Elemental My Dear Photoshop.

Red Rubber Ball

Elyzabeth reporting.

If you follow this blog or are one of my FB friends, you've probably seen some of my very cool Photoshopped pictures recently. Why is that, you ask?  I'm so glad you did, because I've been taking this awesome class in Photoshop.

I've had the Photoshop Elements program for some years and have been able to do a few cool things with it, but not nearly as much as I wanted to. You would think, since I have the program, I would have signed up for the PS Elements class and not the straight Photoshop one, but just between you and me and the rest of the internet, I didn't really know the difference. Now I am so much older and wiser than I was a month ago.

I can hear you all crying out, "So, Elyzabeth, tell us what IS the difference between Photoshop Elements and Photoshop?"  Once again, I'm so glad you asked. PS Elements is geared toward the casual user, with lots of guided processes to walk you through various techniques. PS has a much more robust offering and skips the whole part where they make it easy on the casual user. After only one lesson (create a red rubber ball picture), I figured out that there are quite a few things that PS can do that PS Elements does not.

Trevor Hog's Head

Photoshop Elements is not an inexpensive program, but Photoshop is way out of my budget. However, a bit of research on the internet and I soon discovered that Adobe was kind enough to make the CS2 version of Photoshop available for a free download. The old CS2 isn't the same as the CS6 that I'm learning in class, but close enough that I've been able to recreate all the lessons at home.  Click here for the  Adobe CS2 Download

Lyza Marbles

I used Photoshop to create the two signs that we put up in the kitchen, Le Rue Sainte-Anne Bistro and La Reine Elisabeth Bar a' Vin. You can see pictures of them in our previous blog from March 22nd.  Hmmm... Sainte-Anne and Reine Elisabeth. "However did you choose those names?" you might be asking.  Okay, you probably aren't.  But hey, it's our kitchen, I can use whatever names I want.

On Stone Steps

I am still an almost complete novice when it comes to the world of photo editing, but I've been having so much fun with it!  I haven't decided if I will take another class after this one is done, or move on to some other creative learning. I'll keep you all informed. In the meantime, enjoy my many varied and creative uses of Photoshop.

Check out our FB page to see the before and after of the picture of me here on the stone steps.  Facebook Elyzabeth's Timeless Creations

Regards,
Elyzabeth