new photoshop user, and its hard

If you're using it for web design you need to get to know the layers palette really well, and shortcuts like ctrl-g (group layers) and ctrl-e (merge layers) will come in handy.

v=move tool, hold space to pan, t=type tool, ctrl-t=free transform, g=paint bucket/gradient, w=wand, z=zoom, eraser=e
 
I find Photoshop fiddly and use Fireworks instead, which I find much better on usability. However, I don't normally do much complicated stuff, just the basics, but Fireworks is so much better for getting the simple things done IMO.

Rgds
 
skyline205 said:
I consider myself to be a fast learner with software however last night i found myself completing a CSS tutorial which involved me using photoshop for the first time. I found the software very difficult to use and im just worried that im not going to get any better with it. What is the best way to use photoshop should i just keep at it completing tutorials etc until i eventually get the hang of it, and do other users find this so hard? , i found the use of layers etc to be very difficult at first.
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Just wait till you get onto doing layer masks, vector layer masks and clipping masks. Then there's smart objects.

:D

And yes bigger monitors are better! More space and better productivity = better user expierience and happy user.
 
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