looking for some Photoshop tutorials...

xero-infinity · 5-3-02, 11:21 PM

I would like to find some awesome photoshop tutorials. anybody know where I could find some?

alphadesk · 5-3-02, 11:34 PM

These seem to be interesting.

http://www.magicpixel.com.au/html/workwel.html

5-4-02, 12:23 AM

You could also try doing a search for Photoshop Tutorials in a search engine such as Yahoo! You'll find quite a few people offering awesome Tutorials for Photoshop.

Jess · 5-4-02, 12:31 AM

Try the Adobe site:
http://www.adobe.com/products/tips/photoshop.html

Or upgrade to v 7.0 and you'll get an awesome CD with about 60 minutes of fullscreen, fullmotion training video.

bettyfordclinic · 5-4-02, 01:17 PM

The tutorial links above are all good, but I thought I'd just type in a few quick tips for folks who use photoshop, but might not use it too much.

Shortcuts (some might be 6.0 only).

• Learn all the keystroke shortcuts for the different tools and use them (v=aroow, m=marquee, c=crop, j=airbrush, s=clone). It'll slow you down for a day or two, and then you'll do everything a lot faster.
• Learn shortcuts for the levels and saturation dailog boxes, it's all command/apple 1, 2, 3, 4 etc, and the values can be quickly shifted using the up/down arrows (combinded with the shift key to jump in increments of ten) whilst jumping from box to box using the Tab key. After a while you'll astound yourself with the speed at which colours can be altered.
• Don't use brightness/contrast to brighten up photographs, it'll burn out the whites. Use levels, and adjust the centre setting on the RGB slider first.
• Space bar - hold it down and the tool you're on becomes the hand, allowing you to alternate between moving the image around and airbrushing/cloning etc...
• When using a tool that has brush options, clicking the enter key on the numeric pad with your thumb brings the brush palette up wherever the mouse is.
• Actions. CREATE NEW ACTIONS. Actions are easy to record and speed up boring repetitive teaks. I have F6 set up for duplicate layer, and other actions for flattening images, creating multiple adjustment layers for digital photos (levels, saturation, selective colour, brightness/contrast), rotating the canvas left or right (digital photos), flattening a canvas, the list goes on...
• TOOL WINDOWS - if you (like me) are low on space and use a lot of layers, move your "actions" pallete in with your "colour" pallete (by dragging), and then move your "history" pallette down with your "layers" palette. Now you can close the window previously occupied by history and actions, and extend your layers window up to fill the gap. Hey presto: more layers visible. This one's actually quite important if you're using a
1024 monitor. Oh, and hitting F toggles between various full screen modes, and hitting Tab hides your tool windows temporarily.

Once more my fingers have tired. These tips are mostly to help people use photoshop quicker, and not to provide tutorials. If anyone wants me to post more (if I can think of more) let me know.

bfc

LabRat · 5-4-02, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by xero-infinity
I would like to find some awesome photoshop tutorials. anybody know where I could find some?

These are kinda cool....

http://www.deepspaceweb.com/index.php

http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/tutphotoshop.asp

http://w1.243.telia.com/~u24308054/d.../tutorial.html

Mike

spideree · 5-15-02, 09:08 PM

Buy Photoshop Down & Dirty Tricks for whichever version you have. Amazon.com carries it. It's awesome. I took a class in it, but that book was almost better!

5-24-02, 10:26 AM

Hi,

Try these. They are pretty good.

http://www.stab.se/aq/ny/index.htm

http://www.thinkdan.com/

http://www.planetphotoshop.com/

Dan

TERRELL · 6-5-02, 05:34 PM

http://ticks.rtideas.com
http://rtideas.com

aza · 6-5-02, 05:44 PM

The best way to learn Photoshop is by playing with all it's tools, filters, layers, masks and other features by yourself. Without any tutorials or books - just open your photo in it

, open manual and experiment, experiment, experiment and experiment .... That's the only way to get your best with this powerful graphic tool .... Yeah, it takes a lot of time, but if you really want to learn it - this is the only way.

Just my 2 cents.

p.s.: IMHO books on Photoshop are just waste of time for novices, nothing more.

