this post was submitted on 28 Oct 2023
1 points (100.0% liked)

Photography

24 readers
1 users here now

A place to politely discuss the tools, technique and culture of photography.

This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
communick@viewfinder.pro
1
How to learn photo editing? Where to start? (alien.top)
submitted 1 year ago by neilrevinhunter@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro
7 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Hey everyone, I'm 28 years old and I want to get into picture editing. I'm trying to decide whether I should begin by learning MidJourney techniques for generating images or start with Adobe Photoshop. Here's what I think, and I'd appreciate your input on the best approach.

In my view, for beginners, starting with Photoshop might be a good choice because it's a comprehensive editing software. However, AI-generated images like MidJourney can provide results in just a minute that might take an hour in Photoshop. While editing generated images is important for better results, it's much easier to work with an almost finished project than starting from scratch in Photoshop.

So, my initial plan is to learn how to create effective prompts, understand the workings of MidJourney, grasp the parameters, pick up tips, and know what to avoid. What's your opinion on where I should begin?

top 7 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Vivid-Club7564@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

This is a photography subreddit—not a lazy AI subreddit

[–] SirAple@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Just edit. Your style will develop without you realizeling it. I guess for the longest time before I got hang of it.

[–] Schteeks@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

  1. Use your phone or camera to take raw-format images. If you don’t have this ability, then that is okay because you can still learn a lot with a high quality JPEG or TIF file.

  2. Go on YouTube and search “how to edit ___ images” and “how to edit images on Lightroom (or Photoshop).” If you take landscape, people, etc., doesn’t matter. This will give you an idea of the style and thought process that experienced photographers and editors use and how to use that program and the tools available to you.

  3. Use either Lightroom or Photoshop to practice. Be aware of beginner mistakes and “overcooking” your images. When it comes down to it, you just have to learn and practice.

Have fun

[–] liaminwales@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Tools are just a way to get to the end point, it's you that matters the most.

Both PS or AI are just tools, you need the skill to use them.

[–] West_Impression5775@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Just mess around in Lightroom

[–] Over-Tonight-9929@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

This sub is one giant echo. Any decent photography subs left?

[–] Over-Tonight-9929@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

You don't seem to know what you are doing at all... You are mixing things up. Photo editing has nothing to do with MidJourney... What are you even trying to achieve? Why do you want to get 'into photo editing' at all?