G'day
My name's john I'm 40, Repairing photo's for friends and family has been a hobby of mine for about 10 years mostly with the use of photodeluxe, but think it's time i started getting "fair dinkum" (serious) about learning how to use photoshop, looks like i might have found the right place here.

p.s. try not to be too savage with criticism, photodeluxe remember. :)

Welcome to the forums John, you will find a lot of valuable information here.

Thanks Mate, I see we're neighborers, Some of these challenges are pretty brutal for a newbie, I have done the leeds wedding and 1st communion, all very scary with my knowledge. but this is the place to be if you want to learn by the looks of it.

SO much for spell checker!

G'day!
I'm from Australia too - Melbourne

Same here mate, Small world,
looks like I'm going to have to buy a copy of photoshop so i can find out what the rest of these guys are talking about.
Lot of good information here though.