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

[Anny]

hello,
I found your group while searching for ways to improve a shot taken of me and my double chin.Of course I want to get rid of the thing,and I found this group.I myself, have been heavily involved in photo for the last 6 years. I am always wanting the magic which comes with shooting. I live in California, and waiting for retirement. then I can go onto my true love, expressing myself through my art. I have so much to learn. thanks in advance for the info given here.

[mistermonday]

Anny, welcome to RetouchPro. Enjoy your visits here.
Regards, Murray

[sirrduke2010]

I am a New Member and my name is Mark,

Hello to everybody.
I had a recommendation to this site by a Spanish photographer so here I am. Sounds like a great site. I hope to meet new people and learn new things about Photoshop. Thanks for allowing me to join.

Best Regards,

Mark

[sirrduke2010]

I am a newby and was referred by a photographer from Spain. He liked the site because it still had the old world Spanish influence. I am kidding. He thought it might help me with photoshop. Thanks for the acceptance.

[Boneappetit]

Haha, Welcome to RP sirrduke, this is indeed a cool site. Enjoy

[LyndaA]

I'm a newbie so am most probably posting this in the wrong place. I found you quite by accident after following a tutorial on how to make an under water scene ( can't remember the lady's name) It so really good and I am always wanting to learn new things. Sadly my old and addled brain doesn't always want to remember them. At least it always like rediscovering something new :-) Look forward to all there is to learn here.
Kind Regards
Lynda

[palms]

Originally Posted by LyndaA

I'm a newbie so am most probably posting this in the wrong place. I found you quite by accident after following a tutorial on how to make an under water scene ( can't remember the lady's name) It so really good and I am always wanting to learn new things. Sadly my old and addled brain doesn't always want to remember them. At least it always like rediscovering something new :-) Look forward to all there is to learn here.
Kind Regards
Lynda

Hello and welcome Lynda
there is loads to learn here or particiapate in just go right ahead and dont worry about your brain i think most of us would be agreeing with you !

Palms

[Boneappetit]

Warm welcome to RP LyndaA. This is a great site to hang out. Enjoy your visits!

[Mephistopheles]

Hi all! Just found this Forum and its awesome. I am just a starter in all this and wonder if its a good thing to start with Gimp?

Mephisto

[Meggie]

Hi everyone! I also just found this site through searches and am WAY impressed!!! Thank you for having such a setup!!!! I look forward to learning from you and basically being a sponge to gather all the professional tips you have!!!! THANKS

[enaamorado]

Hi, i'm new here too. I'm from argentine.

[Boneappetit]

Hola enaamorado: Bienvenido a RPro. Si estas buscando aprender sobre retoque y fotografia en general, llegaste al sitio indicado... Disfruta tus visitas...
Saludos.

[enaamorado]

Originally Posted by Boneappetit

Hola enaamorado: Bienvenido a RPro. Si estas buscando aprender sobre retoque y fotografia en general, llegaste al sitio indicado... Disfruta tus visitas...
Saludos.

Alguien en español:! , gracias boneappetit!!! por donde me recomendas empezar? toy perdido en el foro jajaja

[Boneappetit]

jaja, Siempre al principio uno se pierde... Igual me pasó. Arriba en la pagina de entrada tienes un boton de busqueda (search), muy util cuando buscas algo en especifico... Depende de la rama que te interese, hay monton de tutoriales y temas ya que el sitio tiene varios años ya. Si te interesa el retoque profesional te recomiendo el tema de Dodge and Burn.

Saludos...

[skipper86]

Hello to all, I am new here, and just wanted to say Hi. I am in the process of learning to retouch photos. I have a bunch of old photos to work with, some are pretty damaged, but are some of the only pictures I have so will do what I can. I am looking forward to reading the many posts on this site. And besides a warm welcome is always nice.

[Smarmy]

I'm new to this forum, which I found through a google search. I am quite impressed with the helpful advice found here. Also, thanks to the moderators for keeping this forum 'nice'.

[BabyDollB]

Thank you!

I work in Photoshop on my food photography and on personal pictures and find a lot of helpful hints on this website. Thanks to everyone for sharing and supporting one another. I hope to be able to help out too. Anne

[ElsievR]

Thank you for the warm welcome. I found this forum after searching for an "easy" way to remove lots of cracks on an old photo. Needless to say, the cracks are still on the photo and I am still going through the posts finding lots of good advice.

I'm from South Africa and although I like to work with old photos, I am in no way a professional and always feel that my photos lack that certain something to make them look really good.

I am going to enjoy spending time here and learn as much as I can. Thank you to all who so willingly share their experiences and skills with others.

[Judy L]

Good evening. I am a new member. A senior citizen with great granchildren. I have been married for 52 yrs. I have been a hobbyist photographer for about 9 yrs....a late start, but I love it! I shoot landscapes, flowers, pets and wild animals and a few children shots. I use a Canon 30D with various lenses.

[Starcountry]

Hi everyone! I'm from the States and consider myself a very very early beginner with Photoshop I know some of the basics and have followed some tutorials online but am really trying to learn more. Looking forward to learning from everyone!

[DannyRaphael]

Hey, Starcountry:

Welcome to RP. Everyone who has ever used Photoshop can relate to where you are. All of us were "very very early beginners with Photoshop" at one point in time. Lots to learn; lots of fun and probably some frustration while doing it. PS can be challenging sometimes.

Hang in there, ask questions (better yet, do forum and Google searches, then ask questions) and continue to grow.

[Starcountry]

Originally Posted by DannyRaphael

Hey, Starcountry:

Welcome to RP. Everyone who has ever used Photoshop can relate to where you are. All of us were "very very early beginners with Photoshop" at one point in time. Lots to learn; lots of fun and probably some frustration while doing it. PS can be challenging sometimes.

Hang in there, ask questions (better yet, do forum and Google searches, then ask questions) and continue to grow.

Thanks for the welcome! I am a Google fanatic so no worries there I've worked with PS off and on for the last several years but never on a regular basis to keep up with it. I'm self taught in what I do know with PS and photography.

[cre8art]

Hi to all!
I was recommended by site that I purchase software from. From all the post's I've read so far... I think I've found my second home I know I will be spending hours here learning all that I can. I use PS CS2 (mac user)... but have a lot to learn. I'd like to thank everyone in advance for helping me in reaching my goals and having fun and sharing in what I love to do most...creativity! Can someone guide me to where I may find some action sets?
Thanks to all... it's great to be part of this community/forum!
cre8art

[DannyRaphael]

Welcome to RP cre8art... glad you found us. Lots of nice folks glad to help.

re: action sets (many 'arty' related)
Check out the 3rd and 5th threads here: http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/photo-based-art/

Have fun!

[Extremelyrough]

Hello RP. I just wanted to say that this is a very pleasant place to find. Im very new to Photoshop and photography in general so being a member here is going to provide a great start. I had my first kid about a year ago already(seems like yesterday) and have been taking pictures and videos ever since. Now I have loads of stuff that need editing. So thanks for providing a great site to use as a mentor. I look forward to hanging out and meeting some new friends.

[mistermonday]

Extremelyrough, welcome to RP. There's lot's of info on this site so dig in and when you need help please don't hesitate to post.
Regards, Murray