Re: Creating mouseover graphics

Well, I suppose I'm guilty for being one of the "obscure to newbies"
posters, but honestly, i don't think it's a field that really has too much
'step by step' to it... (Microsoft professional image editing wizard?  =)

I'd like to be clear that this is not a flame towards newbies or anybody at
all, and I'm not criticizing the step-by-step approach to answering
questions -- I'm just explaining why I don't use it.


There are basics to any trade or skill, and they are prerequisites for many
of the questions here.  When I answer a question, i assume that the person
asking knows how to install and configure the software being used, and that
they understand the basic workings of a mouse, and the fact that the
computer needs to be on.  

If they're asking me about something in photoshop 4, I'm assuming they
haven't spent a few hundred dollars on something that they expect to be
able to pick up right away.  There's a /reason/ it's priced that way, and
because it's the choice of many professionals... and it takes effort to learn.

Adobe products have come with better manuals than most software that I've
seen, and they're very clear and to the point for the most part.  My
original copy of Photoshop was on floppy disks, but the CD's that you buy
now are /full/ of tutorials and online help.

So, rather than repeat all of the information that you should have on your
right-hand-side, my answers, and the answers that are charged as 'vague'
just happen to concentrate on the points that apply to the specifics of a
certain situation.

you are /not/ an idiot, nor is anybody who asks basics questions, but i
also don't think it unfair to assume a bit of footwork on the part of
whoever is asking the question...in many cases, it's what makes you learn
the /why's/ of what you're doing.

Green

[ New personal site at http://www.myna.com/~tempest/green/ ]

At 11:55 PM 12/5/97 -0500, f u s i o n wrote:
>ok,ok,ok,ok, OK.. :) good gawd!
>
>The problem arises when you account for the fact that Zach sounded like a
>beginner to Photoshop.
>If I asked for help and someone gave me a short-handed reply, I might get
>it with a few tries, but if someone gave me a 1,2,3,4... type answer that
>is long, as it was, I would be much more clear on how to achieve the effect
>that I wanted.
>
>I replied after I got three vague answers, and I had a
>straight-to-the-point--BUT LONGER--answer. I thought I'd give a much
>simpler, although long, and more effective answer (And teach a bit more
>about basics [although you guys did the same, but were vague from a
>beginner's point of view])
>
>If I didn't really know what I was doing in the first place, and someone
>said: 
>
>"..when all the have to do is simply create the same text in a different
>color and hide the layer before saving."
>
>(Someone wanna say what that little eye is for? =)
>
>...I wouldn't be totally clear. Ahhh...never mind. I can explain this all
day.
>
>After all, how many of you went to a tutorial site and someone made it look
>so easy, but you had to go somewhere else to figure out what the heck a
>channel was? It's like they/you expect you/them to know.
>
>
>My name is Brian, in case someone doesn't know. :)
>
>As I said a few times before, maybe I'm just an idiot? Who knows?
>
>b.j.

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