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Posted: 31 August 2004 12:07 AM     [ Ignore ]  
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So yeah… everyone loves it. I just downloaded it.

What the HECK do I do

This thing is so confusing!! I guess I have to figure out sometime sooner or later =\

Would some of you be so kind as to display some of your Photoshop artwork to see some of the stuff I’m capable of doing with this crazy thing?

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Posted: 31 August 2004 03:17 AM   [ # 1 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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well, the photos i took of my free ipod, the ones with text were done in photoshop…and teh milk carton with rayani on it was also.

photoshop can be a little overwhelming the first time, you gotta learn about layering, then you can tinker with the tools and such. you’ll get the hang of it, and then really enjoy it.

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Posted: 31 August 2004 04:19 AM   [ # 2 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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play with the filters alot at first then put them away. Filters for the most part are just plain cheesy.

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Posted: 31 August 2004 05:35 AM   [ # 3 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]  
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you can find some really good step by step tutorials with pictures online
thats what i did and i learned A LOT!

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Posted: 31 August 2004 07:23 AM   [ # 4 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]  
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I’m a graphic designer and I’ve been using Photoshop everyday for the past 6 years and there are still things about it I don’t know how to use. Ditto on the filters. Until you know what you are doing, stay away from filters because they are cheesy unless you know what you are doing. I use filters all the time but I guarantee you wouldn’t be able to tell where I’ve used them. They are a tool, not a crutch.

At this point I would just play around with it. Open up a nice high resolution image you might have laying around and start trying out all the different tools on it. Look at all the menus and try to get familiar with where everything is. Make some multiple layers and play around and see what you can do. The only way to get good with it is to just use it ALOT. Just remember that it isn’t a total solution for designing. I wouldn’t use it for anything text heavy. You should really only use photoshop for special effect type text. If you have a layout with images and text you really need Quark or Indesign or at least Illustrator. Something that will output text as post script and not as raster. Quark and Indesign would give you the most flexibility format and style wise though. But really Photoshop is best for editing photos, creating artwork from scratch by painting and layering, and taking pre-existing photographic elements from different sources and putting them together to make new artwork.

Anyway…sorry for the long post. Let me know if I can help you out.

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Posted: 01 September 2004 02:49 AM   [ # 5 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]  
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I make everything with Photoshop.

My sig, which I have on most boards but haven’t bothered to put on this one, is one I really like so I haven’t bothered to change it: click

I have this one composition that I was making last year, but never completed because I lost the .psd file when my computer messed up, so I have never been bothered to try and finish it, since it would be quite hard to do. As you can see, the orb in the hand is not quite.. well. orb-ish yet (WARNING! Huge file): click

I have a few things in my deviantART gallery which you can look it too.

If you need any help, Andrew, don’t be afraid to ask me, as I know quite a lot of sites with tutorials, and have written some myself. (click the www button under my sig)

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Posted: 01 September 2004 04:54 AM   [ # 6 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 6 ]  
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the picture with the hand holding that ball is really cool

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Posted: 01 September 2004 05:52 AM   [ # 7 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 7 ]  
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Thanks! :D

Too bad it’s not finished :(

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Posted: 03 September 2004 11:55 AM   [ # 8 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 8 ]  
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Yeah, I still haven’t touched my Photoshop, it just scares the crap out of me, I have no idea what to do. And in any event, I have no projects I’m dying to work on right now, so eh, blah =p

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Posted: 03 September 2004 12:46 PM   [ # 9 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 9 ]  
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File>New 😛

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Posted: 03 September 2004 07:30 PM   [ # 10 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 10 ]  
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But I don’t even know what to do after that. I mean, I do, but I have no projects to work on. Maybe I could design a new signature for myself…?

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Posted: 03 September 2004 08:11 PM   [ # 11 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 11 ]  
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Get inspired.

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Posted: 03 September 2004 08:28 PM   [ # 12 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 12 ]  
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Rgriffy, you just inspired me! LOL I’m gonna make a header picture for my blog’s next version!! =D

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Posted: 03 September 2004 08:32 PM   [ # 13 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 13 ]  
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I want to see it when it’s done.  😊

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Posted: 03 September 2004 08:33 PM   [ # 14 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 14 ]  
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Erm…....... and if it looks crappy?  :|  ‘Cause that is most likely the product you will be getting out of me :roll:

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Posted: 03 September 2004 08:38 PM   [ # 15 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 15 ]  
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Here’s another one I did a while back. I had this pic of a parking garage and I just wanted to see what I could do.

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Posted: 03 September 2004 09:15 PM   [ # 16 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 16 ]  
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Mr. Rgriffy, do you know of any websites like deviantart.com?

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Posted: 03 September 2004 09:19 PM   [ # 17 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 17 ]  
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I know of deviantart. I don’t know of any others like it.

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Posted: 04 September 2004 06:31 AM   [ # 18 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 18 ]  
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holy crap rgiffy thats a very cool picture.

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Posted: 04 September 2004 03:56 PM   [ # 19 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 19 ]  
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Yeah, I considered doing the same kind of effect on this picture:

Still thinking about it, actually =) It’s the German U-Bahn! (Subway) I heart Germany, and I heart da U-Bahn =P

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Posted: 04 September 2004 05:10 PM   [ # 20 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 20 ]  
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^ you should give it some sort of blur.

I prefer to to abstract stuff with Photoshop.

I like brushed better than filters though.

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Posted: 04 September 2004 05:14 PM   [ # 21 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 21 ]  
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I’ll give it a shot, Mr. Chris =)

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Posted: 05 September 2004 08:51 AM   [ # 22 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 22 ]  
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Look out, world! I’m about to Photoshop! =)

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Posted: 05 September 2004 09:11 AM   [ # 23 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 23 ]  
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You could always pick up the photoshop bible pretty cheap online—it’s a good starting point…but with photoshop your imagination is your only boundry…I’ve seen some originals that completely blew me away.

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Posted: 05 September 2004 09:33 AM   [ # 24 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 24 ]  
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What version does everyone have? I have 7.0

I’ll be upgrading soon to CS.

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Posted: 05 September 2004 09:52 AM   [ # 25 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 25 ]  
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I use 7.0, and each time I load it, it wastes a good 110 MB of space :|  Is this supposed to happen? Is there a way to get it to load all the crap that it loads permanently so I don’t freak out seeing the change in space that’s available on my notebook?

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