My love with photoshop

I started using adobe photoshop since 2001. Those were the days when I got my PC freshly. And I had seen some image manipulations on times of India newspaper. And I wanted to do something like that. I did not have any knowledge about which software to use. I asked my computer admin to install that software which allows photo manipulations.

He installed me photoshop 4 I feel. Then I started using photoshop. I had no idea about image formats, sizes, quality or any other things. I just started importing some film actor’s images and started experimenting. I could not learn anything worth in the starting days. The features I was not good with. I would want to do some action. But I dint know how to perform it. At times, the history brush tool annoyed me. I dint know the real use of eraser. Then the history brush was replaced by eraser. I realized the use of layers.

By some one or two months, I was somehow ok with painting on the photos and adding text on the photo. Later in next 4-5 months, I accidentally discovered the layers effects which are now termed as layer style. In old photoshop, we had very less effects and less options.

Then I upgraded to photoshop 5 where I got many more functions. Then came a significant version of photoshop 6. There was a new feature called liquidify. And there were many added layer effects. And the terminology for render layer was changed as rasterize layer.

Now I am using photoshop 7 which I feel has better brushes. And one more feature which caught my attention was the extract feature which can extract the object from its backgrounds. Surely a great tool for those who mix photos. Now I use photoshop for almost everything. For improving the quality of my photos to getting photo prints, banner making, greetings, wallpaper creation. Creating favicon. Creating png icons. Photoshop is the best tool on earth for photo manipulation.