Anybody recommend a resource for a photoshop beginner?

Alan Mc Donald · 04-30-2009, 05:56 AM

hi guys, i have just recently got into blogging and am advancing quite nicely. the only department where i lack is photoshop and finding suitable images for my blogs. Either i cant find images or they are the wrong size or format or something similar. this is really holding me back.

Can you guys recommend a resource for learning photoshop ? please bear in mind i have never once used this application

thanks guys

alan

Ali Anjamparuthi · 04-30-2009, 06:21 AM

Hi Alan,

You can find hundreds of Photoshop Video tutorials on Youtube. I suggest you to go to Youtube.com and search for "photoshop tutorial" and you can find lot of short video tutorials.

Hope this helps,
Ali.

Ant West · 04-30-2009, 06:25 AM

Hi alan,

try lynda.com

they charge you a fee monthly around $25 but it's well worth it they have everything about photoshop and heaps more

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pattaya-Addict

hi guys, i have just recently got into blogging and am advancing quite nicely. the only department where i lack is photoshop and finding suitable images for my blogs. Either i cant find images or they are the wrong size or format or something similar. this is really holding me back.

Can you guys recommend a resource for learning photoshop ? please bear in mind i have never once used this application

thanks guys

alan

Peter Bestel · 04-30-2009, 06:41 AM

Alan

Lynda.com is very good as Ant says. Personally I tend to use Youtube, especially for specific issues - there's normally someone out there that thrown up a short freebie tutorial on the subject you're looking for.

That aside, given the reasons you mention, maybe photoshop is a bit overkill. If you've got the Adobe package then have you tried Fireworks? A lot less steep learning curve and a great little graphics program for churning out web-safe stuff.

There's also some some very capable free graphics packages such as Gimp.

Peter

Quentin · 04-30-2009, 07:31 AM

I have a blog where I post all my photoshop stuff.

Photoshop Tutorials

Q

Alan Mc Donald · 04-30-2009, 07:33 AM

thanks for the recommendations guy, keep them coming

nmh · 04-30-2009, 07:34 AM

Is there something free out there similar to photoshop?

Ant West · 04-30-2009, 07:36 AM

i heard gimp is good , but havent tried it as i use photoshop

Quote:

Originally Posted by nmh

Is there something free out there similar to photoshop?

Allanon24 · 04-30-2009, 07:41 AM

I highly recommend Lynda.com and Totaltraining.com or Kelbytraining.com

If you would like to get tutorials for free, then check out Itunes, and search for free videos.

You should definetely subscribe to Photoshop UserTV to get some really cool tips.

Hope this helps!

Best Wishes,
Allanon

Lindsay Brynn · 04-30-2009, 07:59 AM

I first learned from visual learning guides if you don't mind looking at books. I found them helpful. But I also have heard great things about lynda.com.

Success2020 · 04-30-2009, 08:27 AM

This is the type of question i wanted to ask the forum member... I find it using.. thanks..

BlackWaterBlog · 04-30-2009, 08:28 AM

Another great collection of tutorials;

Good-Tutorials - Photoshop Tutorials

Chris Kent · 04-30-2009, 08:36 AM

Forget about paying for info, there is a ton of free info out there. The key is to google exactly what you are looking to do.

Here are some tutorials I have bookmarked over the last year that have helped me greatly.

Specific techniques:
Photoshop Photo To Drawing - DTG
Photoshop Drop Shadow
Tutorial 9 - Lens Blur
Advanced Glow Effects - Psdtuts+
Smooth Gradient Header Photoshop Tutorial | Website design | Tutorial Blog
Photoshop converts a Photo to a Pencil Sketch
Lunacore Photoshop Training - Smoothen Edges tutorial
Photoshop Tutorials - Blending Images Together
Photoshop - Image Blending
Removing a Picture from it's Background using extract in Photoshop
Blending 2 images with Layer Masks
photoshop tutorials Placing a person inside a picture

Generally good sites:
Photoshop Tutorials - Home
Photoshop Tutorials, Tips, Photoshop Cafe, free resource for Photoshop Users, Photoshop 7 to Photoshop CS4 and Lightroom. The ultimate Photoshop training

morwanneg · 04-30-2009, 08:41 AM

There are several photoshop tut in youtube. Photoshop is just very easy to learn if you have the time. Productcreator posted good links above. I'll try those tuts when i get the time.