6-6-02, 05:57 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by aza
The best way to learn Photoshop is by playing with all it's tools, filters, layers, masks and other features by yourself. Without any tutorials or books - just open your photo in it , open manual and experiment, experiment, experiment and experiment .... That's the only way to get your best with this powerful graphic tool .... Yeah, it takes a lot of time, but if you really want to learn it - this is the only way.

Just my 2 cents.

p.s.: IMHO books on Photoshop are just waste of time for novices, nothing more.

I disagree with the DIY method without any guidance. Photoshop is one of those programs that you can't just click a couple of button and wallah, you have a grand masterpiece. I am a member http://www.photoshopuser.com and the tapes and the magazines are one of the best for tips and tricks. Try and figure some of the stuff out that they do in the Photoshop Videos .

Why do all the legwork and spend hours trying figure out something when you have a reference for it. Unless you have too much time.

aza · 6-6-02, 06:18 PM

With "just click a couple of buttons" you will never have a Grand Masterpiece! Maximum what you'll get is that some novices who have not ever touched in any side with computer graphics and its possibilities will say their "wow" (for example on some ligting effect or simple letters emboss - from my own experience).

All tricks are quite simple and "self-solving" - there is no need in any advices from books or video-tapes. You will have just to play a bit with this tool, and that tool and you will understand everything yourself ... Something like "setting on fire", "making buttons" - if you are not good enough to think about buttons as embossed rectangles (at least) than why at all you need all that stuff related to computer graphics. That's my philosophy - I can't write good text, I know it - so I do not even try to become a writer. If I will need any professional text - I will order this job from some pro instead ...

There are no short cuts to any place worth going.

bettyfordclinic · 6-6-02, 06:38 PM

Hmmmmm

No-one's going to get to the end of the photoshop road on their own. There is nothing wrong with looking for tutorials, and they can ONLY be of benefit to an inexperienced user. I learnt a lot of photoshop on my own, but I learned far more working with other professionals in a month than I ever did experimenting with the application. And a lot of it is simply doing something you already "knew" how to do in a more efficient and flexible manner.

bfc

aza · 6-7-02, 08:13 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bettyfordclinic
Hmmmmm

No-one's going to get to the end of the photoshop road on their own. There is nothing wrong with looking for tutorials, and they can ONLY be of benefit to an inexperienced user. I learnt a lot of photoshop on my own, but I learned far more working with other professionals in a month than I ever did experimenting with the application. And a lot of it is simply doing something you already "knew" how to do in a more efficient and flexible manner.

I do not deny that tutorials won't give any benefit. I just say that in the same time they won't give the same benefit as if you would play with all features yourself instead.

bettyfordclinic · 6-7-02, 08:38 PM

yeah, you gotta play with the features, but the number of peopple that I know that think they know photoshop but don't know the most efficient way of doing things is rather large. I used to be one of them, and I still find some tutorials fascinating, but less informative.

on a quick note:
everyone should set up custom actions.
everyone should know ALL the tool shortcuts.

maybe we should start a "best photoshop tips: thread? Would ps users be interested??? Or am I just sounding annoying???

bfc

LabRat · 6-7-02, 09:07 PM

<-------maybe we should start a "best photoshop tips: thread? Would ps users be interested??? Or am I just sounding annoying???

bfc------->

I'm always interested in what others have to say about Photoshop as well as other software ie., Bryce 5, Maya 4, Photo Paint, Digital Video Editing software ie., Studio 7, Video Studio 6, Trinity. I have all of the above software with the exception of a Trinity system, I have access to Trinity at a tv station though and the learning curve is steep as it is with Maya 4.

Mike

bettyfordclinic · 6-7-02, 09:14 PM

Maya!!! Nice going!!!

Sadly I always stuck to the flat motionless graphics myself. There were 3D people, there were video people, but I was a photoshop, web, cd-rom (director), dvd (sonic and studio pro) and video compression (which has got a lot easier since sorenson kicked everyone's rear-ends) person.

bfc

6-10-02, 02:12 AM

Barnes and Noble run free online courses on almost any subject you can think of. Go to bn.com and register. then, look through their courses. I've taken a couple of Photoshop courses there and they were pretty good.

