Adobe Photoshop
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“I use Photoshop CC 2019 for design work, mostly to edit hand drawn mural concepts.”
Minna Leunig Interview, Artist · via Uses This 
“Primary software of choice is Photoshop CS6, because I find it runs better standalone than on the cloud.”
Shiek Wang Interview, Art director (Destiny 2) · via Uses This 
“Up until recently, Photoshop was my one and only illustration software, and I have been using it since university.”
Sher Rill Ng Interview, Illustrator · via Uses This 
“For design work, I use Adobe Photoshop.”
Cher Scarlett Interview, Software engineer (Apple) · via Uses This 
“I am a sucker that pays for Photoshop CC.”
Keelin Gorlewski Interview, Illustrator, cartoonist · via Uses This 
“I keep thinking I'll eventually get Photoshop, but so far I've been able to do everything I need on Preview.”
Edith Zimmerman Interview, Artist, writer · via Uses This 
“The computer is way underpowered and can barely handle Photoshop, but I like that it's small and sturdy and that I get to rest my sweaty palms on brushed aluminum.”
Taylor Dow Interview, Cartoonist, game designer, teacher · via Uses This 
“On my desktop computer I (unfortunately) still use Photoshop even though I'm always threatening to learn a different program because their subscription only model is a total scam.”
Julia Wertz Interview, Cartoonist, writer, urban explorer · via Uses This 
“Photoshop has always been the most important piece of software in my creative work.”
Lyndsey Gallant Interview, Art director, concept artist · via Uses This 
“I start out most work as ink on paper, then scan into Photoshop for coloring and layering in lighting effects.”
Adam Koford Interview, Writer, cartoonist · via Uses This 
“On my computer I only use Photoshop for drawing...”
Sean Anderson Interview, Illustrator, character designer · via Uses This 
“They have a really intuitive print module and since I usually try to get my shots the way I want them in-camera, I don't require many of the super powerful tools Photoshop offers.”
Rachel Demy Interview, Photographer · via Uses This 
“Photoshop for frame by frame editing.”
Matt Willis Interview, Creative director, yelldesign · via Uses This 
“Photoshop for texture work and some specific things that procreate cant do, but honestly I would love to get to the point where I can do most of my work on my iPad.”
Lauren Cason Interview, Creative director, Meow Wolf · via Uses This 
“I use Photoshop CS5 a lot for making art - I bought it when I first went indie and it was £1500 and it still runs fine, so I refuse to update it.”
Dan Marshall Interview, Game developer (Size Five Games) · via Uses This 
“I usually have a bunch of reference, Photoshop, and a modeling program up at the same time, so it's tough to be more mobile.”
Paul Reinwand Interview, Illustrator, concept artist · via Uses This 
“I also use Photoshop a lot.”
Matthew Rayfield Interview, Intern, Matthew Rayfield World. · via Uses This 
“Creative Cloud because I have the educational discount since I teach in the MFA in Interaction Design program at the School of Visual Arts, and I can't quite bring myself to be without Photoshop, even though I probably only open it a few times a year and can do most of what I need with apps that cost about $15 all-in.”
Paul Ford Interview, Developer, writer, CEO (Postlight) · via Uses This 
“I also use Photoshop from time to time.”
Anders Hoff Interview, Artist, programmer · via Uses This 
“I use Photoshop to make colors nice and edit things I have drawn.”
Hiller Goodspeed Interview, Illustrator · via Uses This 
“I don't create any work in Photoshop, but I do use Photoshop to adjust the lighting, saturation and crispness in my paintings when I'm converting them to jpgs for making prints and/or for sending to illustration clients.”
Joan LeMay Interview, Painter, illustrator · via Uses This 
“Photoshop - Photoshop is a swiss army knife that I can't imagine working without.”
Chris Wade Interview, Game designer, developer · via Uses This 
“It's not a perfect computer, though - the battery life on the i7/16gb/256gb version kinda sucks when putting it on a workload (about 5-7 hours on light use and ~3ish with a decent sized Photoshop file).”
Kyle Fewell Interview, Freelance illustrator · via Uses This 
“For illustration, I typically start with pen/paper and edit it in Photoshop, but if it's a vector illustration I'll use Sketch.”
Tiffany Taylor Interview, Product designer (Versus Systems) · via Uses This 
“I'm the sort of monster who cracks open Photoshop to resize a screenshot on the bus, so I'm not sure what I'd do without it.”
Samantha Vilkins Interview, Communications and Engagement Officer (ANU), PhD candidate · via Uses This 
“When I have to help hack together art for a quick Thimbleweed Park promotion, I use PhotoShop.”
Jenn Sandercock Interview, Game designer · via Uses This 
“I use Photoshop to make minor tweaks to my scanned artwork.”
Kate Lacour Interview, Cartoonist, art therapist · via Uses This 
“Pieces are usually touched up in Photoshop afterwards to remove dust and adjust color grading for a digital screen.”
Emily Haasch Interview, Artist, designer · via Uses This 
“I use an aging Wacom tablet and equally ancient copy of Photoshop to touch things up later.”
