How to monetize your Photoshop skills

“Photoshop” – a brilliant program for working with images, the name of which has become a household name. On our site, you can find a lot of lessons on working with images in Photoshop, and become a true professional in terms of photo processing and other operations. And here many people have an interesting question, and how to make money on these skills, how to turn fun and good skill into money. And believe me, there are a lot of ways to monetize your skills in Photoshop, and how to do this we will now and will understand.

What can I earn on?

The modern market in the Internet industry is already able to provide skillful “photoshoppers” interesting and quite profitable work, but not a worldwide network is unified. To begin with, let’s understand on what functions of Photoshop its advanced users can earn?

1. Photo editing – creating unique images, collages, which requires good knowledge of the program, and creative thinking, the ability to work out of the box.
2. Classic photo processing – working with various filters.
3. Polygraphic designer – working with various magazine, newspaper, book and, of course, Internet publications. Development of the cover, pages and the general appearance of printing.
4. Working with presentations in Photoshop.
5. Creating promotional materials – banners, posters, flyers, logos, icons, hats for websites and much more.
6. Work in social networks – working with accounts;
7. Creating drawings, wallpapers.

As you can see, there are a lot of options for work within the program, the only thing left is a small matter – to find a job.

Where to look for work in Photoshop

In today’s world, you don’t even need to leave home to find gainful employment. All the Photoshop-related activities we listed above are in demand on the Internet. Thus, many successful bloggers are looking for professional photoshoppers to process their photos for posting on the Internet. As a rule, payment is made for a series of photos, and is 10-20 dollars per order.

The first step to get any work from the above list will be to register on a general freelance exchange, or advertise your account in social networks. And here it will be better to create a special account, rather than advertise your main one. When registering on various freelance exchanges, it will be necessary to make a beautiful portfolio, but for a good master of Photoshop, such a procedure will not take labor. Mandatory in the portfolio examples of work and listing all their professional skills.

For those who do not want to face the search on the network, and intends to meet and discuss all aspects of their work with the customer, or become an office employee of one of the firms that needs a master of Photoshop, there are also a lot of offers on the labor market. This may be vacancies listed in printed publications, search for vacancies from firms on specialized offline job sites. Also, an interesting option is to cooperate with photographers who are willing to pay handsomely for the processing of their pictures. Such cooperation with really professional and in-demand photographers can bring Photoshop masters regular income and career growth.

Given all the facts, we can safely say that a good knowledge of Photoshop can quickly transform into a solid income for a hardworking and persistent professional in his business. Good luck to you!