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Adobe PhotoShop

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What is Adobe PhotoShop?

Adobe Photoshop is the best known graphics product on the market.

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Magical Adobe PhotoShop

9 out of 10
March 06, 2023
i will use it in making mockups, logo presentation, logo manual, emailers and editing photos, social media posts and love to work on it. …
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Future of Adobe Photoshop Demo - GPU Technology Conference

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Adobe Photoshop brushes tutorial and demo

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Adobe Photoshop Elements 11: Feature Highlights & Demo

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Adobe Photoshop Mobile Android Demo

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Photoshop Tutorial - Directional Fur/Hair Brush Demo (Custom Photoshop Brushes)

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What is Adobe PhotoShop?

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How to use PhotoShop, a step by step tutorial. Learn to when to use PhotoShop, how to make a project, and how to use each of the program's tools.

Adobe PhotoShop Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

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Adobe Photoshop is the best known graphics product on the market.

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The most common users of Adobe PhotoShop are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Photoshop is used for image editing and incorporating illustrations for learning solutions. Many of the editing tasks require image 'clean-up' such as removing objects and people, color correction, and brightness. Once the image has been touched up, then there is often the inclusion of illustrative features to make the images more compelling or a manner of including text.
  • Object or person removal.
  • Image touch up.
  • Easy to learn.
  • Finding options in the different window elements.
  • Explaining why options/filters are not available such as requiring a flattened layer.
  • Easier iteration when removing an object. If the removal isn't great, the next iteration doesn't always recognize what was required to remove.
This program is perfect for any image-manipulating scenario as long as the individual understands some basic image editing concepts such as drop shadow or gradient. The Photoshop program makes it easy to identify the correct size for an image for different applications from print, web, or social media platforms. This streamlines the creative process.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Adobe photoshop is certainly the best bitmap image manipulation software compared to non. As a professional graphic designer, there is no single day that i don't open this wonderful software to design, manipulate images or edit old documents. The software has a wide range of tools from which you choose to do what you want. The tools i love so much when editing are: content aware, clone stamp, magic eraser, patch, healing brush and many more. With the help of these magical software, I'm able to restore old photos, documents for my clients. I edit documents, do new professional designs, improve the quality of pixilated images. Photoshop allows new designs and other edited document to be exported in any desired formats of your choice because it has more to choose from. I won't get the time to write every experience about this amazing undoubtedly the best bitmap photo and designing software of our time. Even though there are so many bitmap softwares emerging, they lack sensitive tools and exporting formats. Photoshop is just unmatchable in its field and on top of other softwares with their frequent updates and yearly upgrades. It will remain a SENIOR to all designing and image manipulation softwares.
  • All my poster designs, social media designs, wedding invitations, church flyers and many more are all done with photos.
  • Old photos restoration works are done by photoshop manually and the result is always amazing. I change the quality of pixilated images by increasing their pixels sizes in the software.
  • Document editing and manipulation, digital painting and many other works are all done best by photoshop.
  • Photo enlargement, passport photo resizing and many other works are all done by photoshop.
  • They have to work on their image enhancement tools. Some AI image enhancement softwares beat photoshop in these area. Most restore lost pixels better than photoshop.
  • Another thing i love less about photoshop is the cost. They should do something about that.
  • You have to learn photoshop from scratch to master it. Its not a software for lazy people because of that, only dedicated learning stay to learn. Most run to emerging softwares that have more design Templates to choose from. They should also try to to add some design template to even save time for professionals who design everything from scratch.
My overall experience with photoshop is amazing. Photoshop is now part of me even though i explore other emerging softwares to see what they have better than photoshop. Truely some have wonderful tools but which can not overshadow photoshop. As professional designer who alway want the best for my clients, do few things in other softwares and continue in photoshop even though photoshop can equally do them but not the best way for me. This doesn't apply to other professional. Generally i will choose photoshop any day over photoshop.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I've been using PhotoShop for quite some time now but I love the new update - generative AI makes my work a lot more easier and it allows me to do better work as well. Generative fill helps my creativity, all this while I visualise things in my head and then decide if there's something worth to put into execution. Now? I can easily translate all my concepts to tangible rough mocks in a matter of seconds. Yes, it may not be as easy to use as compared to Canva but there is a reason why PhotoShop has been at the helm of design for decades now. UI is intimidating at first, definitely not the most intuitive tool but as you use the software more, things get a lot more easier.
