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Posted: Tuesday September 12th, 2006 01:14 |
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does anyone know how to work these?
my friend who is professional photographer told me to get rid of photoshop elements and stick with the full version of photoshop
but i am at a loss what to do othe than crop and blur
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Posted: Tuesday September 12th, 2006 01:51 |
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I have worked with these on a Macintosh. But don't you have a PC?
You can do crop with some of the Microsoft Office Tools. . .er. . .use Microsoft Publisher.
I don't know about "blur". You might be able to find something similar though.
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Posted: Tuesday September 12th, 2006 23:14 |
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| woul dit be worth me investing in a book that teaches how to use the adobe packages
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Posted: Wednesday September 13th, 2006 10:55 |
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| U don't need a book, their are tonnes of resources and tutorial online, thats how I learnt the packages myself, about 7 years ago....
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Posted: Wednesday September 13th, 2006 17:46 |
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LadyDay wrote: woul dit be worth me investing in a book that teaches how to use the adobe packages
You could try a book. Yeah, you can also use some stuff online. But if you aren't a technut like many of us, you may have some issues digesting stuff.
You could also see if you could take a class.
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Posted: Wednesday September 13th, 2006 19:49 |
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You could also see if you could take a class.
Have you seen the prices for Adobe's classes  . A good thing about them apparently is you can teach what you've learnt at the end of it.
In the meantime a couple of books: Classroom in a Book: Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Adobe Indesign CS2. Both come with useful CD's where you can practice the lessons that are on them.
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Posted: Wednesday September 13th, 2006 20:02 |
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ok i will see, though a book may be better for me
spend long enough on a pc as it is for work
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Posted: Wednesday September 13th, 2006 20:05 |
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athaba wrote: You could also see if you could take a class.
Have you seen the prices for Adobe's classes . A good thing about them apparently is you can teach what you've learnt at the end of it.
In the meantime a couple of books: Classroom in a Book: Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Adobe Indesign CS2. Both come with useful CD's where you can practice the lessons that are on them.
Well, she can definitely get a book that has some type of interactive tutorial. But as for classes. Someone like LadyDay wouldn't have to take a full blown class. A workshop should do. I am not sure how things work in the U.K. But I get invited to free workshops all the time.
I am just not sure as to how one goes about inquiring about these types of events in the U.K.
http://www.signuk.com/page.cfm/link=28
This one is in Birmingham and it's free. Folks in the IT community are usually very helpful. Do some networking and people will help you with any problem.
Last edited on Wednesday September 13th, 2006 20:06 by TheDogon
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Posted: Wednesday September 13th, 2006 20:05 |
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athaba wrote: You could also see if you could take a class.
Have you seen the prices for Adobe's classes . A good thing about them apparently is you can teach what you've learnt at the end of it.
In the meantime a couple of books: Classroom in a Book: Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Adobe Indesign CS2. Both come with useful CD's where you can practice the lessons that are on them.
i had a look at that book i may invest especially since it comes with cds to show what to do
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Posted: Friday September 15th, 2006 18:40 |
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LadyDay wrote: does anyone know how to work these?
my friend who is professional photographer told me to get rid of photoshop elements and stick with the full version of photoshop
but i am at a loss what to do othe than crop and blur
dang I haven't seen LadyDay here in a min.
I am pretty good ad Photoshop I have CS (expensive as hell...dang) and some examples on my blog site.
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Posted: Sunday September 24th, 2006 20:40 |
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LadyDay wrote: does anyone know how to work these?
my friend who is professional photographer told me to get rid of photoshop elements and stick with the full version of photoshop
but i am at a loss what to do othe than crop and blur
What do you intend to do with them if you don't mind me asking. They’re considered "industry standard" applications, but depending on what you want to do they're alternatives. Unless you're doing a large number of magazines and books indesign seems a little excessive, but I suppose it doesn't hurt to have and to learn. One of the most important aspects of photoshop I would say are layers and blending modes (will save you a lot of time and heart ache if you get to grips with them early on, also aviod excessive use of filters).
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Posted: Sunday September 24th, 2006 23:27 |
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newstyle wrote: LadyDay wrote: does anyone know how to work these?
my friend who is professional photographer told me to get rid of photoshop elements and stick with the full version of photoshop
but i am at a loss what to do othe than crop and blur
What do you intend to do with them if you don't mind me asking. They’re considered "industry standard" applications, but depending on what you want to do they're alternatives. Unless you're doing a large number of magazines and books indesign seems a little excessive, but I suppose it doesn't hurt to have and to learn. One of the most important aspects of photoshop I would say are layers and blending modes (will save you a lot of time and heart ache if you get to grips with them early on, also aviod excessive use of filters).
purpose...invitations, enhance pics from mu digi cam and practice my dream magazine layout. and just have fun
what are the alternatives?
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Posted: Tuesday September 26th, 2006 16:27 |
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LadyDay wrote:
purpose...invitations, enhance pics from mu digi cam and practice my dream magazine layout. and just have fun
what are the alternatives?
I would use something else for invitations, etc.
But Photoshop/Indesign are very big applications. Paris could probably be a better guide here.
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Posted: Thursday September 28th, 2006 21:26 |
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LadyDay wrote: newstyle wrote: LadyDay wrote: does anyone know how to work these?
my friend who is professional photographer told me to get rid of photoshop elements and stick with the full version of photoshop
but i am at a loss what to do othe than crop and blur
What do you intend to do with them if you don't mind me asking. They’re considered "industry standard" applications, but depending on what you want to do they're alternatives. Unless you're doing a large number of magazines and books indesign seems a little excessive, but I suppose it doesn't hurt to have and to learn. One of the most important aspects of photoshop I would say are layers and blending modes (will save you a lot of time and heart ache if you get to grips with them early on, also aviod excessive use of filters).
purpose...invitations, enhance pics from mu digi cam and practice my dream magazine layout. and just have fun
what are the alternatives?
Alternatives to photoshop are as follows:
Paintshop Pro, much cheaper then photoshop can do most of the things photoshop can
http://www.saversoftware.co.uk/details-492.htm
PhotoPlus 6, I haven't used it makes similar claims to paintshop pro but is free:
http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/PhotoPlus/default.asp
you could try publisher for your layout work, again I haven't used it so I couldn't give an indication how it is to use. You could try the other "industry standard" software in this field Quarkxpress, if price is an issue it will probably be in the same price range as indesign. some layout work can be done in photoshop or illustrator with guides and grids, so one of flyers, invitations and the like but multipage magazine like projects will require the likes indesign or quark.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/FX010857941033.aspx
Also if you're interested in 3d try:
Blender
http://www.blender3d.org/cms/Home.2.0.html
Truespace
http://www.computerarts.co.uk/downloads/3d__and__animation/truespace_1.0
both free, some tutorials on a lot of programes including photoshop and alike on:
http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials
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Posted: Wednesday November 1st, 2006 15:06 |
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| there is a woman at my uni who gives hands on lessons...don't know how much or if she charges...but if interested let me know....i can find out...she works in the mac lab for people who need extra help...so u may be able to meet her there sometimes...
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