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April 24, 2017
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Is Photoshop losing ground

  • April 24, 2017
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When I first started using Photoshop I could go on the web each day and find dozens of tutorial and useful tips. Also the NAPP webite would have dozens of tutorials plus new ones every day.

Over the past year it seems that more and more sites are giving up on photoshop for photography. Kelby one for example hasn't produced a tutorial for well over a month on Photoshop. Does anyone out there see this beside me?.

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jane-e
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May 3, 2017

Kelby one for example hasn't produced a tutorial for well over a month on Photoshop.

@Cyberwasp : New update: the latest Photoshop course from KelbyOne is May 2017

Electrifying Eyes - Retouching Eyes in Photoshop

Published: May 2017 with Kristina Sherk

https://members.kelbyone.com/course/ksherk-retouching-eyes/

(Note to others: KelbyOne tutorials are available with membership.)

Sebastian Bleak
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April 25, 2017

Hi

If you're looking for more Photoshop fun here's some resources for you:

⚠️ Best & Newest Photoshop CC Tutorials - YouTube

Sebastian Bleak - YouTube

Twitch

Photoshop Training Channel - YouTube

photoshopCAFE - YouTube

Hope this helps!

JJMack
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April 25, 2017

There is no one product that directly compete with all of Photoshop.   Everyone does not need Photoshop.  Photoshop is a lot to handle and requires a huge amount of learning. 

JJMack
Eternal Warrior
Inspiring
April 25, 2017

Personally no I don't think so. Not yet anyway...

I would be surprised if it did.

c.pfaffenbichler
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April 25, 2017

I guess any user who takes up Affinity Photo or Gimp or some other image editing application means there is a user Adobe »wants« to use their product/s instead.

But for the time being I doubt Photoshop’s position in the image editing sector is in danger. 

When I first started using Photoshop I could go on the web each day and find dozens of tutorial and useful tips.

What did you expect?

Presumably you have gained experience and therefore many tutorials that are targeted at beginners for example hold little novelty value for you anymore.

cyberwaspAuthor
Inspiring
April 25, 2017

c.pfaffenbichler

What did you expect?

Presumably you have gained experience and therefore many tutorials that are targeted at beginners for example hold little novelty value for you anymore.

I have gained experience but I'm always looking for new ways to better accomplish tasks I perform or new techniques. Someone out there once said, "there's more way to accomplish the same task," and I'm always looking to improve my skill. And with all of the new functions there throwing in I feel the tutorials are needed so we can be aware of them.

c.pfaffenbichler
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April 25, 2017
Someone out there once said, "there's more way to accomplish the same task,"

And right they were.

And as it seems to me that the Photoshop documentation (the »Help«) was maintained better in earlier years familiarising oneself with new features can indeed seem difficult …

jane-e
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April 25, 2017

Kelby one for example hasn't produced a tutorial for well over a month on Photoshop.

This is the last PS tutorial I could find at Kelby, but there is one for LR published in April 2017

Perfecting Selections in Adobe Photoshop

Published: February 2017

with Dave Cross

I think Kelby is geared toward photographers, many (not all) of whom use LR. When you and I started using PS, @cyberwasp, LR was not a player. But I don't think PS is going away. There are things you can do in PS that ACR can't touch!

Trevor.Dennis
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April 25, 2017

Didn't NAPP let some of its regular contributors go last year?  Dave Cross is a name that comes to mind, although I can still see him mentioned on Kelby TV.  ISTM that there is more content than ever.  Adobe TV and Julianne Kost put out lots of new content, and it's quality is outstanding.  The Photoshop Training Channel is another source of regularly updated top quality content.  In fact JR pops by this forum time to time.  Perhaps he might give us his two cents worth.  

JRfromPTC 

We also have Mike Hoffman who puts out lots of quality tutorials.

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Michael%20J.%20Hoffman

Then there is Lynda.com which is stronger than ever since it absorbed Video2Brain's English language tutorials with talent like Steve Caplin.  Perhaps the bottom line is how many people actually use Photoshop.  There are now more than nine million Creative Cloud subscribers, and more than half of them have the $10 a month Photography plan.  I wonder how many people use The Gimp, Affinity Photo, Paintshop Pro etc.   None of the alternatives do everything that Photoshop does either.    I'd say that Photoshop is stronger than ever.

Adobe: Strong Creative Cloud Growth to 9 Million Paid Subscribers | ProDesignTools

April 25, 2017

I don't think it's losing ground to be honest, there's still a ton of resources out there.

JJMack
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April 25, 2017

I see Adobe developing Photoshop more as a web development tool. In the process Adobe seems to break Photoshop features,  I for one still  use CC 2014 version of Photoshop because of problems in newer  versions of Photoshop.  Your millage may vary. Depends on what Photoshop features you of use.  All Photoshop version have bugs Adobe only fixes some bugs in the current Photoshop version older versions are not fixed.  Adobe support is not what I feel it should be,  Perhaps some future version of Photoshop we be usable for me.

JJMack
pziecina
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April 25, 2017

JJMack  wrote

I see Adobe developing Photoshop more as a web development tool. In the process Adobe seems to break Photoshop features, 

As a web developer, I sort of agree with that statment, but not on a professional web developer level.

The problem is that Ps is doing it for the amateur web designer/developer, and the professional web developer is being ignored. Adobe over the last 5 or so years has moved the web backwards, and all of what it has included since CS6 is for the professional web developer a complete none starter.

There is also the problem, that since the early 90's so many users of Ps are no longer professional photographers, graphic designers, or trained in any field, but users who think because they have paid for the program, the program should do all the work for them.

I think the saying goes, "a little knowledge can be dangerous".