[muddy250]

My website links page (see sig at the bottom) has some info including a link (bottom of links page) to Ron Bigelow's photoshop tutorials, all free and very useful bite sized pieces for anyone starting out in photoshop.

It's a slow process of using the program to do the things you want one at a time until you build a range of skills. Even though I have many years experience I still learn new things every day, it's a massive program so don't try to take it all in at once! Baby steps.

I've used ps for many years and am very lucky because my employer has a licence which allows me home use for free with all the upgrades! Bring on CS4!