Photoshop Gurus! Please look!

[Bravo]

I think I speak for many when I say.... "how do you guys do all of that photoshop stuff??" Where and how do you learn this stuff. I have looked at the program many times and apparently lack the mental prowess to figure it out. Earlier today I saw the thread where somoeone changed the wheel color to 4 different colors seemingly instantly. I want to do this stuff please tell me about some of the sites or books I can look at to learn. I know this is off topic but here is a photo to try and keep it on topic. I wonder what my car would look like black??

[nullh2o]

Can't you make that pic any smaller?

There are a ton of different Photoshop manuals in the computer section of any bookshop. Maybe look at reviews on amazon to find the good ones.

[Bravo]

thought you would like that! on this machine its the only one I can find!

[bell]

which photoshope are you using......6.0?

[Bravo]

I believe it is 7.0

[BernieP]

I took a course at a comunity college to learn the basics. The cost was very low.

[Bravo]

I just talked to my wife and she sugested a class as well. I am going to look into it tomorrow. I think that will likely be the most beneficial. thanks for the replies

[GSpreeman]

Baptism by fire. We had PhotoShop on one of the computers and the boss came in and told me I was going to become an "expert" immediately since she had just sold a client on the fact that we had an "expert" in house. A lot of trial and error, asked a few friends when I had questions. It's not that bad once you learn the fundamentals.

[derek murray]

see... no problem!






seriously, photoshop is a very powerful program that will do way more than most people require... take a class and/or buy one of the many available books (with tutorials), and play with it lots.

[arcsine]

I personally find Deke McClelland's Photoshop Bibles to be the best books to read/use. Other than than it is all cubic time.

When I was teaching classes, a big thing I had to get through to the students was in PS, for whatever you are going to do, there are probably a couple of different wayts to do it. Different methods to attain the same result. For example, I can think of about five different ways to do the wheel color change thing. And there I think at least 11 different ways to change the zoom level alone. It all depends on how you work. So don't expect to "know" the program in a weekend. I have worked with it over a decade and still feel as I am only using a tenth of the program.

[k9handler]

ok someone asked if it could be smaller, and it's now black.




I have never used photoshop...just ol' MS Paint and modify images pixel by pixel.

[Zeke]

I don't have PS, but in the little experience I have with this stuff, you click in a tool bar like the paintbrush and then use the enhanced cursor to click on a color highlighting it. Then you go to the pallet of colors and click on the one you want. Presto.

I had one program that I could pick a color off the zoomed image from a pixel and paint that color in elsewhere. Crude at best, but when you are working on a huge zoomed page, then shrunk, it looks just OK.

[DavidI]

I like the Photoshop for Dummies books. They give you more than enough info to get you through projects. Once you advance, the Photoshop Bible provides a very thorough instruction. There are also "trick" type books. If you want to send some questions, I'll be more than happy to give you some steps.

Good luck, David

[Eric Coffey]

As with most PC programs, I usually prefer the "trial and error" (ala cubic time) method. When I first got PS, I just went through a bunch of images with certain resutls in mind, and eventually figured out how to get them. Although, I still consider myself a Rank Amatuer with PS, and there are a LOT of things about it that I am still trying to learn.
I'm usually not motivated enough to go through a manual/book (in depth) though, especially when it's 2" thick! I think a hands-on class or two would probably help a lot.

[ZOA NOM]

Check to see if "Tutorials" were installed with Photoshop on your machine. THere is also lots of info in the Help menus.

[Bravo]

Ahhh check to see if there are tutorials -- good idea. Also I am going to pick up a ps for dummies and see if I can get far enough with that. I dont want to alter the grand canyon I just want to mess with colors and looks of photos.

[on-ramp]

just a little smaller, with red rims:

[Bravo]

Nice! heres on to play with

[Yellowbird RS]

a fast one

[Kemo]

and a red car is alot easier since it has alot of colors in there...just change the hue/saturation to get blue or green or yellow