Simple Photoshop (Page 3): 2 monitors work wonders. Following lessons along on one and work on the other.

texaseve Loc: TX, NC and NH

2 monitors work wonders. Following lessons along on one and work on the other.

blackest Loc: Ireland

texaseve wrote:

2 monitors work wonders. Following lessons along on one and work on the other.

That can be a 2nd computer/ tablet. I use the most powerful to work and the other as the "book" :)

http://help.adobe.com/archive/en/lightroom/5/lightroom_reference.pdf

this might be useful for lightroom5 users, it is more of a list of features rather than how to use them.

I think the essentials are general development adjustments, followed by local adjustments the rest is less important.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

texaseve wrote:

2 monitors work wonders. Following lessons along on one and work on the other.

Agreed! Most laptops, maybe desk models too, have HDMI ports. Most newer HD flat screen TVs rely on HDMI. You can get HDMI cords up to about 15 feet. Put the tutorial on the TV while you run your copy of the software on your laptop screen. Lynda.com provides a "pop out" viewer that works well for this. It allows you to pause with a mouse click and even read the script of the tutorial!

As fast as I learn something on Lynda, I find five more I want to learn!

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

blackest wrote:

That can be a 2nd computer/ tablet. I use the most powerful to work and the other as the "book" :)

You are right! Lynda.com has apps for both iThings and Androids. Even Amazon lets it run on a Kindle.

waymond Loc: Pflugerville, Texas

Thanks for the many responses. I will carefully analyze each one and from the collection, some wisdom might flow.

Stay well.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

waymond wrote:

Thanks for the many responses. I will carefully analyze each one and from the collection, some wisdom might flow.

Stay well.

Please don't buy dull, hard to read and follow books. I have several in new condition that I will sell very cheap!

:-D

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Thanks. My preference for learning Is "hands on" and video tutorials. I can find short written excepts via Google.
Mark

bsprague wrote:

Please don't buy dull, hard to read and follow books. I have several in new condition that I will sell very cheap!

:-D

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

You might try one of Scott Kelby's books. He wrote a series on Photoshop for Digital Photographers. He akso edited the magazine Photoshop User. Joining the org that publishes that mag is not cheap but the contents are worth thr price, if you are active enough on the subject.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Thanks John. I'm familiar with Scott Kelby's books. They are well written!
Mark

John_F wrote:

You might try one of Scott Kelby's books. He wrote a series on Photoshop for Digital Photographers. He akso edited the magazine Photoshop User. Joining the org that publishes that mag is not cheap but the contents are worth thr price, if you are active enough on the subject.

blackest Loc: Ireland

Found this good page on sharpening lightroom rather than photoshop but the controls are the same anyway.

http://photographylife.com/how-to-properly-sharpen-images-in-lightroom

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Cool. Thanks
Mark

blackest wrote:

Found this good page on sharpening lightroom rather than photoshop but the controls are the same anyway.

http://photographylife.com/how-to-properly-sharpen-images-in-lightroom

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

waymond wrote:

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

A good book may be easier.

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

I'm a fan of online tutorials. They are frequently YouTube based, but the source does the organizing so you can find what you want to know. Lynda is good. Julianne Kost works for Adobe and publishes many tutorials on both Lightroom and Photoshop. http://blogs.adobe.com/jkost/

The advantage to online tutorials is that you can bring up a tutorial in one window and Photoshop in another. You can follow along on the tutorial, then pause it and go to PS and try out what you were just told. If you miss something you can just go back a bit and review it. So you can make it a hands-on learning tool.

There are many forums where you can ask questions when something isn't clear. UHH has a forum for digital postprocessing http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/s-116-1.html
I rather like dpreview.com also. http://www.dpreview.com/forums/1006

Batman Loc: South-Central Texas

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DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

Batman wrote:

I am frequently amazed to read where some mindless doob
has written, "You get what you pay for." (Must be a Liberal.)
This tired old saying has always meant the same as saying
"It is impossible to get overcharged, or financially screwed."
They must actually believe that the more you pay, the more worth you automatically receive.
In what world?

I have always heard this in relation to free stuff, not expensive stuff.