Introduction

Adobe Photoshop has been widely used by graphic designers, web designers, photographers, Flash designers, animators, video specialists, and many others to accomplish design tasks ranging from the simple editing of personal photos to correct exposure, or make them more artistic, or even funnier in order to share with your friends online, to creating a whole professional web site, video resources, photo editing, cartoon backgrounds, and more. It’s hard to imagine a design task that does not rely on Photoshop in one way or another.

After the merge of Adobe and Macromedia in 2005, Adobe Photoshop gained a big advantage: the integration between it and other Macromedia products in the family. This integration enables Adobe Photoshop users ...

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