Adobe Photoshop 3.0 3.0 Complete package

My Adobe Photo deluxe v 3. 1 came with my PC, so I didn’t choose it and I knew nothing about this type of software before buying my PC!

I have had some frustrating times when I have been working with photo’s or designing something with clipart and things have not worked out as I had hoped, and there is no-one to ask……. There is nothing quite like having to find out how the software works the hard way, and in ...
...for my hubby with his Adobe Photo deluxe, on the front was a picture of my hubby superimposed on a beach scene, complete with patch over one eye . The perfect pirate impersonation ;-)

My six year old grandson thought it was “cool” when we made a mother’s day card for him!

As for business cards, it’s a doddle, just design what you want with your own fancy fonts and clipart or even a photo, and ... more

My Adobe Photo deluxe v 3. 1 came with my PC, so I didn’t choose it and I knew nothing about this type of software before buying my PC!

I have had some frustrating times when I have been working with photo’s or designing something with clipart and things have not worked out as I had hoped, and there is no-one to ask……. There is nothing quite like having to find out how the software works the hard way, and in my case it has definitely been the hard way.

Photo deluxe suits me fine, now that I have learned how to use it. I can alter the look of a photo, correct red eye, even repair a damaged photo. My stepfather asked me if I could do anything with an old photo of his mum, it was creased and scratched; I was able to really improve it using the Clone facility. This enabled me to go to a damaged area, select clone, then go to an area with the same colour and texture and just cover the damaged part up with a few clicks on the mouse. The result was very acceptable, and my stepfather had me make a couple of copies for other members of his family, as this was the only picture in existence of his mum when she was young.

I have had some fun too with the greetings card option. I bought some ready folded card from PC World in the sale, complete with envelopes. My first card was for my brother in law who was about to go on holiday to Australia, I customised it by selecting a greeting card template which I just dragged to the work area, altered the text to suit and added pictures of Oz to the front of the card (Sydney Harbour) and I added a picture of him and my sister to the inside.

Not to be outdone, he made a card for my hubby with his Adobe Photo deluxe, on the front was a picture of my hubby superimposed on a beach scene, complete with patch over one eye . The perfect pirate impersonation ;-)

My six year old grandson thought it was “cool” when we made a mother’s day card for him!

As for business cards, it’s a doddle, just design what you want with your own fancy fonts and clipart or even a photo, and when you select the print option click on multiple, then click on paper type, select Avery and choose business cards. They will be printed off just the right size on whatever colour or quality card you desire. You can even do this with a single photo, and go through the same selection process for printing, and have 8 small photos.

It really is very flexible once you have taken the time to experiment, and as it’s not the very latest in graphic software, the price is very good at around £30 for the latest version V 4 Home edition.

It has taken the best part of a year to become familiar with the creative possibilities. Of course there are so many great graphic software packages on the market today, but unless you are into it in a big way, do not update your own software just for the sake of it, whichever brand you are using. If you do update, you have then got to learn about the software all over again, which seems a waste of time and energy.

During my time of frustration, I logged on to Adobe’s technical support site, and once I registered I was able to type in a question. I was pleasantly surprised to be presented with a long list of technical problems, which had been answered previously. I was then able to sort out my own problem with ease. If you have Adobe software and you ever have problems give this site a go at www.adobeforums.com

There is a chap who seems to answer all the technical questions, his name is Bob Hill, who presumably is employed by Adobe to put all of us right when we have a problem!

This must be the quickest update at Ciao, after reading Keiths comment!

I can scan straight into Photo deluxe and play about with the image, save it to GIF, TIF or JPEG if I want to, so I can send my pics over the web :-)
 

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