Chapter Thirteen. Simply Photoshop

I have had the pleasure to explore and work with Adobe Photoshop every day since 1992. The program is so huge and massively deep that even on my best days getting my head around all the tools and capabilities can be a challenge. Today’s features in Photoshop CS3 automate many of the processes that used to take hours of manual layer masking. Photoshop isn’t cheap. But it is a worthwhile investment from the perspective of a photographic workflow.

If you’re new to Photoshop and intend to use it to enhance your digital photography, you would do well to get some training, take an intensive workshop, or find books that walk you through learning the application (such as Photoshop CS3: Visual QuickPro Guide by Elaine ...

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