  • Generative fill
  • Image editing
  • Basic marketing collateral design
  • UI - I do think that something could be simplified
  • Cost - while creative cloud is priced economically, for people who just want one software - I think it could be priced better.
PhotoShop is best suited for photo editing, generative AI image creation and I guess it would be less appropriate for things like vector graphics creation, presentations, logo design, video editing, vector animation (like after effects)
Amir Hussain | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Photoshop is my own and organization's photograph altering apparatus for showcasing, site, and virtual entertainment pictures. Furthermore, you could likewise utilize it to make some compelling artwork with a tablet. It's chiefly utilized by the Plan division, however we likewise have individual licenses. My own utilization is to pizazz up, re-alter, and resize pictures conveyed by clients. For certain years now, it went away down in value, you can likewise involve it for a couple of months and turn it off on the off chance that you are more task based.
  • It's been there for quite a while, meaning Enormous people group, ALOT of guides.
  • Functions admirably with different instruments from Adobe.
  • They made a few major upgrades to the product so it runs way quicker.
  • There is a major expectation to learn and adapt on the off chance that you need explicit things, yet there are numerous instructional exercises. Be ready to invest some energy learning the device.
  • It can turn into a piece inconvenient while doing weighty liveliness, or huge pictures with a great deal of layers.
  • Not for the "basic" pc clients, you really want a decent pc to runs this instrument at its pinnacle.
PhotoShop has a great deal of elements to assist you with making the best pictures effortlessly. With assistance of layers, you can make changes in the future easily, so in the event that a task changes the varieties, it's truly simple to fix. Likewise, you can cooperate on numerous records and spot the layers starting with one then onto the next (helpful on greater undertakings). With that, there are a few strong things you can do with this instrument from simple to complex. One thing I appreciate doing is discovering a few new deceives to make pictures truly pop on YouTube and do them myself on my best pictures.
Mike Koolwijk | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
PhotoShop is my personal and company's photo editing tool for marketing, website, and social media images. And, you could also use it to make some fine art with a tablet. It's mainly used by the Design department, but we also have individual licenses. My personal use is to flair up, re-edit, and resize images delivered by customers. For some years now, it went waaaay down in price, you can also use it for a few months and turn it off if you are more project-based.
  • It's been there for a long time, meaning BIG community, ALOT of guides.
  • Works really well with other tools from Adobe.
  • They made some big improvements to the software so it runs way faster.
  • There is a big learning curve if you want specific things, but there are many tutorials. Be prepared to spend some time learning the tool.
  • It can become a bit clunky when doing heavy animations, or big images with a lot of layers.
  • Not for the "simple" pc users, you need a good pc to runs this tool at its peak.
PhotoShop has a lot of features to help you make the best images with ease. With help of layers, you can make changes in the future with ease, so if a project changes the colors, it's really easy to fix. Also, you can work together on multiple files and place the layers from one to another (useful on bigger projects). With that, there are some powerful things you can do with this tool from easy to complex. One thing I enjoy doing is finding some new tricks to make images really pop on YouTube and do them myself on my best images.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Adobe Photoshop is one of the most versatile tool out there. If you know how, you can do a lot with it. It is a easy to learn, hard to master kind of tool. But once you do master it, the possibilities are endless. You can do graphic designs, typography, photo editing & retouching, animations, layouting etc.
  • Image editing and retouching
  • Illustrations and digital painting
  • Brush Customizations
  • Allows unlimited layers
  • Integration with other Adobe Softwares
  • Works only on Pixels and not on vectors.
  • It has a very high learning curve and is not beginner friendly.
  • Starts lagging as the file size gets bigger and more layers are added.
  • Works on a subscription model which is also priced quite high.
Adobe Photoshop is widely used in the ed-tech industry be it illustrations for production, graphics for marketing, or infographics for sales. It is one software that can handle any pixel related tasks and is considered a market standard. Put on your creative cap and master the software cause the possibilities are endless. On top of that Adobe brings out timely updates and adds new features every now and then which you didn't even think you needed but you're glad it's here now.
November 17, 2021

