Some serious tutorials

[redmax]

I dunno if anyone has posted this before but just spent the last 3 nights reading these tutorials.
Some excellent help and guidance.

Linky

might be good for a sticky?

[Puli]

Had a quick scan Looks very good. and I could do with some reading when I am doing nights......

Cheers
Paul

[senu]

Thanks

Serious is the operative word here

Good to look thru at nights but might need a Panadol or 2

The problem with most Tutorials for Photo editing software is that the subject sticks a lot more if you have the software to hand and can try things out immediately.

This is one reason the CD Rom tutorials of Magazines like Digital Photo "masterclass" are a hit with me and come in handy as the starting material is often on the CD to try + you don't need internet access.
These ones however seem well organised and may well be helpful reference material
Cetainly worth bookmarking

[beachy]

Originally Posted by senu

This is one reason the CD Rom tutorials of Magazines like Digital Photo "masterclass" are a hit with me and come in handy as the starting material is often on the CD to try + you don't need internet access.

yes i have a few of these from digital photo magazine and they are very good, just a thought about using these, is it possible to have 2 monitors running from your PC, so you could watch the video tutorial on one while using the other monitor to play about in photoshop practising what the tutorial's are showing you, if you see what i mean, and if so how would you go about doing it, thanks in advance.

[senu]

Yes it is possible with Windows XP and most current graphics cards with "dual head". Indeed graphic designers and People who work with Video editing workstations do it all the time and people who connect laptops to external monitors can often use both instead of one or the other
If your card has a dual output ( usually for DVI ) you can put the DVI to vga adaptor on and connect a second monitor : the driver options for the graphics card will then allow you to extend your desktop over both monitors or have a duplicate of one screen. This option will be available in the settings under display properties which you get to if you right click on the desktop or go via control panel. It tends to be a simple tick and you can chose which of the monitors you wish to be your primary monitor
If you extend the desktop you can open the tutorial in one window and PS in another.
Of course it is possible to have 2 graphics cards on your system but that is a bit less tidy than a single one with dual head
In practice it is less complicated than it sounds!! I do it later and post an image!

Meanwhile have a look here

[senu]

Originally Posted by senu

In practice it is less complicated than it sounds!! I do it later and post an image!

As promised! Dual head card with extended desktop . Tutorial on CD dragged to the Samsung monitor ( right) and Photshop Elements with the sample image opened up from the CD on the Sony monitor (left)