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  Robbie January 20, 2014 at 10:45pm

  While the Adobe stuff is great, it's a tech course to learn how to use it effectively. There is a really good free alternative to photoshop caled gimp, if you get stuck on how to do anything a quick search on Youtube really helps

  I design all my flyers in Microsoft publisher / word. I use a image re-sizer tool, do a google search there are tons of them.

  If I'm after a certain look I would buy an image from one of the many royalty free images sites.
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  philip shaw January 20, 2014 at 10:50pm

  hi Robbie thanks for the commet on my post

  I ve tried gimp before but couldnt get it to load and work on my laptop
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  philip shaw January 21, 2014 at 9:45pm

  Come on People help me out here Please
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  Geoff Norfolk January 21, 2014 at 11:46pm

  Photoshop elements is great but you'd find it much easier to use if you get the early versions... you can pick one up off Ebay for hardly anything. The later versions have endless features that just complicate things and you're unlikely to want or need. I find the same thing with "Word"..... I can do everything I want on the old version but the new one has become so complicated I can't be bothered with it.
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  Phil Voice January 22, 2014 at 5:56am

  Hi Phil

  Have a play with Ribbet (previously Picnik). It's not anywhere near the same as photoshop but it has got a great deal of clever features. I've used it a lot and get reasonable results.

  http://www.ribbet.com/
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  Matt Johnson January 22, 2014 at 5:22pm

  you could always try www.pixlr.com

  Thats not a bad program.. i made my first logo on that
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  philip shaw January 22, 2014 at 5:57pm

  hi Geoff
  will have a look at the elements one ... is that the one you use then and what things do u create on there

  what have u used that for Phil

  Matt I ve got pixlr already sorry my mistake spelt it wrong at top
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  Geoff Norfolk January 22, 2014 at 6:09pm

  It is very versatile and you should be able to create anything you want on it...... posters, flyers,website photos, logos etc. If you messed up on a bit of someones garden, it can easily be made to disappear!!! As I said... stick to the early versions to start with... you can always progress to something more complicated later on if you really want to. You can also pick up an instruction book like "photoshop elements for dummies".... they're actually very good books and you can pick one up for the early versions for £1! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Photoshop-Elements-3-for-Dummies-For-Dumm...
  
  Phil Shaw said:

  hi Geoff
  will have a look at the elements one ... is that the one you use then and what things do u create on there

  what have u used that for Phil

  Matt I ve got pixlr already sorry my mistake spelt it wrong at top
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  philip shaw January 22, 2014 at 6:46pm

  which version would u recommend geoff
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  Richard Boyd January 22, 2014 at 7:35pm

  Phil images for print and the web are still different beasts and should be treated as such until things like web page loading time is irrelevant.

  Geoff Norfolk said:

  Photoshop elements is great but you'd find it much easier to use if you get the early versions... you can pick one up off Ebay for hardly anything. The later versions have endless features that just complicate things and you're unlikely to want or need. ...

  Thanks Geoff that just about sums up IT today. Lots of frilly bits added but absolutely no real substance.

  Still using Office 2000 here, no reason to upgrade.