<p>Being either a beginner or student photographer can be difficult when regularly faced with people that assume you are a Photoshop genius. What people don't realize is that in many cases, this just isn't true.</p><p>Photoshop, in the eyes of both beginners and students, can be an incredibly daunting thing, but with instructions on how to use the software as well as top tips for the beginning of the editing process, it can appear a lot less frightening.</p><p>I, myself, was a novice when using Photoshop software, but at the beginning of my first year of university, I was offered the chance to attend a number of free Photoshop tutorials. In this two-part series, I will share with you the top tips that I learnt within these sessions whilst explaining the very first steps that both beginner and student photographers should undertake when starting the editing process.</p><p>Using the newly released Adobe Photoshop 12 software (including the Adobe Elements 12 Organiser and Photoshop Elements 12 Editor), I plan on showing you the main need-to-know editing tools that you should use on all images before moving on to the more specific editing of your photographs.</p><p><a href="http://www.ephotozine.com/article/adobe-photoshop-elements-12-tips-for-beginner-and-student-photographers-23627">Keep reading...</a></p>