old dog, new tricks

early on i poo pooed the computer and now i am paying the price. my background is in printmaking, intaglio, etching primarily. i find that finding my way with photoshop is like trying to fly a 747, all those dial and levers?? i may be in over my head but i am assuming that some of you out there will have the patients tohelp me speak " photoshop".

hi,
welcome aboard..... we'll try out best to help you just ask away....

a couple of suggestions...
1. get familiar with locations of tools and what in your menus. not that important to know everything how they work or how to apply... you'll learn that as you go along...
2. start off with just getting to know the basic tools and effects...
3. i would suggest also to make a folder in your browser for tutorials... there a ton of good simple tutorials on doing things with photoshop that are on the net...!! I am starting to get quite alist of them myself..
4. also on your hard drive create a folder.. for all those webpage tutorials that you want to keep a copy....

dew said:

early on i poo pooed the computer and now i am paying the price. my background is in printmaking, intaglio, etching primarily. i find that finding my way with photoshop is like trying to fly a 747, all those dial and levers?? i may be in over my head but i am assuming that some of you out there will have the patients tohelp me speak " photoshop".