Photoshop Training News

Learning Photoshop for graphic design is an essential skill. It is the standard digital tool used a wide variety of formats, from print to web to interactive design and even video. Those looking to start a career in graphic design will need to learn Photoshop, but this is simply one step in the...

There are many reasons why you should learn Photoshop. Learning Photoshop is essential if you work in a graphic design, web design, or user experience role. Yet it is also equally important to learn Photoshop for those working in hands-on marketing roles. Whether creating flyers, brochures, or...

With the help of Photoshop fake news photographer Edwardo Martins shared his images with hundreds of thousands of people across news sites and social media. Along with more than 100,000 followers on Instagram, mainstream publications including The Wall Street Journal along with The Telegraph have...

The team that teaches photography courses at American Graphics Institute have assembled some nature photography tips to help you capture the best images possible. Here are some nature photography tips for you to get the best pictures:Take your pictures early in the morning or towards the end of the...

Versions of Photoshop for iPhone and Android have been released by Adobe in an effort to grow the base of Photoshop and Creative Cloud users. While Photoshop remains the standard for professional image editing, Adobe has yet to capitalize on the significant growth in mobile photography. Apple and...

When Apple announced the iPhone 7 yesterday, they made a great effort to promote its photo capabilities. Cutting through the exaggeration and marketing speak that is expected with any product launch, there are several improvements that creative professionals, photographers, and Photoshop users are...

A fully updated Photoshop book has been released by American Graphics Institute. Written by Photoshop expert and American Graphics Institute instructor Jennifer Smith, the book is titled Photoshop Digital Classroom CC 2015 - 2016 edition.  Smith collaborated on this Photoshop book...

For Adobe Photoshop users wondering when Photoshop CC 2016 will be released or what new features are included in Photoshop CC 2016, the wait is over. Photoshop CC 2016 includes a number of new features and the 2016 Photoshop version is part of a larger Creative Cloud 2016 update that Adobe...

Since listening to the backlash against Photoshop retouching, a teen-focused clothing retailer reduced the use of Photoshop and has seen positive results. A dramatic increase in sales has followed since retailer Aerie has focused on using models across a wide range of sizes and body types and...

Designing a book cover for a classic title to make it modern and compelling for readers is a big task. This is especially true for many classic books that pre-date digital publishing and often lack cover artwork and compelling designs that draw-in readers or help to promote a book title online....

Over the holidays while many people were concerned about over-eating, the French national assembly passed legislation that is being called the Photoshop law. The law requires all Photoshop retouching that is performed on models be clearly labeled. The Photoshop law is included with other...

Many digital photographers are wondering if they still need Photoshop or if Google Photos, Apple Photos, and the crop of other free image editing and sharing tools can met their needs. Casual photographers who don’t need the precision of Photoshop or don’t want to purchase Photoshop...

In an effort to avoid Photoshop-like effects from being applied to news images, photographs captured in the RAW format will no longer be accepted from by Reuters from news photographers. The large international news organization is requiring that all news images be captured, processed, and saved in...

There has been yet another problem with a fashion magazines use of Photoshop this past week. Over-editing and excessive retouching are continuing to cause embarrassment and problems for magazine publishers. This week the fashion magazine Modeliste pulled an entire printed issue of the publication...

Apple has released what may be the best iMac for Photoshop with a recent update to their line of iMac computers. This is good news if you are looking to get an iMac for Photoshop or any of the Creative Cloud apps.The new iMacs include models with both 21.5 inch and 27 inch screens, and the displays...

Adobe systems has announced a new, updated version of Photoshop for iOS and Android that is available at no cost for any user that registers with Adobe. This latest version of the Photoshop app for mobile devices contains many capabilities that were previously only available in the full-featured,...

This week Apple held a launch event to introduce new iPads and iPhones. The new iPads contain more powerful processors. To show off the new capabilities, Apple invited Adobe to demonstrate a version of Photoshop running on the iPad.The concept of using Adobe Photoshop to demonstrate whether a new...

The National Park Service is being reimagined thanks to some fine Photoshop work by agency Grey New York. By using Photoshop to contrast and blend various parks, viewers of this print, outdoor, and digital campaign see the variety of parks, and rethink stereotypes of the national park service as...

If you are in the U.S. for the Fourth of July you may see some great fireworks and want to capture them on film. You don’t need to be an expert photographer or a Photoshop expert to get great looking pictures of fireworks. We’ve assembled our annual set of guidelines for securing some...

Recent news around digital photography has focused on Adobe discontinuing Photoshop Touch for Android and iOS, along with Google’s soon to be available Photos app that brings new digital imaging capabilities to Android. Adobe is looking to take the focus away from what they’ll be...

