Photoshop CS2 for Photographers

By Sarah Clark
Sarah.clark@graphicdesignschoolreview.com
Graphic Design School Review Columnist

If you enjoy photography, you may benefit from a class in Photoshop CS2, digital imaging software made by Adobe. The tools they offer can take your photography from an amateur to a professional level.

A Photoshop class can help you learn how to perform the following functions using Photoshop.

Control Over Image Parameters

This feature in Photoshop allows you to manipulate digital photographs. You can adjust white balance and exposure and all other main image parameters. Other features in this dialog box allow you to edit color, adjust noise reduction and sharpening, and correct chromatic lens aberrations.

Vanishing Point

What's noteworthy about Photoshop CS2 is its vanishing point. Let's say you have a digital photo of a row of Victorian houses in San Francisco. There's a space in the row of houses that reveals an unsightly gap. You can add another house or another image--by cloning, painting, or pasting--without losing the perspective of the photo.

Retouching Photos

A one-click eye correction tool allows you to fix red eyes in an instant. The Photoshop CS2 Spot Healing Brush allows you to easily retouch photos, including 16-bit images. You can also correct common lens distortions and sharpen blurred areas through tools that distinguish among motion, lens, and Gaussian blur types.

Taking a Photoshop class can orient you to the technical terms and tools that make Photoshop such a valuable tool for professional photographers. Your photography can reach a new level of creativity and professionalism if you're able to fully utilize all tools available in Photoshop. Taking a class could well put you on your way to achieving greater control in your photography.

About the Author

Sarah Clark is a freelance writer who lives in Arlington, Virginia.