Should I Learn Photoshop? The Question

So, you have been wondering for a while whether you should learn Photoshop, but you keep postponing doing that. And every now & then, you get the argue to learn it again. You sometimes wonder if it is worth the time, or if you are going to end up using it at all.

My short answer to this question is yes, you should learn using it, it is very useful skill in this day and age, as for why I am saying that, keep reading. :)

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If You Use Computer A Lot, You Should Learn Photoshop

Think about the things you could do better if you can use a photo-processing program like Photoshop. For example, if you run a blog, Photoshop allows you to optimize your images, add borders to them, create unique featured images for your posts, and many other things. If you are an application developer, you could use it to create icons for your apps. You could use it to enhance the colors of your photos. You could use it to create icons & headers for your social media accounts. The number of things you could make with it are a lot.

It Is A Good Drawing & Painting Tool

If you like to draw, and if you are thinking about getting into digital art, then Photoshop is an excellent tool for that. You could use it to create all sorts of wonderful art from scratch, it is the art program I use the most for that personally.

It is worth noting that if digital drawing & painting is your only goal, then there are many other cheaper art applications for that.

It Is Fun To Use

Imagine placing your friend over the white house, or making him stands right besides a celebrity. The sky is the limit to what you could do to your pictures here.

You Could Use It To Fix Your Pictures

Who among us doesn’t have old picture they want to restore? Even if all you ever used are modern digital cameras, it is very common for pictures to turn out bad. Like how the lighting in your picture is bad, or for some of the colors to be off. So anyone who has pictures (particularly anyone) can benefit from Photoshop to fix such photos.

Learning The Basics Is Easy By The Way

Even if you are busy, you could still be able to benefit from Photoshop, since the basics can be learned between 4-10 hours, depending on what you plan to learn, and how fast you learn. These few hours makes a huge difference compared to not learning Photoshop at all.

Bear in mind that you may not be able to do every single thing I mention in this post by learning only the basics, but you could at least learn what you need right after that.

If You Learned Photoshop, You Can Learn Similar Programs More Easily.

In case you found the world of design & digital art fancy for you, then learning Photoshop could be your gateway to it, since many graphics applications work in a very similar way to Photoshop. Learning it can smooth the curve for you to learn these applications as well. Actually, all of Adobe’s applications share the same type of user Interface, so you will be able to customize them the same way you do for Photoshop.

Okay, I Want To Learn Photoshop Now, Where Do I Start

Here are the good news, there are tons & tons of resources to learn Photoshop, many of them are free. So there’s no risk in case you want to spend money here.

There are two common ways to learn Photoshop, books and online videos (or paid ones). I will take about both of them one by one.

Photoshop Books

Books are the preferred way to learn not just Photoshop, but almost anything else, books are nice in that they allow you to learn in your own pace, you can carry the book around with you, or store it in your computer or tablet in case you got a digital one. Something that makes them very suitable to learn Photoshop offline.

In case you are looking for a good Photoshop books, check out my book Learn Photoshop CC with pictures, which is an easy way to learn Photoshop, it is written with tons of examples & detailed instructions for many of the common tools & concepts in the program. Use the code MiniTutorial to get 20% off the PDF version’s full price, with 30 days money-back guarantee. The book is also available for Kindle as well.

Online Videos

Or Youtube videos, for the most parts. Many free ones, they range from short ones, that are few minutes long. By simply searching for “Learn Photoshop” in Youtube, you will be able to find innumerable amount of videos, there are also many playlists that contain tutorials that act like a video course.

And Finally

Photoshop is one of the most useful computer programs to make, one I talked many people about learning it. I can assure you that no matter what you do in life, you are going to benefit from learning it, sooner than you think.

I hope this post has made it clear to you whether you want to learn Photoshop or not.

See Also:-

Learn Photoshop CC With Pictures.