Whats the easiest way to learn Photoshop?

[kavettahulse]

I had a free trial and barely got to use it. It's very overwhelming and tricky. Normally I use Picnik. I don't know if I should just keep that or not. Mainly I take family pics and then send to Walmart and edit there. But I'd like to be able to do a little more. I use Picnik to edit photos for Etsy.

[polychic]

I'd say just using it is the best way to learn. As you're using it and have questions, look them up... that's how I learn HTH!

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i have photoshop and three books that are supposed to help me learn to use it.............i really don't think that it is for me! i might need to take a class! do they have classes???

veronica

[tinytutus]

im pretty sure they over classes like at a tech school...we have a place called metrotech here that offers them and also colleges do as well

[kavettahulse]

I'd love a class too. I'd probably have to start with a high school class!!

[babyeliza]

I don't use photo editing software as much as I use picnik just bc I'm lazy...but when I want to learn something I just google, google, google. Usually you can find a step by step tutorial on whatever you want to do. You can bookmark them for reference later until you can do it by heart.

[shelby2000]

I use www.photoshop.com. It's really user friendly and is pretty cool to use. I attached a sample of the before and after of a photo I edited on that site. I also use Picasa, Gimp (free software similar to Photoshop), and the software that came with my camera. Hope this helps!

[izzabealle]

Originally Posted by shelby2000

I use www.photoshop.com. It's really user friendly and is pretty cool to use. I attached a sample of the before and after of a photo I edited on that site. I also use Picasa, Gimp (free software similar to Photoshop), and the software that came with my camera. Hope this helps!

how much does that site charges? I couldn't find it anywhere. what exactly did you do to this photo it looks great!

[Lynn*]

Originally Posted by polychic

I'd say just using it is the best way to learn. As you're using it and have questions, look them up... that's how I learn HTH!

Ditto! Play with it and learn through errors

[shelby2000]

Originally Posted by izzabealle

how much does that site charges? I couldn't find it anywhere. what exactly did you do to this photo it looks great!

It's free. I love free stuff! I clicked on the link and it's working. Try it again and see if you can get it. Thank you for the comment. I don't truly remember what I did to that photo. I just played around with it to get it to look like I wanted it. The site is not anything like the Photoshop software in that it's pretty easy to use; you know exactly where you're headed on this site.