First Photoshop Attempts, any tips? (lots of photos)

[ol]

Hello there,

I've had photoshop for work for a few weeks now, and decided to spend some time over the weekend playing about with it and trying to learn some techniques.

I've figured out using layers, and contrast, and also managed to remove colour etc. I thought i'd share the results, and see if anyone can give me any tips on how to improve?

If anyone knows of any good tutorials or techniques i can try please let me know!

Thanks in advance

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Sorry for posting so many photos but i got a bit carried away! As i said, any advice or tips would be much apreciated.

Edited by ol on Tuesday 26th February 10:03

[AndyKH]

Not bad for starters , as for tips i'd say just spend hours and hours and hours just playing about. Luckily i could d this at work (digital photography) for 6 years.

[evenflow]

Good efforts all. The vampire one is freaky!
Some look a touch over-saturated colourwise.

[AndyKH]

Heres one of my early photoshops for you .

[ol]

Cheers guys,
Yeah i'll watch the saturation, this is why i need other people to cast an eye over them - as my knowledge is limited they all seem to come out with the same effects on.

I've been trying some online tutorials, and if anyone knows of any other good ones i could try please let me know!

Its too addictive though!!!

[ol]

Andy - that looks good, how long did it take you?

I think we were just posting at the same time...

[hawkaye]

nice work for your first attempt ol! I'd advise getting a wacom tablet, I can't live without mine when doing photoshop work

Here's a couple from me..





it's all good fun

[DIW35]

Here's one I enjoyed doing for a friend.

[evenflow]

hawkaye said:

Really good! Are things like the wheels drawn or copied in from another pic?

[hawkaye]

thanks The only thing that was drawn from scratch here were the sparkles and exhaust smoke, everything else was from other cars.

Edited by hawkaye on Tuesday 26th February 15:33

[AndyKH]

Erm i'd say it took me about 2hours maybe. cant really remeber it was that long ago.Heres the back that goes with that pic.

And a 206 i did.

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[d.k.s]

DIW35 said:

Here's one I enjoyed doing for a friend.

you must tell me your secret how to do that

[Goldeeno]

I liked your VW GTI shot, but the others didnt really grab me. But i have no idea when it comes to PS and art. lol

[aspender]

I'm not sure what you are trying to achieve. If it is to improve photos you take whilst remaining true to the original scene (e.g. reflecting what you actually saw through the viewfinder) then you may want to take a look at Scott Kelby's 7 point system for Photoshop CS3:

Amazon linky

It's useful for learning the fundamentals of PS through a repetitive but interesting set of exercises. I've certainly found it useful when getting to grips with CS3. However like anything it can be mis-used and some of the incidental techniques he uses (i.e. not themselves one of the "7 points&quot are a bit gimmicky and get tired quickly.

It's a good book for learning the ropes but then it is up to you to apply them sensibly!

However if you want to go down the route of full on photochoping as demonstrated by some of the others on this thread then it probably isn't the resource for you.