Suggestion for learning photoshop.

Photoshop (PS) is a huge program. Over the years it has adapted to the user, which includes illustrators, digital artist, product designers and web designers, etc. In the past, Photoshop was mainly a photo editor with a wealth of capability, although reappropriated to do other things. Essentially PS acted as a digital dark room (now replaced by Adobe light room). Regarding the brief history, you might ask yourself what you plan on accomplishing with Photoshop. If you are interested in having the ability to create mock ups for web layouts or interfaces, then Treehouse has a good lesson called Photoshop fundamentals. this is great overview of the primary interface and tool function. If you want to expand on Photoshop, Pluralsight, which is 30 U.S dollars per month offers beginner-expert tutorials from a range of fields. Each expert teaches PS as it relates to their field.

I sure hope this helps. Just remember, Photoshop is just one of many tools, knowing what you need to accomplish with it will save you a ton of time and frustration as it might take a life time to know everything about PS. "look up the 80/20 rule" Good luck!!!

Paid site: Lynda.com

Free: (can be hit and miss) Google, type "site:*.edu photoshop" into search (educational institutions have tutorials both video and PDF) http://guides.lib.unc.edu/photoshop http://tv.adobe.com/product/photoshop/ Also try Google searches for allinurl: +(|mp4|mov|avi) "photoshop" (this can also be hit and miss, be careful with sketchy sites)

Good Luck