How did you learn photoshop?
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- mekk0
Was building websites for my gaming clan back then, must have been around '02-04. God damn I was a kiddie :D tried hundreds of 'free' image editing softwares until I finally discovered Photoshop.. Started with 7.0
- Peter0
It was a step up from paint shop pro.
When layers became a thing it blew my mind.Before that I used paint.
No, really. The second "job" I got was illustrating equipment for a catalog using ms paint. win 3.How I learned photoshop was simply transfering the little I knew from paint, to psp, and then finally photoshop. And from there on just having fun using it.
Sidenote:
In the late 90ies they asked me to hold a class in the design collage I were at. As a student.
Later, after years working at various agencies and using it daily, I went back to university (for odd reasons). Photoshop was part of course, and the lady who held that class failed me. Something about my work not being "creative enough" (the other, younger kids filled business card with crude illustrations in which the type drowned). Funnily enough what I handed in was the exact layout from the worlds largest (single) ad agency who I had happened to work at before that university.
- e-pill0
...and i learnt advanced photoshop from here:
http://www.qbn.com/topics/597931…
n it's best thread ever ever made!!!
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- ETM0
- eatbreathdrive0
just by fucking around to be honest :)
- maquito0
Basics in school. High end retouching later, self-taught.
- pinkfloyd0
I learned in school, but continued studying with books or online.
- 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.
- GeorgesII0
came preinstalled on my computer,
used it to scan my photos until I realized I could do more with it
- sem0
Mr Photoshop was a family friend, he would come around in the night and give me private lessons while....HOLD ON A MIN!!!!
- animatedgif0
Levels - When you want to get something fucking done
Curves - When a client is hovering over your shoulder