Some Photoshop Advice needed!

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  1. jimbo45
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    kado897 said:
    Yes there is a lot to learn. I learned GIMP, Inkscape, CorelDraw, Blender and Photoshop from YouTube. It is a great resource.
    Hi there.

    I have a slightly different perspective on YOU TUBE -- It's fine for showing some examples AFTER you've already ORIGINALLY mastered the elements of Photoshop -- I'd look first for some online manual or Powerpoint tutorial or a cheap BOOK.

    I find unfortunately more and more people are doing YOU TUBE videos -- IMO not a great tool for INITIALLY LEARNING as you often want to learn AT YOUR OWN SPEED - and be able to scroll backwards and forwards and make notes where appropriate. YOU TUBE as I said is probably an excellent vehicle for a TUTORIAL but not really for LEARNING.

    There are plenty of cheap books also on Photoshop --your best bet is to buy one of those.

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  3. nommy the first
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    YOU TUBE as I said is probably an excellent vehicle for a TUTORIAL but not really for LEARNING.
    I completely agree with you Jimbo.

    I got most of my experience from tinkering around and just messing with effects and layer styles. After I mastered all of those and knew what I was doing I started searching tutorials on how to accomplish certain things or effects. Starting with tutorials without knowing the basics will more than once lead to messing up and needing to watch the tut five or six times before understanding it. Especially the more advanced tuts, they constantly use shortcuts without telling you how they did them. If you don't know those shortcuts you're going to spend more time figuring that out than working on the actual effect/style.


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  4. ShamrockRig
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    Excellent help nommy on sharing the knowledge you have! Much appreciated, its a massive learning curve but im sure given some time and effort il get there....eventually lol
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  6. Slartybart
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    The horses mouth: Learn Photoshop CC | Adobe TV
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  7. GARoss
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    All the above plus Lynda.com. It's not free but has great, in depth training. Many intros are free so check out Ben Long & Deke McClelland.
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  8. kado897
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    Some of the ones at Adobe TV posted by Slartybart are Lynda.com.
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  10. GARoss
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    kado897 said:
    Some of the ones at Adobe TV posted by Slartybart are Lynda.com.
    Thanks. Good to know.
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  11. mjf
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    I'd also invest in a good book. I only use PSE and find Scott Kelby's books really good. He certainly does CS6 books. With PSE you can download the manual instead of going online all the time - see if you can for CS6.
    The Adobe Photoshop CS6 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter): Scott Kelby: 9780321823748: Amazon.com: Books
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  12. ShamrockRig
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    That book has been placed on my "to buy" list! cheers!
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  13. boohbah
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    some cool bits here too.

    50 great photoshop tutorials :: Reflex Stock Photo Blog

    50+ Great Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials, Part II
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