>>2717728>>2717733I started with photography about 6 years ago, and was always interested in post possesing (sometimes to much). Started with gimp, moved to ps (because 16 bit per ch), did many different tutorials from different sites, lurked pp threads on p, tried to coppy looks and failed many times before getting to know photoshop. I think its very important to spent time in photoshop, playing around with pictures.
Some tools in ps that I almost always use, so starting here is a good idea:
curves tool. Figure out what it does and how to use it, use r/g/b separately to get nice tones.
Layer Masks. Get the effect where it is needed not on the whole picture. You can use manual masks (paint with black/white), gradients, make saturation masks, or edge mask to sharpen only egdes (and not all the noise) etc.....
Blending mode of layers. Copy your picture and look what different modes do. make a white, black, red or a gradient layer, try all the modes and look what happens... and so on
It takes some time to understand how ps works....
Oh, and understanding histogramm is also very important.
