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  • MF Doom
    Registered User
    • Jan 2005
    • 16

    #1

    Question for all you Photoshop Masters

    How did you become so good? did you buy a bunch of books? did you go to college for graphic design? did you spend countless hours reading online tutorials?
  • Young
    Bland for life
    • Nov 2004
    • 10468

    #2
    Never took a course. Self taught. I think thats how most people learned

    Ive been messing with Photoshop since the Windows 3.1 days.

    Practice Practice Practice
    ★★★

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    • machinegunkelly
      Confirmed User
      • Jun 2003
      • 3304

      #3
      I started using Photoshop to make fake Ids back when I was in school .

      but yeah , totally what he said above .. Hours and hours and hours of practicing .
      dead.

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      • smack
        Push Porn Like Weight.
        • Mar 2002
        • 10652

        #4
        many hours of sitting in front of a computer, getting high, and making stuff.
        Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war.

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        • lokiproductions
          Confirmed User
          • Jan 2005
          • 118

          #5
          Play and enjoy.. see something you like, try to emulate it.

          Download free actions and styles and check out how they work, what things mean and do..

          And if you're doing it for web based stuff, consider how optimisation affects your end results.. no use designing something that's going to be a 200KB download for a web-page to look decent.

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          • Dagwolf
            President of Canada
            • Sep 2003
            • 23141

            #6



            Chop chop...
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            • Young
              Bland for life
              • Nov 2004
              • 10468

              #7
              Originally posted by machinegunkelly
              I started using Photoshop to make fake Ids back when I was in school .

              but yeah , totally what he said above .. Hours and hours and hours of practicing .
              Have any templates left? I misplaced all of mine
              ★★★

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              • Dagwolf
                President of Canada
                • Sep 2003
                • 23141

                #8


                Play, play and more play...

                I'm no master, but I have the passion for image editing that it takes you to play with image editing programs endlessly.
                Sleep well, and dream of large women.

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                • Babagirls
                  Text Writer
                  • Feb 2001
                  • 18812

                  #9
                  self-taught as well.
                  PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE!!

                  some of the coolest shit i can do is from accidently doing it lol you just gotta fuck with it, have fun with it.

                  recently, i bought my first PS book, its a teach-yourself photoshop in 24 hours book. (by SAMS). got it on Amazon.com for like $6 (brand new) i wanted a book laying around in case i want to do something specific and if i didnt know how, i could just whip out the book & learn it in an hour or two.




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                  • pink_in_the_middle
                    Confirmed User
                    • Aug 2002
                    • 4503

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Young
                    Have any templates left? I misplaced all of mine
                    Nah , they were garbage anyway ..
                    Only worked like 50% of the time .

                    But I made good coin for a while


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                    • machinegunkelly
                      Confirmed User
                      • Jun 2003
                      • 3304

                      #11
                      Since when can't ya delete a post ?
                      dead.

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                      • NaughtyRob
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                        • Nov 2004
                        • 29602

                        #12
                        Books and practice is the best way.
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                        • dasexi1
                          Confirmed User
                          • Jul 2002
                          • 934

                          #13
                          I'm dating myself with this one, but when I was in college we didn't use computers to design, we did it by hand

                          I'm self taught but i learned Corel years before i ever opened photoshop, I still feel Corel is a better app but i mostly use photoshop now

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                          • MF Doom
                            Registered User
                            • Jan 2005
                            • 16

                            #14
                            can anyone recommend some good books for a newbie?

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                            • Top Jimmy
                              Confirmed User
                              • Dec 2004
                              • 2513

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Young
                              Never took a course. Self taught. I think thats how most people learned

                              Ive been messing with Photoshop since the Windows 3.1 days.

                              Practice Practice Practice
                              What he/she said.

                              Don't reply. Let it die.

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                              • saltricter
                                Confirmed User
                                • Jan 2001
                                • 571

                                #16
                                I would recommend www.lynda.com , they have video tutorials where you get to watch what the pros do, its screen recordings. it costs 25 dollars a month, but they have lots of free examples if you just want to see a few things.
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                                • AlienQ - BANNED FOR LIFE
                                  best designer on GFY
                                  • Mar 2003
                                  • 30307

                                  #17
                                  There is an element required and not all people have it.

                                  The element is loving the art of design.
                                  If you do not like designing you aint gonna be a good designer.
                                  Anyone can pick up a book and do the tutorials but the call to be a great designer goes beyond just reading and doing tutorials.

                                  It goes beyond dedication as well...
                                  Jimmy Page couldnt play the guitarre if he didnt love what he did for example.
                                  Last edited by AlienQ - BANNED FOR LIFE; 02-10-2005, 11:05 PM.

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                                  • AlienQ - BANNED FOR LIFE
                                    best designer on GFY
                                    • Mar 2003
                                    • 30307

                                    #18
                                    GOd knows designers are not designing for the money...

                                    Its the love for what we do that keeps us going.

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                                    • dasexi1
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Jul 2002
                                      • 934

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by AlienQ
                                      There is an element required and not all people have it.

                                      The element is loving the art of design.
                                      If you do not like designing you aint gonna be a good designer.
                                      Anyone can pick up a book and do the tutorials but the call to be a great designer goes beyond just reading and doing tutorials.

                                      It goes beyond dedication as well...
                                      Jimmy Page couldnt play the guitarre if he didnt love what he did for example.
                                      exactly! the passion for art is either in your blood or it's not, it can't be learned from a book. It's a craving that is never satisfied, and if you don't acknowledge it, it's like a part of you just dies

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                                      • shuki
                                        Confirmed User
                                        • Aug 2004
                                        • 3070

                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by Dagwolf



                                        Chop chop...
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                                        • Roald
                                          SecretFriends.com
                                          • May 2001
                                          • 27910

                                          #21
                                          Started making my own site years ago with paintshoppro. I loved to design and bought PS after a while, I hated it at first but I tried lots of online tutorials to get the basics. Never bought a book or took any offline classes though.

                                          Practiced, practiced, practiced and after a while I put up a small portfolio. Amazingly enough people started to do orders and it really took of from that point.


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