Photoshop Basics PDFs
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"Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!!
Your tutorials for Photoshop are absolutely the best I have seen anywhere, and I have tried to follow countless books, articles and other online help sites. Your directions are clear, easy to follow, and completely accurate. It is such a pleasure learning how to do different things in a way that does not leave me totally frustrated and ready to give up and go to bed!! I just wanted to let you know how much your tutorials are appreciated!!"
"Just a quick note to let you know that I love, love, love the tutorials. I found them because I was looking for info on how to use the pen tool a tool which, given that I am a freaking Professional Illustrator and all, cannot BELIEVE I avoided for so long. I am now in the mental penalty box feeling much shame. I also now realize theres like a million other things I have failed to learn about the program I use every day."
"Your site is truly the best! Period! Before I really did not know how to use Photoshop and now I have become obsessed with it!!!! Thanks so much for your wonderful step by step instructions!!"
"Just had to write and say Thank You for the wonderful tutorials written by Steve Patterson. They have opened up a whole new way of scrapbooking for me."
"Just a quick message to say your tutorial on the Pen Tool has really helped me out with something I have struggled with for ages. Keep up the great work!"
"Ive found your tutorials to be very helpful and enjoy your step-by-step humorous approach to teaching Photoshop for beginners!"
"Im extremely new to Photoshop and use your tutorials often. They are very well explained and well done!"
"Ive learned a lot since joining your site! I could not even spell Photoshop CS3 before you!"
"Thanks so much for this wonderful site! I recently joined as a member and have been greatly impressed at how easy it is for an absolute beginner like me to follow along!"
"Your article on Blending Modes was written really well and taught me a lot! Ive been using these for awhile now with no earthly clue about the functionality. I simply used them visually, but now I have an arsenal of knowledge that I can use to better apply these modes, and I really appreciate that you helped me out with that."
"I have just discovered your site, and wanted to say a big thank you! It is fantastic and I am finding it SOOOOO helpful as I come to grips with Photoshop and want to do some more artistic things with my pictures. The tutorials are wonderful the perfect amount of detail to make them foolproof I am so delighted that I found this site!!!"
"I have been using your fantastic tutorials for a while now, and I really do find them very user friendly!
Im currently running a photography course and I have been recommending your tutorials to all my students!"
"Im just writing to thank you for the many easy to understand tutorials. Theyre far and away the most enjoyable Ive come across. I had been struggling with Photoshop for a couple of years and in spite of seeking help have never been able to get to grips with it. However, after working my way through your Photoshop basics Im becoming more confident and now feel as if I am starting to get the best out of both the program and my photos. Thank you so much."
"I thought I knew nothing about Photoshop when I came across your tutorials but one of the photo effects caught my eye so I decided to try it just for a laugh, thinking theres no way I could do it. And you know what? It worked! I tried more of them and couldnt believe the results!
"Thank you for saving my sanity. Ive been fumbling around in the dark with Photoshop for a while now, Ive bought a couple of how tos and sat through numerous online tutorials, but none really explained things for a complete novice.
"I have been stuck to the computer since I discovered all your tutorials I just love them so helpful and interesting have learned so much in the last 48 hours!"
"Love the tutorials! Im using Elements 5.0 so there were some work-arounds but I got a desirable result. Keep the tutorials coming."
"This is to say thank you for the info you provide on your site. I have been struggling to know how to do some effects with Photoshop but couldnt until I did a search on Google and came across your site. Very straight forward and cool. This morning alone, within just a few minutes I have achieved so much!"
"I have recently discovered your website and was amazed at all the effects you can create with Photoshop!"
"Okay, Ill admit it. These are the best Photoshop tutorials Ive ever come across."
"I am very excited that I located your site and am looking forward to learning from many more of your tutorials. Your instructions are excellent and I love your humor. I will highly recommend your tutorials to my fellow staff members. "
"Steve, if you ever write a book on anything that has to do with Photoshop, please let me know so I can rush out and buy it without hesitation. No one, and I mean no one, explains things like you do!"
"Im a Photoshop beginner and I really, really enjoy your tutorials. Theyre so well explained and I like your humor as well. Thanks so much!"
"Im currently taking photography in college and many students, including myself, were having trouble understanding Photoshop. My instructor recommended your tutorials to us, and after working through some of them, all I can say is, why werent we using your tutorials to begin with? Theyre brilliant!"
