Tuesday, March 28, 2006

   Do you have Photoshop? Please read!
Hey everybody. Logan-kun here.

If you missed yesterday's post, you may want to go back and give it a read when you have some extra time.
Keep in mind I'm not asking you to read it because it contained one of my trademark pity-rants (I'm sure you all just gave a big sigh of relief ~_^ ), but because it's about something I know you all care about: manga.
I know it's a bit of a long one, but that's just because it's a plug. If you read it, it may just open you to a new manga you'll really enjoy. ^_^

First off on today's post, I wanna' get through some bad news....
I won't go into full-details right now, because for some reason my fickle hormones aren't making me feel bad about it at this particular moment (I bet you all just gave another sigh of relief ~_^ ). Talking/Whining about it would make me feel depressed about it again, and I don't want to do that in one of the few times my hormones are doing something positive for me.
Just know that my brother did something on Sunday that was part of his normally obnoxious behavior and just got escalated, and that my mom is still being a tyrannical hypocrite as per her normal behavior.

In addition to the bad news, Miyoko-chan's brother, Scotty (did I spell his nick-name right, Erin?), is a bit ill at the moment.
Scott's prone to compound anxiety and panic-attacks, which hit him full-force this previous weekend.
Please pray for Scott's physical and mental health, as well as the eased worries of Erin and the rest of their family.

Okey-dokey, on to the good stuff! ^_^
I went to B&N's today (isn't having no homework & no school in the morning great? ^o^ ). I read more of the manga I was talking about yesterday (*winks & points to the post below*).
I'm currently starting volume 3 at the moment, and man, is it getting good! So many twists to follow and secrets being revealed!

Also, guess what I downloaded the other day....
And when I say "downloaded", I mean legally of course. >=P
(I was gonna' talk about this yesterday, but as you already know, yesterday's post was long enough. @_@ )

Well, as many of you may remember, my new friend Zach was teaching me a little bit about using Photoshop during our free-time in Sci. Vis. at school, where we had access to computers as well as the program at school.
Zig's taking an extracurricular class on tools like Photoshop, which I can't take myself because I have to be at home to baby-sit my little sister after school (WAAAAH!! T_T ).
So, Zig's giving me a crash-course in Photoshop during our extra time in that class, which we'll continue doing once school resumes in a week.

But, after 20 minutes with Photoshop, I knew I had to have it.
So, I do about 5 minutes of searching when I came home on Tuesday, and low & behold, they had the Trial Version available for free on the Adobe website!!!
That's right! Logan-kun now has Photoshop Elements 4.0 on his computer!
^_^ My Lord, I love this program!!

This soft-ware could greatly improve my artwork.
Seriously, I know it can.
When I say "improve", I mean it can un-do all that horrible damage my scanner does to my artwork.
*tear* It's like a whole new world just opened up to me.

The problem is.....I'm still learning how to use all those features that brighten colors and fix skin-tones. -_-' I'm totally clueless (and Zig's in Chicago right now, so calling him & asking for help isn't an option).
Are there any other Photoshop'ers here that use the program for their art that can help me out? I'd really appreciate any guidance you could give me.

Though it's only the Trial Version (I installed it on Friday, so I have 26 days left), I may just be able to keep using this software without ever having to buy it.
It said the only perk of buying the software was that there'd be no more "installing and re-installing", which leads me to believe the only down-side of not buying it is that I have to re-download and re-install it every 30 days.
I'm guessing most people using Photoshop are rich enough to afford its insane price and too lazy to just re-download it.

I'm a thrifty man, so I'd be more then happy to just have to re-download it rather then pay that hefty price for it. =3 Hooray for companies being too lazy to prevent little moochers like me! ^o^

It's slow as molasses (mmmmmm, molasses), and it's occupying a MASSIVE chunk of my PC's memory, but I love it. ^_^

OK, that's plenty enough from me for one night!
I bet you're all tired of my long-ass posts, aren’t you?
I'll see you all tomorrow!
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