There are lots of good reasons to learn to use Photoshop…
For a start it is the industry standard, and that´s because nothing else out there can do a better job…and it really can do a zillion things
Unfortunately it´s a bit complicated to use
Unfortunately the full version costs about as much as a car
Fortunately there is Photoshop Elements which is only about $50…and it´s really good!
So…wanna see some tutorials?..the web is full of them…many useful and many useless!
BUT…there is one legendary series worth watching, from the beginning to the end, called: “You Suck at Photoshop”
Episodes typically star fictional Photoshop user Donnie Hoyle who demonstrates tools and techniques in Photoshop, usually on a Macintosh computer. Donnie is a person with severe and chronic personal problems relating to his job, his relationships and disintegrating marriage; various legal problems, career and emotional problems; which tend to weave themselves into the narrative to dark comedic effect. Each episode’s title card is further distinguished by a different misspelling which can be interpreted as part of the joke of each episode or is spelled so as to suggest an off-color reference. Further clues to Donnie’s state of mind can probably be inferred from the ever-changing desktop wallpaper seen during the demonstration.
If you don´t die laughing, and can still see through the tears, you will learn something…
You Sucjk at Photoshop #1 - Distort, Warp, & Layer Effects
You Suck at Photoshop #2 - Covering Your Mistakes
You Suck at Photardshop #3 - Clone Stamp and Manual Cloning
You Suck it Photoshop #4 - Paths & masks
You Suck at Photoshops #5 - Select Colour Range
You Sick at Photoshop #6 - Liquify
Yo Suck At Photoshop #7 - Patch Tools & levels
You Such a Photoshop #8 - 3D Layers
You Suck a Photosack #9 - Curves
You Suck At Photoshop #10 - Vanishing Point
You Suck at Photoshock #11 - Smart Objects
You Suck at Protoshop #12 - Measurement Log
You Phuck at Sotoshop #13 - Displacement
You Suck at Photosho #14 - Video Stuff Reall Fast
You Suck at Phatoshop #15 - Define Pattern
You Suck at Photoshop #16 - Define Brush Preset
You Suck at Photoshart #17 - Photomerge
You Suck at Phodioshop #18 - Annotations
You Sulk at Photoshop #19 - Shadows and Light
You Sucjk at Photoshop #20 - Distort, Warp, & Layer Effects