Students sometimes fret over the complexity of PhotoShop and how overwhelming the breadth and depth of the program can be. Certainly it is the “Queen Mary” of applications. But the power of the program does not overshadow how useful it can be for very small, in-and-out jobs. In this sense, The Queen Mary becomes a sporty little power boat. For example, I have a client for whom I am building a corporate blog. I use WordPress for blogs 99% of the time because of the widget, plugin, and theme support from a very active open source community. This means I can block out a site quickly using a theme and then leverage PhotoShop and CSSedit to change graphics and styles to match whatever look and feel I am going for.

This particular header piece uses pictures from iStockphoto and combines them into a composite with very little done to them other than some simple masking, and basic changes in layer properties. In and out in 30 minutes, and that includes the time spent looking for photos. I love this program!

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