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Photoshop
My Involvement
With Adobe
By Linda Gammock
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MY HISTORY WITH ADOBE BEGAN in
1997 when the opportunity arose to take a course in Photoshop 4.0. At the time, I
had never even heard of Photoshop, much less know what this program had capabilities
of being able to do. When I had registered for this course, I never knew it would
totally open up the doors and change my outlook on computers from that day forward.
By listening intently to what people tell you they know about the fascinating things
Photoshop is able to do, including layers, filters, creating dimensional elements,
textures and patterns, and embossing, just to name a few, this will not matter. To
fully appreciate this program, one really does have to actually begin working with
it to really be able to see what it is capable of doing.
I have always had an interest in photography and when I learned what Photoshop could
do to enhance my interest, I was totally amazed. This is when I knew what I wanted
to do.
Some time ago, I was given an old family photograph which was taken in the 1920s
and immediately after taking the Photoshop course, I was again reminded of this photo.
The reason this particular photo came to mind, was because, although the photograph
was in fairly good shape, there was a large tear which went directly through the
young man's face in the photograph. I scanned the photograph and loaded Photoshop
with great anticipation. Using some of the techniques I had learned in the Photoshop
class, in a relatively short time of practising what I had learned, I was able to
totally repair this photo and make it almost as good as new!
It was a feeling of excitement and of a great accomplishment which is very hard to
explain, while at the same time, it was a lot of fun to do. The part that gave me
the biggest thrill, was when I was able to see the reaction on the face of my 90
year old Great Uncle when I showed him the repaired photograph. The old torn photograph
was of him when he was a young man, and now the photograph looked as it did when
it was first taken.
Although the Photoshop program has only been around since 1990, the company itself,
Adobe Systems Inc., first began in 1982. Today the American company, according to
statistics from 1998, stated this company has an approximate revenue of $894,791,000.
and employs 2200 people from around the world.
Adobe's home page located at http://www.adobe.com is a wonderful resource of information.
The site is broken down into six different categories concerning News, Products,
Solutions, Studio, Support and About Adobe. The six categories then go into more
informative pages including details on how to buy the products, the ability to ask
questions about the products, tips and techniques, and even into career opportunities
to name a few. According to their website, today Adobe now has over 55 diversified
programs. Some of the more well known Adobe programs are: Acrobat Reader, Illustrator,
PageMaker, Page Mill, and Photoshop.
Photoshop has become a favorite program for many people in different professions
as well as for personal use. One such person is an artist by the name of Diane Fenster.
According to a writeup on her at the Adobe website (http://www1.adobe.com/studio/artgallery/fenster/main.html), Photoshop impressed her the most. As the article states, "she quickly
understood both its power and potential, and decided to give it a try. Today, she
credits Photoshop for nudging her into what has become a charmed career. "Although
my history with Adobe is relatively new and inexperienced, the future is unlimited.
I am looking forward to learning so much more, as there is an infinite amount of
knowledge to acquire, and I'm only at the beginning of my journey."
For many years I have enjoyed using computers, but never before have I actually LOVED
using and creating on the computer than I have in the last couple of years, with
thanks to Adobe Photoshop.
Linda Gammack is currently
in her first year of the Multimedia program being offered at Sait, in Calgary, Alberta.
Source list
Graphic from within the galleries in the website: www.adobe.com
Photographer: Bert Monroy
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