Hi,
I am new to posting but have been reading around here for some time. I have a question for the photo editing experts. I have both iPhoto 08 and Photoshop CS3 (I have it as part of the Creative Suite, I use Dreamweaver often, but not too much Photoshop). I am getting ready to buy the new Canon Rebel XS due out shortly and wanted to get some opinions on how you all edit your photos. I have a general understanding of how iPhoto works (I have tweaked a couple things before, with it and my point and shoot canon digital elph) and I was messing around with PS last night. For simply editing the color/exposure/etc is there any reason to use Photoshop over iPhoto? Does it add any functionality?
If so, is there a way to view all the adjustment sliders at once? It was sort of a pain to have to go to the drop down "image" and then "adjustments" and then the type of adjustment, move the slider, and "okay". It seems in iphoto, having all the sliders in once place is much (much) easier. I know there are lots of button layout options in PS, maybe I am missing something?
Lastly, and this is a little more ambiguous, any tips for adjusting photos? When I start tweaking things, my pictures end up looking more "fake" or "cartoonish" than anything else. Perhaps there are some small tid bits of advice you guys have or maybe you could point me towards some easy to follow online tutorials?
Sorry for all the questions, but thanks in advance for the help!
- Chris
I am new to posting but have been reading around here for some time. I have a question for the photo editing experts. I have both iPhoto 08 and Photoshop CS3 (I have it as part of the Creative Suite, I use Dreamweaver often, but not too much Photoshop). I am getting ready to buy the new Canon Rebel XS due out shortly and wanted to get some opinions on how you all edit your photos. I have a general understanding of how iPhoto works (I have tweaked a couple things before, with it and my point and shoot canon digital elph) and I was messing around with PS last night. For simply editing the color/exposure/etc is there any reason to use Photoshop over iPhoto? Does it add any functionality?
If so, is there a way to view all the adjustment sliders at once? It was sort of a pain to have to go to the drop down "image" and then "adjustments" and then the type of adjustment, move the slider, and "okay". It seems in iphoto, having all the sliders in once place is much (much) easier. I know there are lots of button layout options in PS, maybe I am missing something?
Lastly, and this is a little more ambiguous, any tips for adjusting photos? When I start tweaking things, my pictures end up looking more "fake" or "cartoonish" than anything else. Perhaps there are some small tid bits of advice you guys have or maybe you could point me towards some easy to follow online tutorials?
Sorry for all the questions, but thanks in advance for the help!
- Chris