What do you need to prepare to learn PS initially?

The first question: How long does it take to learn Photoshop?

"Become a master of P-pictures in three minutes", "Master nine methods of cutout in ten minutes", "Get the double exposure effect in minutes", you can always see such information everywhere, and quick tips are popular nowadays. , I am not against quick learning, but many people ask me, can I learn PS in one month? How long will it take for me to retouch pictures as I please?

I just want to say that there is no quick fix in Photoshop, only repeated practice and precipitation. If you want to learn it in a few minutes, I advise you to think about it. If you want to edit pictures as you like, it doesn’t have to be hard. Practicing is basically impossible.

Regarding how long it takes to become proficient in Photoshop, this varies from person to person, depending on the direction we specialize in, and the time we spend. Moreover, proficiency is a vague term, and it can mean just understanding the surface. , it can be mastered carelessly, or it can be comprehensive and handy.

Through practice, as far as I know, if you can practice for two hours a day, then roughly speaking, Photoshop learning can be divided into three stages: entry (newbie), proficiency (passerby), Skilled (master).

1. Getting started: It will take about a month to get started, and you can simply edit pictures at this time.

2. Proficiency: In about half a year, you can edit ordinary pictures as you like, and you can roughly create the creative ideas in your mind.

3. Proficiency: After about two years of accumulation and accumulation, editing or creating pictures is just a small case at this time.

Second question: How to learn Photoshop?

To learn Photoshop specifically, you only need to remember three words: step by step, persistence, and interest.

1. Step by step

Step by step is the first challenge that beginners have to face. Everyone wants to create stunning pictures from the beginning, but think about our Chinese learning career. , from pinyin, to Chinese characters, to words, to sentences, to short articles, to long stories. Later, we also studied novels, essays, fables, poems, ancient Chinese prose, etc. This was a slow and gradual learning process. Similarly, learning Photoshop It also requires one step at a time, from installing Photoshop to opening and closing it, to getting to know the interface, to various menus, to the usage of each tool in the toolbox, to selection and selection, layers, palettes, color modes, Filters, channels, masks, paths, shapes, text, to retouching, creative synthesis, animation, etc. This is also a slow and gradual learning process. Just like we build a house, let's develop our Photoshop skills step by step starting from the foundation. Remember that this process should be done step by step without being arrogant.

2. Persistence is another challenge that beginners need to overcome. If you study for two hours a day, or five days a week, or one hour every night, you must first have enough time to ensure , can there be stable improvement. Persistence has another meaning, that is, for each knowledge point, first study initially, then practice with examples, and then persist in repeated practice and accumulation. Finally, persistence means that in the process of learning Photoshop, whether you have smooth sailing or occasional setbacks, you should keep learning and don't give up easily.

3. Interest

Interest is the most critical factor in learning Photoshop well. Only if you are really interested in something can you possibly learn it well. Just like, only if you really like someone , you will try your best to understand her, so it is relatively easy to learn Photoshop, but to learn it well, you need to have a certain interest in it.

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