Photo editing

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
A big help in editing photos. From raw copy to a majestic photo finish. Lots of improvement. From its original version way back. With photoshop enhancing photos has been become so easy nowadays. Even we can put additional layouts, design on a simple photo will become more artistic.
  • From raw photo to great copy.
  • Additional features or designs.
  • Size of version.
Photo become easy nowadays because of editing. You can take a raw copy and edit thru photoshop and the photo will become lively. Most of the artists nowadays are very professional in editing. Even in smart mobiles we can install Photoshop app and edit old photos.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I use Adobe PhotoShop as a family photographer for advanced and creative editing of images. Basic edits are done with Adobe Lightroom but anything that requires advanced editing, such as skin touchups, head swaps, removing distracting elements, etc. we use Photoshop. It is a very powerful tool that we are constantly using and learning more about its functionality.
  • Head swaps - replacing a better face/facial expression from a different image
  • Skin corrections - blurring, sharpening, contouring
  • Removing distracting elements from the background
  • It is a huge program that I am constantly learning about its features. For the most part whenever I think 'I wish I could do x with Photoshop' I'll Google it and find that it can be done, and I'll learn how. I find that using Photoshop is a constant learning process.
  • I dislike the switch from buying the program outright to paying a monthly fee for using the Adobe suite
I think that Lightroom is much more suited for batch processing basic edits such as cropping, basic color corrections, contrast, brightness. It is very tedious to try to use Photoshop for those aspects of editing. Photoshop excels at advanced editing techniques where images can be greatly enhanced by creative processes and individual hand-editing. I definitely use actions to speed up some of the editing processes. That being said, I strongly dislike the use of Photoshop to alter body images - whether enlarging/puffing up areas of the body or shrinking other areas. However, that is not a flaw in the product but how it is used and promotes unhealthy body image in society.
Heather Miller | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Adobe Photoshop is being used across the whole organization as a part of Adobe Creative Cloud, which our company is subscribed to. As a designer, Adobe Photoshop is the standard for photo editing and illustration and is an essential part of my job. It is a program recognized by most companies, which makes it easy to share files and send things to print.
  • Brush customization. There are many available brushes for illustration, and each can be customized to fit the needs of your specific style.
  • Integration with other Adobe products. It is essential that the images I create be accessible in Adobe InDesign and Illustrator, and [Adobe] Photoshop can be placed and edited easily within those programs.
  • Advanced editing. The possibilities for editing photos [are] endless, with new features being added constantly.
  • Large learning curve. It takes a long time to learn, an eternity to master. I have used it for 10+ years, and I still am learning new things it's capable of.
  • Busy UI. As the program updates over time, [...] tools and features will [often] move, which buries them, and I can't find them again. It can also be frustrating when a rogue key is pressed, which switches around the layout with no indicator for how to get it back to how it was.
  • Clunky automation. There are times I need to batch-create something or batch-edit, and it is never intuitive how to get through the process. I always have to refer to tutorials because the features are never where I think they are.
Adobe Photoshop is great for photo editing and illustration. While a beginner can use it and learn the inner workings of the program, it is definitely an advanced tool with many more features and abilities than other similar products. It would not be well suited for anyone that has simple edits they want to make or [doesn't] have the time [and] dedication that it takes to learn.
Chris Carpenter | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Adobe PhotoShop is being used across our organization in very specialized settings. While it is not widely used, that is because the skill set required to use it is specialized. It specifically addresses the problem or opportunity of graphic design needs and communication design that goes beyond your typical PowerPoint with image stuffed in. It is also widely used by our commercial and digital teams.
  • Layered images: This helps us manipulate specific portions of images without damaging the original. Layers are exceptionally useful.
  • Pre-measured templates for common outputs (banner ads, social images, etc.).
  • High quality image design and manipulation for multiple platforms and dpi counts.
  • PhotoShop is a specialized tool with a learning curve. The controls are sometimes cryptic to the unimmersed.
  • The licensing model for PhotoShop and the Creative Suite can sometimes be cost-prohibitive and hard to justify deploying.
  • There are lots of overlaps in the Adobe Creative Suite that make it difficult to know if PhotoShop, Lightroom, PhotoShop Lite, etc. are the right tools for the job.
Adobe PhotoShop is a standard for creative teams and it is particularly well-suited for distributed design teams who like to share creative projects in the creative cloud. It is excellent for layered graphics and more advanced professional work, but it is also a solid tool for novice designers who want to professionalize their work in a meaningful way. PhotoShop Express is a good option in some situations, but there is no real replacement for good work done in PhotoShop—so much so that PhotoShop is as much a verb as it is a product.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Adobe PhotoShop is almost exclusively used by our Marketing Department to assist with creative development. This includes whitepapers, digital ads, sell-sheets, and any other materials that may require images. It is mostly used by our in-house designer, but may also be used by other Marketing Team members during the content development process. Photos\Shop is typically used for image editing.
  • Photo editing.
  • Advertisement development for print & online images.
  • Adding consistent design details.
  • Finding ways of making image sharing easier. With high-resolution images, the file sizes can be quite large and difficult to share with team members.
  • More integration with other Adobe products make it easier to move from editing an image in photoshop to getting it into Illustrator and visa versa.
  • More instruction for beginners with tutorials on how to do something embedded into the application.
If you need to do any image editing, PhotoShop is an extremely powerful tool. Although there are other photo-editing apps, learning PhotoShop can allow you to do more with your images. This can then positively impact your brand image through better creative assets.
Jamie Drahos | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Select individuals in our department use Adobe Photoshop as a tool with their eLearning design and video production. Photoshop is primarily used to manipulate graphics that are a part of those projects. However, Photoshop is also used to create some original graphics for our learning management system, video projects, and eLearning modules. We use it as a part of the other tools in the Adobe Creative Cloud suite of software. The use of the software allows us to circumvent outsourcing for our graphic work.
  • AI editing with object removal and increasing image resolution.
  • Multiple file format support for flexibility to work with any image.
  • Layer based image manipulation and editing.
  • Ease of use/high learning curve for new users.
  • Better mobile support for tablets.
  • System resource management for smooth operation.
In my opinion, Photoshop is the industry standard for professional pixel-based image editing and creation if you want to go beyond the basic consumer editing programs. I have tried several competitors and they just don't add up to Photoshop's feature set and ease of use. Photoshop is very good for using layers to create images for any type of project. However, it isn't great if you need to edit a large batch of images. Adobe Lightroom would be better suited for that scenario.
Jeff Huisjen | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
As an organization that makes a majority of our graphics for digital and print media in house, we use Adobe Photoshop regularly as one of the tools in our box for creative design. From quick and easy slides to more complex graphics projects Photoshop has been a huge win for our organization.
  • Adobe Photoshop is an industry standard for graphic design and does its job well.
  • For editing PDFs, JPGs, or creating graphics from scratch, Photoshop works like a charm.
  • Photoshop has a selection of quality tools and is easily customizable to suit your work style.
  • There is a bit of a learning curve when it comes to Photoshop that can cause new users to struggle.
  • Sometimes Photoshop rolls out new updates that feel like they can throw off workflow until you get used to them.
  • Photoshop doesn't work natively in Vectors which can be an issue for scaling graphics.
Photoshop is a phenomenal graphic design program that, once learned, can be come a quick and easy go to. For creating graphics from scratch, or doing a quick edit, Photoshop is great.

