photoshop for dummies

[aquatic]

decided i really must make the effort to learn photoshop as it seems to be the editing software of choice these days , and so much more powerful/versatile than the freebie software i use . so ive got a trial version of cs5, only trouble is im waaaaaay out of my depth here . can anybody reccomend a good tutorial for complete novices , working up from the very basics to the more involved stuff ?

[tenchy]

http://www.photography-forum.org/showthread.php/45937-Basic-image-improvements-with-levels-and-curves
http://www.photography-forum.org/showthread.php/46213-The-basics-of-layer-masks
http://www.photography-forum.org/showthread.php/31866-Easy-straightening-of-a-photo
http://www.photography-forum.org/showthread.php/45047-Fixing-Chromatic-Abberation-%28CA%29-in-Adobe-Camera-RAW
http://www.photography-forum.org/showthread.php/67084-The-Oldgeezer-photoshop-video-tutorials (work in progress)

[Aleksandr]

Some stuff here to start you off.

http://www.howtophotoshop.co.uk/


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[carlb40]

Mark try youtube and adobe tv for more tutorials :ok:

I'll go through my subscription list later to see which ones are the better ones :)

[oldgeezer]

What you want to start off with is getting to know the tools and what they do.

Problem is, if its for photography you will want to start off with Camera Raw. Go to Adobe TV and search Photoshop then Camera Raw. They are not basic but you should be able to see what things do.

Here is one of mine and there are plenty more on the site. http://vimeo.com/29007189

Have a look through, some will show some basic stuff.

[paulmag]

loads on here
http://tv.adobe.com/

for example http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-photoshop-cs4/getting-started-07-developing-raw-photographs/

[aquatic]

thanks guys , plenty to keep me busy there :)

[aquatic]

wow selective sharpening is soooooo good!! just managed to sharpen the eye on a bird photo . no big deal to most im sure but im rather pleased with myself :)