Have you decided to venture in the world of image editing? Decided, but don’t know how?
Photoshop can be quite difficult, if you throw yourself at it without preparation. You’ve probably got no clue how everyone gets that wizardry done, because you don’t know head from tail in that maze of buttons and filters!
Don’t despair, because MakeUseOf will be your guide in this intricate, yet magical world.
We’re proud to present An Idiot’s Photoshop Guide, the starter’s manual for every Photoshop initiate to carry! This guide starts right at the very bottom, assuming no knowledge at all, and walks you through all basic aspects of the application. The guide even comes with three full pages of shortcuts, cheat sheets covering all the application’s possibilities!
Let MakeUseOf’s own Karl Gechlik from AskTheAdmin guide you throughout the different editing possibilities in 30 illustrated pages, and get you to know your paint bucket from your eraser.
Are you watering at the mouth yet? Got itchy fingers and want to get busy?
Guide Published: May 2010
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Thanks a ton !!!
love it,thanks!
Hi
I missed the giveaway codes for this and part two could you please e-mail them to me.
Thanks Dave.
can anyone help me, I can’t download this, can’t work it out help!
Ceridataff,
did you follow the instructions? Did both of them fail? What happened? Meanwhile, I have emailed you a link to the manual.
Fantastic help! Thank you a lot
Thank you so much…
I’m getting a Security Alert trying to download Part 1…should I be concerned??
What program shows the security Alert?
Could you please take a screenshot of it and add it here in comments. No worries, it’s a false positive (does happen once in a while).
Hi,
I have Part2 & Part3, thanx a lot! But… when I’m trying download Part1, I always get Part3. Could you send me the Part1? Please, please, please…
The above is part 1, but I’ll send you the file over email.
I have Part II and Part III but can’t seem to download Part I….can anyone please send me Part I? Thanks so much!
As Justin said, the above is Part 1. Can you not download it?
I feel my frustrations coming to an end
Hey Thom,
i am taking that you were able to download all three guides. Did you find them useful?
Aibek
I am already a member of the mailing list.
I do not find any reminder that was sent out with any newsletters.
How can I get the password, then?
You can re-enter your email address in the newsletter signup field. If that email address was registered, you will be directed to a page that shows the current password.
hi
Do you have a version for mac?
Not specifically, but everything is pretty much the same: just the keyboard shortcuts differ slightly.
i cannot download this either – sorry to add to the stream of similar comments, help? thanks
this is what ive been looking for
thanks heaps
Cool, love it, thanx
Pow.
I just received part 4 in my email newsletter, and coincidentally tasked myself to become more proficient at Photoshop this weekend. Thanks for the guide.
Very useful book. Thanks for help.
Is there a way to download your Photoshop Guides, so I may capture it to my hard disk. My download allowance each 24 hour period is limited to 475 mg and any extended use will slow my download ability..
THANKS
WALT
Walk,
You can download the PDFs by right-clicking the link and selecting Save Link as… or something to that extend. The exact option will depend on which browser you are using. Please let me know whether that works.
MakeUseOf is one of the most valuable websites among my bookmarks. I have consistently enjoyed their publications and read each new one with enthusiasm.
Thanks, These guides are VERY helpful.
These Guides to Photoshop are wonderful. They have given me the courage to finally delve into PhotoShop. I’ve never had a clear path(to me at least) to start until these guides have been so generously offered by MakeUseOf.com; Thank you so much!
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Thanks so much for this great, easy to use guide. Photoshop can be really complicated to a beginner like me but, I followed the step by step instructions and things began to fall into place. Now, I;m ready for Part 2.
My Password does not work here, can you please email me the download link or help otherwise, thanks.
Jazzuelle,
Did you sign up for our newsletter and receive a password? That’s the password you need.
Did you copy&paste the password? Try to type it manually, all lower case.
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Maybe this will help me get started.
all of the people who contribute at muo are so very generous and never charge for your guides or my questions I would like to buy a round of coffee and sweets but since your not all located together at the corner store I don’t see that happening. do you take small donations? or can I donate to a charity in your name? as always the very appreciative and technologically challenged, christineStSyrgriffin
No need for donations, but please: share these guides with as many people as you can. I’d consider it a personal favor.