Of course, Barnes and Noble do have an ulterior motive. They're hoping you'll buy the recommended texts from them. But, you don't have to. You might see whether the book you want is less expensive at amazon.com or half.com, and then buy it wherever it's least expensive.

- Gail

5-3-02, 11:21 PM	#1
xero-infinity Punk Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Kansas Posts: 246 Reputation: 5	looking for some Photoshop tutorials... I would like to find some awesome photoshop tutorials. anybody know where I could find some?

5-3-02, 11:34 PM	#2
alphadesk Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Gulfcoast, TX Posts: 6,911 Reputation: 102	These seem to be interesting. http://www.magicpixel.com.au/html/workwel.html __________________ Thanks, AlphaDesk Those who can read and don't are no better off than those who can't. - Sam Clemens

5-15-02, 09:08 PM	#7
spideree Editor, Web Developer Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Glassboro, NJ Posts: 86 Reputation: 5	Photoshop tutorials Buy Photoshop Down & Dirty Tricks for whichever version you have. Amazon.com carries it. It's awesome. I took a class in it, but that book was almost better! __________________ .~ ~ Reesa Marchetti, Webmaster `O O^ ...http://spideree.com .< ...http://relivethe80s.com ^^ ...http://reesa.org

6-5-02, 05:34 PM	#9
TERRELL Home of the free... Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,680 Reputation: 5	Peep these http://ticks.rtideas.com http://rtideas.com __________________ Imagination is reality... I'm so smoov,I move to my own theme music.

6-5-02, 05:44 PM	#10
aza everything has beauty Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Kyiv, Ukraine Posts: 268 Reputation: 5	The best way to learn Photoshop is by playing with all it's tools, filters, layers, masks and other features by yourself. Without any tutorials or books - just open your photo in it , open manual and experiment, experiment, experiment and experiment .... That's the only way to get your best with this powerful graphic tool .... Yeah, it takes a lot of time, but if you really want to learn it - this is the only way. Just my 2 cents. p.s.: IMHO books on Photoshop are just waste of time for novices, nothing more. __________________ Yours faithfully, Yaroslav Zaremba

5-4-02, 12:23 AM	#3
MannInc Posts: n/a	You could also try doing a search for Photoshop Tutorials in a search engine such as Yahoo! You'll find quite a few people offering awesome Tutorials for Photoshop.

5-4-02, 12:31 AM	#4
Jess Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 289 Reputation: 10	Try the Adobe site: http://www.adobe.com/products/tips/photoshop.html Or upgrade to v 7.0 and you'll get an awesome CD with about 60 minutes of fullscreen, fullmotion training video.

5-4-02, 01:17 PM	#5
bettyfordclinic Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Dublin Ireland Posts: 167 Reputation: 5	The tutorial links above are all good, but I thought I'd just type in a few quick tips for folks who use photoshop, but might not use it too much. Shortcuts (some might be 6.0 only). • Learn all the keystroke shortcuts for the different tools and use them (v=aroow, m=marquee, c=crop, j=airbrush, s=clone). It'll slow you down for a day or two, and then you'll do everything a lot faster. • Learn shortcuts for the levels and saturation dailog boxes, it's all command/apple 1, 2, 3, 4 etc, and the values can be quickly shifted using the up/down arrows (combinded with the shift key to jump in increments of ten) whilst jumping from box to box using the Tab key. After a while you'll astound yourself with the speed at which colours can be altered. • Don't use brightness/contrast to brighten up photographs, it'll burn out the whites. Use levels, and adjust the centre setting on the RGB slider first. • Space bar - hold it down and the tool you're on becomes the hand, allowing you to alternate between moving the image around and airbrushing/cloning etc... • When using a tool that has brush options, clicking the enter key on the numeric pad with your thumb brings the brush palette up wherever the mouse is. • Actions. CREATE NEW ACTIONS. Actions are easy to record and speed up boring repetitive teaks. I have F6 set up for duplicate layer, and other actions for flattening images, creating multiple adjustment layers for digital photos (levels, saturation, selective colour, brightness/contrast), rotating the canvas left or right (digital photos), flattening a canvas, the list goes on... • TOOL WINDOWS - if you (like me) are low on space and use a lot of layers, move your "actions" pallete in with your "colour" pallete (by dragging), and then move your "history" pallette down with your "layers" palette. Now you can close the window previously occupied by history and actions, and extend your layers window up to fill the gap. Hey presto: more layers visible. This one's actually quite important if you're using a 1024 monitor. Oh, and hitting F toggles between various full screen modes, and hitting Tab hides your tool windows temporarily. Once more my fingers have tired. These tips are mostly to help people use photoshop quicker, and not to provide tutorials. If anyone wants me to post more (if I can think of more) let me know. bfc

