Preface

Most websites today carry news, views and tutorials about Photoshop and its many uses. Some even display beautifully edited but life like Photoshop images that make you wonder where the real image ended and the editing began.

Photoshop they say is the best photo editing and web graphic software available that can be used by professionals and amateurs alike. Its various versions help you to create stunning graphics and enhance or edit beautiful photographs as well as restore old ones at the click of a button. There are tutorials on the internet that teach you how to work with most versions and features of Photoshop.

At both professional and amateur levels these tutorials allow people to express themselves above an image that already exists. While most learners are able to master these skills through rigid practice some people sadly just don’t seem to get the hang of it.

Job Opportunities

This is where a Photoshop artist steps in. A professional photo editor can give your photographs that extra touch that is the need of the hour. People need good images for adverts, magazines, books other publications, such as social networking sites and blogs to name just a few. Red eye reduction, unnecessary blurs, cropping extras, sharpening images and overall correction of the image can be done easily by amateurs but adding missing components is something only professionals have a hand over.

Photoshop professionals are needed in most media related industries beginning with advertisement agencies, publication houses, web designers, and movie and television promotion in addition to stock photography sites. Apart from this Photoshop editors are hired to restore old and languishing photographs to design greeting cards and fun apparel.

With a certification in Photoshop photo editing and manipulation, the photo artist can become successful web designer and attach himself to a web design studio or freelance as a web designer. The program allows you to successfully break and join images for easy upload on web pages. Web designers with the significant qualifications can create banners, interactive buttons, animations and graphics that all go to make a successful web page. Web designers with Photoshop credits are paid more than their counterparts and they are hired to design custom WebPages or to create ready website templates that users ultimately customize themselves.

Photoshop artists are hired for photo correction and restoration. Often called “photo-doctors” at this level Photoshop artists save old photographs from damage and restore them to their original glory. They also correct common mistakes like red eye correction, image blurs, background changes, clarity, and significant image cropping. Furthermore Photoshop artists with their varied skills can use features like the Patch Tool, Healing Brush and Clone Stamp to cover fades and tears in old photos to make them noticeably new without being too obvious.

Photoshop artists are also hired for their ability to add a portrait or print like edge to existing photos. Lots of artists are offering this service to families that wish their photos to be portrayed. Earlier families their dogs and other pets were made to sit for hours together till the artist finished his sketch or painting, today all you do is scan a photograph and send it to a professional who using Photoshop techniques transforms it into a sketch or painting in a matter of hours or days.

A Photoshop artist or editor is hired by publication houses to work his magic in newspapers, magazines, online news papers, book and CD/DVD covers and theme based merchandise. Photoshop artists have a flair and knowledge of including text in pictures and videos which is a key requirement within the media industry.

Conclusion

Photoshop is an easy to learn photo editing and manipulating software that promises remarkable results and creates a number of fun and creative job opportunities for artists. It is compatible with most operating software and comes with easy to use instructions.
M.A.H.

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