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Designing in Photoshop welcome to graphic design for photoshop users
DAVE CLAYTON
For those of you using InDesign, if you’ve been reading the “InDesign Tips” column that has appeared in these pages over the past year, hopefully it’s helped your workflow and given you some timesavers along the way. A lot of what I’ve taught in these pages and in my KelbyOne classes can also be achieved in Photoshop. Photoshop is so versatile that there’s not a lot you can’t create with it.
The other apps in the Creative Cloud all have their individual strengths—InDesign for Layout, Illustrator for vectors/logos, and Dreamweaver/Muse for Web—but Photoshop can actu- ally handle all these disciplines in some way, shape, or form. It’s also the most creative tool, and that’s why this year we’re going to teach you some basic tips and techniques to enable you to start creating content for yourself, whether for your
business, local clubs, charities, or just because you love rolling your sleeves up in Photoshop and learning new ways of work- ing. We’ll create stationery, posters, social media content, and flyers. And if there’s anything you’d like to see, just email the editor and let us know!
Graphic design is nothing to be afraid of; if you’re already a photographer, then you’re already a designer of sorts.
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