Photoshop CS2 Tutorial?

Hi all,

 

Question 1: Does Photoshop CS2 come with a tutorial?

 

Question 2: If it does, is it any good? [for a reasonably, semi-

intelligent person :)]

 

Thanks in advance!

 

David.

David,

 

It comes with a manual, but if you know nothing about PS I would recommend going to a large book store (Barnes and Noble, Borders,et al) and look over the recent PS books. Here are a couple that come to mind: Adobe Photoshop CS2 For Photograhers by Martin Evening, a recent Carla Rose PS CS2 book--there many other good ones. I don't feel that using the manual that comes with the program is the best way to initially learn PS. The manual is best used for reference

 

Roger

1. looking at adobe.com revealed a link.

 

http://www.photoshopuser.com/photoshopcs2.html

 

 

1.5. since there are many tutorials to choose from there, quality would be subjective.

A purchased copy comes with tutorials on disk.

 

2. Yes.

The first item in the Help menu of PsCS2 is (wait for it) Photoshop Help. There is also a list

of How to options in the same menu. These will be accessible if you have a legit and

registered copy of PsCS2.

Scott Kelby's book <i>The Photoshop CS2 Book For Digital Photographers</i> is priceless. Instead of "this does this and that does that," the book is a real-life tutorial explaining "if you wish to get this photo, you do this in PSCS2."

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Be certain to read all the introductions including chapter introductions. They may SEEM corny, but it sets a casual tone, making the book an easy learning experience, as well as a nice reference source.

Jon,

 

Re: Scott Kelby's book...one of the best!

 

Roger

"The first item in the Help menu of PsCS2 is (wait for it) Photoshop Help"

Actually, my Photoshop CS2 (Mac) came with 2 disks, one is the application and one is in fact a "Total Training" 60 minute Photoshop tutorial. So the answer is, yes it does come with a tutorial. The disk is quite good but very basic introduction. Total Training does sell complete photoshop tutorial courses on DVD however. I concur with the Scott Kelby recommendation but would also suggest "Adobe Photoshop CS2 One-on-One" by Deke McClelland which is a great introduction to PS and includes over 2 hours of Total Training video on a DVD.