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if you have the experience

is the thing...

some stuff is much easier to find in PSP...

But I am getting used to Photoshop :)

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bloid ....dloibbloiddloibbloid...., Sun 28 Sep 2003, 12:52, archived)

There are many good books and website devoted

to Photoshop techniques. Paintshop has an easier to understand interface if you haven't any Photoshop experience but if you started on Photoshop 5 like me then PSP seems harder to understand and far more difficult to get what you want.

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maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 12:54, archived)

I guess it's just a case

of using what you're used to :)

I started with PSP 7 for 3 years, then got Photoshop 7 last year...

Just about getting the hang of it :) Took me AGES to find the transform tool ;) Stupid thing...hidden under the "EDIT" menu of all places, wheras it _should_ be under Layer (if there is any justice in the world) ;)

Hehehe... Also, finding "Drop Shadow" took me ages ;)

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bloid ....dloibbloiddloibbloid...., Sun 28 Sep 2003, 12:58, archived)

I've had Photoshop 7 for over a year now

and it all straight forward to me, but as you say it what you're used to. I personally love the Pen Tool for creating a Path and then applying selection to the finished path which then allows me to apply a layer mask for a really professional looking selection.

/edit: The Transform Tool has always been under the Edit menu so I suppose if you have had previous versions of Photoshop then it's easy to find CTRL + T is the shortcut and you can change the Transform to a Perspective Transform my pressing and holding Shift + Alt + Ctrl whilst dragging an anchor point with the mouse.

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maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 13:02, archived)