Does anyone dabble in Photoshop?

[sapphiratigress]

Oh that's cool You guys are both on here? I would love to see some more of your work if you have a website or an account somewhere. I could show you mine too if I could find one worthwhile. Most of my work is based on emotions though. Have had a LOT of expressive works lol.

[natashaspy]

  yep we both do this.  joyroos is actually my only referal lol.  i dont really have a whole lot loaded that i've done over the years on any one website.  usually i do the images for people, then dump them off my pc.  never been one for keeping them around.  i do have just a couple on photoshop if you want to peek...

http://s210.photobucket.com/albums/bb151/Donna0526/paintshop/ .. but they're photo-editing and tags.  would love to see yours though if you want to share?

[JediJohnnie]

I'm a cartoonist and I recently downloaded GIMP 2,but I can't get the layers to work.Every time I try to color my artwork,I end up coloring over my art!I tried looking at various tutorials but I can't figure what I'm doing wrong! Can anybody give me some advice about it?

[sapphiratigress]

natashaspy

lol I don't have any referral's so don't feel bad. Don't think I'll have any either. But I like your stuff! Its cool! And I have a few things posted. Most of them I deleted. But some of them are on photoshop, deviantart and facebook. lol. I can show you the most recent thing I've been working on though

http://sapphiratigress.deviantart.com/art/Choices-258299318

That's my deviantart account. If you hit my name it'll take you to my profile then hit gallery and it'll show some of my works. By the way, in no way, shape, or form is that recent picture done at all. lol I still have to fade out the boxes and clean up a few things. Most of my works are there, and some are...here

http://www.photoshop.com/users/SapphiraTigress

that's basically it. Everything from my facebook is on one of those two sites lol.

[sapphiratigress]

I'm a cartoonist and I recently downloaded GIMP 2,but I can't get the layers to work.Every time I try to color my artwork,I end up coloring over my art!I tried looking at various tutorials but I can't figure what I'm doing wrong! Can anybody give me some advice about it?

I have no idea how to work GIMP. Have you looked to youtube for advice? Its where I got most of my effect ideas from on Photoshop. And how I figured out how to work most of the tools. I've never worked GIMP so I've no idea what its like.

[natashaspy]

have never tried Gimp...so cant help, but youtube is a fantastic idea for help.  lots of step by step videos on there

@Sapph...the pics look great    thnx for sharing!

[oldbuddy]

I'm a cartoonist and I recently downloaded GIMP 2,but I can't get the layers to work.Every time I try to color my artwork,I end up coloring over my art!I tried looking at various tutorials but I can't figure what I'm doing wrong! Can anybody give me some advice about it?

I'm an internet marketer and the only reason I use graphics is to create web pages and splash pages to get people to become referrals, so simple is better for me. I tried all kinds of free or cheap graphics solutions over the years and FINALLY settled for buying an older version of Adobe Photoshop Elements on Ebay for around $20 and loved it. Since then I have upgraded several times (but never to the latest version) and I am satisfied that it does all I need. I just wish I would have started there and saved bucket loads of cash and hours of time wasted.

One of the main benefits is it reads Photoshop psd files, so when I found a beautiful template that fit my needs perfect and it said I needed Photoshop CS3 or above ($400) to edit it, I was delighted when I discovered my Elements 8 ($99 from Adobe or less from others) did the job just fine.

[Boise40]

I don't need photoshop since I have Gimp and its totally for FREE!!!!! I would never waste $500 or more on photoshop when there is something out there that can do nearly the same thing

[oldbuddy]

I don't need photoshop since I have Gimp and its totally for FREE!!!!! I would never waste $500 or more on photoshop when there is something out there that can do nearly the same thing

That's why I have Photoshop Elements for a LOT less, but trust me when I say there are plenty of things Gimp will not do, and it's much harder to use. For one thing, it doesn't read psd files and that is HUGE.

[JediJohnnie]

I've watched several tutorials on YouTube regarding layers on GIMP,and I can't seem to open the box that has the "eye" icon in it.Also when I get the "moving ants" effect on my art work,the result ends up looking like a huge smudge!

[kodomfulmanar]

i experiment with effects and things like that, but i'd hardly call myself a pro at it

[Boise40]

I'm just gonna continue to learn how to use Gimp while everyone waste their money on expensive programs. It just doesn't make any sense to me. There is a website out there where people help each other to learn how to use Gimp. You can also follow their tutorials and practice using Gimp. Anyways, Gimp is not all that hard to learn as some people like to make it sound hard

[oldbuddy]

I'm just gonna continue to learn how to use Gimp while everyone waste their money on expensive programs. It just doesn't make any sense to me. There is a website out there where people help each other to learn how to use Gimp. You can also follow their tutorials and practice using Gimp. Anyways, Gimp is not all that hard to learn as some people like to make it sound hard

What website is that?

[DevDeeG]

Yes I am a graphic artist for Anheuser Busch (Budweiser) and this is all I do all day. I work with photoshop and corel draw

[LenoraMinogue]

Photoshop is fun! You can do so much to pictures with it. Yes, yes, I'm a professional photoshop dabbler myself.