How do I....

[Tammy1966]

I am sure this has been asked numerous times but truthfully I do not have time to do a search.
I Love all of your designs and want to start so what programs are you all using? Is there one that is better than the others?
Thanks
Tammy

[LittleMissMagic]

Well, Adobe Photoshop is ideal, but really expensive (starts at $300, I believe). Most use Photo Impact. It's much more reasonable (around $100) and has plenty of neat effects.

[jtanddolly]

For someone starting out, if you are looking at the photoshop products, start with Photoshop Elements. I use it and love it and a lot of the DISigners on the Boards use it as well. It is much cheaper than spending $300 for full blown photoshop. I can't remember what I spent but I think it is somewhere between $100-150. There is also a lot of help online for it. There is a forum similiar to this called www.elementsvillage.com that is great, and there are lots of video tutorials on youtube that walk you through how to do things like name fills, etc.

[Tammy1966]

Thank You very much:cool1: