Photoshop

[lopez]

okay I need help, how do I get started with Photoshop to get to a point where I can use it on jewellery photos, or better still does anybody know of any courses out there ideally in Cornwall/Devon ???

[caroleallen]

I did a course a couple of years ago with Digital Peninsula at Penzance. They sometimes have funding available.

[lopez]

caroleallen Hey! and thanks I'll look them up.

[Dennis]

You can teach yourself quite easily, if you get Photoshop Elements. The latest version is 10 and once installed, right click on your image, then open with---
Select 'guided' and your hand is held while you try the various options. When finished you save as---

There are also some guide books to allow you to study in greater depth, but obviously a short course at some time would be invaluable. Dennis.

[louisella76]

Hi Lopez

I'd suggest the same as Dennis as there's plenty of material to teach yourself online. I've recently installed Photoshop and have picked up the basics pretty quickly - the advantage of self teaching too is that you can pick and choose the elements you want to learn
Sarah

[Kwant]

I have used it for a very long time, if you need any specific help, drop me a private message.

[Julian]

Frankly photoshop is overkill for most people. If you are on a Mac try aperture first. I have photoshop as an external editor in apertures ( last resort)

If windows, photoshop to dummies I aloe have it but the it was written for me

J

[ShinyLauren]

Another option is Adobe Lightroom - it's really intuitive and easy to work out how to use it to edit photographs. I have used it a lot.

[Kwant]

As far as Mac goes (of which I am a user) Pixelmator is a very fine Mac dedicated utility, cheap, well supported and easy to use.

[Julian]

As far as Mac goes (of which I am a user) Pixelmator is a very fine Mac dedicated utility, cheap, well supported and easy to use.

seems very popular/ 7 stars, and only 12 euros in the app store