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K. WilsonIntroduction to Photoshophttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8963-1_1

1. Getting Started with Photoshop

Kevin Wilson1  
(1)
WIDNES, UK
 

Adobe Photoshop is an image manipulation application developed by Adobe and is primarily designed for photo editing, retouching, image creation, and graphic design.

Photoshop is the industry standard and comes with a vast array of tools for manipulating digital images. It has become quite common to say that an image has been "photoshopped,” meaning that it's been airbrushed, edited, or manipulated in some way.

To make full use of Photoshop you’ll need a subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud. You’ll then be able to download ...

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