i just started using photoshop at home and at school but have no idea what im doing. any tips?

Question

i really need to know how to efficiently use it for school and also making my own wallpaper

Answer 1

I've learned to use photoshop cs on my own. I was able to borrow a book (an old version of photoshop) to a friend and luckily i started to learn the basics. Now i'm using Photoshop CS2 and i'm telling you it's such a powerful software. Here's a simple tip, just study the tools and it's functions. After learning how to manipulate them, then you start to make your own projects such as color corrections, inserting an image and many other tricks. . . As you go on, you'll learn and discover some other features. You can use the HELP menu, it has a HOW To features. . . Welcome to the club! Goodluck!

Answer 2

I would do a search on yahoo.com for photoshop tutorials. That's your best "free" option for learning photoshop. Another option would be to check out the help pages built into photoshop. They are VERY helpful in learning about all of the tools available and how to start. The absolute best solution would be to go to lynda.com and sign up for a monthly membership and enroll in photoshop essential training. Lynda.com is the de facto site for great learning.

Answer 3

I started doing it a while ago. I made some progress and make my own wallpapers now... I have some sites. A lot of them run slow, but have good tutorials.

And as someone said, lynda. I have about 3gb worth of Lynda tutorials on my computer.

Answer 4

Read the tutorials that come with it. Seriously, it can take a while, but they are incredibly useful.

Other than that, you'll learn a lot of tricks just through practice.

Answer 5

There are thousands of online helpfull photoshop guides which will help you get started.Example www.goodtutorials.com .Secondly read the help file or getting strated file.Pretty help full