Just got Photoshop....got any tips?

[Hemlock86]

I just got Photoshop 7.0 and I dont really know what Im doing with it. Im probably going to read through the help section, but I dont learn as well without a tutorial. Whats the best way to learn this program? Just start missing with pics until I figure the stuff out? hehehe :)

peace
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[Cliffio]

yeah use it to trim your sig down to the right size

[pbstu]

check out the tutorials over at www.wastedyouth.org thats how i learned photoshop.



stu.

[AssassN]

Try to stay away form lotsa filters... they make it look worse

[xmetal2001]

Originally posted by Cliffio
yeah use it to trim your sig down to the right size

hehehe, yeah, its a 56k killer.

I just screwed around with photoshop untill i figured some stuff out.
As you can see from my sig below, i didn't figure out much.:)

[petefol]

www.teamphotoshop.com i have alot more links of graphics sites, ill post more if i find ones with good ps tutorials

[Jonneh]

anyone using ps tutorials is a pansy. Play around with all the tools and options and filters, get a feel for what each one does.

Admittedly, I'm awful with photoshop, BUT I TAUGHT MYSELF TO BE AWFUL... erm...

[AssassN]

Originally posted by Jonneh
anyone using ps tutorials is a pansy. Play around with all the tools and options and filters, get a feel for what each one does.

Admittedly, I'm awful with photoshop, BUT I TAUGHT MYSELF TO BE AWFUL... erm...

Thats not good if taht is all you use. BUt if you take waht you learn to make your own stuff then it is cool.

[paintbattler]

yeah, read the manual

[Hemlock86]

What manual? Muhahahahhaha

[Snewk]

Patience, and lots of it.

[shartley]

Had a couple minutes to do a quick search for you.

You may like to check out these sites:
(Some may have been posted on AO by others too, but here is a good list all together. I will note that most of these sites were using earlier versions of Photoshop.. I have 5-7 on various systems so I can assist folks at times… but all the things you read in these sited CAN be done in 7 as well, you may however have to find the tool in a slightly different place. Just look around. ;))

http://www.mccannas.com/pshop/photosh0.htm
http://www.arraich.com/ps_intro.htm (has things for many versions on up to include 7)
http://www.teamphotoshop.com/photoshop/tutorials/ps_tut.php
http://www.adobe.com/products/tips/photoshop.html
http://www.graphic-design.com/Photoshop/
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/9571/ (old back to 5, but some things you will have fun with)
http://www.designsbymark.com/pstips/index.html (very nice walk-through on making a hammer in 7. He does it step by step, THE HARD WAY.. LOL In the real world if you have to do this, you will be out of a job. But it shows what CAN be done, and you can use some of the techniques shows on other things.)
http://www.eyewire.com/tips/photoshop/
http://www.online-designs.co.uk/photoshop.htm
http://www.dsigning.com/

Some are better than others, but I advise visiting them all. And there are other sites online as well. I just did a quick look at these to see if I thought they would be of any help… and they should be. I could have posted others as well, but most just had the same information on them, or were really bad.

Have fun and use your creativity… that is what it is all about. And like I said before… .If it doesn’t look right, it ISN’T. ;)

And yes.. have patience, and keep practicing. HAVE FUN! :D

[Hemlock86]

Look what I did :D ( I used a tutorial though to help ) :)

[ronron2112]

:rolleyes:

jk





haha whats tyhe pourpose of the black background?????????

[synreal]

does the fact that i can tell at a glance in which order you rotated the image while appliying wind effects make me a dork? ;)

[pito189]

Originally posted by synreal
does the fact that i can tell at a glance in which order you rotated the image while appliying wind effects make me a dork? ;)

Either that, or that you know photoshop really well. :D

[Hemlock86]

Ive just wanted to get and learn this program forever. Now that I have it, Im happier then pigs in pooh! Plus Im exicted i was actually able to make something :D

[Gitaroo Man]

yes, :p ...jk or am i?

[Hemlock86]

Ok, Time for new photoshoped sig.....If you dont like it...then you sux :) jk

Eddie

[pito189]

I'll just give you a heads up before the signature police get you. Your signature image is 91951 bytes. That is incredibly over the limit of 15000 bytes.

Just a heads up. Its awesome looking anyways, will you do one for me in orange?

[Hemlock86]

Ok, sorry, kinda fixed it :/

[tr0n]

w00h00!

[Sparq]

I had to post this...my greatest photoshop achievement to date (that I can remember). An exact copy, FROM SCRATCH of the Smart Parts "Burst" logo :D
http://www3.sympatico.ca/reids/DESKTOPsmartpartsSMALL.jpg
Right now I have a huge version as my desktop background.