[Ultimate Warrior]

Hi Guys,

I have being trying to follow some youtube photoshop tutorials.
I am looking to create 1 or 2 flyers per month for my dance classes / events. Currently I have a friend in italy I send the information off to so he does them, but i really would like to know how to do them myself.

If anyone has time to show me I can pay them for a few hours of their time.
I am using CS3 at the moment on my PC

[5uspect]

Photoshop is pretty easy once you get the basics.
I'm not in a position, or the country, to help you out in person but ask if you have any questions.

[urban_oracle]

I did one myself a while ago.. using tutorials on youtube.. have a friend that is very good with it.. he might teach you.. where re you based..

[ladiesman217]

Hi there, for a start you should be using Quark express or Indesign to design your flyers.
You can download a trial version of indesign from the adobe website.

[shiftkey]

Originally Posted by ladiesman217

Hi there, for a start you should be using Quark express or Indesign to design your flyers.
You can download a trial version of indesign from the adobe website.

Do you rate the CorelDraw suite of Design Programs?

[Jason Todd]

I think Illustrator is best if using just text and vector-based graphics, but definitely InDesign if using some pictures too. I'm not a fan of Photoshop when it comes to text layouts or anything like that.

People have told me CorelDraw is something similar to Illustrator but with a touch of CAD thrown in. I'm not sure what it's like to be honest, but from what I've heard it's more technical based than creative based.

[banquo]

Avoid Photoshop for text. Bleugh.

[Ultimate Warrior]

All these posts telling me to use different products.

First off the different products cost money, and some of them serious money.
next no one has actually answered what I asked for, which was some help on showing my how to do it not just give their opinion on a product.

[5uspect]

Unfortunately that usually how this forum works as there are little or no regular contributors here anymore. Usually a bunch of randomers come on just to tell everyone they can use product X and it's so much better and you should be using it too.

I learned Photoshop using the Photoshop TV podcast. As I said if you have any questions just ask here and I'll try and help.

[Happyman42]

Originally Posted by shiftkey

Do you rate the CorelDraw suite of Design Programs?

Corel Draw is perfectly adequate to design and produce print ready graphics. Much cheaper to run as well. There is a degree of snobbery in design about the software you use which you can ignore. With most printers accepting artwork by PDF now, Corel will produce complex graphics all day long. Like all the other software available, there is a learning curve though.

[Happyman42]

Have a trawl through this site OP http://psd.tutsplus.com/category/tut...ing-tutorials/

To ask somebody to teach you is probably the wrong way to go tbh. There is so much to learn for a beginer you would have a fortune spent and still be scratching your head. Much better to have a project in mind, find a tutorial and work through it. Trial and error, don't be intimidated, google is your friend, save regularly and you will get there.

[urban_oracle]

Originally Posted by Ultimate Warrior

All these posts telling me to use different products.

First off the different products cost money, and some of them serious money.
next no one has actually answered what I asked for, which was some help on showing my how to do it not just give their opinion on a product.

I answered your question!! You didn't get back to me.

[bette]

Originally Posted by Ultimate Warrior

All these posts telling me to use different products.

First off the different products cost money, and some of them serious money.
next no one has actually answered what I asked for, which was some help on showing my how to do it not just give their opinion on a product.

To put it simply - Photoshop is not the correct tool for your job. If you want to dig a hole in the ground you need a shovel. If the ground is hard you could also need a pickaxe.

Now it is possible to dig a hole with a teaspoon. It would take a long time and would not be neat.

What you need to use for your flyers is a page layout program, simple as. If you have photos you may also need photo editing software. Then if illustrations are needed you might need a vectorial drawing program.

All this stuff, especially your Photoshop, have a steep learning curve. Do you have the talent to come to grips with learning something which requires a certain degree of skill?

Being petulant is not the best way to make friends or seek advice.

As for your comments on expensive software you should find some starter stuff here! which you could look into. These people also have a pretty comprehensive forum here where you can get lots of answers and help.

[ScumLord]

I use photoshop for making brochures and flyers. Once you know photoshop it's almost as easy and you can make everything look really nice. You'll notice many ads and flyers can have little text on them because people aren't necessarily going to read chunks of text.

Video tutorials are good for learning how to achieve something specific but I don't think they'll teach you the basics all that well.

Photoshop can be different for different people so you can find books that come at photoshop from all sorts of angles. I find books are the best way to learn, even better than having someone there to show you everything.

The books I've used are "the missing manual" and "photoshop for photographers".

YOur not going to learn photshop over night. You'll learn the basics of how to use the program and then find out the learning process is only really beginning because techniques are the next level on the learning curve.

[Ultimate Warrior]

Sorry about not replying Urban, I didn't log in for a few days due to travel.

I have had i response from someone in Dublin, but all help is needed (at present)