[artstu]

Just thought I'd say hello. Just joined and it looks a very interesting site. Plenty of practise samples available and some very lively & informative discussion. Looking forward to paticipating.
Bye for now.

[Snooky]

Hi Jak
I'm having trouble getting a clear and consistent bevel effect on my fonts in PSElements 2. Could you direct me to the appropriate forum for posting my question? Or perhaps you could answer me as well... I want to make fonts that are sharp and clear with a shallow drop shadow background and bevelled. I know how to do it in PSE2 but the results are not consistent. At times they are very clear and other times they are fuzzy. What am I doing wrong? Are there any forums that might discuss these kinds of issues.
Thank you for your kindness.

Snooky

[Britsdad]

Here you go Snooky, a forum just for you

http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/photoshop-elements-q/
Regards.....John

[NooNooPud]

Hi everyone

I'm Nicki, and I stumbled upon this site a little while ago and thought I'd check in with everyone and introduce myself. I'm 29 and I live in the south of England and recently I've found myself getting more and more drawn into the world of Photoshop.

At the moment, I'm in the middle of a project and I'm getting really stuck, so shortly I'll be looking for the right place to ask a question about it lol. Although if anyone can direct me, that would be brilliant too. Basically, I'm trying to get a picture of a friend and make them look like a ghost. I don't just want to use opacity, as I really want them to look spooky. If you can help me, I'd really appreciate it.

Hope to speak to some of you soon.

Nicki
xx

[Xntrik]

Hi, I decided, what the heck, I'll post a note to say how much I've enjoyed what I've seen so far - it looks like there are lots of interesting people and places here to explore. I have a variety of interests, worked doing layout and design on a real estate mag for a few years and am now at liberty to do what I want. Sooo, I decided to work on digital scrapbooking kits since I am the sole holder of all of my Grandmother's and Daughter's photo collections (some of which need tlc) and there are other family members who want copies (and I have some relatives to remove from the photos). I know, I know, I always sort of thought that was hokey but I'm having fun putting photo collections into meaningful groupings, learning basic html, and designing off the wall fun things with Photoshop Elements 5 and Photoshop. I hope to pick up some tips and talk to some friendly people here.... Jak, since you mentioned it, there is a tut I'd love to have but will wait for another post for it.... Linda aka Xntrik

[nu2n65]

Nikki,
Try the Flaming Pear Plug-ins:
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...1981064,00.asp
There are a lot of cool effects/filters here and one gives a ghostly feel to images.
Hope this helps!

[NooNooPud]

Thanks so much. I'm going to try that now

[Lynn B]

Lynn B here....I don't remember how I came across this site....but I'm here to stay. Finally a site where being a "newbie" is an ongoing learning opportunity without the negative stigma. Thanks.

[sooznooz]

Thanks for the welcome! I gotta tell ya, this is the most AWESOME website I have found in a long time....maybe forever! I've learned so much already and can't wait to contribute some stuff. Strictly an amateur but definitely a digital photo addict!
Sue

[Andy Wright]

Hi all,

Just a quick 'hello' before I get lost in this mysterious labrynth of information......

Cheers
Andy

[ceca2love]

Hi all
I am a real newbie, here and with photoshop, but I think this is one of the best places to learn from.
As a new mum I got interested to learn more about photography so I can have nicer pics of my little one, but I also found that I have even greater interest in learning to work with Photoshop. I loooooove Photoshop and what the programe can do, so I spend all my free time (not that I have lot) learning and playing with photos.
I hope, soon, with your help,all my bubs photos will look like professional ones :-)

Cheers

Ceca

[Zeckson]

Hello all,

Yes, I am a newbie (oh no... Not again...) and this is the first time I am posting here. I know RetouchPro through some other forum threads when I was searching for methods, tips, techniques on photo retouching, mainly on portraits.

I have been to many other forums on the Internet and must say that my experiences vary from one to another. I sincerely hope that this forum members respect other members and not use abusive words or sentences. I have had extremely bad experiences on this and now very skeptical about it.

But I am sure with Jak in the house, things will be smooth. I am not an expert in Photoshop skills. I learn my stuffs mainly through trial and error and getting inspirations from other photos. I don't shoot a lot but just occassionally. When I have done my post processing, somehow, I find them missing something but I don't know how to put it in words. I felt my processing is very boring and dull and with no creativity.

I hope to learn lots of techniques and methods from the pros here in this forum so to better enhance my pictures. I may have a lot of questions too. Just hope forum members are not pissed off with some of my stupid questions or consider me as a waste of time. I really wanna learn and make my pictures better.

Hope to have a good time here with you guys!

[16bitlolita]

i guess im welcome over here too

i hope i ll have many to share too

[tchill]

Just found this site. I am exploring it for now.

Thanks

[rev13]

Glad to be here -
looking forward to finally figuring out what the hell i've been doing!

and how to do it better