LH effect > Digg effect.

windmillninja

and back down again. The Lifehacker effect strikes again?

shatteredmindofbob

EDIT: Nevermind, it just went back up. Weird.

Starlight

The site is down.

Starlight

Internal Server Error @ 11:07 ET.

jupiterthunder

Or read a Scott Kelby book. :\

TheGreyFox

You could also watch all of Donnie Hoyle's videos and have more fun

gear21

Still down 0750 hrs Pacific. :I

Nuclear Moose

@TheGreyFox: That's where I advanced my Photoshop skills with his "Down and Dirty Tricks" book. What I loved is that it wasn't boring. You could take any project in the book and he'd walk you through from step one.

IndustrialJones

The Site is down again- was able to get on it earlier but that was about the time this Post only had around 1,000 Views. The Site this Post links to does look VERY cool and I will most def check it out in further detail after the "LHing" dies down a bit but here is the link for the tutorial that THEY link to:

[www.ischool.utexas.edu]

Pretty basic stuff initially but looks good for a refresher if you already know what your doing but for those of us just getting started w/ PhotoShop (ahem, *cough* me *cough*) it is worth checking out.

trobb88

The bane of shared hosting.

MohsinNaqi

@gear21: Very true. You can find most of them on our Photoshop tag page. ;)

Adam Pash

LH..Stop reading my mind. I just just wishing I could learn Photoshop fast.

555Filk

I'm sure anyone could do this but here is a link to the text version from the Google cache:
[74.125.95.104]

darkdantedevil

i wish there was something like this for GIMP (free, open source alternate)

bsr35802

Ok as a photoshop user of 4 years I'm going to be so bold as to say in one week maybe maybe you could get a handle on the pen tool if you where exceptionally bright.
Photoshop is definitely about the journey forget a quick fix.
Highly recommend Lynda.com and Total training for visual thinkers.

rtipping

The site it do--wait it's u--wait... it's... unstable.

SJRNWT

Most of Lifehacker's readers have no business using Photoshop. Go download GIMP or Paint.NET.

CIM

Internal Service error @ 6:48 EST.

@ CIM: I don't get head or tails of GIMP, but I don't get anything fancier than MS Paint, either. There's more tutorials of PS, though; if you can point me in the direction of GIMP tutorials that the average n00b can understand, I'd definitely use FOSS over overpriced Adobe software.

BTW, my bud just burned me a copy of his CS3 suite for my birthday. I was mainly going to use After Effects, but we'll see about PS.

Labot2001

GIMP Tutorials
GIMP Docs

CIM

That said, there are some pretty amazing online image editors out there nowadays - most are free. Review here, if anyone's interested: [www.tehawesome.net]

phpchick

@CIM: Feh. GIMP is fine, but no comparison to PS.

Site is back up now, btw

phpchick

annnnnnnddddddd bookmarked

Bluestump86

Sorry for double post, I don't know why, but you have to use these after remove some spaces:

cache:h t t p://elitebydesign.com/how-to-master-photoshop-in-just-one-week/

zWhiteTigerz

For anyone who still want to read this article, type into Google:

cache:[elitebydesign.com]

It's working now ...

zWhiteTigerz

You can apply the same logic for anything you are searching to learn about .. Finances, Health, Writing, Spanish, etc. :)

shoregeek

I always suggest to friends and clients, that they go to the iTunes Store -- in the search box, type in photoshop and hit the PODCASTS - SHOW ALL results. Then you will see all of the FREE podcasts available for learning things in Photoshop.

How much easier can it be? :)

shoregeek

If it takes you 1 week to learn what that tutorial teaches you, then PS isn't going to be your forte and what it shows you is far from mastery.

Figuring this stuff out is mastery:
[psdtuts.com]

AwesomeCheeseburger

Thanks for the post. I learned most things in PS on my own, but not gonna hurt to hone my skills.

kph59

I'm a newbie photoshopper, and I'll sure check this out...
When the LH effect wears off xD

Gonz

Sorry about the problems everyone. We've been busy all day sorting out caching issues and upgrading our host. Thanks for the comments, emails, and notifications.

If anyone is interested, part 2 has been released. Hopefully we can keep the site online for this one ;)

[elitebydesign.com]

Thanks again for your patience!

EliteByDesign

Everyone, sorry for the site being down! I'm in the processing of caching my website and upgrading my host. Thanks for the emails, and sorry about the problems.

So you know, part 2 was just released if you are interested:

[elitebydesign.com]

Thanks everyone for your patience!

EliteByDesign

@gear21: I agree. You Suck at Photoshop is amusing.
[www.mydamnchannel.com]

D Wiz

@Labot2001: Try Paint.NET ( [www.getpaint.net] ); it's still free, and the interface is much, much more intuitive than GIMP (mostly because the more-advanced stuff stays hidden until you need it).
I still have a hard time with GIMP, and I'm an intermediate/advanced Photoshop user!

As for the site, I'll definitely have to bookmark this for my roommate, who's just learning Photoshop.

ejoy

And after your PS project looks great, turn it in to a website easily with PSD2cssOnline.

heavylee-again

It's just not possible to learn PS quickly. The only way to get good is to play around and experiment. Tutorials are initially good but after the basic concepts and tools have been mastered the only way is experimentation. There are invariably 3 or 4 ways to accomplish the same thing in photoshop so the most important thing to understand is that there is no definitive way, which is why in my opinion tutorials just don't cut it.

aramoor