I'll start with Adobe Photoshop. No matter how many websites or tutorials you've gone through to learn this "BIG FISH" image editing tool, you always have to remember this line "No Input No Output". If you don't keep on playing around with the thing, you'll never get used to it. I hope it explains the reason for you not being a professional although you wanted to be. Adobe Photoshop is a great software to do almost everything with an image but it's not the limit. There are alternatives which are better than this in many cases. I never suggest you to rely on a single software for the purpose of playing around with images but don't worry, as far as possibility is concerned, PHOTOSHOP ROCKS!!! Enough craps of mine, lets photoshop.
Some Must-Read QnA's before going foreward to the blog:
1. Why do people get attracted towards photoshop (image editing)?
Ans: a. People love to see an image look better and if it's their own pic, they always fancy making themselves look good in the pic.
b. People (most of 'em) are naughty by nature. Cropping heads of one person to other, making a girl's pic nude even if she's wearing winter clothes, taking picture in bathroom and making the background the President's home... these self explain why ppl are curious to use photoshop.
c. The best tool to make advertisements banners and logos is photoshop.
Well there are a lot of reasons for ppl willing to use photoshop.. i need not explain them here.
2. What is Photoshop used for?
Ans: Photoshop is basically for editing and repairing images. It can also be used for creating nice paintings and drawing pics and sketches but to some limit. It is also used to create smooth web graphics and stuffs like that.
3. Can you master in Photoshop and start earning from what you know?
Ans: Well it depends, there are a lot of photoshop freaks around, every guy next door uses it, what are your chances? I use it for satisfaction but if you learn to make sexy and yummy graphics and edit images, you can work for a Graphics company or similar organisation.
I don't remember other questions, i'll post 'em later. I desperately want to make posts about the things which I usually do in Photoshop, so readers!! Let's Photoshop.