Do you own Adobe Photoshop? Well, good for you, but that alone doesn't get you anywhere close to becoming a pro at editing your photos yet.When I first started my Photoshop application, I got so confused with all the possibilities that I quit the program after 30 minutes and started regretting having paid such a high price for a piece of software I thought I'd never be able to handle. Hopefully, you are not as easily frustrated as I used to be, but I'm sure everyone out there gets a similar first impression of Adobe Photoshop. However, let me lift your mood right now by telling you that I have overcome my "Photoshop-phobia" and I am sure you can do so as well.
I don't know about you, but when I read a book about Photoshop, it just doesn't do the trick. It could bet he best manual on Photoshop in the world, but you still get confused every time you try to transfer information from the written text to your on-screen Photoshop interface. It is just not the same, it's a totally different feeling, maybe even an entirely different matter.
This is why I soon realized that reading about Photoshop and having someone explain to me how wonderfully his photos will look afterwards is just not working. I was just about to give up on me, when I finally found a way to learn Photoshop so easily I almost couldn't believe it.
The answer to all my problems is so simple: Video Tutorials! To me, this is such a great and effective approach, because you will see exactly how everything is done. Not only will you have someone explain how to use Photoshop, at the very same time you will actually see where and how to click. This may not sound like a super-secret-revealing news, but trust me, nothing is more effective when it comes to learning Photoshop. I always like to compare this to the learning process of a baby. Babies learn at least as much with their eyes as they do by simply listening. It is scientifically proven that you learn way more by watching and listening combined than by only reading or listening to a tape. That's why babies are such great learners. And that's exactly how I learned just about everything there is to know about Photoshop.
While I know that there are probably hundreds of video tutorials on Photoshop available for free on Youtube, I still highly recommend a professional tutorial like David Peters' Adobe Photoshop Course. He has been in the business of digital photography for years and knows what he is doing. I don't think there are any better video tutorials out there than his.
Check out Peter's site at http://www.edityourdigitalphotos.com. It will get you to the same level as the Photoshop professionals in no time and it is definitely more than worth the money.
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