Getting Started With a PhotoShop - Edit images with ease

Edit images with ease

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Photoshop delivers high-powered image editing, photo retouching, and compositing tools to help you get professional-quality results.
Color correction
Photoshop offers two basic methods for adjusting color in an image. Use the options in the Image > Adjustments menu--including the Auto Color command, which analyzes the image to make instant and reliable color corrections--to change the image permanently. Or use an adjustment layer to apply editable color and tonal corrections.
Healing brush
Effortlessly remove dust, scratches, blemishes, and other flaws with a single tool. The healing brush automatically preserves the shading, lighting, and texture of the original photo.
Selection tools
From the click-and-drag marquee tools, to magnetic selection tools that snap to the edges of an element, to the pen tool that lets you define a shape precisely, Photoshop offers a range of shape-selection options. You can also select by color, using the magic wand or the Color Range command. And the Extract command provides a sophisticated way to isolate a foreground object from the background.
Precision masking
Masks let you hide part of an image, or protect and preserve one section while you apply color changes, filters, or other effects to the rest of the artwork. You can also use masks to save complex selection borders for reuse.
Clipping paths
Use a clipping path to cut a foreground element away from the background--without actually altering the original image.
Sharpening controls
Photoshop's sharpening tools include the powerful Unsharp Mask filter, based on traditional film compositing techniques. Use Unsharp Mask after scaling, rotating, color correcting--any process that affects the pixel structure of an image--to bring the artwork into crisp focus. 
Edge smoothing
Use the anti-aliasing option to smooth the jagged edges of a selection, or apply feathering to create soft edges.
Contact sheet generation
Export an entire folder of images on a single page to allow easy cataloging, previewing, and printing. Or use the Picture Package feature to print photos of different sizes on the same page.
Web photo display
Showcase your work online by posting a Web photo gallery. You'll find a collection of ready-made templates on the Photoshop CD to make the job quick and easy--and you can stamp each image with copyright text to help protect against illegal downloads.