I recently got Photoshop CS and ImageReady CS on my computer.  I can do a few things on Photoshop all ready, but my skills are lacking.  Does anyone know any websites that have good tutorials for Photoshop and ImageReady?
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this site rock\n\nhttp://www.greycobra.com/
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only because you are too cute!\nhttp://www.planetphotoshop.com/tutorials.html\nhttp://www.absolutecross.com/tutorials/photoshop/\nhttp://studio.adobe.com/us/search/sort?sort=topic&product=15&topic=0&type=all&level=all&x=8&y=6\nhttp://www.photoshopcafe.com/\nhttp://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Photoshop/1\nyou can e-mail me with any specific questions...been using Photoshop since version 3.0!
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I really don't care for Photoshop either - I find PaintShop Pro to be a much easier and more functional application. I don't see the appeal of Photoshop, even though it was the first one of the two that I learned, I quickly switched to PaintShop Pro. My daughter loves Photoshop and she uses it quite a bit and she feels just the opposite from me.
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You should try GIMP.  It's an open-sourced version of photoshop.  You can download it from www.gimp.org.  It's very powerful, but has a bit of a steep learning curve.  The website has lots of documentation and the community is very helpful, though.
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There is no need for a web site. Just use the paint program that comes with windows. Open a photo and then go to image stretch/skew and enter the same percentage in both stretch boxes. For example 50% will make it 1/4 the size. Now save it.
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try using adobe image ready if that came with your photoshop software. it is an adobe product and came with photoshop cs for me. it is for making animated gifs.
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Tutorials are okay for learning the basics, but I suggest learning what each tool does and how it manipulates pixels. I find that tutorials cannot prepare you for questions in the classroom or projects on the job. Find some textures (i.e. concret, wood, granite, carpet, etc.) and see if you can recreate them yourself. \n\nOne of the things I used to do was ask a potential hire to make rust using Photoshop. I wasn't really interested in if they could make realistic rust or not, but I wanted to see what tools they used and if they were familiar enough with the program to at least attempt making rust.
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First it helps if you know how to use Photoshop.\nTo put it simply\n--  In Photoshop set up a page that is set to the same size as your screen resolution, 800X600 or larger.\n--  Then you paint in the colors that you want on your background for your pictures.\n--  Open the picture files for your album covers (assuming you took pictures of them with a digital camera and uploaded them onto your computer).\n--  Copy each picture and paste it on top of your background image.  Keep doing that until all the pictures are where you want them.\n--  Save the file as either a JPEG (.jpg) or Bitmap (.bmp) image in a directory where you can find it.  The best place to put it is in the Windows Directory and save it your Wallpaper file.\n--  Go to the desktop and right click, on the drop down menu then select the properties menu.\n--  Go to the Background tab and select the browse button then find your image and click open.\n\nIf you don’t know how to use Photoshop then you need to learn how to use the select tool, the hand tool, and the cut and paste buttons.  You use a rectangular select tool to select your album covers then copy them.  Select the wallpaper blank image and paste the cover into to it.  Use the resizing tool to change the size and the hand tool to move it around.  Once you deselect the selection tool then the picture is put in place.  I suggest that you read the help files on these topics to get a better idea of how to use them.\n\nWhat you want to do is a fairly simple task, that a skilled person can do in a matter of minutes.\n\nWebshot is a program that switches thet wallpaper from a image directory.  However, it uses a lot of system resources and the IT professional that I know removes it from any computer he finds it on.
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these are differences\n\nAdobe® Photoshop® CS2 \nTimesaving file handling with Adobe Bridge\nSimplify file handling with Adobe Bridge, the next-generation File Browser, where you can process multiple camera raw images at once; resize, rate, and label thumbnails; quickly review images in Slideshow mode; search metadata; and more.\n\nMultitasking\nTake advantage of compact floating mode in Adobe Bridge to process images while simultaneously working in Photoshop CS2 or other CS2 applications.\n\nViewing options\nEasily browse your Adobe Creative Suite and other graphics files in Adobe Bridge; present your images with features like Slideshow and Filmstrip mode; scale thumbnails to any size using a slider; and view and edit metadata.\n\nAutomated batch processing\nAutomatically process batches of images in Adobe Bridge to rename, convert format, adjust exposure, create a web gallery or Adobe PDF Presentation, and more.\n\nRating and labeling\nQuickly rate and label photos in Adobe Bridge so you can instantly bring up your best shots.\n\nSophisticated search\nEasily find any image using sophisticated search capabilities in Adobe Bridge that let you specify a variety of parameters. Save searches as Collections that you can recall anytime.\n\n32-bit High Dynamic Range (HDR) support\nCreate and edit 32-bit images, and combine multiple exposures into a single, 32-bit image with expanded range—from the deepest shadows to the brightest highlights.\n\nShadow/Highlight correction\nQuickly improve the contrast of over- or underexposed areas of an image, including CMYK images, while preserving the overall balance of the photo.\n\nRevolutionary Vanishing Point\nAchieve amazing results in a fraction of the time with the groundbreaking Vanishing Point, which lets you clone, paint, and paste elements that automatically match the perspective of the surrounding image area.\n\nImage Warp\nEasily create packaging mock-ups or other dimensional effects by wrapping an image around any shape or stretching, curling, and bending an image using Image Warp.