I FINALLY got Photoshop after years of wanting and waiting!(: I've used Paint.Net for the last few years and now I don't even know where to start! Do you guys have any tips or any little tutorials that helped you? I'm fairly hands-on and learn quickly, so I'm sure it won't take me long to get into the swing of things, but I thought I'd ask my fellow (way more) experienced 365ers!(:
Well, you can do levels and contrast and stuff... same as you can with Paint.net and GIMP etc. I confess I never learnt the more advanced stuff beyond clone stamping, which is great if you've got lens debris that shows up in every pic you take XD To Clone stamp you select the little rubber stamp icon in the tools menu, hold down alt and click on the thing you want to make your reference point, e.g. if you want to clone out some debris against a blue sky you can click on some blue sky very close to it that will be a similar colour and blend well. Then stop holding alt, and just click normally on top of the debris you wanna get rid of. Hold down the mouse button and drag it over the top of the debris in the shot and it'll copy and paste the bit you clicked on previously over the top of it. It's a bit tricky to master because if you're not careful you'll pick somewhere that's darker for the ref point and it'll be really obvious where you've coloured it in. Or you go too far and end up cloning in half a cloud in thin air or something XD But it's great for chucking extra birds in a picture or cloning out some ANNOYING PERSON WHO WALKED INTO YOUR SHOT (ahem, I don't have photobombing rage, honest XD)
Also layers are your friend! Same as Paint.NET for that though, just there's more toys to play with XD Happy experimenting!
I have Paint Shop Pro....things work about the same in most of these programs. There is no easy way to learn ! Things have been working a lot better for me searching for tutorials on YouTube !
I agree with Vikdaddy, definitely shoot in RAW format. You have more options with editing than if you shoot in JPEG format. I NEVER shot in RAW format mode, and just randomly decided to a few months ago and haven't gone back because of the quality AND the advanced editing options I have with photoshop. :D
Agree with Vik... ignore the manual and play about - but don't do what I do,which is end up with something good but completely forget how you did it...:-)
Good luck and remember to pass on any tips you learn...
yup learned so much from youtube videos! Haven't tried the raw shooting yet, but the more editing I try the more it is sounding like the way to go. Just don't be afraid to play around- there is after all the undo button :)
There's a book called Classroom In A Book for all the different Adobe products, Photoshop included. I use it for the Digital Graphics class as their textbook. Go from Lesson 1 on and you'll improve your basics enough to begin to play! You'll love it.
I started with adobe photoshop elements then went to photoshop. The controls are a bit different but many of the tools are the same
I experimented and also bought a book on digital photography. For the most part I've stayed away from tutorials unless there is a specific technique I'm having trouble with or don't know how to achieve a certain look. I honestly find it hard to find tutorials that work for me and learn best from just messing around with it.
I agree with shooting in RAW, I use Lightroom, and have found the best way is to trial and error see what things do and combining different elements, I find this a less restrictive and more creative way to edit
Write a Reply
Sign up for a free account or Sign in to post a comment.
Tweets ahoy!
Join the Group
Pin With Me
Also layers are your friend! Same as Paint.NET for that though, just there's more toys to play with XD Happy experimenting!
Good luck and remember to pass on any tips you learn...
http://devetpan.com/
I experimented and also bought a book on digital photography. For the most part I've stayed away from tutorials unless there is a specific technique I'm having trouble with or don't know how to achieve a certain look. I honestly find it hard to find tutorials that work for me and learn best from just messing around with it.