Thread: Tell me about photoshop!!

I tried using the thing for the first time today and was so bloody lost. Everytime I try to use the "info" thing, the program crashes. I haven't the slightest clue how to properly use most of that stuff. I was messing around with it for a while today but only figured out how to write stuff, and how to make the colours brighter. That's about it.

How do I use the damn thing?

What exactly do you want to use it for?

Did you pirate it, young man? Because if so, we can not help you.

What you mean by the "info" thing? You mean the "Help" section? That's usually launched in a web browser - try launching the browser first, THEN choosing Help.

Also, sometimes programs allow you to customize the installation. Most people (like me) will choose NOT to install the help because it takes up too much space. Did you maybe not install the help files?

Or maybe he pirated it, and the help was left out because it takes too much space. Same with MSDN (Microsoft coders library, a huge help file, so to say) - It's not included in most pirated releases of MS Visual Studio.

Info as in Window -> Info? That just gives you info on the current entity.

Are you mistaking Photoshop for it's free alternative GIMP?

The Window menu gives you most of the toolbars and windows that you need to editing. Find a combination that you like and then save your workspace (under the Window menu again.)

Maybe you are trying to access a plug-in that you don't have.


You might want to ask this in the Tech Forum instead.

Originally Posted by Rainman

How do I use the damn thing?

Buy the Classroom in a Book for it. That's what I had to do, enough to learn the basics and build on that.

Not sure about the program crashing though, sorry.

It really depends on what you are trying to do.

I could help you with just about anything because I have years of professional experience with it, plus gone to several seminars.

Seminars on photoshop? Wow.

Or maybe he pirated it, and the help was left out because it takes too much space. Same with MSDN (Microsoft coders library, a huge help file, so to say) - It's not included in most pirated releases of MS Visual Studio.

Why automatically assume I pirated it? Ffs. You can stop suggesting that I pirated it. I didn't. This is my mom's old computer, and she bought it, and probably didn't include the help things. I don't live with her, and I doubt she still has the disks.

What doe you mean what do I want to do? Change the appearance of photos of course I just don't have the slightest clue what to do with it. As far as what program it is, no I'm not mistaking it for something else, it says very clearly "Adobe Photoshop" when I open it. I don't know if Adobe is a different type than "regular" photoshop or what. I just don't know where to start with it.

Originally Posted by Rainman

What doe you mean what do I want to do? Change the appearance of photos of course I just don't have the slightest clue what to do with it. As far as what program it is, no I'm not mistaking it for something else, it says very clearly "Adobe Photoshop" when I open it. I don't know if Adobe is a different type than "regular" photoshop or what. I just don't know where to start with it.

Photoshop has so many uses, photo manupulation, touching up photos, enhancing and changing etc.

Are you just enhancing photos you have taken? Or actually changing things in the photo's? If you give us an example of what you want to do we can help better.

i.e I have a picture of a car and I want to change the wheels/colour/background etc. Or a picture of a person and want to make it better

Originally Posted by Rainman

Why automatically assume I pirated it? Ffs. You can stop suggesting that I pirated it. I didn't. This is my mom's old computer, and she bought it, and probably didn't include the help things. I don't live with her, and I doubt she still has the disks.

Pirate.