Re: OT: To Photoshop Class, Or Not?
> In the interest of changing the subject, and creating new threads, and all > that... > > I've been debating taking a Photoshop class. (7 is what I'll be using, and > let's not go there again, re versions. ;-)) > > So I am curious, if you use Photoshop, did you ever take a class in it? > > Or did you just learn it from books? > > Or what? > > Marnie aka Doe > Learned it as a photographer for the college campus newspaper a few years ago (versions 3 and 4, I think, just to illustrate the range) and never took a formal class although I was being taught in a college newsroom. If that makes sense as written. There was a class in existence at the time, and I frequently overheard it while working in the area, but wasn't impressed with the teacher, and I know the only thing I learned from overhearing that class was that I wouldn't ever take a class from that man. Wasn't the same person wo was teaching me in one-on-one sessions, and who, herself, was at the time doing an independent study or something of that sort with a big-name local Photoshop artist. I also went through most of a "Classroom in a Book" Tutorial, later, which I think filled in a few gaps. But there are still many gaps in what I know. (I didn't finish the book because I still had a few chapters to go when I delivered my second child; suddenly I didn't have the time! Never went back and completed the book, for a variety of reasons.) Probably a class with a competent teacher would be effective. (In fact, in the same college, the photo adviser who taught me Photoshop one-on-one is now teaching the class; HER students are probably learning something.) Summary: in my case, OJT and books. ERN
RE: OT: To Photoshop Class, Or Not?
The class is only as good as its teacher and its applicability to your needs. Best to do some research (at which, it seems, you're good). Example: A friend has taken a class in Marin. He still can't work with photos very well, but he learned other features of PS that were important to him. So, define what you want to learn, and be sure that is what's being taught, and that the teacher is really proficient. As for me, I've been learning through books, tutorials, the Photoshop list, and with the help of a friend who's a graphic designer. But I don't need to know everything about PS to work on photos. Shel Belinkoff > [Original Message] > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In the interest of changing the subject, and creating new threads, and all > that... > > I've been debating taking a Photoshop class. (7 is what I'll be using, and > let's not go there again, re versions. ;-)) > > So I am curious, if you use Photoshop, did you ever take a class in it? > > Or did you just learn it from books? > > Or what? > > Marnie aka Doe
Re: OT: To Photoshop Class, Or Not?
When I first started using PS I wanted to take a class in it. Now I think I could probably teach a class at least for photographers. Most classes seem to be aimed at graphic artists. There are a number of things in Photoshop a photographer will probably never use, or at least will be secondary or tertiary to the job at hand. Try to find out the background of the person teaching the course and the focus of their instruction. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the interest of changing the subject, and creating new threads, and all that... I've been debating taking a Photoshop class. (7 is what I'll be using, and let's not go there again, re versions. ;-)) So I am curious, if you use Photoshop, did you ever take a class in it? Or did you just learn it from books? Or what? Marnie aka Doe
RE: OT: To Photoshop Class, Or Not?
Hi Shel would you share the address of the Photoshop. list with me/us? I really need and want to learn more about imaging software.. :-) Answering the survey: I buy a lot of books second hand and try to learn from every source like the Pentax list too ;-) thanks Markus > Photoshop list, > Shel Belinkoff
Re: OT: To Photoshop Class, Or Not?
On 21/5/04, MARNIE, discombobulated, offered: >I've been debating taking a Photoshop class. (7 is what I'll be using, and >let's not go there again, re versions. ;-)) > >So I am curious, if you use Photoshop, did you ever take a class in it? > >Or did you just learn it from books? > >Or what? I picked it up from books and practice. I do think a course would have been very useful though. It's okay reading about something but when it doesn't go to plan and a question needs to be asked, an instructor would be worth his or her weight in pixels ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps _
Re: OT: To Photoshop Class, Or Not?
Today's PhotoShop classes would almost certainly focus on CS. I doubt if anyone would offer a 7 specific class. However, in terms of the basics, the differences are very minor. Paul On May 21, 2004, at 11:54 PM, Butch Black wrote: Marnie wrote: I've been debating taking a Photoshop class. (7 is what I'll be using, and let's not go there again, re versions. ;-)) So I am curious, if you use Photoshop, did you ever take a class in it? I took an introductory course, Photoshop Quickstart, from a local community college with a graphics extension. It got me up and running, though I just got my first computer 1 month earlier so I was still learning the basics of how to use that. Since then I've read books and attended seminars and would take another class if there was a good one near by that I could afford. Butch Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself. Hermann Hesse (Demian)
