How to improve your Photoshop Skills


	How to improve your Photoshop Skills

n2sooners

8-25-2009 6:19 PM

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8-25-2009 7:32 PM

lollipop10

Never tried it, and don't have it, but i popped because it sounds interesting. It's expensive isn't it?

8-25-2009 7:48 PM

n2sooners

Very, but like he said it can be applied to other tools as well, and there are some free and less expensive programs like the gimp and Paint.NET which are both free and Photoshop Elements and Paint Shop Pro that are relatively inexpensive.

8-25-2009 8:01 PM

lollipop10

Oh thanks. You can't get Paint.NET for Mac, though, can you?

8-25-2009 8:22 PM

n2sooners

I think it is Windows only, but the Gimp is cross platform and is a lot closer to Photoshop than the others. There are also lots of tutorials on the internet on how to use the Gimp.

8-25-2009 8:23 PM

lollipop10

Thanks

8-25-2009 10:18 PM

ellington

Good advice n2sooners ,being a passion of mine i like to recruit interested parties into it to get what i get from it.

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