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Did you read all the documentation that came with your copy of Photoshop? It's OK, we understand. And apparently Adobe does too, because they've released a free White Paper (PDF link) outlining the process for getting Photoshop running as smoothly as possible on your setup.

When it comes to being creative with photography, sometimes the best tools are the most basic—as Ben Heine’s series, “Pencil Vs. Camera,” suggests. “I’ve been drawing and photographing for several years now, and I’ve always been interested in mixing mediums,” he says. “One day it occurred to me to oppose imagination and reality, by using just pencils and my camera.”

Looking at photographer Erik Johansson’s intricate photo manipulations, you might think of them more as digital art than photography. But in fact, Johansson explains, photography is one of the most important parts of his process—even if he uses the photos as raw material for his art. “I began learning image-editing as I learned digital photography, when I was 15,” says Norrköping, Sweden-based Johansson, now 25. “Photography is my way of expressing an idea. I’ll sketch the idea, and then use photography and software to make it happen.”