Photoshop has been good to me.  Since version 4.0 or so, I’ve been teaching myself successfully how to use it and having a lot of fun along the way.  I’m always impressed with what it can do in such a short amount of time.  Getting a Wacom tablet opened up a whole new world to me in PS as well, especially CS2 and later.  I often give tutorials to my friends and colleagues on some of the basics and tips and tricks I’ve picked up from classes.  Often during these tutorials, I get bogged down talking about the history of the development of the tool instead of just teaching what something does.  So I usually try and emphasize the importance of learning keyboard shortuts and not getting obsessed with doing something the “right way”.  Since there are 3 or 4 ways to do everything in PS, it’s best to just do what feels natural or is easiest to remember.

I threw together this short video of myself making some bubble thing.  Hope the music doesn’t get stripped out by YouTube.  We’ll see.  For now, have a look and a listen and enjoy.

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