A Welcome Note To New Members (and anyone else who wants a warm welcome)

[musica728]

Hi, I'm new here at Retouch, I wanted to know if there was a tutorial any where on assambling a panoramic view,I'm having a hard time removing "overlap shadows" from the final composition,if anyone can give me any leads, much appriciated.
P.s. I'm using PS CS

Thanks!
Very nice touch to make newcomers like me feel welcome,"Bienvenidos"

[Gary Richardson]

Hi Musica see this thread for imformation on your problem.

http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/photo-restoration/9448-making-panorama-photoshop-but-having-problem.html

You are likely to get more answers to your request if you post your question as a new thread, not as an add on to an existing thread that does'nt really have relevance to your question.

Just noticed, this is your first post, so sorry if my tone seems a little brusque. Welcome to RP hope the link above helps you with your problem, if not pose, your questions there, I'm sure someone will be able to help you.

[Romany]

Wow what a great site, hello to everybody here! could i ask a question, i have had a look around this site but somehow i cannot see the thumbnail images people have posted, could someone point me in the right direction,i have just started to use photoshop and already i am looking forward to finding some good tutorials and help from this forum, i have been trying to work on a picture of my brother who sadly passed away three years ago to give to my mother and father and i am sure i will find some tips on this site.

Cheers All
Romany

[Axleuk]

Hi Romany,

Welcome to the site, and sorry to hear about your brother, i am sure that when you have finished your work, your parents will be proud.

If you post you question in the HELP REQUESTED section, i think you will get better exposure, but in general, forums that support image uploads have this thumbnail feature. If you cannot see these images, then i would look into your browser settings first of all.

May i also mention that i live in Bridgend currently, buthave just moved from Swansea, so feel free to PM me and i will be glad to give you the lowdown on RetouchPro and make sure you are made welcome, however, you will be made welcome no matter what.

have a great time here and hope to see your work soon.

Good Luck !

[Leah]

Romany -- This page may give you some pointers on why you can't see images.

[Leah]

Romany -- I would post on the Help Requested forum. That way more people will get to see your post and you should get a better range of responses. Someone like Flora will be able to tell you how to achieve marvels with that photo.

[Romany]

Thank You Leah

[xxpaperdollxx]

Hi, I'm new.

I have Photoshop Elements. Is there a lot of stuff that I'm not going to be able to do since I don't have the full version? How much is left out? Anyways, I stumbled across this place looking for tutorials, and I think I'll like it here.

Talk later.

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by xxpaperdollxx

Hi, I'm new.

I have Photoshop Elements. Is there a lot of stuff that I'm not going to be able to do since I don't have the full version? How much is left out? Anyways, I stumbled across this place looking for tutorials, and I think I'll like it here.

Talk later.

Hello, Jessica:

I'm sure you'll like it here. Lots of nice folks willing (and able) to help.

Click HERE for information regarding Photoshop vs. Elements.

Welcome aboard.

~Danny~

[xxpaperdollxx]

Thank you very much! I appreciate it.

[PSPuser]

Hello Everyone! What a great website! I'm a PSPuser and have been doing retouches as a hobby for about the past 10 years! more serious the last 5.
I hope to have my own website in the near future, and look forward to learning from you and the other type of products. I would like to hear from
other members having luck with websites!
Glad to be here!

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by PSPuser

Hello Everyone! What a great website! I'm a PSPuser and have been doing retouches as a hobby for about the past 10 years! more serious the last 5.

I hope to have my own website in the near future, and look forward to learning from you and the other type of products. I would like to hear from
other members having luck with websites!
Glad to be here!

Greetings, Jack...

Nice to have you. There are a number of sharp PSP users who participate here, so you're in good company.

Welcome aboard.

