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

[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