Carl Finch on tue 13 mar 07
At 06:13 PM 3/13/2007, Paul Borian wrote:
>i am upgrading my computor setup tomorrow - a friend is giving me a
>slightly used but really good computor, much faster than the 2001 model i
>have now, and i am installing photoshop on it plus illustrator which i have
>been using a little for some time. But i am new to photoshop - i have a
>friend who is good with it and will be helping me but i also would like to
>find a good tutorial online to help me through the basics. Can anyone
>recommend one? I did a google search and tons of them come up but i have no
>idea which ones are the best (easiest) and if they are free or what.
Over the years I've heard numerous people speak well of Adobe's
"Classroom in a Book" Photoshop series. I just did a quick google
and found copies available for between $5 (for version 5, used) up to
$35 for the current version 9 (aka CS2), new.
As many online tutorials as there are, I'm sure there are some great
ones. But I've seen some pretty poor ones, too. I prefer a book
with a good index. (Plus a CD of the exercises)
There are Lists (ala Clayart) and news groups, too, for questions and
discussion.
--Carl
in Medford, Oregon
Paul Borian on tue 13 mar 07
Hello,
i am upgrading my computor setup tomorrow - a friend is giving me a
slightly used but really good computor, much faster than the 2001 model i
have now, and i am installing photoshop on it plus illustrator which i have
been using a little for some time. But i am new to photoshop - i have a
friend who is good with it and will be helping me but i also would like to
find a good tutorial online to help me through the basics. Can anyone
recommend one? I did a google search and tons of them come up but i have no
idea which ones are the best (easiest) and if they are free or what.
thanks,
Paul
Scott Harrison on tue 13 mar 07
Paul,
If you have one of the CS versions of Photoshop, the "help" menu on
the far right of the menu bar is quite good for getting started. I
use a Lynda.com Photoshop tutorial with my high school classes and
there are "Dummies" guide books too. Most of the online tutorials are
medium to advanced level and deal with specific tricks and techniques.
Scott Harrison
South Fork High School
Humboldt Redwoods CA
On Mar 13, 2007, at 6:13 PM, Paul Borian wrote:
> Hello,
> i am upgrading my computor setup tomorrow - a friend is giving me a
> slightly used but really good computor, much faster than the 2001
> model i
> have now, and i am installing photoshop on it plus illustrator
> which i have
> been using a little for some time. But i am new to photoshop - i
> have a
> friend who is good with it and will be helping me but i also would
> like to
> find a good tutorial online to help me through the basics. Can anyone
> recommend one? I did a google search and tons of them come up but i
> have no
> idea which ones are the best (easiest) and if they are free or what.
> thanks,
> Paul
>
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Leigh Whitaker on tue 13 mar 07
What I would do is get a tutorial book that has a disk and just work through
that. Go to the bookstore and find one that has tutorials that look
interesting and fun. That's how I learned how to do it, and my old boss used to
call me a "Photoshop Blackbelt". LOL!
There's so much you can do with Photoshop and online tutorials can teach you
quite a lot, but a book will really cover all of the basic stuff, and get
you at least a little familiar with the vast variety of things you can do.
Then you can search for more specific online tutorials to figure out how to do
specific things.
Have fun!
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Vicki Hardin on tue 13 mar 07
Paul, go to Lynda.com. She has written Lynda Weinman. She has written many
highly acclaimed books on graphic design. She now has the lynda.com site
that features trainings on DVD. You can test drive the one you are
interested in. The one I did was by Bruce Heavin titled Photoshop 7 and it
was a good training CD. Good luck!
Vicki Hardin
ClayArtWebGuide.com
Weiland, Jeff on wed 14 mar 07
Paul,=20
The best book that I have seen is the "Classroom in a Book" series. What
version are you using? I have old copies I can part with for versions
5.5 and CS which is 8.0 I think. I am taking off for NCECA in the
morning and can bring them with me if you are going to be there. Also,
for those at Louisville, I am going to bring along a box of old copies
of Claywork by Nigrosh. The advantage of having a book over something
online is that you can flip pages in a book easier than going back and
forth from screen to screen on the computer. In addition, you can get a
lot of info from the adobe web site. www.adobe.com. I also have extra
copies of "CIAB" for Illustrator 8.0 and CS. The best thing is to just
spend a ton of time exploring the tools.
Packing the bags for Louisville,
Jeff Weiland
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Subject: need a good photoshop tutorial
Hello,
i am upgrading my computor setup tomorrow - a friend is giving me a
slightly used but really good computor, much faster than the 2001 model
i
have now, and i am installing photoshop on it plus illustrator which i
have
been using a little for some time. But i am new to photoshop - i have a
friend who is good with it and will be helping me but i also would like
to
find a good tutorial online to help me through the basics. Can anyone
recommend one? I did a google search and tons of them come up but i have
no
idea which ones are the best (easiest) and if they are free or what.
thanks,
Paul
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Chris Trabka on wed 14 mar 07
Paul,
You may wont to look at the following web site:
http://bermangraphics.com/gallerytips.htm
Chris
>Hello,
>i am upgrading my computor setup tomorrow - a friend is giving me a
>slightly used but really good computor, much faster than the 2001 model i
>have now, and i am installing photoshop on it plus illustrator which i have
>been using a little for some time. But i am new to photoshop - i have a
>friend who is good with it and will be helping me but i also would like to
>find a good tutorial online to help me through the basics. Can anyone
>recommend one? I did a google search and tons of them come up but i have no
>idea which ones are the best (easiest) and if they are free or what.
>thanks,
>Paul
>
>___________________________________________________________________________
___
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>
>You may look at the archives for the list or change your subscription
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melpots@pclink.com.
Bonita Cohn on thu 15 mar 07
go to "www.HPlearningCenter.com"
There are free classes....currently is advance
Photoshop CS. You will be wait listed if full, but
they are very good. Lessons are Printable and there is
a teacher for questions as well as a forum.
Sign up and you will be notified when your class comes
up. They have beenm very good and I take them again
sometimes as refreshers.
Best, Bonita in Sunny San Francisco.
Bonita Cohn
http://www.bonitacohn.com
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Bonita Cohn on sun 18 mar 07
Hi - In my copious bookmarks I found a site with info
on photoshop. This one has lots of good stuff.
http://www.sketchpad.net/photoshp.htm
I have also found the "help" that is built in to
Photoshop to be a good place to start.
Good luck, Bonita in San Francisco.....Sunny Day for A
March in March...
Bonita Cohn
http://www.bonitacohn.com
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