Photoshop

my first drawing with a Wacom tablet

In December 2006 I finally managed to start using Photoshop after my son had asked for the last 10 years. I tried over and over, but just could not get my head around it and stuck to using MS Image Composer. Then when I tried once again in December 06 it suddenly clicked, everything made sense and I found it easy, I have no idea why.

So my graphics from 2007 on are made with Photoshop. I find that there are a lot of helpful tutorials on the web and my bookmarks have gone from zero to I don't know how many.

So I am offering my Photoshop bookmarks as an html file.

Photoshop Effects

Energetic Burst Effect for photos

Photoshop Brushes

Crayon Brush (instructions on how to make it yourself)

Photoshop Magazines

There is the Photoshop Layers magazine that covers most Adobe products, not just photoshop.
The best pure Photoshop magazine is 'Photoshop User". If you become a NAPP member you are automatically subscribed to it.

Photoshop Books

The first book I bought was "The Photoshop CS/CS2 WOW! Book" by Linnea Dayton and Cristen Gillespie. It has tons of ideas, tutorials and explanations and a DVD with presets and tutorial files. I highly recommend it.
The other books is 'Photoshop LAB Color" by Dan Margulis. This book is great for any photographer who wants to improve the look of their photos.