Adobe Photoshop is a professional graphic editor designed for commercial use in printing and web design. Of course, in order to master the capabilities of Photoshop at a professional level, it will take more than one month of training. However, this editor can also be used at the everyday level: the program allows you to correct a photo even for a person who does not have serious Photoshop skills.
Tools in Photoshop
Launching Photoshop, the user will see a gray field and many incomprehensible menus. Do not be intimidated: it is not difficult to understand their functions at the minimum level.
The toolbar is located on the left side of the screen. If you hover the mouse cursor over any of these tools, a tooltip with its name will pop up. The functions of some of these tools are clear from their name: for example, Pencil and Brush are designed for drawing, the Crop tool allows you to crop a frame, and the Eraser is the electronic equivalent of a regular eraser.
The purpose of the other tools will have to be learned. For example, the Magic Wand and Lasso are used to highlight difficult areas. The Clone Stamp and the Healing Brush are tools that are indispensable for photo retouching: with their help, you can easily remove unnecessary elements or defects.
For each of these tools, you can choose different settings, for example, the diameter of the brush or the strength of the impact of a particular tool. The desired value can be set in the settings menu.
Don't think that Photoshop's capabilities are limited by the functions presented in the toolbar. A huge set of useful functions is "hiding" in the upper horizontal menu of the program.
Using layers
An important and very useful feature of Photoshop is the ability to work with layers. Layers in Photoshop are like superimposed transparent glasses. The artist can paint on these glasses, alternately superimposing them on top of each other, which makes it possible to see how the elements of the picture are combined with each other. If some parts of the picture do not suit the artist, he can pull out or displace one of the glasses without redoing the entire image.
This is how layers work in Photoshop, only they have much more possibilities. So, the user has the ability to change the transparency level of the layers, with one click of the mouse, you can create a copy of an already finished layer or change any of its characteristics.
A little practice: how to remove red eye
Even this information is enough to improve a photograph using Photoshop. For example, a common problem that novice photographers face is red-eye, which often occurs when using the built-in flash.
In order to remove the red-eye effect, you need to open the photo that needs to be corrected in the editor. To do this, just drag the image into an open Photoshop window. The picture will open in the workspace of the editor. After that, in the toolbar, select the Red Eyes tool. Alternatively, you can press the letter "j" on the keyboard - this hotkey will also activate the required tool.
After selecting this tool, the mouse cursor will turn into a cross. All that is required of the user is to move this cross over the red eyes and click the left mouse button several times. Red-eye problem solved!
