Just Ordered: Adobe Photoshop CS5!

KenL · May 8, 2010

Thanks for the comments!

My long held belief is that we more easily learn, and remember, what we need to know, so I will just plod along and learn the new features as I need them. Although there are a couple that I'm anxious to play with, so I'll look for a photo to play with.....

This is a shot of something I took a while back that I was amused to find was the subject of a demo of CS5, so I will be seeing if I can duplicate what the demo had.

KmH · May 8, 2010

They used your photo, or another photo of the same building?

Live_free · May 8, 2010

ANother thing I love about CS5 is that it supports RAW out of the box. =D HUGE for me, a RAW shooter.

KenL · May 8, 2010

KmH said:
They used your photo, or another photo of the same building?

Ah, no.....same subject but their own photo, or a stock photo, of this iconic Eureka landmark.

KenL · May 8, 2010

Live_free said:
ANother thing I love about CS5 is that it supports RAW out of the box. =D HUGE for me, a RAW shooter.

I like that too. Irfanview, a free program also does that too. But I prefer to process my Nikon NEF (RAW) files with Nikon Capture NX2, because it has features not replicated by any other program for the NEF files.

magkelly · May 8, 2010

Irfan is an awesome little program and half the reason I am so late getting into Bridge to be honest. I honestly prefer to browse using Irfan but I'm making myself learn to use Bridge effectively anyway. But that's one program I have on my little USB stick permanently. It's completely saved my arse a few times having it on there!

TJ K · May 8, 2010

So fun with all the different brushes. Now I feel like i'm going to have to purchase a tablet... more money more money :/

magkelly · May 8, 2010

Monoprice.com is making some really nice graphics tablets these days. They're not quite Wacom quality, but they're pretty good for the money, which is near nothing for a graphics tablet of a similar size, comparatively.

Very good entry level tablet if you want to play for less before you go for a pro one. I got the largest one as a gift recently and I am very pleased with it so far. It's priced at like $49 on their site and IMHO it's been worth every penny of that. Eventually I still want a Wacom and would get one if I could ever afford a nice big one, but this one is very usable for a non-pro tablet. Far better than a couple of other cheap tablets I've used.

One little tip though. If you go for one put the drivers for Wacom Intuos on your machine before, then install the drivers for the Monoprice tablet. Doing that adds a few nice extra features for the brushes settings that you'll want to use.

KenL · May 8, 2010

TJ K said:
My quick little painting with CS5 of a picture I took.

So fun with all the different brushes. Now I feel like i'm going to have to purchase a tablet... more money more money :/

I'll have to try those! I'm still just getting used to what I'm used to!

magkelly said:
Monoprice.com is making some really nice graphics tablets these days. They're not quite Wacom quality, but they're pretty good for the money, which is near nothing for a graphics tablet of a similar size, comparatively.

Very good entry level tablet if you want to play for less before you go for a pro one. I got the largest one as a gift recently and I am very pleased with it so far. It's priced at like $49 on their site and IMHO it's been worth every penny of that. Eventually I still want a Wacom and would get one if I could ever afford a nice big one, but this one is very usable for a non-pro tablet. Far better than a couple of other cheap tablets I've used.

One little tip though. If you go for one put the drivers for Wacom Intuos on your machine before, then install the drivers for the Monoprice tablet. Doing that adds a few nice extra features for the brushes settings that you'll want to use.

I've had a Wacom for over two years and have not yet installed it! It's on my things to do list....

aprillove20 · May 17, 2010

Well, CS5 is a major upgrade and a must do IMHO.

KenL · May 17, 2010

aprillove20 said:
Well, CS5 is a major upgrade and a must do IMHO.

It is! I passed on CS4 after trying a demo, but CS5 I had to get.

KmH · May 17, 2010

KenL said:
I've had a Wacom for over two years and have not yet installed it! It's on my things to do list....

I haven't used a mouse in over 4 years, using my pen tablet instead.

It take a little getting used but when you do it's sweet and beats the snot out of using a mouse for any kind of computer function.

KenL · May 17, 2010

KmH said:
KenL said:

I've had a Wacom for over two years and have not yet installed it! It's on my things to do list....

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I haven't used a mouse in over 4 years, using my pen tablet instead.

It take a little getting used but when you do it's sweet and beats the snot out of using a mouse for any kind of computer function.