Photoshop Beginner's Guide

[The PC Fascist]

Yeah, I downloaded Photoshop (7.0) last night and I have no idea how to use it. Does anyone have a link to a beginner's gude that could help me?

[Big Ogre Umaro]

The best way to learn how to use Photoshop is to <i>use</i> Photoshop. But I think <a href="http://www.digitalmastery.com/7guide/index.html">this here</a> is a pretty nice-looking tutorial. I didn't read the whole thing, but it's a start. You should also take a look at <a href="http://www.webmonkey.com">Webmonkey</a>, which has the famous <a href="http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/design/graphics/tutorials/tutorial1.html">Photoshop Crash Course</a>, but that deals more with 6.0-6.5, I think. I lot of the stuff should still be relevant, though.

You REALLY have to learn a lot of it for yourself. Just experiment. It's a really bad-ass program.

[The PC Fascist]

Thanks. I did screw with it and it ended up suxoring...just a cloud effect Pacifist Boy and a few fists with X on them.

[Big Ogre Umaro]

Givie it a year. It'll be like your right arm with enough practice.

[The PC Fascist]

Neato. I made one, but it's 600K (?) anyone know how to shrink the size?

(I'd attach it, but the file extension isn't allowed)

[crono_logical]

Photoshop (PSD) files do get large, yes You can save the finished thing in different formats though, such as BMP or PNG, just use the Save As or Export As option (can't remember which)

[The PC Fascist]

woo! Here it is:

http://www.boomspeed.com/straightedg...stBoy1Copy.jpg