Finally jumping from Jasc's Paint Shop Pro to Adobe's Photoshop

Discussion in 'Photoshop' started by tarponkeith, Jan 17, 2009.

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    Yup.

    I've been using Paintshop Pro for many, many years. 2000? 2001?

    And finally am switching to Photoshop.

    I've downloaded the CS4 extended trial and if I can get used to it, will buy a license, otherwise will return to PSP.

    Anyone else recently start using photoshop?

    Can any name any good tutorials for people with graphic experience, but no photoshop experience?

    Thanks,
    Keith
     
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  2. newyears1978

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    Well my favorite PSD Tut's site that I just recently found is psdtuts.com ...but I'm not sure if they are for beginners..

    Definately googling Photoshop Beginner Tutorials will find some results.

    Good-Tutorials.com is another good tutorial site.

    Good luck!
     
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    Congratulations.

    Check out these sites for tutorials :

    "http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/03/10/web-20-tutorials-round-up/"
    "http://www.tutorialguide.net/design/adobe_photoshop/"
    "http://www.newtutorials.com/ice-blast-text-in-photoshop-tutorial.htm"
    "http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/Photoshop-blog/2007/07/22/the-best-80-photoshop-text-effects-on-the-web/"

    There are many more just make a search ;)

    Hope it will help.
     
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    Even if you hate the experience of Photoshop please stick with it. Promise me you will never go back to PSP... please... :/

    I'd suggest you go to good-tutorials.com, pixel2life.com, psdtuts.com and tutorialized.com and try to get a feel for the program. Hope you have fun buddy! :)
     
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    tarponkeith Well-Known Member

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    Haha! I know photoshop is the industry standard, but I've been using PSP for so long that I know how to do everything with it... Photoshop is wayyyy different. It took me like 3 minutes to figure out how to make a rounded-rectangle, haha...
     
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    psp is not a bad alternative for those that cant afford photoshop
     
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    You've been using Paint Shop Pro for two thousand years! wow, it is time to update a little bit! ;)

    I have and love Photoshop, but lets not forget about the great product Corel also has, and for less money.

    If I was in the market for only Photoshop and not the entire Creative Suite (which I need Illustrator and Indesign from as well) I would SERISOUSLY be doing some feature shopping between Corels product line and Adobe's.

    The two are both excellent products, but I have a feeling you might get more bang for your buck from Corel if you only need photo editing. Please do take a look.
     
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