Comments on: Do you Have any Photoshop Tips for Beginners?

By: shannonm75

shannonm75 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:44:08 +0000

I use my Photoshop Elements and Picnik. Save in Photoshop as ‘PSD’ or ‘PDD’ to go back and finish layers later.

By: FlamingoTel

FlamingoTel — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:58:08 +0000

For basic image resizing/cropping I use Ifranview, it’s light and alot quicker to load than photoshop.

But of course for image manipulation I use photoshop!

By: Neku86

Neku86 — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:15:07 +0000

Plus, it’s not live. He recorded this on March 31st.

By: petro1986

petro1986 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:43:47 +0000

Photoshop, best game on the mac! RAWRRAWRRAWR…

By: Jayme

Jayme — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 06:34:11 +0000

cool

By: Indigoshampo

Indigoshampo — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 04:18:33 +0000

noob

By: oopy12

oopy12 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:18:33 +0000

he lives in Seattle

By: Joshua {XP}

Joshua {XP} — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:43:38 +0000

Nice video Chris and by the way good tips for us photoshop users.

I have used photoshop for 4 years now and i have found it to be one of the best photo customization software on the market. I actually took a class for this program and it was a blast to use. i learned how to make photos more clear i learned how to fix photo using this program.

Some tips i can give to beginners are the following:

1. Always use the History panel witch is activated from the Window menu. This history panel stores a record of your past 10 or so steps, which you can also set in the preferences and you can return to a previous step at any time. a quick easy way of undoing step is pressing ctrl+z, by returning to a previous step you undo all the steps that followed

2. Don’t forget to use the “Save As” feature. The best way of saving your work in progress . Using the Save As feature allows you to easily save a copy of your document in its various stages of development. make sure you always save a copy of the document right after your begin working on it, perhaps as Work1. Then, after applying a few more steps, save as “Work2″. make sure you save it somewhere where you can access it fast, like your desktop. That way you can return to any of your document’s states, from its starting point to its complete finished state.

3. Use the Snapshot feature with is also located in the History panel. Using this feature lets you take a “snapshot” of the current shot of your Photoshop document or picture. That way you can have it from the current state, this is when you can experiment with your image as much as you want while still able you to return the snapshot you had captured.

4. Keep on practicing on the program and learn new ways to make your photos better and more dramatic. never give up and use the tips above to help guide your way…because this program has a hard learning curve for beginners. so stay strong.

I hope that these tips help the beginners start you on your way to having fun with a program that not only helps make you pictures exciting but makes you a better photo customizer.

By: hanshaw

hanshaw — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:00:14 +0000

I don’t use Photoshop much these days, but what helped me most when I did was learning how to use the Lasso selection tool.

By: Appleman

Appleman — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:12:42 +0000

this is going to be a short comment but i am a t-shirt designer and use photoshop CS3 Extended, the one thing that i cannot stress enough to do is zoom and and fine tune your work, i see it so much where someone enlarged a picture for something and i lokks like crap because they didnt zoom in. i may look fine when its on a small screen but once you blow it up it will look bad if you dont check.

-Scott

By: riley

riley — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:03:10 +0000

Umm….
No but i want photoshop put i dont have any money

By: Marc

Marc — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:29:00 +0000

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By: rebirth13579

rebirth13579 — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:20:51 +0000

Those are some great tips but definately the best tip is to experiment!

That is the best way to learn any type of software, by experimenting. Do not be afraid of making mistakes. Many people are afraid to experiment with software because they have no idea what is going to happen, but that is why they dont get far. If you try out new things, you will soon learn and you will learn from your mistakes. When i started using photoshop i was horrible at it but no I am ok at it. I would be an expert bby now but because i hardly use it I am not.

Alo make sure you read the TUTS (Tutorials) that come with the software, those can be very helpful. You can also find many tuts over the internet made by people for free.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:57:51 +0000

First and foremost, being able to use Photoshop does not give you the ability to draw. Don’t expect to open the program and create a masterpiece.

By: AshTR

AshTR — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:59:21 +0000

There is something I would recommend people check out. A video series of Photoshop tutorials. Helped me learn a lot of stuff in Photoshop that I didn’t even know existed. Plus it’s got a comedic style to it and makes it a great watch.

It’s called “You Suck At Photoshop” and you can find it on YouTube just by searching for You Suck At Photoshop.