Photoshop Ninja
Expert Photoshop tips and tricks for designers and photographers since 2005
Happy 4th Birthday Photoshop Ninja
4 years old – my, what a big boy you are now!!
Photoshop Ninja is 4 years old today! I can’t believe I’ve been working on this site for that long! For those of you that don’t know, my name is Jonny and I’m a freelance graphic designer based in the West Midlands area of the UK. I am the sole creator and author of Photoshop Ninja.
I have been using Photoshop for well over a decade now, and use it for many different tasks including retouching, web design, creative print design, even elements in some animation jobs, amongst other things! I design for a range of different clients, from well know worldwide brands to smaller businesses. I also have extensive college lecturing experience – with well over 200 full lectures taken by myself in graphic design, multimedia, and of-course the Adobe Creative Suite! In addition to this I also have run numerous formal training sessions with professionals on InDesign and Photoshop.
I enjoy writing and although I am concerned about my capacity to do this I am considering writing a book (does the world really need another Photoshop book?!). I have worked with a number of large publishers to help them assess book proposals and Photoshop Ninja has been featured in Photoshop Creative magazine a couple of times in the UK and once in Sweden!
Photoshop Ninja began as a way to share tips and tricks amongst colleagues and friends in the various design studios I work in. It has since grown into a large resource of information for Photoshop users of many different levels and skill-sets – be it photographers, designers or even just casual users. The site currently gets an average of around 10,000 visitors a month and is steadily growing.
From launch this site has been run on the WordPress platform, which I use as a content management system (no, its not just a blog!) on this site and for many others I develop for clients. I often use this site as a testbed for my coding development, so don’t worry if occasionally look a bit strange when you visit – it’s probably a bit of code I’m working on! WordPress is a fantastic publishing platform that I strongly recommend you take a look at if you need a CMS. Everyone has their favourite CMS platforms – WordPress is mine!
To celebrate I am creating 14 days of new content on the site new content very day for 14 days basically, which started 1 week ago and will continue for another week. I am also launching a new site area at the end of the celebrations and am working on a new design for the whole site – but I’m not sure if I will have the time to finish this for next week… so you may have to wait for that for a little longer!
Well, enjoy the site and I hope you learn lots of new stuff about Photoshop. It’s one of the most enjoyable and rewarding design applications to use. Although it might seem a bit tough to learn with so man menus and options, the time you invest will reward you many times over with the amazing results you can achieve. There is usually more than one way to execute a task in Photoshop – I like to think that I’m sharing with you the best way… you can become a Photoshop Ninja too!
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Written by Jonny Allbut - freelance graphic designer
Last modified: 26 April, 2009 (18:05) | First published: 26 April, 2009
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