Photoshop

Hello, I just try this project and now I need your help. I have just enter this study and am not yet good with it yet.
Here are some questions I need you to answer for me:
1-Is it necessary to buy a digital camera to learn and study photoshop?

2-What is the best and not expensive software of photoshop that is avaliable right now?

3-What is a digital camera that you would recommend?

4-What is being gained by photoshop?

5-Which requirements does the computer need to have with the software you recommend?

Thank you for taking your time reading this.

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1-Is it necessary to buy a digital camera to learn and study photoshop?

No, not really, you can edit pictures that are stored on your computer/the internet

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2-What is the best and not expensive software of photoshop that is avaliable right now?

Photoshop CS3 is the newest (therefore more features), selling for about £150 on ebay
I use photoshop CS2 which sells on ebay for around £110 on ebay

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3-What is a digital camera that you would recommend?

The best thing to do is probably find a camera within your price range and then search google for reviews e.g. "Canon Ixus 65 review"

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4-What is being gained by photoshop?

The ability to edit/create pictures. It is a powerfull piece of sortware and takes time to get used to, there are hundreds of tutorials on the internet which can be found by searching google/yahoo

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5-Which requirements does the computer need to have with the software you recommend?

Photoshop CS2

• Intel Xeon, Xeon Dual, Intel Centrino, or Pentium III or 4 processor
  
• Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4, or Windows XP with Service Pack 1 or 2
  
• 320MB of RAM (384MB recommended)
  
• 650MB of available hard-disk space
  
• 1,024x768 monitor resolution with 16-bit video card
  
• CD-ROM drive
  
• Internet or phone connection required for product activation

I am running this with an intel celeron 2.2Ghz CPU, 768mb RAM, 8mb onboard gfx and 1024x768 (32 bit) screen resolution

Photoshop CS3

• Intel® Pentium® 4, Intel Centrino®, Intel Xeon®, or Intel Core™ Duo (or compatible) processor
• Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista™ Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise (certified for 32-bit editions)
• 512MB of RAM
• 64MB of video RAM
• 1GB of available hard-disk space (additional free space required during installation)
• 1,024x768 monitor resolution with 16-bit video card
• DVD-ROM drive
• QuickTime 7 software required for multimedia features
• Internet or phone connection required for product activation
• Broadband Internet connection required for Adobe Stock Photos* and other services

Edit: your poll should be more specific, you say "What is your favorite brand of electronics?"

Different brands have different strong/weak points for example sony specialise more in phones than Linksys, but lynksis are more popular with network equipment so it depends what you are looking for

For cameras i would say sony, canon or fujifilm
Printers i would say canon or possibly HP

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Thank you. But how do you edit the poll. I have no idea of how to.
Isn't their a software called "Photoshop CS3 Extended" from Adobe?
Is it the same as the one you describe above the same as the one i said?
Did you actually voted two times?
Thanks.

I think only moderators of this section can edit polls
From what i gather, CS3 extended has more features: http://www.adobe.com/products/photos...oshopextended/

under reasons to upgrade, the features with a * by the side are unique to cs3 extended

Yes, this type of poll allows you to make multiple votes, I chose sony and cannon because they make good printers and cameras.

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yo, a question related to editing as well, you guys know any sites with tutorials on how to take a digital pic and make it seem like a SLR pic? all those effects and such. my buddies can do that with Adobe but er... they aint letting me on.

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What do you mean by, 'make it seem like a SLR pic? all those effects and such'?

what? you can't get on adobe? that seems like a problem. maybe you can uses a convertor to convert to that type of file or just uses a camera software and it

have you heard of photo correction? it a more advance than photoshop. a higher method.

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Can Photoshop be infected with Virus?

I can't seem to believe it or not since everytime I try to edit a picture a different picture appear that is not even on my computer!!!!