Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop, first released in 1990, is the standard image editing software used by photographers, designers, and artists. Its layering system, color management tools, and extensive plugin ecosystem have made it indispensable in professional photography and digital art workflows.

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Artists who use this(8)

Yuko Shimizu

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Used for digital coloring after scanning ink drawings.

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Victo Ngai

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Primary digital tool. All line work and textures are scanned and composed/colored in Photoshop.

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Sam Spratt

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Primary painting software. Uses "thousands of settings, sliders, rulers, guides, layers, and paths."

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Takashi Murakami

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Murakami learned to use Bezier curves in Adobe Illustrator to create mechanical lines for Mr. DOB; digital tools became foundational to his process with templates transferred via silkscreen.

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Andreas Gursky

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Gursky uses Adobe Photoshop extensively for post-production compositing and image manipulation, constructing his large-scale photographs from multiple exposures. This is documented in his published interviews and exhibition materials.

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