Because you can't work in Vectors, sometimes Photoshop lags behind other programs and you can quickly end up with pixelated or blurry images.
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
Many people within multiple departments at our company use Adobe Photoshop, from our creative team to productions and HR. As an event management, creative and production agency, Photoshop is used regularly to create internal communication and design assets, production assets for live events, and all creative assets for both virtual and live events.
  • It's an amazing design and photo editing tool
  • It has a lot of functionality
  • You can easily manage editing multiple documents simultaneously
  • It has so much functionality so can take a long time to learn the software.
  • They are always making updates to the software, which is great, but you have to be ready to always be learning new things about it.
  • It would be great if you could copy your editing settings for multiple documents.
Adobe Photoshop is a great tool for anyone who is in a creative role, or where you need creative assets for your work. It is a tool that has endless possibilities. It is great for photographers, designers, social media specialists, HR teams, etc. I highly recommend the product because of its vast functionality. However, if you are not going to be using it on a regular basis, it may not be the best solution because it is pricey. You may be better off using a tool like Canva in that case.
Aniket Kumar Chaudhary | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
With the changing times, the authority of Adobe Photoshop is challenged by other software that provides features that are powerful and rich in utilities.
Increased competition has not affected Photoshop's popularity as most businesses and professionals still rely on it to fulfill their IMAGE EDITING needs. I am one of them who uses this software to make memes and high-quality compelling designs.
  • Photoshop is useful to recover old or damaged photos.
  • Surplus of state-of-the-art tools at your disposal.
  • Trivial editing can be done with ease.
  • Creativity can be fully unlocked with the built-in library of values.
  • It is easy to use, although its high professional level is quite complex and requires a lot of knowledge to be used correctly.
  • It is a relatively expensive tool compared to other photo editing software.
  • It is not easy to use, it requires prior learning.
  • It needs a cloud subscription for some features.
  • It is heavy and may be difficult to work with on some computers.
Despite suffering some downsides, Photoshop continues to dominate the graphics editing market with its powerful and contemporary tools. If you have great imagination skills, Photoshop will be an excellent assistant in the embodiment of the most daring ideas. You should try it.
But I think Photoshop has a lot of tools and it can confuse newbies. Consequently, it takes a lot of time to learn the whole features of Photoshop
Score 8 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
Our team would create our own curriculum and student materials, workbooks, posters, as well as our own marketing materials, promotional materials, and more. To do this, we often used Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop to create our own images, edit others, and more for those documents.

