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Photoshop is the market standerd tool for anything digital related, but not everyone can afford it. If you are ones that cannot afford photoshop then you can look at some other digital software package and the best part is they are free

Gimp

this is my favorite. I would use this will I was saving up the money to photoshop. This software (I hate saying the name because it bring image of the Gimp in Pulp Fiction)has a photoshop feel to it and very easy to use and the best it free.(did i say that again?)

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Here is article about teens are creating fake id with photoshop. I my day we just asked a homesless guy buy us beer but with technology it improve everyones lives. I guess?

I am a very big fan of watching other artist work and see how something is done. Here is a digital painting that takes traditional painting style and use them in photo shop.

I saw this on www.CreativePro.com It is orginally from www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk

I has some very useful tip on how to improve your workflow with photoshop.

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1. Hold Spacebar to move a selection
2. Display larger font previews
3. Change values with the cursor keys
4. Quickly zoom back to 100%
5. Toggle visibility of multiply layers
6. Hide or show all other layers
7. Load the selection of a layer
8. Quickly toggle between blending modes
9. Toggle palette visibility
10. Fit to full screen
11. Switch to precision cursor mode
12. Increase and decrease brush size
13. Rotate a Photoshop brush
14. Quickly adjust layer opacity
15. Auto select layers or groups
16. Automatically load files into layers
17. Easily create new guides
18. Change layer palette thumbnail sizes
19. Copy multiple layers
20. Move items with super nudge

I am always looking for a good tutorail. I found this one, called Create an Awesome 3D Future City. I have not tried yet but I plan to in the next week. I does not look hard but long. It use 3ds max and Photoshop.

It is in two parts
Create an Awesome 3D Future City day 1
Create an Awesome 3D Future City day 2

Source: http://forcg.com/