photoshop guides

I just got photoshop and I have no idea where to start, im quite used to 3d programs such as lightwave thus photoshop seems alien to me

do any fellow photoshoppers have any good site from where to get guides, I need beginner guides

[videoholic]

wow, there are lots.  

If you have high speed modem, I may be talked into sending you a real nice HUGE PDF file on the ins and outs of Photoshop.

My shortcuts of choice.


hold the SPACE bar down and click on the mouse and move it around.  It\'s like hitting the (H) Hand tool, but you don\'t lose the tool you were working with.  

The Magic Wand.  Man, that thing is awesome for cutting stuff out.  It follows "like" colors to make a marque.


ALL TIME FAVORITE!!!

(S) Stamp tool.  Hit "S" then go to a place on the pic you would like to copy.  Hold the key down and click on the pic.  Now when you go to brush somewhere else on the pic it will brush where you set your cross hairs.  This is awesome for cutting things out of pics.

Remember the baby picture I had up here with my kid in the water with the pier behind him?  Well, my wife was holding him up.  I cut her out with the stamp tool.

[nO-One]

It\'s wierd, I have messing around with Photoshop since 2,0, but I have no idea how to tell you how to start.

The best advice I can give you is to begin by using, the stamp tool, the magic wand andmudge tool, then apply some filters. Pretty basic stuff but you can get some cool results.

I had the same problem at the beginning but after use it for months and without guides I can do lot of great things, notice i´m not a photoshop guru

thanks guys i really apreciate it

and no I have no fast connection you can read my rant about it in the rant&raves forum

I have found some good sites but none of em give good descriptions. I need some real beginner stuff