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Photoshop: One user's Picture.
August 02, 2021

Photoshop: One user's Picture.

Dan Butler | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Adobe PhotoShop

Photoshop is a very important part of my photography workflow. It is used as a major step in giving my photos a finished and stylized look. I also use it to correct minor imperfections in lighting as well as cleaning up backgrounds. I use it in secondary parts of my business to create training materials, books, and web graphics.
  • Cleaning: PS is particularly well suited for cleaning surfaces, backgrounds, and even clothing. The clone and stamp tools are far more advanced than other options.
  • Organization: Using PS within the Adobe ecosystem makes organizing projects as well as your body of work quite easy.
  • Panels: The layout of PS is completely customizable using panels. I have separate setups for editing, lighting, and retouching. These can be recalled with one click.
  • Bloating: I have noticed that in later versions the program itself is becoming a little heavier and slower to open. It is also becoming a little more resource-intensive.
  • Subscription: While I love the subscription concept to make upgrades easier, there are few options for subscribing. I would also like to see fewer frequent updates.
  • Integration
  • Toolset
  • Update process.
  • The subscription model is cost effective and allows me to stay up to date.
  • Increased speed of delivery has had a positive effect on my bottom line.
  • The number of tools available keeps me creative rather than bogged down in process.
GIMP could be one of the closes competitors to Photoshop. While it is incredibly full-featured, in my use, it is not nearly as powerful. This is especially true in the development of background recognition, object replacement, and other filters based on artificial intelligence. I find that Photoshop does a better job of allowing you to customize your own individual workflow. For me, the cost difference associated with the choice is worth paying to get the extras that Photoshop has to offer.

Do you think Adobe PhotoShop delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Adobe PhotoShop's feature set?

Yes

Did Adobe PhotoShop live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Adobe PhotoShop go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Adobe PhotoShop again?

Yes

If you are a professional photographer there is no equal when it comes to editing photos. Photoshop is particularly well suited for high-end retouching and mixed media workflows. The retouching tools such as clone and stamp combined with the ability to do non-destructive editing on a layered canvas makes this a powerful tool in a retouching workflow.
In my mixed media projects, combining Bridge with Photoshop is an absolute necessity. It is very easy to move projects around from application to application as well as pull media in from other projects. The seamless integration between applications allows me to update a File in any of their applications in real-time. This increases my speed to delivery dramatically.