We also took a lot of photographs of students and staff who came to our organization each week to capture their experience and photoshop was used as needed to edit images to touch them up before put into marketing materials or sent out to the different schools and organizations who visited us.
  • Coordinating with other Adobe suite products
  • A lot of options for editing tools
  • Professional quality
  • Not easy to just “pick up and use”, definitely a learning curve and not super intuitive to the average person
  • Keyboard shortcuts are different than other products we used and have different basic commands
  • Although integrated well, Sometimes confusing to use with Adobe Illustrator as they were set up quite differently even though had a lot of the same tools it was difficult to remember where things were located
  • Better “in house” tutorials would be nice instead of looking up everything online when you don’t know how to do something
This is suited well in settings where people have time to be trained and learn how to use it and its capabilities. It can do a lot more than other editing products out there and is well known. If you have time to learn it and be familiar with it, it is very worthwhile. It is appropriate for making professional edits and even for personal use.
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
Adobe PhotoShop is being used on a near daily basis for a variety of things including photo editing, manipulation, creating graphics, and so much more. It's used by all designers for essentially all client--it really just depends on what's needed. It's what I consider the "mac daddy" of the creative suite, as it has so many functionalities.
  • Edit photos
  • Manipulate photos
  • The timeline tool could use improvement with regard to the user experience, as it gets a bit messy and hard to see
Adobe PhotoShop is well suited for anyone who's working within the industry of design and/or photography or even a small mom and pop type of business who wears a lot of hats and does their own design work. It's got a bit of a learning curve but you could start using it within an hour to do basic things and create something.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Adobe Photoshop is used extensively in our creative and marketing departments. Any image processing required by our R&D department is also sent to the creative department for alterations or to fix aspecs like lighting and contrast. Lastly, it's used to convert between image formats for use throughout the organization, including our websites and online e-learning platform.
  • Deep etching of images for use online or in design
  • Exporting to different image formats
  • Bulk processing of images to change format or size
  • The image processor script can be a difficult to learn how to use
  • Exports to PNG format always end up with large file sizes and requires an additional external image processor to bring the size down
  • The UI can be confusing when you dock and undock images to the bar.
Adobe Photoshop is great when you need to do detailed image editing and basic design works. There is nothing that comes close when editing photos for online or print use, but it's not a tool to do layouts or vector designs. Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator are better tools for those jobs respectfully.
Vasare Krikstopaityte | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
I use Adobe Photoshop for my freelance graphic design work and projects to create graphic products to sell in my e-commerce shop and to do projects for clients. It helps me to do almost any type of photo editing work, from simple tasks such as reducing the image size to more complex objectives such as making digital art or original designs. Also, [it's] easy to create multiple-page PDF files.
  • Many photo editing features.
  • Navigation and menus are similar to other Adobe products, so once you learn to use one, it is easier to use other products.
  • Connection with Adobe Illustrator, you can simply drag files in between the programs.
  • Many effects and presets made by artists can be purchased separately in various platforms.
  • Steep learning curve, it takes time to master all the features.
  • Large program and need powerful computer to use with it.
  • Crashes often and doesn't always saves files automatically.
  • Expensive for personal use.
Perfect for any type of photo editing, working with JPG formats. It has an amazing function to automate and apply changes to many files at once. Adobe Photoshop is not suitable for vector files and it does require some time to learn and become a good user to be able to improvise and create unique designs.
Score 8 out of 10
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Verified User
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I use Adobe Photoshop to retouch images and to create very basic graphic design elements. I am a photographer and I'm using the program to take images that are nearly finished and make a few changes to make them into fully finished, retouched images, ready for delivery to my clients.
  • Fast retouching
  • High quality retouching
  • Integration with other professional image editing software (CaptureOne Pro, for example)
  • Highly customizable
  • More tutorials for beginners
  • Removing small bugs
  • Option to temporarily remove some features to simplify the experience
Adobe Photoshop is without a doubt the best and most sophisticated image editing software available on the market. There's no better, or faster, way to retouch professional photographs. Although I consider myself a basic user, I can quickly retouch things like lint on clothing or flyaway hairs and maintain the natural look of the photo. The main challenge for me in using the program, is the sheer complexity of it for other tasks.
Score 9 out of 10
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We are using Adobe Photoshop to create graphics for both print materials delivered to our learners in hard copy, and for digital materials delivered via our online learning platform. [Adobe] Photoshop provides a way for our graphic designers to collaborate and to use the latest and greatest graphic design software to create quality images that help us stand out from competitors.
  • [Adobe] Photoshop has excellent training and guides included in the software that take the guesswork out of which tool to use
  • [Adobe] Photoshop contains a multitude of tools for every imaginable photo or graphic edit
  • [Adobe] Photoshop files can be exported in a number of formats that make the images suitable for print and online applications
  • [Adobe] Photoshop has always been a rather processor-heavy tool, so it would be great if it had the same features and functionality in a more lightweight package that is easier on older computer systems
  • It would be great if you could easily make a white or other solid color image background transparent, immediately upon loading the image into Photoshop (instead of having to do this after you open the image for editing)
  • I would love to see more AI-based tools be available, like automatically copying or outlining a specific object in the image to be pasted into another image or used as a separate layer
Adobe Photoshop suits the needs of pretty much any graphic designer or company who can afford to pay for it. It's not free software obviously, and for many budgets it is simply not feasible to grant all graphic designers a license. But for companies with the budget for Photoshop, they really can't go wrong with using it for all their modern graphic design needs.
Score 10 out of 10
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I use Adobe Photoshop for all of my digital photography needs, including batch processing and watermarking photographs. This tool is incredibly powerful and I have yet to come across a use case that it could not meet. I pre-process RAW photographs with the included Adobe Camera Raw plugin, and then use the tools available within Photoshop to complete the product.
  • Recordable actions - easily automate repetitive work.
  • Batch processing - output large amounts of work quickly.
  • Photo manipulation - there's nothing you can't create.
  • Heavy cache use - can be hardware intensive.
  • Minimal support for SVGs.
  • Steeper learning curve than some alternatives.
If you need to digitally paint an image from scratch, or to build out SVG images for the web, then Photoshop is not for you, as there are other programs far better suited to those use cases. However, for digital photography editing, Adobe is second to none. The included Camera Raw plugin will pre-process RAW photos from any modern camera, and with save-able presets, it makes quickly setting a baseline edit for a particular shoot a breeze. The tools available within Photoshop are incredibly powerful and allow you to make any creative vision you have into reality. There are even beta features like AI upscaling that work extremely well.
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
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Photoshop goes far beyond simply editing photos and is used extensively to provide graphical mockups for web design proposals, UI designs as well as image editing for other applications such as flyers and creating templates for social media purposes. It is extremely convenient and offers great interoperability (e.g. vector assets can be easily designed in Illustrator and imported in Photoshop)