Jesus Perez · 04-30-2009, 08:42 AM

I became really good with Photoshop via Lynda.com (worth every penny) and Good-Tutorials.com.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ant West

Hi alan,

try lynda.com

they charge you a fee monthly around $25 but it's well worth it they have everything about photoshop and heaps more

alambains · 04-30-2009, 08:48 AM

Lynda.com is the best resource!!

Success2020 · 04-30-2009, 09:12 AM

Hey creator.. you are alway having a good contect to share with us here in the forum...thanks for the links.....

angel man · 04-30-2009, 09:34 AM

wow great resources. thanks guys.

LivingCovers · 04-30-2009, 11:09 AM

Thanks Much Warriors. Just what I was looking for to improve my skills in Photoshop. By the way, what kind of resources do they offer at Lynda.com? I've heard much about it especially here in the forum, but haven't got the time to check it out.

Nic Lynn · 05-16-2009, 09:12 AM

First, it sounds like you really need cropping and resizing based on your original post. For that kind of stuff, Photoshop is overkill. Even Microsoft Office 2007 has built in photoediting software now that will do all of that kind of stuff and more.

I would recommend Photoshop Express (free online service) that will allow you to resize and optimize your image. For more advanced manipulation, try Photoshop Elements... it is just like photoshop, but with some of the super-advanced features stripped out and includes wizards for doing the stuff you need.

DO NOT pay for learning/tutorial resources. There are plenty out there.

sylviad · 05-16-2009, 09:55 AM

Seems to me this was pretty good, and free.

Adobe Photoshop Tutorials, Free Photoshop Tutorials

Might have been mentioned already, didn't spot it though.

Sylvia

Josh Anderson · 05-16-2009, 02:10 PM

Youtube is great. Just type "photoshop tutorial" into the search and you will find plenty of short nuggets.

Google will be your friend as well.

However, for video based training here are my two favorite resources:

1. Tutorial Training for Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash, PageMaker, After Effects, Premiere, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and Many More. Learn How To with our easy to use training.

2. Tutorials - Online Training - lynda.com

For the first don't buy from their site buy from their auctions on ebay as they are usually cheaper. Also only buy one product from them and they request a link to the previous customer discount offer page. They have some tremendous discount offers for previous customers.

For Lynda.com search the net for a free trial coupon. You can find trials ranging from 24 hours to a week. You can use this to check it out. Lynda.com is a real bargain.

Michael Mayhew · 05-16-2009, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nmh

Is there something free out there similar to photoshop?

Here's 2 great free one's.

Paint.net
Redirecting ...
&
gimp shop
( they plug it as a PS clone ) I love it.
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Michael Mayhew · 05-16-2009, 04:34 PM

My favorite video training site.
Tutorials - Site Map - Pixel2Life

It's free and loaded.

Success2020 · 05-20-2009, 08:49 AM

Thanks so much for everybody that contribute to this thread... I have learn alot from it since the posting date.....

04-30-2009, 05:56 AM	#1
Alan Mc Donald Advanced Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ireland Posts: 558 Thanks: 168 Thanked 58 Times in 51 Posts Contact Info	Anybody recommend a resource for a photoshop beginner? hi guys, i have just recently got into blogging and am advancing quite nicely. the only department where i lack is photoshop and finding suitable images for my blogs. Either i cant find images or they are the wrong size or format or something similar. this is really holding me back. Can you guys recommend a resource for learning photoshop ? please bear in mind i have never once used this application thanks guys alan

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