A friend just gave me Photoshop 7.0

[BigC]

How does it work?




LOL.
No, really. How does it work? Can anyone reccomend any books or on line tutorials. Can't install it till I get home in the morning. It's not going to blow up my computer, right?

[Steelsun]

Check out a half-price book store - should be plenty of old manuals/how-tos floating around for it.

Alot of it will be just hands on learning and trying, and there are a ton of online photoshop tutorials.

[BigC]

Originally Posted by Steelsun

Check out a half-price book store - should be plenty of old manuals/how-tos floating around for it.

Alot of it will be just hands on learning and trying, and there are a ton of online photoshop tutorials.

Cool.

[BEphoto]

Agreed, ive gotten a few really, really good books at half price for like $8. One was brand new and came with a CD, called Adobe Photoshop 7 for Photographers. It was $7.98. Ive also got Photoshop 7 Bible Professional edition, also for $7.98. They both look like they've never been opened. There have always been a good selection every time ive looked.

Edit: The retail price on each of those books was over $50 each, so yeah, heck of a deal!

[sldi-rooster]

I have Elements 6 and the book Photoshop Elements 6 for Photographers, as the program has moved along to Elements 7 the new book has come out for it. I think as long as you have a little bit of knowledge as far as just opening and closing files and such then the Elements 7 book should be great, as it shows how to do many types of enhancements. The book is not going to go thru and be a guide for each and every tool in the program, but more as a reference to do specific modifications to photos.

[z-monster]

Google Photoshop7 tutorials.

[TroyPhotog]

Personally I would suggest using the Photoshop 7 serial number to just upgrade to CS2 or CS3. Won't cost much and Photoshop has evolved quite a bit.

[KenJulio]

Originally Posted by TroyPhotog

Personally I would suggest using the Photoshop 7 serial number to just upgrade to CS2 or CS3. Won't cost much and Photoshop has evolved quite a bit.

Definitely something to consider soon since the upgrade eligibility changes from year to year. I just came across this issue when I was wanting to upgrade from Macromedia Studio MX to Adobe Design Standard or Premium, but the upgrade price was only for Macromedia Studio MX 2004 and Macromedia Studio 8.

[cooltouch]

Even though PS7 is somewhat long in the tooth by today's reckonings, it's still a powerful program and will do most anything you're likely to need. I'd at least spend a bit of time getting myself familiar with it before attempting the upgrade to CS3 or 4.

Hmmm . . . something's just occurred to me. If your friend upgraded from the copy of PS7 he gave you to CS3 or 4, I doubt you'll be able to use it again for an upgrade.

[Daniel Bates]

I learned PS on version 7 and while I have CS3, I don't use the extra features much.

[andyz]

CS4 is Photoshop 11. Adobe only allows a 3 version upgrade so it won't go to CS4. I suppose you might find a CS3 upgrade package somewhere.

[Steelsun]

We also have a great resource here on TPF for learning photoshop:
http://www.texasphotoforum.com/forum...ad.php?t=12392

[BigC]

Thank's for all the great information!

[toverman]

I have Photoshop 5.5. Still works!

You may not have this problem with 7, but mine doesn't read EXIF data. :-)