For many users Photoshop is the ultimate tool for creating web graphics and editing photos, yet with the emerge of Linux another tool has emerged with it, which is called GIMP.
GIMP is a graphics editor very similar to Photoshop, yet comes completely free, while Photoshop is a software suite you will have to purchase for [...]

Adobe Photoshop CS5 is the fastest, cleanest and most useful program of its kind.  It equips photographers with all the tools necessary to manipulate images to create an impeccable and realistic final product.  This latest version of Photoshop is an application included in Adobe’s Creative Suite that creates a larger variety of options for photographers [...]

For hobby photographers, choosing the right version of a Photoshop suite can be a daunting task, so in order to make the decision a little easier to make we will discuss the two available suites in this article.
As stated, users can choose from two separate suites, which are Photoshop CS and Photoshop Elements.
Contrary to popular [...]

Photoshop Elements is the version of the popular software that is intended for the amateur photographer, packing a powerful punch without being too sophisticated to overwhelm a beginner. It comes with an editor equipped with a guide to help a new user get the hang of it, and contains lots of automated tasks, simplifying things. [...]

Images always do well on a webpage, as they largely determine the look and feel of a page. However, using only normal imagery and photos, can make the page look just a little too static, and often the addition of a small animated object is exactly the thing it needs to make the page complete.
Today [...]

Recently the releases of CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended were announced by Adobe. These new installments of the most popular industry software in the world, comes simultaneously with the celebration of its 20th anniversary.
The popular software continues to build on a past filled with innovative features that has often lifted the standards of the graphical [...]

Today’s cameras, like many zoom lenses, make the edges of the picture disappear so the edges become invisible. Any photographer, who has ever printed the pictures himself using a darkroom, knows that when printing the photos there is a choice to print the image without cropping, creating those dark rough looking edges. Today we are [...]

Getting started using Photoshop can take quite some time to master. Below are 10 tips to speed up the time it takes to work with the basic functions of Photoshop:

Moving Layers
Activating the move tool is not required to move layers in an image. Press CTRL (Windows) or Command (Mac), then click the layer and drag [...]

Why is it necessary to sharpen images?  Noise on images is a daily issue for any photographer. If more sensitive film is used, or not enough light, the amount of noise will increase resulting in grainy images. In order to combat these side effects, tools to reduce noise or grain are applied. Depending on the [...]

Many color modes exist within Photoshop that are ready to work with. Without question the most well known of them is the RGB mode. RGB stands for Red, Green and Blue, which are called primary colors. When combined, these three colors can create a palette of a whopping 16.8 million colors. RGB is also the [...]