Why I Never Warmed Up to Photoshop

I can do three things in Photoshop without help. I’ve done more, but I tend to forget the actual steps, sending me back to the help menu in a loop of frustration. So in the end, it feels like I’ve never done them before. It’s software amnesia.

For the longest time, there was only Photoshop (no Lightroom, Aperture, Capture One Pro, or Photos). And I feared that I would never become a photographer because…