use dodge/burn without affecting other areas,
Content aware cropping, Auto blend feature improved, New Adjustments panel, Fluid canvas rotation, New Masks panel, Content aware scaling,
Support for colour-blind, Smoother panning, Smoother zooming, 3D object/property editing,
2D conversions to 3D, 3D animation,
Volume rendering
Photoshop CS5:
Released in: Photoshop
CS5 was Released in April 2010
Features: Content Aware Fill,
Advanced HDR processing,
Extended painting effects,
Intelligent selection technology, Workspace management, Localised Warp tool, Auto lens correction, Improved raw processing, Advanced 3D options (CS5 Extended)additions.
Photoshop CS6, CS8,CC etc.
We will start learning Photoshop from my next blog …………..
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