Adobe Photoshop

[LeonDixson]

Adobe is now allowing you to download the Beta version of their latest Photoshop program for free. Obviously, there could be a few stability problems because it is a Beta verstion. However, if you've wanted to get Photoshop, or at least try it, but didn't want to spend the big bucks; here's your chance. http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/photoshopcs6.html

 

[jobberone]

Thanks!

 

[LeonDixson]

You're welcome.

 

[jubal]

Adobe is now allowing you to download the Beta version of their latest Photoshop program for free. Obviously, there could be a few stability problems because it is a Beta verstion. However, if you've wanted to get Photoshop, or at least try it, but didn't want to spend the big bucks; here's your chance. http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/photoshopcs6.html

Well I got it but I don't know how to use it,I've seen the results of the program on using Brainpaint's face superimposed.
Thanks for putting up the link,I will try to figure it out.

 

[Dallas]

Well I got it but I don't know how to use it,I've seen the results of the program on using Brainpaint's face superimposed.
Thanks for putting up the link,I will try to figure it out.

YouTube has some excellent tutorials on how to use it.

Good luck

 

[SaltwaterServr]

Well I got it but I don't know how to use it,I've seen the results of the program on using Brainpaint's face superimposed.
Thanks for putting up the link,I will try to figure it out.

Here's a bit of advice, more or less.

Photoshop's controls and abilities are so vast that there are people in the photography business whose sole income is to post-process. Post-processing being anything done to an image after the camera's sensor records it to the selected media it's being store on. ModelMayhem.com has two categories for these folks if you're searching for their services, Retoucher and Digital Artist.

Keep in mind that most photographs need just a little hit here and there to get what the photographer had in mind, or a batch processing to get the white balance and exposure to where you want it, but might have missed it.

And then you have things like these that require a little bit more work than usual:

Or some that require a more than just a little amount of work:

 

[YosemiteSam]

I believe the last Photoshop I had was Photoshop 5. (1999ish?) Since then I've switched to using GIMP. (www.gimp.org) It's a free competitor to Photoshop.

At one point it used to be quite far behind Photoshop, but that isn't necessary the case anymore.

The biggest difference right now is the fact that GIMP only supports 8-bit color and Photoshop supports 16-bit color. (regular mode) To the naked eye you really can't tell the difference. Where is can come into play is when you are blending scenes into one. Due to the difference you can lose some data, but for the most part. You can't tell.

That said, I believe the next release of GIMP (2.8) will support 16-bit color in regular mode.

I think the biggest draw back people have faced with GIMP is it's MDI interface. (Multiple Document Interface vs everything locked in a single Windowed Interface)

GIMP

Photoshop

As with 16-bit color, the next release of GIMP will support both MDI and SDI (Single Document Interface)

Some people say GIMP is a little harder to use, but I think that is mainly because it works a little different than Photoshop does and that threw people for a loop. As Salt said, there are a ton of Youtube videos to teach you how to use Photoshop. There are a ton of videos to teach you how to use GIMP too.

GIMP is free and Photoshop cost (last time I saw) $700+

Gotta love the open source community.

 

[Khartun]

I think the biggest draw back people have faced with GIMP is it's MDI interface. (Multiple Document Interface vs everything locked in a single Windowed Interface)

Yep, I didn't like GIMP because of the multiple windows but I've heard they fixed that so it might be worth trying out again.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Yep, I didn't like GIMP because of the multiple windows but I've heard they fixed that so it might be worth trying out again.

2.6 is still the stable release. The 2.7 release is development only. (ie, won't ever be a stable release) 2.8 is the next stable release. 2.8 will have the option of either MDI or SDI.

I hated the MDI at first too, but I've been using it for so many years that I no longer have any issue with it.

Here is an image of what the final SDI is supposed to look like.

(Click for larger image)

I think if you download the 2.7 dev release, you can use it. That screenshot is from Linux though, so the Windows version will have more of a Windows look/feel to it.

 

[iceberg]

i've got CS3 and barely scratch the surface on what it can do.

 

[Dallas]

i've got CS3 and barely scratch the surface on what it can do.

I want to get some classes here in town on PS. I can't do the web training crap. I would be distracted in my own home. It would never work.

 

[trickblue]

I've used Paint Shop Pro for years...

It was very close to PhotoShop and under $100...

Then Corel bought it and screwed it up...

 

[YosemiteSam]

I've used Paint Shop Pro for years...

It was very close to PhotoShop and under $100...

Then Corel bought it and screwed it up...

Paint Shop Pro was awesome, but it was also a slightly different beast than Photoshop. Paint Shop Pro was a drawing program while Photoshop was exactly that. It was mainly for image editing. (though of course you could do either in both, but each had it's strengths)

I used strictly Paint Shop Pro until around until around 1999. It wasn't capable of what we (my company) needed. That is when we purchased Photoshop 5.

I used Photoshop 5 until I left the company to move to NY in Jan. 2005. Since then, I've only used Gimp. (I just wasn't going to pay $700+ for it when I wasn't even a professional and my company wasn't going to purchase it for me)

 

[Meat-O-Rama]

I've used Photoshop Elements for the last few years. It's a version of Photoshop without all of the 'PRO' features. I would be hard pressed to tell you what features are missing.

 

[YosemiteSam]

It appears Gimp 2.8 is almost (finally) ready for release.

This is great news!