Question on wall paper generation.

Hello all,

I just recently picked up a copy of Photoshop Essentials 6 to do some photo editing. Looking at some of the wall paper topics in this forum (Powerforge comes to mind) I began to wonder if my copy of Photoshop would be enough to create such a thing? Do you guys use a program like this or something totally different? I've actually never used Photoshop before, so it's going to take me a while to figure everything out. Also, what is used to create the crazy lettering on these wall papers (big bold letters that look metallic and have lightning around them, etc)?

Thanks ahead of time. I was just curious if I would be trying to do something that my software isn't capable of.

With PS Essentials, you should get access to some tutorials and such. And yeah, it's enough to create wallpapers (heck, it's probably overkill - like getting Monet to paint anything you want, any subject, any size - and asking him to repaint your bathroom beige.)

Search around for fonts (or pickt hrough what you have already, you might be surprised - fortunately it should actually display the fonts with a sample, at least in 5,) Google will bring up plenty of free ones. (Remember, nto all are free... some are paid for.)

Spend an hour or two playing with the filters and such. You'll get all sorts of interesting effects.

See my Guides and Tutorials

Ah cool Memphis, thanks. I searched around a bit and found some cool fonts. Now I just need to mess around with the software a bit to figure out how to manipulate things.

Thanks again.