[Zalec]

i have 7.0 and i want to learn the basics. the main thing is how do u cut a part of a picture out without geting anything else? i am very new at this

 

[Loyalty]

I'm not good with photoshop at all...but I think theres a Lasso thing that you use to cut things.....

 

[caenus]

Might be easier to goto a book store and get a Photoshop book, you'll learn a ton more then just asking specific questions. Also doa search on google for photoshop tutorials or basics or newbie.

 

[Guest]

I agree with the book idea - it's worth the 20 bucks to know how powerful your 500 dollar program is (I don't even want to know if you paid for it or not). At first photoshop seems really overwhelming, and if you don't know how to use it, it's practically worse than the old "Paintbrush" program that came on old Windows systems. After some practice, though, there's practically no limit to what can be done.

 

[eurocrisp]

simple: use the selection tool, draw a box or circle or freehand what you want to cut out, and then either go up to edit and then click cut, or type ctrl + c. There's a ****load of keyboard shortcuts for photoshop which make things go quicker if you know what youre doing. Remember, holding down on most of the tools in the toolbar will yield a subdirectory of other tools, and holding alt, shift, and control for most any tool will apply a certain property. For example if you have the square selection tool selected, and you hold shift and draw, it will constrain proportions to make a perfect square no matter what size it is.

I use photoshop a lot at work doing photo restorations... I find myself using the Clone tool more than anything. If you cut something out of a picture, white will replace it. If you want to cover up that white, you need the clone tool to copy little bits of the surrounding image into that area. it can get tricky.