John Leavitt Interview, Writer, cartoonist, activist · via Uses This 
“The Procreate interface responds the usage patterns of long-time Photoshop users, who are starting to make the switch over to devices.”
Zahra Zainal Interview, Illustrator, graphic recorder · via Uses This 
“Most of my time is spent in Photoshop CC, a heavy duty tool for almost everything I do in 2D.”
Dominik Johann Interview, Designer and illustrator, Crows Crows Crows · via Uses This 
“I do use high resolution scanners to copy my illustrations and import them into Adobe Photoshop, and to make minor changes to contrast and to keep the maximum authenticity and quality of the image.”
Sylvain Tegroeg Interview, Designer and illustrator (Hidden Folks) · via Uses This 
“Photoshop is still my BFF photo editing suite.”
Jamie Sanchez Interview, Creative consultant, developer (Bit Bash, AnimeChicago) · via Uses This 
“I'd be ready to ditch the Adobe suite altogether, except for the sake of janky ol' Photoshop's "Save for Web."”
Mat Marquis Interview, Web designer, developer (Bocoup) · via Uses This 
“Illustration, I scan a lot of paintings, and prod at them in Photoshop!”
Ashlyn Anstee Interview, Director, storyboard artist (Nickelodeon) · via Uses This 
“Photoshop is my mainstay, for cutting things out and making animated GIFs.”
Jenny Odell Interview, Conceptual artist · via Uses This 
“My main painting software is Adobe Photoshop CC.”
Alexandria Neonakis Interview, UI designer, illustrator (Naughty Dog) · via Uses This 
“I use Photoshop but wish I could strip out most of the features.”
Fernando Ramallo Interview, Coder, designer, visual artist · via Uses This 
“Cartoons get scanned into the HP scanner as bitmap and cleaned up and colored in Photoshop.”
Dorothy Gambrell Interview, Cartoonist (Cat and Girl) · via Uses This 
“I'm such a fan of shaders that I do most of my work with them, to the point I that barely use Photoshop.”
Patricio Gonzalez Vivo Interview, Artist, graphical engineer (Mapzen) · via Uses This 
“I haven't used much software lately, except Photoshop.”
Kathy Foster Interview, Bassist (The Thermals), drummer (Hurry Up) · via Uses This 
“With my digital-only projects, pages are drawn in Photoshop CS5.”
Blue Delliquanti Interview, Cartoonist (O Human Star) · via Uses This 
“I also end up using Photoshop just about every day for some reason or another, because that is the way of the world.”
Chris Remo Interview, Game designer, composer (Campo Santo), podcaster (Idle Thumbs) · via Uses This 
“Once I've processed the files, I pull them into Photoshop and finish them there.”
Vivian The Dog Interview, 6-foot tall dachshund · via Uses This 
“My artwork is almost exclusively made in Photoshop.”
Mariel Cartwright Interview, Art director, lead animator (Indivisible, Skullgirls) · via Uses This 
“I use Photoshop to clean up photographs of historical artifacts that I use for history and teaching, and for design projects related to my fiction, like designing flags for science fictional nations.”
Ada Palmer Interview, Science fiction & fantasy novelist, history professor, musician · via Uses This 
“I've recently been messing with Photoshop's animation function, and I'm loving that and have some really exciting stuff in store for my first feature film that's currently in production.”
Carly McCarthy Interview, Filmmaker, musician, illustrator · via Uses This 
“The software I use the most is Photoshop.”
Miranda Harmon Interview, Cartoonist, illustrator · via Uses This 
“I sometimes use Adobe Photoshop to make temp graphics or in-game text.”
Nina Freeman Interview, Level designer (Fullbright), game designer (Cibele) · via Uses This 
“I use Photoshop often for UI design and color correcting illustrations.”
Chloé Yingst Interview, Illustrator, designer (Mutual Mobile) · via Uses This 
“so bill grates from Mircosoft lets me type on this program and then when im done i use program called photoshop to make books real and thats when my son does his editing and then i put them online and make a million dollars this is a real treat for all buckaroos.”
Chuck Tingle Interview, Author of erotic fiction · via Uses This 
“I decided a few years ago to eliminate Photoshop from my process in order to hold a complete work of art in my hands.”
Jesse Moynihan Interview, Cartoonist (Forming) · via Uses This 
“I've been using Photoshop religiously since I was about 10 years old.”
Michelle Vandy Interview, Brand designer (Omada Health) · via Uses This 
“I never use Photoshop, so in some way I see myself as some sort of traditionalist.”
Ryan Humphrey Interview, Illustrator, art tutor, creator of Bartkira · via Uses This 
“Very hard to get a good print out of it - I've finally learned to print from Adobe Photoshop, to use the "Photoshop Manages Colors" option, and to use the "Absolute Colorimetric" option.”
Rudy Rucker, Sr. Interview, Writer, developer, painter, podcaster · via Uses This 
“I use Adobe Photoshop almost everyday for fixing up photographs of my work, but I'm totally at beginner level.”
Hiné Mizushima Interview, Felt sculptor, animator · via Uses This 
“I don't know if Paint Shop Pro 8 is even available anymore, but it's what I learned as a teenager and I hate Photoshop.”
anna anthropy Interview, Game developer, game historian · via Uses This