"I signed up for a six month membership a couple of months ago, and Ive been glued to my computer having so much fun with Photoshop thanks to your tutorials! In fact, my wife just commented on how many times shes heard me say Wow, I didnt know you could do that!"
"Im completely new to Photoshop and these tutorials are awesome! Im able to follow every step and get great results every time! Your tutorials make me feel great about myself!"
"Im a wedding photographer and I just wanted to tell you that your Blend Photos Like A Movie Poster effect has been impressing client after client. Every time I show the finished result, I get the biggest smiles, and sometimes even tears (the good kind). Youve made me look like a million bucks, and I cant thank you enough."
"I just wanted to thank you for your great Photoshop tutorials! Your explanations of things are the very best!"
"Ive been a technical writer for over 35 years, having worked for several major tech corporations, and Ive never come across anyone who can explain complicated topics with ease like Steve Patterson."
"I finally found what I have been looking for. Your tutorials are just outstanding. I really enjoy your writing style (it is so simple to follow) and you describe every single action in such great detail unbelievable. I am a beginner and cant stop reading and practicing with them. They are addictive. "
"Thank you for the awesome tutorial by Steve Patterson on RGB and Color Channels. Easy to read, easy to understand, explanatory, technical terms well defined. 10 minutes later and I know a whole lot more than I did before I read it."
"I read the tutorial on creating a rainbow effect by Steve Patterson. As a former computer teacher and writer/editor of computer tutorials for my staff, I would like to complement you on the quality of your writing. Its clear, easy to understand, abundantly illustrated with helpful/critical diagrams and photos, and, most importantly, you explain WHY a particular instruction is carried out. Many tutorials say click here, do this, etc. but you dont understand why or how the action can apply in other situations. Your explanations avoid this all-too-common pitfall. Thank you so much!"
Your tutorials for Photoshop are absolutely the best I have seen anywhere, and I have tried to follow countless books, articles and other online help sites. Your directions are clear, easy to follow, and completely accurate. It is such a pleasure learning how to do different things in a way that does not leave me totally frustrated and ready to give up and go to bed!! I just wanted to let you know how much your tutorials are appreciated!!"
- Colleen H.
"Just a quick note to let you know that I love, love, love the tutorials. I found them because I was looking for info on how to use the pen tool a tool which, given that I am a freaking Professional Illustrator and all, cannot BELIEVE I avoided for so long. I am now in the mental penalty box feeling much shame. I also now realize theres like a million other things I have failed to learn about the program I use every day."
- Emily F.
"Your site is truly the best! Period! Before I really did not know how to use Photoshop and now I have become obsessed with it!!!! Thanks so much for your wonderful step by step instructions!!"
- Brandi A.
"Just had to write and say Thank You for the wonderful tutorials written by Steve Patterson. They have opened up a whole new way of scrapbooking for me."
- Katherine
"Just a quick message to say your tutorial on the Pen Tool has really helped me out with something I have struggled with for ages. Keep up the great work!"
- Rich M.
"Ive found your tutorials to be very helpful and enjoy your step-by-step humorous approach to teaching Photoshop for beginners!"
- Jane
"Im extremely new to Photoshop and use your tutorials often. They are very well explained and well done!"
- Justin
"I just want to commend you for a great tutorial website! Of all the sites I have been to, this is the best! Steve does not assume you have experience, which is wonderful. WELL DONE!"
- Kizzi B.
"Ive learned a lot since joining your site! I could not even spell Photoshop CS3 before you!"
- Michael P.
"Thanks so much for this wonderful site! I recently joined as a member and have been greatly impressed at how easy it is for an absolute beginner like me to follow along!"
- Michael H.
"Your article on Blending Modes was written really well and taught me a lot! Ive been using these for awhile now with no earthly clue about the functionality. I simply used them visually, but now I have an arsenal of knowledge that I can use to better apply these modes, and I really appreciate that you helped me out with that."
- Sarah S.
"I have just discovered your site, and wanted to say a big thank you! It is fantastic and I am finding it SOOOOO helpful as I come to grips with Photoshop and want to do some more artistic things with my pictures. The tutorials are wonderful the perfect amount of detail to make them foolproof I am so delighted that I found this site!!!"
- Hillary
"I have been using your fantastic tutorials for a while now, and I really do find them very user friendly!
Im currently running a photography course and I have been recommending your tutorials to all my students!"
