Photography/Photo editing THREAD

[PeteNJ]

Originally Posted by aszatk01

oh you bastard!!! 70-200???? lookin good

Yup...70-200 f2.8 L

Damn the snow this weekend otherwise I would subject all of you with another barrage of pictures. I did bring it to work with me today to see if I can snap some shots at Bryant Park (Olympus Fashion Week is taking place there right now).

[PeteNJ]

Nice shots Slate...I like the 2nd one the best.

[jawjaw]

I love your shots, silverbolt - especially your favorite night shots. I so need to get a nice digital slr camera. I've always been interested in photography but never had a nice camera. I took a b&w photography class in college and that was the most fun I had in any classroom.

[Diesel1]

Damn, I just found this thread and always want to take better pics. My pics usually suck...and when they don't, they are no where near the quality you guys have posted! I'm def going to try and pull some tips from here n practice!

[Strtsk8r321]

How hard is photoshop to learn? I downloaded the demo and I couldn't figure it out. Is it worth the price and time to learn?

[aszatk01]

depends what you want to do. if you dont care much for editing, get an older copy for a lot less and use automated calibrations, just press Auto color, auto levels....and such and pshop does the rest. although sometimes the effects are not the best.
if you care about editing i recommend getting the latest so you can grow with it and either buying a book (like i did) or just going to borders and reading it with a cup of coffee over a few days. i've done this too! there are TONS of great pshop books out there, and even a few websites that are good.
you can be into photography without being into pshop! kinda like me, i know some advanced photoshop features but right now i care more about the photography and getting the pic right the first time. i really only use it for possible auto correction, crop, and those basic things...

[Strtsk8r321]

If I spend hundreds of dollars on it then would I be able to put it on both of my computers or no? Also what is the cheapest you can get the new version for - can you buy is cheap on ebay? I mean if it isnt reusable or usable on multiple computers then the large amount of green is not worth it to me.

[e420x]

Some pics of my previous cars and photos

[aszatk01]

yes you can use it on multiple computers

look it up on ebay yourself!!!!

[ZLUJ]

or you can hack it =D

[Strtsk8r321]

I tried hacking it, it didn't work - you have to register and all this crap, so I couldn't hack it. And, I looked on ebay and there were some for like $20-$75 bought I am not gonna risk a copy not working or being fraud or something - so I wanted an opinion from someone else.

[sngpimpin]

man you guys have some nice cameras

[Strtsk8r321]

nevermind what I said before about the hacking!

[Silverbolt]

Originally Posted by Strtsk8r321

How hard is photoshop to learn? I downloaded the demo and I couldn't figure it out. Is it worth the price and time to learn?

I've been using Adobe photoshop for about a decade. I learned it on my own with out any books, reading anything on the internet, or classes. It took me a LONG time to learn it on my own, but I did. Do I think its worth it? Honestly, I dont remember how much I spent on it... but whatever it is, I most likely would spend double the retail! Once you get good at it... you get to a point where you can do pretty much anything. The limits of Adobe photoshop are only limited by your imagination and your creativity.

[eddwin]

Originally Posted by Strtsk8r321

If I spend hundreds of dollars on it then would I be able to put it on both of my computers or no? Also what is the cheapest you can get the new version for - can you buy is cheap on ebay? I mean if it isnt reusable or usable on multiple computers then the large amount of green is not worth it to me.

If you want to cheat the system download a photoshop torrent (using a bittorrent client), they usually include a registering key creator inside the install folder.

http://www.bittorrent.com/introduction.html

That's an explanation of what Bittorrent is. Bittorrent is extremely popular, and one can find almost anything. Episodes of Lost, Software, Games, Movies, etc. I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this option yet.

http://www.mininova.org/tor/207669

That torrent is a Photoshop CS2 version download with a CD key generator and how to use it.

Have fun.