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  1. jmcartee
    Member

    Im wanting to start doing some image editing. Any tips? What programs do you use(besides photoshop cs5)?

    Thanks!

    The blog I need help with is jmcartee.wordpress.com.

  2. noirciplume
    Member

    IF you want a very, very simple one: http://pixlr.com/o-matic/ does the trick.

    Photoshop Lightroom 3 is very good.

    Apart from that Photoshop is all the way for me.

  3. jmcartee
    Member

    Any that you know of around $100 or 72 euros? Im on a tight budget, and gimp, which is what I use now, is has a pretty steep learning curve.

  4. noirciplume
    Member

    Well there's always Photoshop elements. It's a lot easier than CS5. CS5 is more for professionals.

  5. idiotphotographer
    Member

    I love Gimp, it is free and can do just about everything Photoshop does with a similar learning curve. Also there are a lot of free tutorials available for it. I'd just stick with that if you're not looking to spend a bunch of money.

  6. jmcartee
    Member

    I would mainly do stuff along these lines:

    Example 1

    example 2

    example 3

    example 4

    Mainly just simple stuff. Like the examples, and then, for example, forum signatures, and logos.

    I read the Corel Paint Shop Pro is pretty good. Its not deathly expensive either.

  7. jmcartee
    Member

    Bump.

  8. noirciplume
    Member

    Most free photo editing software should do that.

  9. jmcartee
    Member

    I would like to get into more advanced image editing, but that will be awhile.

  10. noirciplume
    Member

    I learnt Photoshop by myself. In time, you get to learn most of the settings.

  11. jmcartee
    Member

    I just wish photoshop was more affordable. I have the 30 day trial and I love it.

  12. noirciplume
    Member

    I believe it's a lot cheaper if you're a student.

  13. jmcartee
    Member

    Wow! Its only $200 for students. Ill have to save up for that.

  14. jmcartee
    Member

    I joined the photoshop world <3

    any tips?

  15. noirciplume
    Member

    Welcome to the world of Photoshop!

    hmm tips...try and keep it simple and don't overdo it with colours. There's a lot of colour editing you can do on Photoshop. Thus beware of over saturating your images.

    dafont provides a lot of free font for you to use. I like to use them for headers, forum signatures.

    There are a lot of Photoshop guides out there, check them out.

    It's always good to experiment!

    Have fun!

  16. ardpete
    Member

    I use paint, it does what I need it to do while I'm drawing my awesome pictures of Mila Kunis.

    See here for example.
    http://amazinglymodest.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/milakunis.jpg

  17. noirciplume
    Member

    So this is what it's like to look into a man's brain :P

  18. ardpete
    Member

    I can't see much difference between my example and jmcartees examples to be honest.

  19. jmcartee
    Member

    Lol.

  20. sami116
    Member

    I suggest using older versions of Photoshop to get a hang of stuff. Try the CS3 and CS2 versions. You might find a free copy online as well.

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