Thanks so much to Nathan (nmsmith) for giving me pointers on the intricacies involving the use of layers in photoshop. Please let me know what you think.
If anyone is going to catch on quick, it's going to be you. What do I think? I think you are growing and enjoying thoroughly as you go! It shows ;) Nice presentation. Way to go.
LOL - Yeah, the competition is heating up. Not only Greg's work here, but Fae's post today also shows some awesome photoshop work. I think that's fabulous, though. I encourage you both to continue exploring. I've read many Photoshop books (I own about 20 of them), but the one that was the very best, and helped me the most, was Ben Willmore's "Adobe Photoshop CS Studio Techniques." It's clearly written, and rather than being a book of recipes for effects, it takes time to explain each tool and dialog and how it works. I understood more about Photoshop after reading that, than I got from all the rest of them put together. Kudos!
JuneBug