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by Jim Frew
Adobe Photoshop is the Ginsu knife of graphics programs - it
does everything from creating Web graphics to tweaking
photos to putting the head of your favorite actor on the
body of a porn star. (But unlike the Ginsu knife, everybody actually
uses Photoshop.)
We recruited two former Webmonkeys, Jim and Luke (who are now in prison), to give us the goods on how Photoshop can lead you down the road to happiness and profit.
Jim steers you through the Photoshop fundamentals, starting with cropping, changing mode, resizing, and file formats. He also zeroes in on the all-important selection tools and filters.
Jim's final act is giving you the word on typesetting basics (inside: text tool, anti-aliasing, layers, and the rule of 51).
Jim hands the torch to Luke, who leads you down the Path tool and shows you the ins and outs of merging graphics seamlessly. He'll show you how to make your very own NASCAR racer (WeeHoo!). Then there's even more on faking scenes - Luke explains the finer points of cutting stuff out, adding shadows, and putting Kristin and Frew in front of the battleship Jeremiah O'Brien.
Get started: Photoshop Crash Course
Lesson 1 | Lesson 2 | Lesson 3 | Lesson 4 | Lesson 5 | Lesson 6