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How to Use Photoshop CS6 ? 5 Best Tips for First Time Users

If you have experience working with Photoshop you will probably have an easy time switching to Photoshop CS6. On the other hand, if this is your first time using Photoshop, you may feel somewhat intimidated. Well, this is perfectly understandable.

How to Use Photoshop CS6 Easily?

The good news is, if you acquire some very basic knowledge of photo edits in CS6 you will likely find that Photoshop is a tool that you will never want to be without. Let’s get started learning the Photoshop CS6 basics for first-time users. In this Photoshop CS6 tutorial for beginners, I’ll cover the following top Photoshop CS6 tools and features that every user must know.

  1. Importing Images for the First Time
  2. How to Use Photoshop CS6 to Crop Images?
  3. Photoshop CS6 Basics – Blur Gallery
  4. How to Use Photoshop CS6 Adaptive Wide Angle Feature ?
  5. How to Patch Photo Imperfections in Adobe Photoshop CS6?

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Importing Images for the First Time

Photoshop CS6 is a tool for editing and working with different types of images. Before you begin you must have a few images in mind that you want to work with.

Then, save it in an area on your PC such as My Pictures or another location of your choice. Before you get started, simply click on the arrow icon on the left-hand toolbar.

Click on File on the upper toolbar. Choose Place from the drop-down menu. Browse to the location where your image is stored. Click on the image you want to use. Then, click on the Place option or press the Enter key.

How to use Photshop CS6
Import images into Photoshop CS6 using File>Place


How to Use Photoshop CS6 to Crop Images?

Although cropping may not seem like an exciting new tool. It is designed to be much easier for the beginner to use in Photoshop CS6.

If you consider the primary editing feature that most people do with their photos. Cropping the image in addition to adjusting the colour and other editing tasks.

The number one thing beginners always want to know is how to do is crop an image.

The Photoshop cropping tool has not really been enhanced in the past until Photoshop CS6. This time it has been improved for usability regardless if you are a beginner or an experienced user.

To get started simply click on the Crop tool on the left-hand toolbar and apply it to the corner of the image. Then, simply drag the handles or you can use the well-known manual crop feature.

 How to Use Photoshop CS6 to Crop Images
Drag the handles in the Crop tool to crop or resize your image

If you want to keep all of your image data prior to cropping, simply remove the checkmark from Delete Crop Pixels to prevent the program from discarding the data until you want to remove it.

To accept the Crop edit you made, simply click on the checkmark on the upper right-hand side. If you want more of the old image back you simply click the Crop tool again on the right-hand toolbar. Use the handles to bring some of the images back.

Photoshop CS6 Basics – Blur Gallery

If you have a photo with multiple activities in the picture and you want to draw attention to more than one aspect. You can use the blur gallery. It contains three features which include the Filled Blur, Iris Blur, and Tilt-Shift.

You can access these settings by clicking on Filter on the upper toolbar. Then, choose Blur from the dropdown menu. These features allow you to do things with an image that you cannot do with a traditional camera.

As an example, if you take the Iris Blur and apply it to the image and then work with the blurring adjustments directly from the interface.

You can reshape the blurred area or dial the blur up or down using the centre of the Iris Blur feature. You can then choose another object in the photo and create the effect again which allows the two effects to be viewed simultaneously. This allows you to enhance the image beyond what you can typically do with a camera.

How to Use Photoshop CS6 Adaptive Wide Angle Feature ?

If you have a photo that you have taken with a wide-angle or fisheye lens, instead of using the lens correction feature you can use the Adaptive Wide Angle feature.

You can access this option by clicking on Filter on the upper toolbar and then choosing Adaptive Wide Angle from the dropdown menu.

The feature automatically identifies the camera and lens that you used so it already knows what adjustments can be made to the photo.

This means that you can straighten aspects of the photo simply by clicking and dragging a line in the area of the photo you want to straighten. It provides a much better custom result than using the Lens Correction feature in past versions.

How to Patch Photo Imperfections in Adobe Photoshop CS6?

In previous versions of Photoshop, if you tried to patch photo imperfections, it would try to sample from the nearest area such as the edge of the photo.

Now, you can patch imperfections using the Content-Aware patch tool. Simply click on the pull-down menu next to Patch on the upper toolbar and choose Content-Aware. Next to Adaptation, choose Very Strict from the drop-down menu. Click on the Patch tool on the left-hand toolbar and outline the imperfection and drag.

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How to Organize Photos Using an Album in Photoshop Elements 2019

Importing Photos from a Camera or Card Reader Into Photoshop Elements 2019

How to Crop a Photo and Images in Adobe Photoshop Elements 2019

FAQs

How to use the pen tool in Photoshop CS6?

Photoshop CS6 has multiple pen types built inside. You can use each pen type to draw simple to complex shapes. Use the shortcut Shift+P to switch between the various pen types.

How to use the clone stamp tool in Photoshop CS6?

The clone stamp stool is used to clone parts of an image over another image. Once you have opened an image, click on the clone stamp tool from the tools panel. Select the brush parameters, blend mode, clone mode or opacity, flow rate, alignment types and the layers you want to clone. Now, press Alt+Click on the place where you want to clone. Then, drag your mouse on the part of the image where you want the clone to appear.

Closing Thoughts

These are a few of the key features which will help you get started with using Photoshop CS6.

Once you practice using these options, you can start experimenting with some of the other great tools in CS6 that are available which will help you achieve professional photo results.

If you want to learn more advanced skills, get our Adobe Photoshop CS6 tutorials course online with over 10 hours of videos.

Visit our free Photoshop resource centre for more quality guides and tutorials.

Simon Calder

Chris “Simon” Calder was working as a Project Manager in IT for one of Los Angeles’ most prestigious cultural institutions, LACMA. He taught himself to use Microsoft Project from a giant textbook and hated every moment of it. Online learning was in its infancy then, but he spotted an opportunity and made an online MS Project course - the rest, as they say, is history!

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