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Long time photographer limited Photoshop experience


Sirduke

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Hi, and thanks for having me.

My first experience with the Photo(editing)shop game was when A friend asked me to retouch his very endearing family photo. As a photographer I could not say no. But I had no experience in retouching so I contacted a Memphis great and legendary photographer Ernest Withers. He introduce me to what he called photo manipulation and editing. I'm not quite sure if it was Photoshop I believe it was prior to Photoshop's development. Long story short I have only use Photoshop sparingly because I believeD, foolishly, that photo manipulation was cheating. Oh but yes, I do understand that's only where competition is involved. Unless that competition permits Photoshop.

My friend was overwhelmed with the results, to say the least! We simply reproduced, created a color creative art photo from a black and white picture . I was hooked as well with the results we/HE created. So my friend gave me two more photos to edit. These were terrible Instamatic prints that needed total reconstruction. You can but barely see any white in the eyes. After years, I have use these as the motivation to learn the art of the edit, and I still have them. I never learned how to edit them. Yes, I can do simple things with Photoshop but photo reconstruction… ARTWORKS! With all of its features it was too overwhelming and my time didn't permit.

Fast forward… I put down my cameras, (sold my pro studio equipment) for Family calls and honeydews. I then picked up real estate and a night job. And now, after too many long hours on a job that I hate and after the boom and bust of Real estate. I have over the last couple years come back to my first love and I have reinvested in the Canon T4i, Nikon 610 Studio equipment and the entire Adobe suite CS6. (i'm very open if someone tell me how I can invest in an update to cc. I hate the subscriptions base. I'd rather purchase an upgrade)

But I am still an elementary level beginner at editing photos and videos. As stated earlier, too many long hours at work; though I'm close to retiring and want to get a grasp on photo and video manipulation. Now after all this time I just learned that you can click on the help menu in Photoshop and it will point to specific needs and menu items, just a few minutes ago watching a YouTube video. I don't know if this is specific to cc and cs6.
 

Pipsmom

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:hi: And Welcome.
You'll love it here and the guru's point you in the right direction when things go wrong...Still learning PS also ...so your never alone :D
 

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Hello Sirduke and welcome to PSG.

CS6 will get you through anything you need to do. I only recently upgraded to CC myself. Like you, I didn't care much for the subscription model so I fought it to the bitter end. I needed a new iMac so I broke down and upgraded. If I'm being honest, I'm glad I did! I really enjoy some of the newer features that have been added to CC. It was worth it to me, and I never thought I would hear myself say that.

Love the username..........I had a Boxer named SirDuke (of Earl) obviously from the song. The lyrics, "As I walk through this world, nothing can stop the Duke of Earl" best described the nature of that dog! I added the Sir prefix because I didn't want to call him just Duke.
 

Sirduke

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LOL and MAO, well let's just say your ole duke has come back from whence he'd gone. And yes I am the Duke of Earl...Earl is my name, (the other way around is coined) :-(. And Stevie got the same name of his song from me, not! I added the Sir, when I related Earl as the nobleman, not doberman, LOL, you got me going on...
Yes, Ive been fighting the cc for a long time too. So I said, "when the student is ready the Teacher (CC) will appear, and I will get it. I have seen some of its new majic.

...and thanks for the candid response I just loved it, cause you hit the nail on the head...mine!
 

Sirduke

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Looks like, I think I may have used the wrong reply button...I think I should have replied with quote as I am replying now. sorry
Hello Sirduke and welcome to PSG.

CS6 will get you through anything you need to do. I only recently upgraded to CC myself. Like you, I didn't care much for the subscription model so I fought it to the bitter end. I needed a new iMac so I broke down and upgraded. If I'm being honest, I'm glad I did! I really enjoy some of the newer features that have been added to CC. It was worth it to me, and I never thought I would hear myself say that.

Love the username..........I had a Boxer named SirDuke (of Earl) obviously from the song. The lyrics, "As I walk through this world, nothing can stop the Duke of Earl" best described the nature of that dog! I added the Sir prefix because I didn't want to call him just Duke.
 

IamSam

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No, you can use either to add posts. The "reply with quote" is used more when your replying to something specific someone wrote.
 

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