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I was wondering if anyone had taken or knew of classes on Photoshop Elements (I can't afford and don't need CS4/CS5) in the western part of the Triangle. I've gotten into digital photography and will like to learn to edit the photos I've taken.
I took a photography class at Carrboro Arts Center that I liked. They offered a Photoshop CS2 class but no Elements class this spring.
Thanks for the heads up on the Ed2Go classes. I see it's offered through Durham Tech. The flexability to take it online at one's convenience is quite appealing. Has anyone taken one of these Ed2Go classes? One question I have is, do you get handouts, class notes, etc., with the classes or do you have to take your own notes. My concern is that I might learn how to do something but then later forget how to do it if I don't have something to refer back to.
Because they are basically correspondence courses, they are all print (but online). So I am sure you can cut and paste and save to your heart's content.
The courses are all 12 lessons in 6 weeks, but there is nothing in "real time."
I took a photography class at Carrboro Arts Center that I liked. They offered a Photoshop CS2 class but no Elements class this spring.
Thanks for the heads up on the Ed2Go classes. I see it's offered through Durham Tech. The flexability to take it online at one's convenience is quite appealing. Has anyone taken one of these Ed2Go classes? One question I have is, do you get handouts, class notes, etc., with the classes or do you have to take your own notes. My concern is that I might learn how to do something but then later forget how to do it if I don't have something to refer back to.
IMHO, correspondence courses are not the way to go. Most photogs need to see and be heard, when learning photoshop.
Elements is actually a great program for Digital Editing and very easy to do. I could teach most adults in a few days time to use most features. Also, try Picasa 3. It's free, fun, and even easier.
I learned what I needed about PhotoShop by paying a college kid $10 per lunch hour, for five days, and learning everything he knew. He worked part-time for the company and did all of our graphics for online courses.
It's such a huge program, but you don't need to know everything about it to find it useful.
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Originally Posted by Jaysk8
IMHO, correspondence courses are not the way to go. Most photogs need to see and be heard, when learning photoshop.
Elements is actually a great program for Digital Editing and very easy to do. I could teach most adults in a few days time to use most features. Also, try Picasa 3. It's free, fun, and even easier.
Oh okay, well then maybe Ed2Go isn't the way to go...I can just buy a book and do that.
Right now I use Photoscape (free), which I find much more intuitive than Photoshop Elements. You can click the auto buttons for brightness, backlighting, sharpness, etc., as needed and get a pretty nice picture. Cropping and resizing is also really easy. But I'd like to move beyond just clicking auto buttons...
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