Digital Imaging Editing Software

By David Peters

In today's market there is one image-editing software that stands out above the rest. The program is Photoshop and it is easy to understand its appeal due to the amazingly high performance effects offered and the ease with which they are used. Photoshop offers the ability to perform all of your graphic editing needs with only a few simple clicks and in a fraction of the time that it would have taken most other programs.

Many consider Photoshop to be a necessary tool for anyone working with graphics of any kind form print to web and even to broadcast media. Keep in mind though, that Photoshop does come with a larger price tag than most.

This has resulted in the vast number of less expensive competitors (although none are really considered to be contenders), plus the piracy of the Photoshop software itself. In measures to counter this, a simplified version of Photoshop known as Photoshop Elements was introduced which has proven to be a perfect tool for beginners.

From where did Photoshop make its meteoric rise? The program was first developed in 1987 and was released on the market in 1990. Adobe has made sure to stay on top of advances since especially in relation to hardware power and has revamped Photoshop accordingly. Even now, to get the most out of the Photoshop program, you should invest in as much RAM as possible for your computer.

Adobe's hard work has not been the only factor in Photoshop being where it is today. The program's plugin design has allowed there to be are all types of plugins existing for more complex work, as well as some plugins that in reality cost more and do more than the program itself.

Due to this feature, Photoshop is many times used in the same way as Windows, in the manner of a platform. It would be a major endeavor to get these plugins to operate with any other software program, making the competition futile for those depending on a plugin.

Photoshop for Windows and Mac OS (both OS 9 and OS X) are available today. For those wanting to use it on Linux, you will have to use Crossover Office, Codeweavers' program that permits some Windows software to operate on Linux, but it will be quite slow.

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