Okay, I've always wondered how you people manage to make such amazing art with your computers. I used to think that you just had superior programs to my paint, but then I got a hold of Photoshop CS3 Extended, and now I can do gradients!(oh joy!) I'm wondering if anyone can point me to some good online tutorials so I can figure out how to use my program to its fullest extent.

Okay, I've always wondered how you people manage to make such amazing art with your computers. I used to think that you just had superior programs to my paint, but then I got a hold of Photoshop CS3 Extended, and now I can do gradients!(oh joy!)

I'm wondering if anyone can point me to some good online tutorials so I can figure out how to use my program to its fullest extent.

http://www.google.com/search?q=photoshop+tutorials There are many tutorials out there, maybe be more specific. :D

http://www.google.com/search?q=photoshop+tutorials

There are many tutorials out there, maybe be more specific.

[i]Good[/i] tutorials, I need to figure out event he simplest of things, like what all the tools do and stuff.

Good tutorials, I need to figure out event he simplest of things, like what all the tools do and stuff.

Eeehhrrr... ya... That really, really very much depends on what you [i]want[/i] to do. Draw? Touch up a photo? Merge some pictures? Create an abstract? Pixel art? Animate something? Add effects, text? There are generally many different ways to use each tool, thanks to the tool options and the various Photoshop plugins etc... Mess around, read tutorials relating to what you want to do, ponder on it, all that. I've seen people do horrible things in Photoshop, and I've seen people do wonderful things in MSPaint. It depends on how you use the tools you have, and what you're trying to do with them.

Eeehhrrr... ya...
That really, really very much depends on what you want to do. Draw? Touch up a photo? Merge some pictures? Create an abstract? Pixel art? Animate something? Add effects, text?
There are generally many different ways to use each tool, thanks to the tool options and the various Photoshop plugins etc...
Mess around, read tutorials relating to what you want to do, ponder on it, all that.
I've seen people do horrible things in Photoshop, and I've seen people do wonderful things in MSPaint. It depends on how you use the tools you have, and what you're trying to do with them.

I want to at least get the basics, because in most of these tutorials, they tell me to use tools that I don't even know about.

I want to at least get the basics, because in most of these tutorials, they tell me to use tools that I don't even know about.

http://www.google.com/search?q=basic+photoshop+tutorials Try the top one, a good one is the first in the basic section ( http://www.pegaweb.com/tutorials/beginners-guide-adobe-photoshop/ )

http://www.google.com/search?q=basic+photoshop+tutorials

Try the top one, a good one is the first in the basic section ( http://www.pegaweb.com/tutorials/beginners-guide-adobe-photoshop/ )

[color=#00ffbf]I'd say the best thing to do is probably just mess around and figure out what everything does. Just play around with the program and see what you can do, and try to aim for a specific thing. Sometimes you'll amaze yourself and make something pretty sweet you never really intended to do.[/color]

http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorials/photoshop/basics - Check out the rest of the site, lots of stuff. http://www.g3fusion.com/?p=8 - Now you know what the tools are.

http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorials/photoshop/basics - Check out the rest of the site, lots of stuff.

http://www.g3fusion.com/?p=8 - Now you know what the tools are.

Note: Just get Echo to do your art as show below. Works for me Lozl

Note: Just get Echo to do your art as show below. Works for me Lozl

This might help, meh who knows [URL=http://www.dreamconcept-gfx.com/forum/showthread.php?p=42180]Basic stuffz[/URL]

This might help, meh who knows

Basic stuffz

get photo shop

get photo shop

[quote=Falkoner]...but then I got a hold of Photoshop CS3 Extended...[/quote] He has Photoshop.

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...but then I got a hold of Photoshop CS3 Extended...

He has Photoshop.

Having Photoshop and Knowing how to use photoshop are 2 VERY different things. I had CS1...it looked like a modified paint. I just deleted it and used paint. Im told diferent however.

Having Photoshop and Knowing how to use photoshop are 2 VERY different things.

I had CS1...it looked like a modified paint. I just deleted it and used paint. Im told diferent however.

Photoshop is a LOT better than paint... -_- If you just play around with it and read a few tutorials, you should soon know what all the stuff does. and haloman210, you should actually read the post before replying.

Photoshop is a LOT better than paint... -_- If you just play around with it and read a few tutorials, you should soon know what all the stuff does.
and haloman210, you should actually read the post before replying.

hey halo we dont need dumbasses in this forum GTFO you dont know anything maybe try making a User Bar they utilize the effects of Gradients =)

hey halo we dont need dumbasses in this forum GTFO you dont know anything
maybe try making a User Bar they utilize the effects of Gradients =)

You can make gradients in paint very easily. :p

You can make gradients in paint very easily.

Adobe Photoshop CS1 is an upgraded Paint? Oh wow, ignorance must be bliss.

Adobe Photoshop CS1 is an upgraded Paint?


Oh wow, ignorance must be bliss.

ITs what it looked like with the version I had. WOO Color selcter...around a big sqare... Didn't impress me (I Hope I didnt just mix this up with another photoshop...O_O)

ITs what it looked like with the version I had. WOO Color selcter...around a big sqare... Didn't impress me (I Hope I didnt just mix this up with another photoshop...O_O)

[quote]ITs what it looked like with the version I had. WOO Color selcter...around a big sqare... Didn't impress me (I Hope I didnt just mix this up with another photoshop...O_O)[/quote] Well, lets see: Eye drop Tool: Allows you to get [i]any[/i] colors within a photo "Big Square": Selection tool which allows you to cut/crop/etc.., so you can LAYER shit. Sorry, but Photoshop is not anywhere near paint, and paint doesn't even have half the things that Photoshop has.

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ITs what it looked like with the version I had. WOO Color selcter...around a big sqare... Didn't impress me (I Hope I didnt just mix this up with another photoshop...O_O)

Well, lets see:

Eye drop Tool: Allows you to get any colors within a photo
"Big Square": Selection tool which allows you to cut/crop/etc.., so you can LAYER shit.

Sorry, but Photoshop is not anywhere near paint, and paint doesn't even have half the things that Photoshop has.