~Danny~

[bahamiano]

im a newbie and gald to be here....i am very interested in adobe photoshop in all it has to offer especially photo retouching...i was so amazed at what could be done to photos after watching americas next top model. thats one of the reasons why i like the show so much!!!!!!!!!!

bigg ups to adobe!!!

lata

[patriciakay]

Hello i am a newbie too, spent a couple of weeks looking around and checking the site...hours and hours...its so much fun to see the great work that is being done...its just my hobby...i can spend hours on one photo seeing how i can change it....i guess what i do is photo art and manipulation...got up the nerve to post a few days ago and of course i did it all wrong...sent an email to Danny in praise of his Art modern art flexible action and then couldnt find how to attach my efforts...so i sent a mail to Doug with the pics...what am i like????I then found out how to do it the following day..so i posted to the action thread..wow...i also uploaded a few pics to the gallery...think i did something wrong there too as i sent some views of where i live, just cause they were pretty...sorry no enhancement or anything... I am new to photoshop, just had it a month, still kept my paintshop pro 9 on the computer as i really like it...love all the plugins,scripts and actions i have found...now i just have to play and improve in photoshop!!!
Written all that and havent introduced myself, my name is Patricia Kay Beaumont and i am from Leeds in Yorkshire,England but have lived in Sweden since 1992....I have one son...all grown and living in England and i am stepmother to four Swedish girls, aged from 17 to 22, i met Peter in Spain in 1991 when i was on a trip involving my work in a travel agents...the rest is history, we had a bakery and coffee shop for over 10 years and sold it a couple of years back...chilling out now...we want to spend the winters in Spain as when it gets to -27 here its just not fun!!! But how do i convince Peter i need a computer there as i will be lost without it...taking all those lovely photos and not being able to play with them!!!
So i hope i can get it right now when i am posting etc...but i know where to come for help!!!!
Sending you a snowy pic i took on Wednesday, we live on an Island about 40 mins drive from Stockholm and i love it...every season has its own beauty and i thank my lucky stars every day when i look out of my window and see the water..

Bit of a waffler, but its fun to chat, if any of your Yorkshire members read this.....i still crave for fish and chips wrapped in newspaper!!!

Kind regards Patricia Kay

[Ken45140]

To Patricia Kay: hi. I am not really one to welcome you as I am just starting to post here again after a long absense. It is a great site with many many very helpful people; it is a very friendly place to be.

I am most interested in your decision to get PS after using PSP9. I just upgraded my PSP8 to the new PSPx (taken over by Corel and subject to all sorts of brickbats from a PSPx newsgroup). I have PS7 on my computer and am trying to decide which program to really get into in depth (lots of study committment required). But which one (and should I upgrade to the PSCS2?

I am interested in photo improvement and manipulation as well as technical illustrating and print advertising, but which program to concentrate on? In working tutorials with both PS and PSPx, I continually find PS to be more convenient and versatile. Yet there are many who believe PSP can do things (primarily in the graphics/artwork area) that PS can not or not as conveniently.

Can you (or anyone else) comment on the choices between developing expertise in either PSP or PS and which is better and why.

If there is a better place to post this kind of question, would someone please point me to the right place.

Thanks,

Ken

[bill791]

Thanks for the welcome, although I am new to the forums I have been using the info here as a resource for a while now. Everyone here does great work and I have learned alot from your experiences. As time permits I do plan on participating in some challenges and offering assistance where I can.

[patriciakay]

Hi Ken...
Thanks for the reply...i am enjoying the site already...not enough hours in the day!!!
My Photoshop was a gift from my son...hes really kind to me......but i know a few people who have used it for a while and really like it....I dont know how to advise really as i still love my paint shop pro 9 and i find it quicker than photoshop...it really depends how much time i have as to which i use and i think i am a bit messy as i jump from program to program as each one i have has that special something....i am hooked on paint programs and try many out..i have a few free ones...my fave is project dogwaffle, i can make fab flower brushes in there...having said all that i like the color and quality of my printouts from photoshop.... the actions, filters and lots more...Oh i bet i have confused you even more...i would like to be an expert in something...are you doing this for a job?If not do what you enjoy most and a bit less of the other...dont know about you but i go with the feeling for the photo and just flow into it.Being new i dont know which direction to send you...but i will get back to you if i find out.....

Kind regards Patricia Kay

[AMBFANNING]

I`ve been using your tutorials for a while now and decided to sign up.
Please be gentle with me.