Even outside of traditional design, Photoshop makes web development much easier as it offers tools such as the eyedropper which can be used to find HEX codes of certain colors (e.g. from a client's logo).
  • Industry standard for a long time and therefore handles almost anything clients send
  • Layers system allows easy organization for files that are complex and involve tens to hundreds of layers
  • Powerful features such as Content Aware fill! This function is incredibly useful when handling images sent by clients that need additional tweaking (e.g subject of interest is too far right, etc) or the dimensions are not ideal
  • Good community support. There are lots of tutorials out on the internet that allows you to constantly learn new features on the fly
  • Automation scripts/batch operations save time when applying similar edits to a large number of files
  • CC has an incredible amount of bloatware that is constantly running in the background. While most desktops systems are powerful enough to handle it, it can potentially impact battery life of mobile systems
  • macOS version of PS has bugs that can disrupt the workflow and require a restart of the application (e.g. Export as window can randomly stop working)
  • Default setting on Photoshop can chew through 32 GB RAM much more quickly when working with lots of layers (compared to older versions like CS6)
  • Subscription is mandatory, which makes it more difficult for occasional freelancers
  • Some consistency issues such as keyboard shortcuts between applications (e.g. Illustrator) can vary, which can interfere with muscle memory
Photoshop has been an industry leader for a long time and has enjoyed regular improvements that sets it quite above its competitors. You can also rest assured that Photoshop (and the entire Adobe suite) can handle just about any file a client sends. It also has a great support community and you can Google just about anything and get the results you need.

