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Re: Ask HN: Do you know Photoshop?

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Post by joe6pack »

oneplusone wrote: post #8

I have thought about making video tutorials on how to use Photoshop to create practical design elements. Ie, how to make a button or how to design a header. Something every programmer making their own webapp could use that doesn't really require much Photoshop knowledge. Would there be any interest?

Absolutely. I'd also recommend the tutorials at Lynda.com for really in-depth overviews - they have a whole set of tutorials focused on web design with CS5: http://www.lynda.com/home/ViewCourses.aspx?lpk0=116

That said, Lynda.com is subscription-based and tends to be lengthy. A short set of tutorials on key techniques would be a great resource.

Re: Ask HN: Do you know Photoshop?

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Post by nerdyworm »

The biggest problem I face is that in the time it takes me to do a single page mock up a pro could have done 15 different one. It is not quite a matter of software knowledge at this point, it is more of a "this is the only thing I can think of doing" thing.

Re: Ask HN: Do you know Photoshop?

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Post by chaosmachine »

statictype wrote: post #14
oneplusone wrote: post #8

I have thought about making video tutorials on how to use Photoshop to create practical design elements. Ie, how to make a button or how to design a header. Something every programmer making their own webapp could use that doesn't really require much Photoshop knowledge. Would there be any interest?

Yes please. I recently discovered that I could create reasonably decent looking UI elements using only layer styles. I assume there are better ways to do it.

Layer styles are an incredibly underrated feature, IMO.

I actually built a small business around them: http://photoshoplayerstyles.com/

Re: Ask HN: Do you know Photoshop?

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Post by watty »

nonane wrote: post #20

Cool fact: Try searching for this in Google: How do I make X in Photoshop? X is any physical object you can think of. This will return relevant results for all valid values of X. Examples for X: 1) X=Earth: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&#3... 2) X=Sand: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&#3... 3) X=Monkey: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&#3... 4) X=Pyra…

Just because you can Google something doesn't mean you "know" it. Try the same thing with any programming language.
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