Photo editing can be real hard work if you are not familiar with the software you’re using. It’s important to have the software that’s tested and proven to create professional looking images that can compete with Photoshop. Many professional photographers and editors have used Photoshop and even amateur photographers now know how to use it. Play around with it, try out different tools and see what they can do to your photo. In a short time you will learn what these tools are intended for and you can be as creative as you want and add different designs to your photos. The choices are endless really and Photoshop is the best tool you can find.
With Photoshop, you can create
wonderful digital images. You don't need to be an expert
photographer or Photoshop user to get that professional looking
image. Photoshop makes it easy even for amateurs to create wonderful
photos.
Here are the a few tips you can try to create better images in Photoshop.
- Transform :When you want to change the size of an image, rotate, flip or distort it, you can always do so by clicking Edit, then click Transform and select the action you desire. To make work easier, there's a shortcut you can use. Press Ctrl + T on your keyboard and a bounding box will then appear around the image, indicating transformation. This means you can now resize your image. The best way to do so is by placing the cursor on one of the rectangle corners and then dragging the corner while holding the Shift key. When you're finished just press Enter and you're done.
- Background Filter :This technique will show the subject in the photo, the one you want to highlight, and the background will be filtered to your liking. You can use a background color that you want. You can use a background color that you want. Even, you can choose different types of filters such as brush strokes. You start by duplicating the layer of the photo.
- Color Effects: It's very easy to give your image some color effects. You too can create your own image with wonderful color effects. Just open the image you want to edit with Photoshop then go down the layers palette and look for the option for Hue/Saturation and click on then set hue and saturation with lightness. With blur technique, you can enhance the color of the image. The lighter tones will look lighter and the darker tones will look soft. Therefore, with this type of technique, the contrast of the colors is greatly improved and the after effect looks a lot better than the original photo. First thing you need to do is to duplicate your photo layer by dragging it to the new layer icon or press Ctrl+J. Please note that, you should retain the shapes of the details in the photo. The photo result will be a lot softer.
- Remove Unwanted Elements from the Photo :What you need to do is to use the patch tool. Select the unwanted element and click inside the line and drag it with the mouse. Clone stamp tool and use it to get rid of that unwanted element. This tool is a tool you can use if you want to recreate certain patterns.
- Custom Shape Tool :The Tool Panel offers all the basic shapes you need like square, line, circle, ellipse etc. A shape preview thumbnail will appear to the right of the Custom Shape Tool icon. The selection is great and you can access even more shapes by clicking again on the small arrow on the right side of the panel. For example, If you are looking for banners, speech bubbles or arrows of all kinds, this is just the tool for you.