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10/10/2006 06:55:31 PM · #26 |
Photoshop is not intuitive. That is what happens with a program that is built one way than is later overburdened again and again with new add-on functionality over a period of years without an interface upgrade. It is easier and faster to cludge new functionality into a program and get it out into the marketplace. Have to do that to compete
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10/10/2006 07:17:07 PM · #27 |
| My first version of Photoshop was 2.5 and it has come a long way since then. But still I sometimes find the simplest task made difficult by the less than friendly interface. I would really like to see an improvement in the mask selection tools. For example it would be really handy to be able to make minor adjustments to a selection marquee by simply pushing the marquee line to the correct place. No can do. :( |
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10/10/2006 07:50:11 PM · #28 |
I guess I've been using Photoshop for so long I think it's so easy to use! I'm older than dirt at 41 and I still understand it. Stick with it though. The more I learn about it, the more I love it. Try video tutorials. I've used some WatchandLearnPhotoshop.com videos and learned a lot even in the Basic videos. It's great to just watch how the instructor moves around the screen and the shortcut keys they use, etc.
By the way, if you think Photoshop isn't intuitive, try Macromedia Flash!!! |
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10/10/2006 09:32:27 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by rob_banks:
By the way, if you think Photoshop isn't intuitive, try Macromedia Flash!!! |
OMG yes! A lot less intuitive than even Dreamweaver.
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10/11/2006 09:24:10 AM · #30 |
I don't mind the Flash interface all too much. Though I really do get frustrated with the quirkiness. But Flash is definitely a bit odd. But that's also in part because it's a vector program. Which are inherently different animals from bitmap programs.
Flash can be uber wonderful and super-powerful as well as uber-annoying and super-frustrating. *lol* |
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10/11/2006 10:23:36 AM · #31 |
I believe that you can set the background as transparent when creating a new document. You can also create a new layer, make the background invisible, and you will have a transparent background. Whenever you use the eraser or delete from the top layer, you will see the transparent background in the deleted areas.
As others have mentioned, "save for web" has the features you need for keeping transparency in the .gif.
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10/11/2006 11:29:04 AM · #32 |
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10/11/2006 06:50:37 PM · #33 |
i think as Adobe see Photoshop as a Professional Product, they expect people to seek training in it, by either going to college or by private tuition..
i started my design life working for a printers so had to find out how to do stuff by trial and error, but i learn't a few shortcuts along the way :) |
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10/11/2006 11:52:18 PM · #34 |
Originally posted by Bobster:
i think as Adobe see Photoshop as a Professional Product, they expect people to seek training in it, by either going to college or by private tuition..
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Nope, not that at all. There are always a few new comers here and there that complain about the interface. Can you imagine what the outcry would be like if they revamped the interface to be "intuitive"? All the people with years of Photoshop experience who have learned the Photoshop way of doing things would have to start over. For better or worse, the interface is not likely to ever be anything other then evolutionary.
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10/12/2006 12:28:15 AM · #35 |
Hmm...somehow, having to pop into image ready or other modes just seems like poor implementation to me.
- Saj |
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10/12/2006 12:40:57 AM · #36 |
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You'll get used to it after a while.
I still have one complaint with PS Elements--let's say you are in a dialog box with text in one of the fields that you want to change. For example, when naming or renaming a layer. The cursor is at the end of the text. You cannot press + to select all the text. In fact, you can't even just press to get to the beginning of that text. The and keys simply do not work in these dialogs.
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10/13/2006 07:28:32 AM · #37 |
Originally posted by theSaj:
Hmm...somehow, having to pop into image ready or other modes just seems like poor implementation to me.
- Saj |
nah just stops Photoshop being bloated.. |
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10/13/2006 07:39:56 AM · #38 |
Originally posted by mist:
I have to agree that at least some things in Photoshop (Elements at least) are more complicated than they need to be.
I want to see how large my image is in pixels. I look at the handy size indication at the bottom of the image window. Hmm, I can see the size of the file in K, the document colour space, the dimensions (YES!) in cm (no :(), the size of the file in memory, the efficiency, timing or the current tool, but nowhere can I see how many pixels wide and tall my image is. |
Looks like your post got missed mist....
Sorry if I'm wrong about photoshop elements (I use PS 7.0), but when I go to edit -> image size... my dialogue box lists the image width and height in pixels.
You can also get a ruler on the edges as well that is marked in pixels.
I did have to change my preferences from the menu to do this. It's in the Units&rulers area...
Hope it helps. |
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10/13/2006 08:09:54 AM · #39 |
Originally posted by eschelar:
Originally posted by mist:
I have to agree that at least some things in Photoshop (Elements at least) are more complicated than they need to be.
I want to see how large my image is in pixels. I look at the handy size indication at the bottom of the image window. Hmm, I can see the size of the file in K, the document colour space, the dimensions (YES!) in cm (no :(), the size of the file in memory, the efficiency, timing or the current tool, but nowhere can I see how many pixels wide and tall my image is. |
Looks like your post got missed mist....
Sorry if I'm wrong about photoshop elements (I use PS 7.0), but when I go to edit -> image size... my dialogue box lists the image width and height in pixels.
You can also get a ruler on the edges as well that is marked in pixels.
I did have to change my preferences from the menu to do this. It's in the Units&rulers area...
Hope it helps. |
The rulers is something I may have to look in to.
The edit image is true, but I'd have to go into edit image -> resize to get those values. What I would like is for them to be available all the time. If I can find rulers then that might do it. |
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10/13/2006 08:48:31 AM · #40 |
| While photoshop may not be super-intuitive, it takes very little time to become extremely proficient with the program. Spending one hour a day for a week at //www.lynda.com watching one of the photoshop tutorials will quickly get you where you want to be. I would highly recommend Chris Orwigs tutorial. |
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10/24/2006 03:07:15 PM · #41 |
Originally posted by mist:
I want to see how large my image is in pixels. I look at the handy size indication at the bottom of the image window. Hmm, I can see the size of the file in K, the document colour space, the dimensions (YES!) in cm (no :(), the size of the file in memory, the efficiency, timing or the current tool, but nowhere can I see how many pixels wide and tall my image is.
Some of these things are probably there, but they should be obvious. |
In ELEMENTS, to see your image size in pixels, look at the bottom of the editing frame where it shows the percentage of the image shown, next it shows the document data depending on what you have it set to. (For this, see the black arrow next to it and you may choose.) CLICK ON THE DOC INFO SPACE AND HOLD...it shows you the height/width in pixel size and inches (US version) and will also show the number of channels and the resolution.
Hope this helps! If you have troubles, pm me.
Message edited by author 2006-10-24 15:11:44. |
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10/24/2006 03:57:43 PM · #42 |
Originally posted by bergiekat:
Hope this helps! If you have troubles, pm me. |
Huzzah! (It works!) |
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