[Shelley_c]

Originally Posted by UKBusinessLive

Hi Gabby,

Shelly will hate me for saying this but have you used the latest Paint.net ??? Its Free and has quite a few options that photoshop has without all the complications.

I've had it for years on my pc and you learn something new every day with it

http://www.getpaint.net/index.html

another one is Gimp, http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ thats a free Photoshop lookalike but unless you know photoshop you can quickly become lost in it

The Good thing i guess with photshop is that there are a lot of tutorials out there, its just a case of finding one that your happy with and use that.

Have a great weekend

I don't hate anyone that recommends another software. I encourage and have always done and stated that the software is only as good as the person behind the wheel that uses it. It's what they feel comfortable using. UK put you onto a nice free package with thegimp. Another nice program (which is free) is a software called Inkscape.

With regards to tutorials, I never use them. never have, never will. Experimenting and perseverance prevails rather on relying on following tutorials all the time. You never learn, Study the tools of the software, learn how to use them inside out (sure you'll make mistakes) you'll make many but the end result will be more rewarding when you start a project and know what tools you will use before hand and what methods you'll tackle the problem without the reliance of tutorials.

Give inkscape a go if you fancy dipping your toes in vectored design.

Edit: UKLIVE - What's paint.net like? I've heard good things about it but with me being stuck in my ways I find it hard to migrate to other programs when one does all.