Simple Photoshop (Page 2): If you look in the right way you can find tutorials in sequence. I did it with Lightroom a year and a half ago and found Anthony Morganti and have not looked...

jethro779 Loc: Tucson, AZ

bsprague wrote:

Random wandering through YouTube does not work for me. If you don't know there is a "Clone Stamp Tool" you won't know to wander into it on YouTube. An organized course with well planned lessons will build skills sensibly and efficiently.

If you look in the right way you can find tutorials in sequence. I did it with Lightroom a year and a half ago and found Anthony Morganti and have not looked back.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

waymond wrote:

Can anyone advise on a simple, real simple. site to begin to learn Photoshop?

http://tv.adobe.com/product/photoshop/

They have excellent, short, free videos.

its4pjw Loc: flintshire GB

Serge Ramelli and Anthony Morganti on youtube also check out Phlearn photoshop tutorials.

waymond Loc: Pflugerville, Texas

Thanks. I need all the help anyone can muster.

Stage Light Loc: Northeast

waymond wrote:

Can anyone advise on a simple, real simple. site to begin to learn Photoshop?

Don't just go in and learn it on your own; follow some class in order to get a good base. I didn't, and now am trying to relearn. You will learn a lot more, faster, and much more streamlined. You'll save hours of work. Have fun.

RiverNan Loc: Eastern Pa

I learned most of what I know right here on this site, the UHH forum...
Once I got past my photoshop phobia, I started clicking on my own...
Everyone has a learning style, I found that youtube and other videos where too far ahead of me when I first started.
but if you like to watch and learn just split your screen so your photo is on one half and the video on the other so you can stop it, follow the direction and start it again.
Books bored me...I have a bunch on the shelf unread.
Hands on for me all the way....if you decide to use this forum to learn be specific with your questions...The amount of expertise of the members is unmeasurable...but not all are good teachers...good luck and have FUN FUN FUN

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Of course you have to realize that "Simple" and "Photoshop" hardly belong in the same sentence.

blackest Loc: Ireland

jerryc41 wrote:

Of course you have to realize that "Simple" and "Photoshop" hardly belong in the same sentence.

However you can break it down into steps, or stages.
Seeing someones work flow can help. Then look closer in to the tools.

Coolmom

If you are willing to spend the money for the subscription Kelbyone has hundreds of training videos including Photoshop. I am a hobbiest and use it for everything.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

waymond wrote:

Can anyone advise on a simple, real simple. site to begin to learn Photoshop?

There are tons of tutorials on youtube. You may have to watch a few to determine who the best presenters are, but they are free.
--Bob

russelray Loc: La Mesa CA

First I simply Googled things that I wanted to learn in Photoshop that I had been doing in GIMP, PicMonkey, PaintShop Pro, Photo-Paint, and Corel Draw. Once I learned how to do my money-making tasks in Photoshop, I simply went menu by menu in Photoshop to learn the other things. It took me 13 months to go through everything, which included one Photoshop upgrade with some new stuff, but it was a lot of fun. Took discipline, though. One menu item per day.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

Stage Light wrote:

Don't just go in and learn it on your own; follow some class in order to get a good base. I didn't, and now am trying to relearn. You will learn a lot more, faster, and much more streamlined. You'll save hours of work. Have fun.

Every time the "How do I learn the _______ software program?" question comes up I try to make that point. My post will usually be followed by a half dozen or so that suggest a form of random learning.

Thank you for agreeing!

JD750 Loc: SoCal

jerryc41 wrote:

Of course you have to realize that "Simple" and "Photoshop" hardly belong in the same sentence.

:thumbup: :thumbup:

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Hi,

You may want to check out the built in tutorials to both Photoshop & Lightroom CC. They are available from the Creative Cloud App - just open it and click on "View Tutorials". If there are updates you may have to download them before the "View Tutorials" displays.

Mark

waymond wrote:

Can anyone advise on a simple, real simple. site to begin to learn Photoshop?

blackest Loc: Ireland

markngolf wrote:

Hi,

You may want to check out the built in tutorials to both Photoshop & Lightroom CC. They are available from the Creative Cloud App - just open it and click on "View Tutorials". If there are updates you may have to download them before the "View Tutorials" displays.

Mark

yes they are good I just watched one on

noise reduction in lightroom /photoshop.
my notes:
noise is predictable and lightroom knows how to remove it
The essentials are start with the color slider it defaults to 25 but between 20 to 30 is a reasonable range.
color detail defaults to 50 which usually is a good value changing it tends to reintroduce noise
the next is luminescence
that slider needs to be played with in the video he used 42 with no guide lines the detail slider is usually good at 50 or you can reintroduce noise, contrast is best left at 0

That already is enough to change how i work with noise i usually fiddle with all 5 and in the wrong order.