Beginner Guides
The Five Photoshop Basics That Actually Matter (And Why Most Beginners Skip Them)
The first time I opened Photoshop professionally, I was 22 and sitting at a shared desk at a small design agency in Austin. My creative director dropped a folder of product photos on my desk and said “retouch these by noon.” I had maybe 30 hours of total Photoshop experience. I spent the next three hours moving sliders around, hoping something would look intentional. It didn’t. What I was missing wasn’t talent.