Photoshop allows users to create, enhance, or otherwise edit images, artwork, and illustrations. It's used by a wide range of professionals, including photographers, graphic designers, web developers, and creative artists, for tasks such as:
Image editing and retouching: Correcting flaws, adjusting colors, brightness, and contrast, removing objects or people, and overall image enhancement.
Creating image compositions: Combining multiple images or elements into a single, seamless composition using layers, masks, and blending modes.
Digital painting and illustration: Using various brushes, pens, and shapes to create digital artwork from scratch.
Designing web layouts and mockups: Creating visual designs for websites and applications before the coding stage.
Adding effects and filters: Applying various artistic and photographic effects to images.
Working with text and vector graphics: While primarily a raster editor, Photoshop has capabilities for editing text and basic vector shapes.
Photoshop uses its own file formats, primarily .PSD (Photoshop Document) and .PSB (Photoshop Big), to support its multi-layered, feature-rich files.