20 Top Reasons To Use Adobe Photoshop

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Adobe Photoshop is my first choice in photo edit and digital art creation. I am going to give you the 20 top reasons to use Adobe Photoshop. This is not an exhaustive list of all of the features and functions of Photoshop. However, I want to share the top 20 reasons why to get Photoshop.

I am a big fan of Photoshop after getting my first taste of it in 2001. The versatility it provides is endless and you are only limited by your level of creativity and imagination. Learning how to use it is much easier now since there is an abundance of free training out there. I have recommendations on free training at the bottom of this post.

20 Top Reasons To Use Adobe Photoshop

1. It is affordable. Adobe products used to cost a lot of money, but their monthly plan makes them more accessible to everyone.
2. There is plenty of free training for a beginner.
3. The range of tools available to you can’t be beaten!
4. Photo editing and manipulation, and the number 1 go-to for professional photographers in software.
5. Restoration of old photos.
6. Make website mockups and designs.
7. Create images for your blog or social media.
8. You can make money with it, for example, graphic for t-shirt, image templates, printables, to name a few. You are only limited by your creativity.
9. Create actions: You can record multiple editing steps and save it as an action. You can save this as a new action and re-apply it every time you want to achieve a particular effect.
10. Make mood boards or photo collages.
11. Color and Luminance Range Masking are excellent tools.
12. It will integrate Adobe Lightroom.
13. A large selection of fonts that can be used in your projects.
14. Quick Selection Tool: This helps with quick selections by simply clicking and dragging your cursor around and it will create a selection based on contrasting edges. This is defiantly a time-saving tool.
15. A large selection of paintbrushes, with endless applications.
16. The Clone Stamp Tool: This lets you sample pixels from one area and then copy those pixels with a stroke of a brush. This is also a time-saving tool.
17. The Pen Tool: This will provide you more control for those extremely precise designs, and it a very powerful tool.
18. Layer Masks Tool: This will allow you to manipulate certain areas of your image while not affecting others.
19. Flexible and easy to use interface.
20. Create professional documents and forms.

This is why I would recommend buy or better yet getting a subscription for Adobe Photoshop. I find that the subscription is more affordable for me and would highly recommend it. I can even go for the Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Subscription and leverage the whole creative suite for $19.99 a month. That way I don’t have to pick between Photoshop and Lightroom, I can get the best of both worlds. You can get these products at Adobe.com.

Do you want to learn more about professional photo editing?

Check out this great photo editing training courses!
Learn how to Use a DLSR camera with this Photography Masterclass!
Learn how to do trick photography and special effects with your camera.
How to do trick photography with your Iphone.

Here are some recommended free training videos for Adobe Photoshop to help you get started.

1. Photoshop CC – Full Tutorial for Beginners
2. How to Get Started With Adobe Photoshop CC – 10 Things Beginners Want To Know How To Do
3. Photoshop CC Tutorial For Beginners: Get Up And Running In No Time With Photoshop CC
4. Last by not least the Photoshop Training Channel is a great free resource for learning how to Adobe Photoshop.

For more information about photography check out my other posts linked below:

Post: 20 Top Reason to Use Adobe Lightroom
Post: How to Choose the Right Camera Lenses
Post: Best Digital Camera for Beginners
Post: Top 2 Photo Editing Software
Post: The Best Photo Printer to Print Pictures from Home

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