The very basics in photoshop ?

David _b · 22 Jul 2006 at 09:03

Hi

I fancy learning photoshop and i know absolutely nothing at the minute. A friend of mine wants a small business card made and i said i would give it a stab, also giving me a excuse to play around with PS.

So, were do i start and how ? There are so many different options in PS its all a bit confusing.

The card he wants designing is just for a car washing business so maybe someone could sort do a step by step thingy ? that i can follow and work along with ?

Thanks

Nix · 22 Jul 2006 at 09:40

Get familiar with the main tools etc on the side and with what each one does.

Photoshop is all about layers so you'll need to understand them. If you find something is being weird you've usually got to merge the visible layers or flatten the image

Have a play around with the built in photoshop effects and play around with the blending options.

Download yourself some free fonts and brushes and work out how to play with them and you've pretty much got the basics nailed.

Practice some online tutorials - check the sticky.

tsinc80697 · 22 Jul 2006 at 23:53

best way is just tutorials and sit there for hours messing about!

trial and error!

xirokx · 23 Jul 2006 at 00:12

yeap I totally agree....

Just do loads of tutorials perhaps 1 or 2 a day depending on what you are designing and in a matter of a few weeks you will see the difference in your photoshop knowledge...

goodluck...

Al Vallario · 23 Jul 2006 at 00:14

Isn't it amazing how many people drop £500 on a software package without the faintest idea how to use it? :confused:

zain · 23 Jul 2006 at 00:15

hours + trial and error =

I thought I could get to grips with it like Fireworks but its a lot different to that. I would first get to know about layers before anything!

As for business cards, I always make them in word - much easier lol

EYEREX · 23 Jul 2006 at 00:20

It's far easier and cheaper starting off using elements as it has most of the basic tools of photoshop

tsinc80697 · 23 Jul 2006 at 02:08

mspaint!

don't try and run before you can walk

sugoi · 23 Jul 2006 at 10:28

photoshop is dead easy to use, just make sure you get your head around using layers (and naming them)... start off with the default custom shapes first and messing with the text tools, then start playing about with the layer styles... if you want to become more fancy then use the brush tools...

philio16 · 23 Jul 2006 at 14:00

Al Vallario said:
Isn't it amazing how many people drop £500 on a software package without the faintest idea how to use it?

Trial version?