Due to the mandatory subscription model, Photoshop is best suited for freelancers/businesses with a steady flow of work. For such businesses, the subscription model guarantees access to the latest features and actually comes out to be more cost effective if the said business was regularly updating their license to begin with.

For individuals who need to occasionally touch up photos or have very basic needs, it may not be the best option and other alternatives with perpetual licensing models are available.
Alex Pegg | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use Adobe Photoshop daily for my tasks as a wedding photographer and photo retoucher. It is essential for editing, post processing, and keeping my workflow smooth. I recently upgraded to the latest version and love the new features and how fast the program is. It's truly a must have for anyone in the digital photography or design space. Very powerful tool.
  • Retouching clothing (remove wrinkles, change colors, etc.).
  • Remove and replace backgrounds and distracting elements of photos.
  • Fine tuning portraiture - skin smoothing, flattering body alterations.
  • Kind of a steep learning curve, can be overwhelming.
Adobe Photoshop is literally a must have for any photography professional. Its editing capabilities far exceed any other software, and the tools that it offers continue to get better and better (such as content aware replacement, smart selections, etc.). I find that it is best suited for more heavy handed, detail oriented work on single images, and less efficient for batch processing larger amounts of images. For the latter, Lightroom has the edge.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Photoshop to lay out a variety of graphics for web and print. It helps us implement our brand consistently, create impressive visuals, and raise the awareness of our brand in the community. One staff member uses it to create graphics for everyone in the organization. It solves the business problem of having inconsistent brand implementation or lower-quality designs.
  • Photoshop is very powerful if you know how to do it.
  • The updates continue to improve it without interrupting ease of use. Adobe is committed to constant updates.
  • Photoshop is the leader in the industry, so if you want a graphic design program, this is it.
  • There's huge functionality to create just about anything you can dream up.
  • It's simple enough for basic users to be able to execute their ideas well.
  • It allows for a high level of control and detail.
  • I don't like the new change where the selection tool can sometimes select the layer you don't want.
Photoshop is really useful for anyone doing graphic design. It's really the industry standard. If you have any marketing needs and want to spend some time learning a powerful software, it's worth your time. If you're a really small shop and don't have any time to develop your brand or learn software, there are probably other web-based programs that will be a lot easier for you. It's also not for people who aren't comfortable with computers or learning new technology.
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