The only publicly available version of Photoshop for Android, known as the Photoshop Touch app from Adobe, will be discontinued on May 28. If you already own this version of Photoshop, you’ll be able to continue to use it. But it will not be available after May 28, and will not be supported...

Adobe systems has announced a key update for one of their Adobe Photoshop for Android products. Photoshop Lightroom version 1.1 for Android is an update to the image editing application. This update to Photoshop Lightroom adds a couple of important features for mobile users that were missing in the...

Photoshop Express is Adobe’s effort to provide basic digital image editing capabilities on the phone. It is a free app available for most major phone platforms. As more photos are captured on phones, and shared using services such as Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, Adobe is struggling to...

While we teach Photoshop classes and even write books about Photoshop, when it comes to managing thousands of personal photos, we use a number of different apps. On the Mac OS, we’ve used iPhoto, which has been replaced by Apple Photos. While Photoshop is our go-to app for any serious image...

This week images allegedly from separate photo shoots of Beyonce and Cindy Crawford appeared online, which purport to show the celebrities before Photoshop had been used on the images.Some who celebrate natural beauty have cheered the release of these images, indicating that they are show that even...

The images and documents that were used in Boston’s Olympic bid share a fantastic vision for reimagining different parts of Boston. Photoshop plays a key role in helping to share the vision to bring the Olympics to Boston, with images showcasing not-yet-built sports venues integrated with...

Adobe, the maker of design software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign which is bundled together as the Creative Cloud has announced this week that they are moving more into the services business. Adobe is acquiring Fotolia, a stock photography company, and we expect Adobe to sell the...

You might think that if an American politician wants a picture with an ethnically diverse group of people, they would be able to find them and take a picture. That's not what Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett's campaign did recently, as they committed a Photoshop failure by adding people...

Mobile photo editing service Aviary announced this week that it has been acquired by Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) the maker or Photoshop and other Creative Cloud tools. Until now Adobe has been mostly on the sidelines as services such as Instagram, Flickr, and even Facebook expanded mobile photo...

Apple has announced they are retiring their photo editing tool Aperture along with iPhoto, impacting millions of both professional and amateur photographers that work on the Mac platform. Professional users will likely be moving to Photoshop or Photoshop Lightroom as a result. While the Apple...

On Independence Day here in the U.S., we frequently get questions from friends and family about the best way to photograph fireworks so that they don’t require work in Photoshop. There are some simple steps to taking great pictures of fireworks. Here’s some guidance for photographing...

Women’s apparel retailer Ann Taylor Loft has gone too far with their Photoshop retouching efforts, creating a painfully distorted torso on a swimsuit model.  Far too often when retailers are looking to sell swimwear, they try to make the models look thinner than necessary, and the...

He may be an IT professional by day, but after hours, John Wilhelm taps into his creative side and creates digital portraits of his daughters, transporting them to magical destinations across real and imaginary realms.Wilhelm has photographed and Photoshopped a variety of individuals, ranging from...

There's no shortage of pop​ stars involved in recent Photoshop controversies. Lady Gaga received a wave of criticism after photos of the starlet's untouched Versace ads surfaced, and now two more female singers are at the center of unwanted attention surrounding image...

Photoshop errors can distract from what would otherwise be a high-quality image, as was the case a recent issue of Vogue Magazine which features a spread covering Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. One of the images of the couple and their daughter, North, has sparked an Internet-wide...

When companies are trying to promote an event or sell a product, using Photoshop in their advertisements often means the difference between creating an ad that receives a large amount of media attention, and one that barely blips on consumers' radars. Photoshop disasters typically receive...

The Internet has been swept with another rash of criticisms over a Photoshop debacle, and this time, the culprit was Target, a company that typically fares well in the design department. Although the photos have been taken down from the corporation's website, news of the mistakes - which...

Highly televised award ceremonies appeal to a wide range of audiences, and no matter who's watching, there's bound to be something that will captivate you. Watching your favorite actor receive an Oscar statue for his or her hard work, for instance, can be an exciting experience, especially...

It's hard to imagine a world without Adobe Photoshop. The influence of the software company's flagship design software package can be felt virtually everywhere, from the glossy pages of the world's leading fashion magazines to the latest memes on the Internet. However, Photoshop is...

Earlier this month, Lena Dunham, writer and star of the HBO TV show "Girls" appeared on the cover of Vogue magazine. Ordinarily, this would raise few eyebrows, but women's interest blog Jezebel soon put a stop to all that by offering a $10,000 "bounty" for unaltered...