There are a lot of online tutorials for beginners in Photoshop. Once you learn the basic tools, the key is not operation, but creativity.
After reading a lot of Photoshop tutorials, I feel that they cannot solve the problem of improving other people's "creative" understanding. So, my idea is, if you feel that your creative thinking is not enough, it is best not to play PS~~~ If you have extraordinary creativity and art skills, it goes without saying, hurry up! ! ! Of course, creativity can also be trained! ! ! Another thing is that most of the advertisements we see now are actually plagiarized. Haha
1. If you are new to Photoshop, I recommend learning video tutorials
I guarantee that the learning time will be more than 5 times as long as watching the video after watching the page-by-page text tutorial.
Supplement: Don’t study every filter deliberately, not everyone will use it, of course, unless you are a learning genius. If you want to learn PS quickly, first learn the basic few applicable filters, know the approximate usage, and continue. Down!
2. Gradually become familiar with PS shortcut keys. Be sure to use shortcut keys
Using shortcut keys in PS will be 3-5 times faster than not using them. Everyone who has used it knows it! Don't be superstitious about the mouse all day long, it will kill you!
Secondly, when you are looking for a job, you use shortcut keys to operate PS, which is very embarrassing!
3. After learning the tools, start working on examples step by step
In terms of examples, I also recommend starting to focus on video learning, starting to make basic examples, and imitating other people's effects, and gradually study some more practical filters (there must be many filters used in the examples). I remember a PS master told me that everyone abroad is using PS4.0 because they do all the effects themselves! After looking at pscs3, you will know that it has provided many effects, and also added auxiliary plug-ins (such as kpt, etc.). In this way, it is no problem to make ordinary effects to fool people!
But don’t be superstitious about higher versions of PS. In fact, PS7.0 is basically enough~~~~
4. Creative competition
This is for experts to play. Generally speaking, it is really not recommended for people with poor art skills to play PS! Look at the effects of others. The expert told me that if you point at an advertisement, I can teach you how to use at least three methods to create that advertisement effect, and I can roughly tell you the specific color of the picture. The so-called masters - in fact, many times the effect is "seen" and not really "done". Plagiarism - the kingly way! ! !
5. My little opinion.
Many people learn PS to create web page effects, such as website pictures. I personally think that Fireworks surpasses PS in terms of ease of use and convenience. In terms of making websites, I think using Fireworks is much better than PS. Everyone can come and discuss it! Let me give you an example. No matter what effects are added to the fonts in FW, the text can still be edited, but this cannot be done in PS. After adding effects, the text will be rasterized. Very troublesome.
Of course, if you are doing advertising design, FW should step aside.
I wrote it blindly for beginners to see. I just feel that many beginners like me are blindly doing the effects and examples. Can you really understand PS so quickly? Hope it can give you some inspiration!
PS: This article is really only suitable for novices who want to learn PS and is not mainly for creative purposes! ! ! If you want to work in graphic advertising design, please sign up for a class or go to a professional school to study! ! !
Those who are self-taught, just to meet some work needs, personal entertainment, etc. can definitely follow the above steps to learn! ! ! !
Otherwise, people will say that I am misleading others! In my personal work, I occasionally need to use PS to make some sketches, so I am still a newbie, so please communicate more! ! !