Tag: Photoshop

Occasionally, I enter photoshop contests. In these contests, people are given an original photo and they are asked to manipulate the photo in whatever way they want. Entries are voted on by people who view the online contest. I’ve won a few of the contests, but mostly I enter them for fun.

I confess that I don’t do these contests very often. It has taken me years to accumulate these contest entries. They’re good for keeping my photoshopping skills sharp. I’m consistently amazed at what can be accomplished with photoshop. I’ve even used photoshopping to create stimuli for my research projects.

I’m sure that Adobe, in the hope of avoiding brand genericide, wants everyone to call them “image manipulation” contests, but most everyone calls them photoshop contests without regard to the software they used. Sorry Adobe. Strictly speaking, I don’t even use Adobe PhotoShop. I’m in the small minority of people who prefer Corel Photo-Paint over Adobe PhotoShop.

– Eric DeRosia