\n\nSpot Healing Brush\nEffortlessly retouch photos—including 16-bit images—in a single click with the advanced power of the new Photoshop CS2 Spot Healing Brush.\n\nOne-click red-eye correction\nInstantly neutralize red eyes with the one-click red-eye correction tool, which supports 16-bit images and lets you set pupil size and darkening level.\n\nOptical lens correction\nEasily correct common lens distortions, such as barrel and pincushion, and fix chromatic aberrations and vignetting.\n\nSmart Sharpen\nEasily counteract common image blurring with fine correction control based on the specific blur types: motion, lens, and Gaussian.\n\nCamera raw workflow enhancements\nProcess an entire photo shoot in a fraction of the time by simultaneously adjusting color, curves, cropping, and more—and continue working in Photoshop! With support for a comprehensive range of digital cameras, Photoshop CS2 lets you automatically adjust settings, convert to Digital Negative (DNG) format, and apply nondestructive edits to batches of images.\n\nAdvanced noise reduction\nPolish digital photos with advanced noise correction in high-ISO shooting plus JPEG artifact reduction.\n\nSpecial effects filters\nAchieve amazing results with more than 95 special effects filters. Easily preview and apply more than one filter at a time from the Filter Gallery.\n\nWeb animations\nQuickly create dynamic GIF animations—using one or more images—directly within Photoshop CS2 by taking advantage of the new Animations palette and layer palette animation options.\n\nBack to top \nCustomize with unprecedented adaptabilityCustom menus and keyboard shortcuts\nSet up and save custom menus and keyboard shortcuts for quick access to the features you need.\n\nCustom, task-based workspaces\nReduce onscreen clutter by choosing from task-based workspaces, or create your own with just the tools you need.\n\nAdobe Help Center\nQuickly get answer
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Well, I'm not really doing anything amazingly creative either, I just make intersting images with filters and lighting effects. But if you want really creative ideas try this book: "How To Cheat With Photoshop". Look for the CS2 version, you should get some good ideas from there. You can find it at Barnes & Noble.
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It all depends on what you want to do. I've found that Photoshop Elements is good with photo-manipulation and special effects while Photoshop CS2 goes well with graphic design. That's my personal opinion. Both could be used for either.
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Try\n\nwww.good-tutorials.com\n\nIt has loads of easy tutorials to help you with whatever you need to do in Photoshop. I swear by this site.\n\nukmike11
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FREEWARE IMAGE EDITORS\n\nPhotoPlus 6.0\nhttp://www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/PhotoPlus/default.asp\n\nPhoto Filtre\nhttp://www.photofiltre.com [English edition --> Downloads]\n\nABOUT YOUR SITUATION\nWhat you're asking *might* be done, but requires some skill-- plus, it depends on how badly the words you'd like to remove/ replace are overlapping everything. You'd have to use an image editor to erase the pre-existing text, then use the text tool to add new copy. However, it's a tricky situation. The problem isn't adding your own words to the picture; it's erasing the ones that are already there, without messing up the background.\n\nYou see, if letters you want removed are overlaying a picture, you will have to find a way to erase them without altering the background. The only possible way is to use the "cloning" tool of an image editor. The cloning tool is a special type of tool where you can copy pixels from one area of a photo to another area, in case you have gaps that you want to close. It's used like a paintbrush, except instead of painting with color, you are painting with nearby pixels. The purpose of the clone tool is to cover your tracks when filling in the gaps or erasing the defects in a photograph.\n\nThe cloning tool might help you with erasing the words without messing up the background. But it depends on which areas of the picture that the words are overlapping. If the words are overlapping areas that are large blocks of color or a repetitive texture/ pattern, you might have luck with it. However, if the words are overlapping areas where there is a lot of intricate detail, you will not be able to use the clone tool; you will have to use the airbrush tool to airbrush them out while at the same time filling in the background. That means you will have to have super painting abilities to do this.\n\nI can't see the photograph to tell you how well you will be able to do what you asked, so you will have to use your judgment in deciding whether it can be done.\n\nGood luck.
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At the same site there is also a list wit free photoshop plugins\nhttp://pstutorialsblog.com/?page_id=59
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The most popular Photoshop alternative is the "GIMP." However, many find it hard to use.\n\nYou might like Paint.NET more. Paint.NET is a free program, but it is really high quality. More importantly, it is very easy to install and use. To get Paint.NET, go here: http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/\n\nNote that, in order to install Paint.NET, you might also need to install another program known as the ".NET 2.0 Framework." If you don't know what this is, don't worry about it, but you should still install it by going here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0856EACB-4362-4B0D-8EDD-AAB15C5E04F5&displaylang=en\n\nIf you don't mind trying to figure out how to use it, which actually shouldn't be that hard given the amount of documentation available online, then GIMP has a feature set that is equal to that of Photoshop. It is the most powerful free image manipulator out there. Get GIMP by going here: http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/\n\nIf you are looking for a very simple photo-management program which still has decent editing abilities, you might want to try Picasa, which is maintained by Google. Get it here: http://picasa.google.com/
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The best place to start to your local library to get a copy of "Photoshop for Dummies".  It is well-written for beginners and will give you a good start.
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me too hate demos , so I use a full version yet FREE software , you too can get it free here : \n\nhttp://downint.googlepages.com/photosoftware