Hiya all
right, I’ve been telling myself for aaaages I’m going to get more into the design side of things (I’m a programmer by profession) so I’m going to teach myself how to properly use Photoshop. My question then, where did you learn? How long did it take? Any links and stuff would be great, I’m really looking for a FlashK… ahem :whistle:… sorry Kirupa for Photoshop where I can get help and tutorials and be a complete newbie without people laughing at me
Cheers all :love: 
Hi - aways pleased to hear about anyone wanting to get to know PS better 
I’ve been using PS since v2.5 and there’s no substitute for seeing a picture and sitting down with the manual and working it out for yourself - that’s how I did it.
The Forums at http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?14@@.ee6b366 are great. Tut sites like http://www.photoshopcafe.com/ are useful.
As with Flash, the thing that is most difficult (and it can rarely be taught) is insipiration and composition - it is a ‘sense’. However the more tools you have in your toolbox, the more likely you can execute your masterpiece when the muse falls upon you.
Go on dive in; you’ll love it.
hehehe I hope I like it as much as you seem to!
Thanks for the links they should be useful. Too true about the inspiration part, hopefully the tutorials will give my creative juices a kick start
Just found these links that gave me a few helpful tips along the way:
http://robouk.mchost.com/
http://thewebmachine.com/
and also the forum
[size=1]You’re right - I love PS… almost as much as music [/size]
Well there’s a whole heap of handy tutes at the top of the D&D forum. Check through those. Photoshopcafe is good, and so is robouk.
I’m not too hot with PS myself, still only just getting into it.
[SIZE=1]I still really love your footer btw, it’s so cool. [/SIZE]
lol RIGHT! I think thats enough resources to keep me going a coupla years 
How long you been photoshopping Kit?
[SIZE=1]muchos cool indeed !!![/SIZE]
Yikes, good question…
Not long, in a serious art kind of way. I’ve used it for about two years just to sort out photos and web graphics and that, but nothing involving filters or anything remotely artistic.
It’s only been the last six months or so that I’ve really tried to get the hang of it more. And Illustrator even less.
I’m more used to drawing in Flash.
So I found all those tutes really helpful.
ya me too I’ve used it for the mundane stuff, but some of the results you can get out of it look soooooo cooooool 
Lost, Eilsoe and EG can come up with some great stuff from scratch, it’s unbelieveable. Plus there’s all the other guys who can do the 3D style and photo manipulation… :sure:
I’m still on the tute stage myself.
uuuuh don’t… I was looking at EG’s site earlier today… man am I green :stunned: in fact his site was the one that pushed me over the edge!! Thanx ElectronGeek!
Yeah EG you jerk!
I’ve stopped looking at EG’s site. If I check it any more I’ll want to kill him.
Robouk is a good one though, he’s got some interesting stuff on there. My only gripe with a lot of these sites is that they concentrate on text, rather than drawing…
ive been using Photoshop for about 3-4 months, and i started with 7. if you do something every day, kindof like actionscripting, then you will get the hang of it pretty fast. and photoshop never gets boring really unless you have no inspiration. oh yeah, and a really good tutorial site with big forums is www.teamphotoshop.com . hope i could help.
I hate EG so much, how on Earth does he come up with these things!!! Let’s devise a plan to kill him!! :evil:
Just follow some tutorials, you’ll get the hangs of things then. And experiment. Experiment your *** off
EG, Lost, Sintax, and Eilsoe = photoshop gods
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