Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe is known worldwide for their professional creative software and is considered a standard in the photo editing software industry. Adobe Photoshop is a graphics editing program developed and published by Adobe Systems.

Adobe's 2003 "Creative Suite" rebranding led to Adobe Photoshop 8's renaming to Adobe Photoshop CS. Thus, Adobe Photoshop CS6 is the 13th major release of Adobe Photoshop. The CS rebranding also resulted in Adobe offering numerous software packages containing multiple Adobe programs for a reduced price. Adobe Photoshop is released in two editions: Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Photoshop Extended, with the Extended having extra 3D image creation, motion graphics editing, and advanced image analysis features.[7] Adobe Photoshop Extended is included in all of Adobe's Creative Suite offerings except Design Standard, which includes the Adobe Photoshop edition.

Alongside Photoshop and Photoshop Extended, Adobe also publishes Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Lightroom, collectively called "The Adobe Photoshop Family". In 2008, Adobe released Adobe Photoshop Express, a free web-based image editing tool to edit photos directly on blogs and social networking sites. In 2011, a version was released for the Android operating system and the iOS operating system, followed by a release of a version for Windows 8 in 2013.

REVIEW

Lots of powerful image-manipulation tools. Strong face and geo-tagging with integrated maps. Excellent output options, printing, online, photo books. Good help with performing advanced edits.

As the industry-standard, Photoshop skills are a necessity if you want to be employable in the graphic design field. Price in the hundreds and with a learning curve to match, it's not for everyone, but the investment can pay off in increased productivity and the ultimate in flexibility. Since Creative Suite 3, Photoshop cones in a standard version as well as an Extended version with specialized tools and features for the video, engineering, architecture, manufacturing, science, and medical fields.

This program learns from your preferences, and the Guided mode gives you step-by-step instructions on what tools to use to accomplish different editing tasks.

RECOMMENDATIONS

If you're a casual user who still hasn't figured out 99% of the software you already own, there is no reason you should buy CS5 unless some particular feature really grabs you.

As I learned 10 years ago when I bought the complete creative suite to do this website, I still haven't learned 95% of what I could have done with the software I bought 10 years ago. Back in those days, I had to buy each piece separately from Adobe and Macromedia, who were separate companies, long before anyone in marketing dreamt-up the phrase "Creative Suite."

The only reason today's software is any different or better than what I bought in 1999 is that it runs on today's hardware, and saves time by making things like selections easier.

Dreamweaver 3.0 on Windows 95 ran better than the Dreamweaver 8 I use all day on Mac today, and Dreamweaver CS4 was so awful it barely runs on Mac. Dreamweaver CS5 works far better than CS4, thank goodness.

CS4 was unique in being buggy and crashing. CS5 works great, as has every other version of Photoshop I've used since Photoshop 3 back in the early 1990s.

As of April 2012, Adobe CS6 replaces CS5, and I'm looking forward to reporting on it as using it as well. As of today, I earn my living all day in CS5.

COST COMPARISON

The cost for Adobe Photoshop is actually depends on the version. As there are many types of version according to the compatibility of the Windows and Macintosh. Picasa is a free of charge picture viewer and a very simple picture editor while Photoshop is a very professional picture editor. Adobe Photoshop have lots of editing tools than Picasa. Both are different, Picasa is photo sharing and photo management application with very basic photo editing tools whereas Photoshop is professional, paid photo editing software. As for the cost, Adobe Photoshop cost expensive than Picasa. The price of Adobe Photoshop is around $700.

COMPATIBILITY

Adobe Photoshop for tablet version

1.      Internet connection required. Adobe online services are available only to users 13 and older and requirement to additional terms and Adobe's online privacy policy. Mobile and tablet applications require a separate download and agreement to additional terms. Such applications may not be available in all countries or languages and may be subject to change or discontinuation without notice. Additional fees or subscription charges may apply.

2.       Photoshop CS5 or Photoshop CS5 Extended (version 12.0.4 or later) and wireless Internet connection required. Mobile and tablet applications require a separate download and agreement to additional terms. Such applications may not be available in all countries or languages and may be subject to change or discontinuation without notice. Additional fees or subscription charges may apply.

Adobe Photoshop is the same with other photo editing application, the difference of it is that some of the application can be downloaded in your mobile phone but this application only supports tablet, Macintosh and windows.