BOOKS ON PHOTOSHOP 3

S_N_A_R_K · Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 7

Hey!

I haven't used PhotoShop since version 3. I have CS now but have all these books on version 3. Do these help me at all? I have the PhotoShop Bible, Inside Adobe Photoshop and The Essential PhotoShop (all for version 3). How un-usable are these books for info and tutorials on CS? What book(s) would you recommend for CS?

Thanks!

~S.~

webmaster · Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 2:03 pm Post subject: Re: BOOKS ON PHOTOSHOP 3

I have no clue about books, but we have many tutorials here in the forum Photoshop Forum > Tutorials.

You can also find many tutorials on this site: www.photoshop-tutorials.biz

You can read some of the basic tutorials to catch up some hotkeys and stuff.

And welcome to DEVPPL , snark.

Kotik · Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:17 pm Post subject: Re: BOOKS ON PHOTOSHOP 3

I dont think the Photoshop 3 books will help you at all mate. I'm not even sure the concept of layers are there in version 3.

I would either suggest you buy a brand new bible or like webmaster suggested follow the tutorials and learn from there. The choice is yours.

Mesko · 100+ Club Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 207 Location: Sweden

www.good-tutorials.com - not a book, but still one of the best PS knowledge libraries out there.

S_N_A_R_K · Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 7

Hey!

Thanks to all for the info.

Are there any similarities between Paint Shop Pro and PhotoShop? I have CS and am using that, but Paint Shop Pro came loaded on my computer and I was just curious what it was.

Thanks,

~S.~

Mesko · 100+ Club Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 207 Location: Sweden

Many people think that both are good, sometimes equally good, sometimes ppl prefer PS and vice versa. I'm used to PS, and I think that PSP (Paint Shop Pro) looks complicated... >.<

S_N_A_R_K · Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 7

Thanks, Mesko,

Does Paint Shop Pro recognize the .psd file extension?

~S.~

Mesko · 100+ Club Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 207 Location: Sweden

S_N_A_R_K · Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 7

I know even less. I've been mostly working 3D for the past decade and am moving back into 2D. Do you know if the two prgrams can talk to each other? Can PhotoShop convert its files to PSP and can Paint Shop Pro convert its files to PSD? Even though I use CS, my network includes Paint Shop Pro users and I wonder how easy it will be to move files between us.

Thanks,

~S.~

Mesko · 100+ Club Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 207 Location: Sweden

I have said all I know about PSP, sorry... :/

Kotik · Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 12:38 am Post subject: Re: BOOKS ON PHOTOSHOP 3

Here is my opinion having used a bit of Pain Shop Pro and quite alot of Photoshop. Using photoshop you have this HUGE plus point that unlike Paint Shop Pro. in Photoshop you have thousands of thousands of tutorials that will cover each and every aspect of photoshop you would ever need for photo-editting. Apart from that I think that more then 80% of the digital photo-editting persons use Photoshop that opens another door for the photoshop users. You can ask your questions and you would get your answers immidiately (for example on this forum).

I'm not saying that Paint shop pro is a useless application. I'm just saying that unless you like to read thick books to learn a program or like to spend your time searching the internet for hours finding the answer to your simple questions you could go for Paint shop pro.

Kotik · Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 12:41 am Post subject: Re: BOOKS ON PHOTOSHOP 3

S_N_A_R_K · Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 7

Thanks! Oh, hey, quick non-sequitur - is there a forum like this for music and sound apps like Acid Pro and Sound Forge?

~S.~