I just got Photoshop CS3 extended thanks to a friend.

Is there any help or advice anyone could give me?

yes... try a bunch of easy things like a copy and paste or a palette swap of a screenshot , something to get u used to where everything is and how it's different... cause when i made the switcharoo i was still looking for things where they where in GIMP... and it was REALLY annoying!!! i couldnt find shit!!!
also, try every single tool and filter... cause some are different from gimp and there is a bunch of new ones

Yeah dude, I noticed when I tried it out just now. I can't find a damn thing right now! I'll get used to it soon though. But all I know is that there is a lot of stuff that I found that looked really cool, like the smudge tool (after trying to find it for like 10 min.) is like 10x better than the one on GIMP.

questions:
.Is getting brushes really necessary like it was on GIMP?

.And how do I resize images?

Pretty sure it's CTRL+T

Thanks man, because I was getting kinda frustrated with not being able to find the damn tool for it.

And I might make my first sig using it later on today.

I actually didn't think the sig was that bad. It just lacked effects and all those purtty things we usually see in your other sigs. Im glad to see that your switching it up a little though.

2 New-

Awesome.

New one for Skins:

Wow that render looks pretty familiar, where did you get it from?

Man, I made a sig last night but my computer is being a real piece of shit and won't let me upload the damn thing.

EDIT: here we go, go easy on me it my first sig using PS

Did you vector that yourself, if so teach me how.

Hot stuff everyone especially you DevilJin, your first sig on Photoshop looks pretty good- the liquified c4d looks neat, but the vectored render is the best. Did you do that yourself?

Kae-Scott on deviantART did the Kanye Vector here:

http://kae-scott.deviantart.com/

I know it kinda fucks it all up that I didn't do the vector myself but I don't know how. I wish I did though.

Thanks for the compliments though

Another gears sig:

I like it, it looks like it's part of background

The 2nd attempt is much nicer. It's good that you are learning how to work with the liquify filter and lighting.

Thanks man. When I looked at my 1st attempt for a second time I noticed that it wasn't really good, and that it wasn't the look I was trying to give it so I gave it another try and that was the result. I actually like that one a lot to. One of my favorites out of all of my other sigs.

O.k well what do you know? Another sig...



I tried to work on my render blending on this one.

Opinions?

avy = tgrant comp

hehe...

What do you think?

^ pretty cool

Here's my latest....go easy on me b/c this is my FIRST sig using a stock, not a cutout render.....

One of your best actualy shinfan...origonal.

My new sig should change color with the site theme you have. I was going for a solemn/creepy look.

Good? Bad?

Current sig.

That's really cool actually. Different way to think about a picture. Gives me a few ideas actually.

C + C appreciated. Another c4d placement type of sig.

OoooOoo!

*Back to being amazed*

lol I love the way that looks.