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Photoshop is the absolute nuts if not one of the most convoluted pieces of software to use.
the most common version is alwasy the pre current one whcih is CS5 i think, but CS3 is what most people i know use.

Flickr is great source of information but more for the serious photographer
pixq.com is also a great place but again for the photographer and more along the lines of the community and legal aspect of dealing withthe filth when taking snapsin public.

google is your best place for getting tutorials, use actual english words as the method is the same in photoshop just hard to find. Get used to using layers and lots of them they help with rectifying mistakes and more precision work. layer filters are all too common so be a bit more inventive with the settings when you are using them.
The clone tool is fantastic along with the spot fixer tool.
If you have the option on your camera shoot in raw whch make you free to do what you want with your pictures digitally and use the curves to help with lighting. most of all, just fcuk around you'll get more out of it by doing so.
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download GIMP (seriously). Like photoshop but free. I use it for all my pisstakes. 8)
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For producing posters, brochures, leaflets etc - is Photoshop the best software to use or InDesign, Illustrator etc?
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kingjayson1 wrote:For producing posters, brochures, leaflets etc - is Photoshop the best software to use or InDesign, Illustrator etc?
Im a printer and although im not a designer i know that indesign and illustrator is what the studio blokes use at work but these packages cost a lot of money, it all depends i guess on how important this work is to you and if youre hoping to make some cash out of it
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kingjayson1 wrote:For producing posters, brochures, leaflets etc - is Photoshop the best software to use or InDesign, Illustrator etc?
Different tools for different jobs! Photoshop is mainly for photo & image manipulation, Illustrator for creating vector artwork/line drawings etc & InDesign for page layouts/magazines/manipulating large blocks of text etc.

InDesign can be a good choice for brochures & leaflets but by the sounds of it Photoshop will be fine for what you're doing & it's also the easiest to get to grips with.

Photoshop's text features are not quite as advanced as InDesign's (although they're better now in CS5 than they were back in CS/CS2) so you could perhaps do all the graphic work in Photoshop before opening the project in InDesign and doing all the text work in there. But I dunno if that might be overcomplicating things :lol:
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MAAAAAAN! I just want a step up from Word Art :lol: :lol: :lol:

I think it will be Photoshop and I've just found out my Uni offer a free 2 hour 1-on-1 tutorial so may sign up to that as well.
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kingjayson1 wrote:MAAAAAAN! I just want a step up from Word Art :lol: :lol: :lol:

I think it will be Photoshop and I've just found out my Uni offer a free 2 hour 1-on-1 tutorial so may sign up to that as well.
What about MS Paint? :lol:
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Boomer wrote:
kingjayson1 wrote:MAAAAAAN! I just want a step up from Word Art :lol: :lol: :lol:

I think it will be Photoshop and I've just found out my Uni offer a free 2 hour 1-on-1 tutorial so may sign up to that as well.
What about MS Paint? :lol:
Way to advanced for me! Too many colours and tools to choose from!
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i took a pic of geraldine and photo shopped it. but it turned out very pixelated and not worth anything


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DB10GOONER wrote:download GIMP (seriously). Like photoshop but free. I use it for all my pisstakes. 8)
I have to agree with DB10 here, GIMP is open source software, which is easy to use and loads of online tutorials :barscarf:
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