Photoshop??

[Krystal]

I hear everyone talking about photoshop and doing things to their pics but I have no idea what it is and if it is worth buying?

I bought a new laptop cos mine broke and TBH it's crap!! Has Vista Home Basic on it.

What can you do on photoshop? and how much does it normally cost?

 

[PinkPunch]

Well to buy it brand new it would cost around £700 - £900 but there are some copied versions you can get off the net somewhere. I got mine from a friend for free.

Basicially, you can do anything you want to a picture.. like turn it into black and white.. scribble over someones face.. join pictures together like a collage.. resize large pictures so they fit into an avator box etc.. it doesn loads of things really. Anything you want done to a pic!

If this post has made you any wiser, i'd be surprised lol

 

[PinkPunch]

Its a bit like an air brush tool.. you can take off any blemishes in your pics!

 

[Misslarue]

You can do loads! depending your version, from image mapping to animated gifs. If you do get hold of a copy, search the internet and do a few basic tutorials to get you started.
I wouldn't buy a copy just to 'play around' with. You can do a lot of basic things in paint (re-sizing, text etc) photoshop is a lot more advanced. I have photoshop 6 and 7, (with image ready) I've been using it for my job for about 5 years and still I discover new things it can do!

 

[monster_munch]

I have photoshop (hubby got a copy off a mate) and I don't use it.
It's awy too complicated for me and I just can't suss even the most basic thing
I wouldn't say I'm completely useless with computers either (although I'm certainly not great )

 

[Urchin]

I like photoshop it's useful but I wouldn't pay £50 for it let alone £600

 

[Krystal]

thanks for all your replies girls. bloody hell I'm not paying that much

only wanted it to try make myself look better

 

[Sherlock]

You can get alternatives to Photoshop also. I use a free piece of software to edit my pics, called Gimp Image Editor.

Not sure if there is a Windows version of it though. I'm on a Linux OS. I never pay for anything as its all free. The entire OS and all the software that runs on it and there is heaps Plus no virus woes.