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by AMBFANNING

I`ve been using your tutorials for a while now and decided to sign up.
Please be gentle with me.

We're welcome with just about everyone, Tony. Welcome aboard and have fun learning and exploring.

~Danny~

[Eclipse88]

Hi guys!

I'vej been a lurker here for some times now, but I need help with a picture and I can't seem to fix it. I posted a thread about it

[GRITS]

Thank you for having such a beautiful site. I registered yesterday after spending the morning reading and learning. I zoned in on "Restoring an old photograph." The tutorial is wonderful! I worked with an old photo, learned my PSE5 doesn't have a color mixer and I haven't a clue how to put a mask on the photo. My buttons are certainly different than yours and reading the help pages left me really confused. However, the best is today! I can't even figure out why I am unable to fix my workspace to show the photo and levels windows side by side as I can't move my photo in the workspace! Then being frustrated with that I decided to use the levels anyway, only to find, using the adjustment layer, that when I set the color to red, green, or blue the photo isn't covered with the various colors like it was yesterday so I could move the sliders. So in short, learned a great deal yesterday, in fact more than I have reading and searching the web, but today I am close to tears. I have a great sense of humor though and decided to thank you for the warm welcome and ask you (since this is the first forum I have ever joined) where should I post this?

[David Shortt]

Well, I am glad I found the site, it looks interesting, showed it to my son last night so he will probably be signing up also. He has a project right now that he was asking my help on, this is for a CD, he needs a fist holding a Microphone with Sweat on the fist. We plan on shooting it and then doing some retouching I'm sure he will post it later. Nice talking to you-all.

[shahzadmasih]

Hi, This post is very informative, however I would like some specific information. If someone can help me then please send me a private message. Best Regards,

[raniday]

A Big Warm Welcome to Eclipse, Grits, David and shahzadmasih! And I see for a couple of you, this is belated. You've taken the first step in joining in with a great bunch of talented and creative folks.
Shahzadmasih, if you'll post what sort of info you're needing, I'm sure you'll get some responses, or you can PM a member who seems to have a grasp of your subject.

[cate_55]

Thank you for the warm welcome. I am a new member as of today. I come from Melbourne, Australia. I came across your website in Katrina Eismann's book. I am trying to restore old family photos that I brought from overseas and I am struggling with one of them. Thank you for having me.
Cate

[~PEGGY~]

Thanks for the welcome! I am kinda new at this. I use paint shop and need to learn photoshop. I am told this is a better program for photos. So I hope to learn a lot from this group. Thanks again!
Peggy

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by cate_55

Thank you for the warm welcome. I am a new member as of today. I come from Melbourne, Australia. I came across your website in Katrina Eismann's book. I am trying to restore old family photos that I brought from overseas and I am struggling with one of them. Thank you for having me. Cate

Hi Cate: Glad you found us. The RetouchPRO site owner/admin, Doug Nelson, was one of the technical reviewers on the second edition of Ms. Eismann's unparalleled Photoshop Restoration and Retouching, so you've come to the right place.

Photo restoration can be challenging and frustrating at times, so be patient as you develop your skills. As you have already discovered the Image Help forum is a good place to start if you get stuck on an image.

Originally Posted by ~PEGGY~

Thanks for the welcome! I am kinda new at this. I use paint shop and need to learn photoshop. I am told this is a better program for photos. So I hope to learn a lot from this group. Thanks again!
Peggy

Hello, Peggy... Not to worry. All of us at one point or another were new at this.

re: I am told [Photoshop] is a better program for photos.
Those who adept using PSP might not agree (it's an exceptionally feature rich program), but there's no doubt that Photoshop users outnumber PSP users by a wide margin.

In any event there's plenty to learn and fun to be had regardless which program you're using.

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Welcome aboard to both of you.

~Danny~

[ozzy]

I am quite new here and thank you for big welcome

[doncoxjr]

Another newbie here from Michigan. I am just starting to learn Photoshop so I am hoping that I find some great help here. Thanks. Don

[Ram]

Hi I'm also newbie here!

Thanks for great welcome