planepics wrote:
Those are nice pics. I've been a shutterbug since I bought my digital SLR a couple years ago, but I don't know the first thing about creative manipulation. How long does it take to learn? How much does the software cost (i currently only work part-time and can't afford pro quality).
It's a never ending learning process. I keep finding new things my Photoshop Elements 9 does that I didn't know about or haven't tried yet. There are tons of great video tutorials available for PSE from Adobe and on youtube. For nonprofessional editing which does include an incredible number of edit techniqes the PSE series is excellent and lots of UHH members use that. Some people say it is very difficult to learn but if you start with the auto edits and guided edits and then move on to more complex, I didn't think it was too bad. Amazon.com currently is having a special on PSE10, which is the newest PSE version, for only $49.99 which is a steal. The editing is a lot of fun too.