Recommend Book on Photoshop Elements 2

Ellen Black · #1 2006-04-06, 12:55pm

Hi, hopefully there is one. I need information on how to create text in photoshop. Thanks !!!!

Milagritos Glass Beads · #2 2006-04-10, 7:01pm

Hi Ellen!

I have a book on Photoshop Elements 2...I also have Photoshop Elements for Dummies and How to Do Everything with Photoshop Elements. I'd be happy to help you and/or lend you any of these books, just PM me and let me know how I can be of assistance!

Jan

Ellen Black · #3 2006-04-10, 7:51pm

Hi Jan ! How you doing? Thank you. I'm trying to figure out text. I just ordered a book this morning from Amazon called, Teach Yourself Visually Photoshop Elements 2. I bet I will have questions. So I will be in touch. Thanks again !

Milagritos Glass Beads · #4 2006-04-10, 7:56pm

No problem, e-mail me whenever you have a question. Between me and my three books, I'm sure I can help you figure anything out!

Jan

Cosmo · #5 2006-04-11, 5:27am

Text in Photoshop is easy. Just use the text tool.

However, you will get much better results using a program that actually deals with text, like Illustrator or Freehand. Photoshop doesn't work well for text.

Ellen Black · #6 2006-04-11, 5:46am

Thanks for the info Chad. Will check those programs out. Years ago all a person had to do was cut and paste, do a line shot, and done. Well, maybe that is simplifying to much, but I remember it being alot less complicated or so it seemed. I just need to take the time to learn.

Cosmo · #7 2006-04-11, 6:35am

Remember, computers are here to make your life easier...

Ellen Black · #8 2006-04-11, 7:24am

I love email and the internet !

Vicki B. · #9 2006-04-11, 8:50pm

When I first started using Adobe Illustrator, I used the Adobe "Classroom in a book series," and found it VERY useful. The books come with a CD of "lessons" that you load on your computer and each lesson uses a particular portion of the program. I would go through a Chapter or two each day and could take my time until I understood the instructions. I used the Photoshop Classroom in a Book as well, but only had Photoshop Elements at the time so didn't go through all the lessons. These are some of the advantages these books offer:

1. You can go at your own pace - sit and study the lesson until you "get it"

2. The lessons are set up with the project in place properly, so you aren't already working on a botched up file of your own which is doubly confusing.

3. You'll learn things you think you may not need, but later you'll remember "oh I can do that with this tool or..."

4. MOST OF ALL - these books are unlike other computer manuals I've used in that they are project oriented - i.e - show you what you need to do to get the end product (for instance a shaded object.) They are written by visual folks who keep the end result in mind. Hard to explain but sort of the opposite of being a "process person" (which I very much am about lampworking, but NOT about using Photoshop or Illustrator.)

This software is just an excellent and quite consistent & logical product - very deep in what it can do. I'm sure I know only a fraction of what's possible.

Just FYI I design a web site for our son and use Illustrator for layout and graphics and Photoshop for photo editing. I use them both everyday and learn something new almost everyday.

I think this link will take you to the general area on Amazon where you select the version that corresponds to your program:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=...o.x=12&Go.y=12

Good luck & enjoy!

Just read the other answers in this thread and Illustrator is better for text as it's a vector program - handles lines, curves and flat areas of color much more as if you are drawing or painting. Really depends on what you are trying to achieve.

Ellen Black · #10 2006-04-12, 1:08am

Thanks Vicki, A visual learner is what I am. Most books aren't written that way.

Vicki B. · #11 2006-04-13, 5:51pm

Yes Ellen, me too!! The books are full of pictures that correspond to the file you are working on that comes on the cd and that you load on your computer.

Ellen Black · #12 2006-04-13, 7:21pm

I just need more hours in the day, time just goes way to fast.

Vicki B. · #13 2006-04-16, 9:39am

Learning how to do new things in a software program is a time drain, that's for sure - especially if it's a one shot thing. If you have any questions, I'll be glad to TRY to help.

Ellen Black · #14 2006-04-16, 1:54pm

It sure is time consuming. Hopefully the book I ordered will show up this week, and that it will explain things clearly. Thanks for the offer. I'll probably still have questions I'm sure.