Is Photoshop Evil? Video Interview With Mark Heaps
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Is Photoshop Evil? Video Interview With Mark Heaps

on May 30th 2011 with 13 comments

Is Photoshop a dirty word? An evil tool? Recently, I had the opportunity to chat with Mark Heaps, a Professional Photographer, an Adobe Certified Professional, and Graphic Designer at Duarte Design where he has worked with some of the world’s most recognizable brands. Mark works as a presentation designer, helping to build presentations you might see at a major conferences like SXSW or CES, but Mark has experience doing just about everything. So it was great to hear his thoughts on several interesting topics.

During our conversation we discussed whether or not photographers truly embrace Photoshop, whether or not Photoshop is an evil tool, whether or not it is better to be a "jack of all trades" or a specialist, should you always charge for your work, and much more. Please take a moment to review this 35-minute interview, and enjoy!

Notes

Here are links to some of the items we discussed in the video.

 
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Grant Friedman is a veteran blogger, social media addict, and design enthusiast. Grant has been blogging about the design industry since 2008 and is currently the editor of Psdtuts. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions about Psdtuts, feel free to direct them to Grant's Twitter account.  

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  • http://blofair.com blofair

    great interview …helpful topic nice job Grant Friedman sir

  • http://artams.com/ Anthony

    Awesome info. Thanks guys very insightful!

  • http://www.daveressler.com DRessler

    This was a really great video and makes me feel much better about taking on more and more presentation gigs.

  • http://reachpublishing.tumblr.com D’Vaughn House

    I really enjoyed this interview. The insight was quite helpful! Thanks!

  • http://www.UnrulyGuides.com/ Suzanne Fyhrie Parrott

    Great interview. Being an “old school” graphic designer as well as a “new school” digital designer I can relate to both sides. Your point when it comes down to “we get paid per hour” – that is the key issue. And the tremendous savings in time and cost is exponential.

    Being a designer, I use Photoshop, illustrator and InDesign extensively – and do not feel that I have compromised my designs. I abhor users who utilize such a powerful program for unscrupulous gain; however, I also have tremendous respect for a designers creative ability – which is enhanced by good programs.

  • http://twitter.com/lifebypixels Mark Heaps

    Thanks everyone.

    I had a great time talking with Grant. I hope it’s helpful for some of you and saves anyone from making some of the mistakes I made on my career path.

    All the best,

    Mark

  • CruzBarcelona

    “And I was so excited! People know what we do!… Oh my god.. people know.. what we.. do. :S” LOL

  • http://www.struckanervemedia.com Michael

    This was a great interview. I can honestly say this interview is one of the best resources for people starting out that I have ever seen. Thanks Mark, for taking the time to provide your knowledge and insights to us. The interview was truly inspirational.

  • http://rydenbreeze.deviantart.com Ricardo M.

    Excellent interview. Very helpful from a entrepreneur and designer point of view.

    Thanks Mark.

  • http://www.flickr.com/chrisrosendahl Chris Rosendahl

    This interview was so inspirational and helpful, for me as a designer!

    It talked alot about stuff that ain’t in the “books”. Thanks Mark for doing this, and thanks psdtuts+ for always providing great knowledge!

    Cheers from Denmark.

    - Chris R

    Check me out at http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisrosendahl/

  • http://www.psdstyle.net chuckles

    Hellz yeah Photoshop is evil. And that is why we all love it. Well that and it pays the bills. Great article.

  • http://www.adrianflorescu.info/ Florescu Adrian

    You know, I heard “YOU KNOW” too many times, stop!!!

  • http://www.adrianflorescu.info/ Florescu Adrian

    You know, I heard YOU KNOW to many time dudes, stop!!!