- Karen
"Im just writing to thank you for the many easy to understand tutorials. Theyre far and away the most enjoyable Ive come across. I had been struggling with Photoshop for a couple of years and in spite of seeking help have never been able to get to grips with it. However, after working my way through your Photoshop basics Im becoming more confident and now feel as if I am starting to get the best out of both the program and my photos. Thank you so much."
- John P.
"I thought I knew nothing about Photoshop when I came across your tutorials but one of the photo effects caught my eye so I decided to try it just for a laugh, thinking theres no way I could do it. And you know what? It worked! I tried more of them and couldnt believe the results!
Im an absolute beginner to Photoshop and was able to create amazing effects without a single problem thanks to your incredibly easy to follow tutorials! I just wanted you to know how impressed I am."
- Andrea B.
"Thank you for saving my sanity. Ive been fumbling around in the dark with Photoshop for a while now, Ive bought a couple of how tos and sat through numerous online tutorials, but none really explained things for a complete novice.
Steve Patterson is an absolute master of elucidation! So thanks a lot I can now stop banging my head on the keyboard in frustration."
- Charlie
"I have been stuck to the computer since I discovered all your tutorials I just love them so helpful and interesting have learned so much in the last 48 hours!"
- Hillary S.
"Love the tutorials! Im using Elements 5.0 so there were some work-arounds but I got a desirable result. Keep the tutorials coming."
- Denny
"This is to say thank you for the info you provide on your site. I have been struggling to know how to do some effects with Photoshop but couldnt until I did a search on Google and came across your site. Very straight forward and cool. This morning alone, within just a few minutes I have achieved so much!"
- Rufus A.
"I have recently discovered your website and was amazed at all the effects you can create with Photoshop!"
- Natashja
"Okay, Ill admit it. These are the best Photoshop tutorials Ive ever come across."
- Leslie K.
"I am very excited that I located your site and am looking forward to learning from many more of your tutorials. Your instructions are excellent and I love your humor. I will highly recommend your tutorials to my fellow staff members. "
- Joanne 0.
"Steve, if you ever write a book on anything that has to do with Photoshop, please let me know so I can rush out and buy it without hesitation. No one, and I mean no one, explains things like you do!"
- Mike B.
"Im a Photoshop beginner and I really, really enjoy your tutorials. Theyre so well explained and I like your humor as well. Thanks so much!"
- Carolina M.
"Im currently taking photography in college and many students, including myself, were having trouble understanding Photoshop. My instructor recommended your tutorials to us, and after working through some of them, all I can say is, why werent we using your tutorials to begin with? Theyre brilliant!"
- Gary J.
"I signed up for a six month membership a couple of months ago, and Ive been glued to my computer having so much fun with Photoshop thanks to your tutorials! In fact, my wife just commented on how many times shes heard me say Wow, I didnt know you could do that!"
- Phil D.
"Im completely new to Photoshop and these tutorials are awesome! Im able to follow every step and get great results every time! Your tutorials make me feel great about myself!"
- Jessica N.
"Im a wedding photographer and I just wanted to tell you that your Blend Photos Like A Movie Poster effect has been impressing client after client. Every time I show the finished result, I get the biggest smiles, and sometimes even tears (the good kind). Youve made me look like a million bucks, and I cant thank you enough."
- Kevin G.
"I just wanted to thank you for your great Photoshop tutorials! Your explanations of things are the very best!"
- Zile
"Ive been a technical writer for over 35 years, having worked for several major tech corporations, and Ive never come across anyone who can explain complicated topics with ease like Steve Patterson."
- Walter H.
"I finally found what I have been looking for. Your tutorials are just outstanding. I really enjoy your writing style (it is so simple to follow) and you describe every single action in such great detail unbelievable. I am a beginner and cant stop reading and practicing with them. They are addictive. "
- Aleksandr K.
"Thank you for the awesome tutorial by Steve Patterson on RGB and Color Channels. Easy to read, easy to understand, explanatory, technical terms well defined. 10 minutes later and I know a whole lot more than I did before I read it."
- B. Thurston
"I read the tutorial on creating a rainbow effect by Steve Patterson. As a former computer teacher and writer/editor of computer tutorials for my staff, I would like to complement you on the quality of your writing. Its clear, easy to understand, abundantly illustrated with helpful/critical diagrams and photos, and, most importantly, you explain WHY a particular instruction is carried out. Many tutorials say click here, do this, etc. but you dont understand why or how the action can apply in other situations. Your explanations avoid this all-too-common pitfall. Thank you so much!"
- L. Pearce
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