Every year around this time, my company gives out our annual bonuses. It’s a grand day, overall, because they tend to take pretty good care of us in that respect. So, when I got home last night, I grabbed my girlfriend, my wallet and headed to the Apple Store in Annapolis, MD. I haven’t actually bought a brand new computer in a few years and I still didn’t own a copy of Photoshop.
Anyway, within an hour of arriving at the Apple Store, I was the proud owner of:
- Apple Mac Pro
- 2 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors
- 8GB memory
- 320GB drive
- 23-inch Apple HD Cinema Display
- Adobe Photoshop CS3
Woohoo! Needless to say, I didn’t get much sleep last night… In the next few days, look for some Photoshop tutorials as I begin my adventure into this beast. If you can recommend some good Photoshop tutorials, feel free to leave them in the comments!
March 1st, 2008 at 10:18 am
That is just plain SWEET!!! Good for you.
March 1st, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Thanks Royston! I’m psyched! And I can’t wait to see how much Photoshop is going to improve my work.
March 1st, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Here are some good sources for photoshop howtos: http://www.photowalkthrough.com/
http://tutorialpulse.com/
and a recent fave of mine is:
You Suck at Photoshop
Congrats on the new Mac.
March 1st, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Woohoo indeed! Double woohoo more like
March 1st, 2008 at 1:47 pm
@MacMoov: Thanks! I’ve heard great things about the You Suck at Photoshop series. Definitely gonna check it out!
@Chris: Double woohoo indeed! Thanks!
March 2nd, 2008 at 1:32 am
I’ve found some helpful tips at Digital Photography School:
http://digital-photography-sch.....-and-tips/
March 2nd, 2008 at 1:44 am
Here’s another sight I like:
http://photoshoptutorials.ws/
March 2nd, 2008 at 7:54 am
Join th NAPP, the discounts are worth it alone, also get Photoshop CS3 for photographers by Scott Kelby - Calibrate your moniter!!! Check out Jason’s site from my blog links, I can go on forever - Jeff did a links section for photoshop on his blog last week. get the book, calibrate (did I say that before) set color space, Set Tivo for photoshop user TV show, etc………….., did you get the epson printer = ) ohh…. start shooting in Adobe 1998 color space in camera also.
March 2nd, 2008 at 8:59 am
@Alaska Teacher: Thanks for the links! Looks like I have a lot of reading to do!
@Mike: Sweet! Thanks for the tips!