Adobe Photoshop – Graphic Design and Photo Editing Tips

Nothing stupid like Lunapic or Gimp. I’m trying to do serious photoshopping. I want things for Myspace Trains, like EGO, and Agency Eighty One. http://www.myspace.com/monster_kids
if you can see this girl’s pics thats what im talk’n bout!
ANybody know how to do that?

Picnik, FotoFlexer or Lunapic are great all round web based and FREE editing tools. Adobe, makers of the expensive Photoshop, now has a free website version in Photoshop Express. If you need/want more features downloading GIMP is a great options. Still free, but you have to download the software. There are also free tools to add text blurbs, to make collages, to put your photo into other images. There are a number of tools that allow you to put the image of a face into other photos for some fun creations. Check out the links below for more ideas.

http://www.edit-photos.net

I am wanting to purchase professional photo editing software that will help me highlight a certain object in the picture. Example: I want a black and white photo with only the blue eyes showing in color. What software should I buy and it this an easy task to accomplish?

In PhotoShop, you can select the blue eyes and then go to "Select" and inverse the selection. Now everything but the blue eyes will be selected. You then go under Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation and desaturate everything. That will turn everything to black and white except the eyes.

I’ll try one and link it here.

OK, there’s an example for you. There are other ways to achieve this result, but I this worked really fast. You can also change the color — make everything black and white but give him red eyes.

I am looking for a place online where someone can learn photoshop. Thanks in advance for your help !

For me the best way to learn is via visual (video) tutorials. Try this site:

http://wikivid.com/index.php/Photoshop

There are various instructions by various people. So some are better than others. But in general I think video is better than written words.

Good luck with photoshop.

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How do you see graphic design for business purposes? In the eagerness of selling, is it possible to say that the end justifies the means?

I see graphic design as a very important part to ensure that business run smoothly and people can identify things easyer. If you have a image on a box in a factory, it will take less time for the employee to identify what might be in the box. Kinda like you see arrows pointing "this way up."

If your talking about how a logo or label is used to influence sales of a product, I would say that graphics definitely get justified in the end. That is if it is a well thought out logo and design, one that represents your company as well as your products.

Pictures and Images can be understood by anyone, Visual graphic/arts is a universal language. "A picture can say a million words," in the end you would likely save money on advertising, if pictures are used instead of words.

Some colleges want to know if I want to major in photography or digital photography. Besides the use of two different cameras, what the real difference?

They are ignoring the fact that there is only Photography (anything else is a branch of photography) and catering to the whims of a generation that doesn’t want in-depth instruction. -They make more money giving the ignorant what they want rather than actually taking the time to properly educate them.
The difference isn’t so much the camera as it is the recording medium. One is a photosensitive chemical reaction (film) and the other is a photosensitive electronic sensor (digital). If you know Photography you know both.

whats a good photo shop that i can use to do funky stuff to my photos such as post prossesing thats kinda easy to use? I have the microsoft office one but is adobe better?

Adobe is a lot better. You could get Photoshop Elements for around $100, but if you want free and don’t mind the learning curve try gimp.