Photoshop User

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Photoshop USER • Process and edit your images like the pros

Your Questions Answered • There may be times when you encounter a situation that a manual doesn’t cover. Or, you may just have some general questions about these applications that will help you going forward. Also, you may be encountering issues with the software that is puzzling you. Hopefully, the next few pages may be able to answer a couple of those questions and provide a resolution to them.

Plugins Round-up • Plugins are small, self-contained programs that add extra effects and workflow possibilities to the Photoshop toolset. They are supplied by Adobe themselves and by many third-party vendors. If you are just dabbling and want to have some fun, or if you are a serious digital artist or photographer, we’re sure there’s a perfect plugin just to suit you. Here, we have a few that may be of interest to you.

Get switched on with plugins

Manual install

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Luminar 4 • 30 day money back period. £81 for 1 license.

PixelSquid • Free with limited object choice. $199 per year for access to all 3D assets.

StockSolo • Free to use. No restrictions on photos.

Blow Up 3 • 30 day trial. $79 one off purchase.

Aurora HDR • 30 day money back period. £92 for 5 licenses.

Adobe Camera Raw • When you install Photoshop, you also get a very useful application called Camera Raw. It allows you to edit Raw files captured by digital cameras. A Raw file offers a higher quality than standard jpeg files. Think of Camera Raw as the little brother of Lightroom and offers you a digital darkroom where Raw files can be processed.

Processing Raw Files • For the best possible quality, shoot in Raw mode

Camera Raw • The new look for Photoshop’s Raw processor

The Toolbar • Get to know all the tools you have at your disposal in the current version of Camera Raw

The Edit Menu • Camera Raw has a powerful set of features all nested within a series of easily accessible control tabs

Raw Workflow • Make your images look their absolute best

Creative Project Guides • How about taking on some new projects to really let your digital creativity loose? Part of the fun of learning how to use Photoshop is by tackling a variety of photo editing and image manipulation scenarios. It helps you understand how to approach them and what tools are best for the job. It also helps sharpen your growing creative skills.

Artwork Compositing • How to incorporate many image elements into a unique piece of artwork

Dual Lighting Effect • Add dramatic lighting effects to your images with gradient maps

HDR Panoramas • Create wide panoramas and HDR images all in one!

Perfect Portraits • We show you to key to beauty retouching workflow for great skin

The Midas Touch • Turn the subjects of your photos into solid gold

Enhancing Your Photos • A few simple adjustments can make all the difference

White to Any Colour • Realistically transform white into any other colour

Inside the Edit • Have you...