I'm really interested in what you guys do with these images. I want to get started in it, what do I have to do? I kind of got scared when I saw the $600plus price tag of Adobe Photoshop so.....I love working with pics tho..

well, a lot of people just download it off of kazaa, limewire, etc. Personally, i use paint shop pro, but im trying to get my friend to burn me a copy of PS

I reccomend against downloading PS. lots of the downloads have viruses, program errors, incomplete version, tracing info, etc.

I suggest getting Photoshop Elements. Its $99USD and is a lot like Photoshop 6 and 7. Its a great program for 1/6 the price.

download it! then use tha tut's @ photoshopchop.com

Gtmike, what all is different with PS elements vs. the full PS? Just a scaled down version w/o some of the really fancy tools and such?

sort of...

Gtmike, what all is different with PS elements vs. the full PS? Just a scaled down version w/o some of the really fancy tools and such?

Im not sure what the difference is. They are so similar, a lot of the same filters, tools, etc. I use PS Elements at school and havent had any problems from switching betweens PS Elements and PS6. PS6 comes with another program though, Adobe Imageready 3.0 (animation program). They are both very similar, I havent noticed any major differences.