Photoshop - Who uses it and what for?

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  1. Oriphus

    Oriphus Senior member

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    Who usees Adobe Photoshop and what do they use it for. Hopefully we can all chip in and help each other use it better. Im only starting to learn about it. Here is what i have done. I took a Ferrari F360 and lowered it on its rims slightly. I then added Headlight flare to the headlights so it made them look on and bright. If anyone needs to know how i did this ill happily explain. Here's what it turned out like:

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  2. Dela

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    I dont use it for much, mostly just resizing and saving for web!
     
  3. darthnip

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    i use it quite a bit myself for editing and joining photos. like for inserting things into photos or taking things out and making it so well blended, you cant tell the difference, especially when printed. it's truly an amazing tool.
     
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    hmmm...\
    used it a fair bit in 95/96 when it was Photoshop 2.5 ..when i was in print and publishing..

    donnt get to use it nowadays..
     
  5. Oriphus

    Oriphus Senior member

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    Lets see some other peoples work on here. Post any of your photos you have done in Photoshop!
     
  6. Prisoner

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    I never was a big fan of photoshop. Too expensive and same work can be done with Gimp which is free with Linux. These programs are very similar and all the addons with Gimp are free, whereas the addons for photoshop are more expensive. The windows based program I use in place is Corel photopaint and corel Draw. Photopaint is very similar to Adobe illustrator and Draw is similar to photoshop. In Corel suite 11, you get Draw11, photpaint11 and Rave2 which is very similar to Adobe premier. So I am a Canadian Corel supporter.
    Oriphus do you have a graphic tablet that you use with photoshop?
     
  7. Oriphus

    Oriphus Senior member

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    Nah, no graphic tablet in my house thats for sure. I cant draw for shit. Well actually, im not a bad artist, did it at school and did very well. :) Nut that was a lnog time ago.

    I like Corel Draw as well, but really, nothing compares to the things you can do in Photoshop 7.0 SE, hence its £600+ retail price. It really is an amazing piece of kit!
     
  8. Prisoner

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    I have been tempted to buy the new academic version for $580, you get Photoshop 7, Acrobat 6 and illustrator 10. Some Journals require .eps picture formats which can only be done with illustrator which is a pain. I am not too sure if its worth it, I have been undeced between it and Corel suite11 which includes Rave2, the academic version of suite11 is $230. So there is a difference. With Rave version one, still have lots of function. So Oriphus you would recomend the Adobe package?_X_X_X_X_X_[small]I am not a number
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  9. Oriphus

    Oriphus Senior member

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    Yeah, i really would recommend the Adobe package. Every photographic magazine and paper uses it. All photographers and graphic designers swear by it. However, if people cant afford to buy the Adobe Photoshop suite, they tend to go with the Corel Suite, which is the next best thing.
     
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    -Praetor lagged here-
    I agree Photoshop is a sweet application to have, although I was quite dissapointed with Photoshop 6 ....grrrr silly interface.... I am still a fan of photoshop 5.5 although i have mostly migrated to photoshop 7 now.

    Pssst Oriphus.... you seem to know your way around photoshop... how about adding some wreckage or simple paintball scars? :p
     
  11. Prisoner

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    I have the older Corel 10 package, was thinking of upgrading. Have used Photoshop 4, came free with a Scanner bought (free means the scanner was really expensive). But never really liked the interface. I bought a Graphics tablet last night. The Jam Studio tabelet not too bad, took some time to get working in WinXP. But at $40 for a 5 by 7 tablet, I expect some problems.
    Praetor, I will see what I can do with Photopaint.
     
  12. Oriphus

    Oriphus Senior member

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    $40, thats an excellent price ofr a graphics tablet. You get it from ebay?
     
  13. Prisoner

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    No it a Jam studio tablet. The company went under a couple of years ago, so lots of places have them really cheap. The cheapes I have seen them is $20, but that was on and action site and the shiping would have kicked it over what I payed. But they do let you do alot of fine detail movements. Cutting and pasteing images is a lot easier then using a mouse. I am still working on your picture let you see the results when finished._X_X_X_X_X_[small]I am not a number
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  14. Oriphus

    Oriphus Senior member

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    lol - i await with eager anticipation :)
     
  15. Prisoner

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    I have a rough ugly first couple of attemts on your car Oriphus. How do you add a picture to a post?
     
  16. Oriphus

    Oriphus Senior member

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    it needs to be uploaded. If you cant upload - email it to info@chrismccann.co.uk with an appropriate message heading so i dont delete it :D
     
  17. Toiletman

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    Holy shit, there's no pound sign on my fusking keyboard!!! NOOOOO!!! THIS CAN'T HAPPEN!!! I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT A POUND SIGN!!!!!!! ARRGHHH!!! NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! WHY!!!!???? 600........................pounds *sob* is a lot. Is it just a program?
     
  18. ken0042

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    Toiletman- <ALT>0163 gives you £
     
  19. Prisoner

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    What does this have to do with Photoshop? Do you need pounds for photoshop use?
     
  20. Oriphus

    Oriphus Senior member

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    lol - so it does...£

    Dont know what it has to do with photoshop. Ah well...no one ever stays on thread anyway :D
     

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