How did you learn photoshop?
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- breadlegz
I was self taught and started over 20 years ago. I find it really hard to teach people because i've hacked my way along for so long.
How did you learn?
- set0
Self taught. Fortunate really, I never once sat down and thought to myself 'I really need to learn this' like I'm currently doing with CSS. I was just passionate about design and spent hours, days, years playing around with it.
- HAYZ1LLLA0
When the other twats in the house that I shared at University were out dancing to Underworld Born Slippy in foam parties. Me and my mate from my course spent hours messing round with it. You could finish a whole spliff while my 5320 added gaussian blur to a mask ;-)
GOOD TIMES!! LOL
The rest is 15 years of using it daily. Still probably know 10% of it's full ability. In that 15 years I have never used curves once. Fuck curves!!
- monospaced0
same as you, breadlegz
- animatedgif0
Levels - When you want to get something fucking done
Curves - When a client is hovering over your shoulder
- dbloc0
on one of these.
- sem0
Mr Photoshop was a family friend, he would come around in the night and give me private lessons while....HOLD ON A MIN!!!!
- GeorgesII0
came preinstalled on my computer,
used it to scan my photos until I realized I could do more with it
- stoplying0
My old job back in '95. I would sit over my boss' shoulder and watch and then he would let me mess around when he was finished.
- pinkfloyd0
I learned in school, but continued studying with books or online.
- maquito0
Basics in school. High end retouching later, self-taught.
- eatbreathdrive0
just by fucking around to be honest :)
- ETM0
- freedom0
What can you do besides the normal retouching, masking, gifs, etc?
- I can photoshop a mean reflection of your mom's face on a pair of my mad orbs. What kind of question is that, are you 8?josimar
- http://s650.photobuc…maquito
- i use it to retouch my sexting. too intimidating for the ladies without ithotroddy
- dyspl0
It all started with Deluxe paint2 on my father's PC.
As for learning Photoshop, just the old trials&errors thing. I've always learned software in a very empirical way.
- formed0
20 years ago, mostly self taught, Computer Arts helped, was in a an architecture studio with 40 other people learning, so that helped.
Recently, Kelby and books have been good for true photography (not design) based.
- e-pill0
i learnt it by playing in ps battles here on qbn.. outside of this, i never had to touch the app ever in my career..
:P
- Surprised you never used it to retouch photos in a portfolio, or to color correct something.monospaced
- i dont use photos in my portfolio, only spec illustrations.e-pill
- e-pill0
...and i learnt advanced photoshop from here:
http://www.qbn.com/topics/597931…
n it's best thread ever ever made!!!