5-24-02, 10:26 AM	#8
dmags01 Posts: n/a	Hi, Try these. They are pretty good. http://www.stab.se/aq/ny/index.htm http://www.thinkdan.com/ http://www.planetphotoshop.com/ Dan

6-6-02, 06:18 PM	#12
aza everything has beauty Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Kyiv, Ukraine Posts: 268 Reputation: 5	With "just click a couple of buttons" you will never have a Grand Masterpiece! Maximum what you'll get is that some novices who have not ever touched in any side with computer graphics and its possibilities will say their "wow" (for example on some ligting effect or simple letters emboss - from my own experience). All tricks are quite simple and "self-solving" - there is no need in any advices from books or video-tapes. You will have just to play a bit with this tool, and that tool and you will understand everything yourself ... Something like "setting on fire", "making buttons" - if you are not good enough to think about buttons as embossed rectangles (at least) than why at all you need all that stuff related to computer graphics. That's my philosophy - I can't write good text, I know it - so I do not even try to become a writer. If I will need any professional text - I will order this job from some pro instead ... There are no short cuts to any place worth going. __________________ Yours faithfully, Yaroslav Zaremba

6-6-02, 06:38 PM	#13
bettyfordclinic Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Dublin Ireland Posts: 167 Reputation: 5	Hmmmmm No-one's going to get to the end of the photoshop road on their own. There is nothing wrong with looking for tutorials, and they can ONLY be of benefit to an inexperienced user. I learnt a lot of photoshop on my own, but I learned far more working with other professionals in a month than I ever did experimenting with the application. And a lot of it is simply doing something you already "knew" how to do in a more efficient and flexible manner. bfc __________________ here I go...

6-7-02, 08:38 PM	#15
bettyfordclinic Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Dublin Ireland Posts: 167 Reputation: 5	yeah, you gotta play with the features, but the number of peopple that I know that think they know photoshop but don't know the most efficient way of doing things is rather large. I used to be one of them, and I still find some tutorials fascinating, but less informative. on a quick note: everyone should set up custom actions. everyone should know ALL the tool shortcuts. maybe we should start a "best photoshop tips: thread? Would ps users be interested??? Or am I just sounding annoying??? bfc __________________ here I go...

6-7-02, 09:07 PM	#16
LabRat Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 76 Reputation: 5	<-------maybe we should start a "best photoshop tips: thread? Would ps users be interested??? Or am I just sounding annoying??? bfc-------> I'm always interested in what others have to say about Photoshop as well as other software ie., Bryce 5, Maya 4, Photo Paint, Digital Video Editing software ie., Studio 7, Video Studio 6, Trinity. I have all of the above software with the exception of a Trinity system, I have access to Trinity at a tv station though and the learning curve is steep as it is with Maya 4. Mike

6-7-02, 09:14 PM	#17
bettyfordclinic Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Dublin Ireland Posts: 167 Reputation: 5	Maya!!! Nice going!!! Sadly I always stuck to the flat motionless graphics myself. There were 3D people, there were video people, but I was a photoshop, web, cd-rom (director), dvd (sonic and studio pro) and video compression (which has got a lot easier since sorenson kicked everyone's rear-ends) person. bfc __________________ here I go...

6-10-02, 02:12 AM	#18
gwissen Posts: n/a	Barnes and Noble run free online courses on almost any subject you can think of. Go to bn.com and register. then, look through their courses. I've taken a couple of Photoshop courses there and they were pretty good. Of course, Barnes and Noble do have an ulterior motive. They're hoping you'll buy the recommended texts from them. But, you don't have to. You might see whether the book you want is less expensive at amazon.com or half.com, and then buy it wherever it's least expensive. - Gail

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