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tblue

(16,350 posts) Wed Jan 9, 2013, 12:27 AM Jan 2013

PHOTOSHOP QUESTION, please help!

I have CS5 and a Macintosh and I am SO LOST! Need to purchase a guidebook, a la 'for Dummies', but I don't know which to get. There's several that sound right, but I can't tell, and I want to choose the best (easiest) one.

Is Photoshop 5 the same as CS5?

Titles I've found:

•"Photoshop 5 for Macs for Dummies"
•"Photoshop CS5 for Dummies"

Any help would be appreciated. Merci beaucoup!

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PHOTOSHOP QUESTION, please help! (Original Post) tblue Jan 2013 OP

I don't have the answer but will k&r Voice for Peace Jan 2013 #1

Photoshop 5 is from 1998, so not the same as CS5. onehandle Jan 2013 #2

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Better than a book would be Lynda.com Auggie Jan 2013 #6

No, PS5 won't run on Lion/Mountain Lion REP Jan 2013 #7

A friend of mine swears by lynda.com! robinlynne Jan 2013 #10

get Scott Kelby's book womanofthehills Jan 2013 #8

CS5 for dummies. Photoshop 5 has been obsolete for more than 10 years. robinlynne Jan 2013 #9

More fundamentally, what are you trying to do with it? sir pball Jan 2013 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author mlauer59295 Jan 2013 #12

late entry, but i like the learn by video series. mopinko Feb 2013 #13

pmimg you mahina Feb 2013 #14

Voice for Peace

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1. I don't have the answer but will k&r

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Wed Jan 9, 2013, 12:28 AM

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onehandle

(51,122 posts)

2. Photoshop 5 is from 1998, so not the same as CS5.

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Wed Jan 9, 2013, 01:32 AM

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Version History:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Photoshop_version_history

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Auggie

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6. Better than a book would be Lynda.com

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Tue Jan 15, 2013, 08:59 PM

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$25 for a one month subscription. Many Photoshop tutorials there. My guess is you have CS5 ... don't think Photoshop 5 wouldn't run on a newer Mac.

REP

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7. No, PS5 won't run on Lion/Mountain Lion

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Fri Jan 18, 2013, 06:18 PM

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robinlynne

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10. A friend of mine swears by lynda.com!

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Tue Jan 22, 2013, 11:23 PM

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womanofthehills

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8. get Scott Kelby's book

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Sun Jan 20, 2013, 03:21 AM

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He has a photoshop book for CS5. His books are so easy to learn with. I have learned more from his books than any of my other photoshop books - definitely the best and easiest. Don't get the photoshop for dummies books - Scotts books are easier to understand and he teaches all the latest techniques too.
I'm about to move on to CS6.

robinlynne

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9. CS5 for dummies. Photoshop 5 has been obsolete for more than 10 years.

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Tue Jan 22, 2013, 11:22 PM

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sir pball

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11. More fundamentally, what are you trying to do with it?

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Thu Jan 24, 2013, 01:10 PM

Jan 2013

Photoshop is the ne plus ultra of image editors, there's virtually nothing you can't do with it. It's also utterly Byzantine and completely incomprehensible without investing a significant part of one's life in it.

If you aren't a professional photographer or editor, you'll likely be better off with something less powerful and vastly simpler like PS Elements, Picasa, Acorn...search for easy/basic editing software and you'll get tons of options.

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