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photoshopskitchThere are various ways to learn how to use the software, at home with a book, on a course, from an online school etc.  Whether you are new or experienced with Photoshop, it helps to have a grip on the commonly used terms.  There are hundreds of options of Photoshop, and thousands of possibilities.  Read on to familiarize yourself with terms you may hear regularly.

BRUSHES
Brushes are tools that can be used in Photoshop to do lots of different tasks; drawing, with the mask, applying effects and so on.  You can always change the diameter of the brush and choose the kind of edge you want (soft or hard).

COLOR CORRECTION
This is a when Photoshop corrects the colors in an image to make it pleasing to the eye or ‘true’.  The most dramatic examples of this are when you have color casts in a photograph and Photoshop removes this so the image is balanced.

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While the quality of the digital camera you use is crucial to the quality of the pictures you take, don’t forget, as many people often do, the important role digital photography software play in determining the final look of a photograph. Okay, so software will not make a photo taken with a 5 mega pixel camera look the same as the same shot taken with a 10 mega pixel camera. But software can turn a normal 5 mega pixel snap into great one that can rival an ordinary 10 mega pixel one.

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