Photoshop, Yikes.

Ok, so I have always really wanted Photoshop.

It's probably not going to seem like that statement

is true when I tell you that I have been the proud 

new owner of Photoshop Elements 10 since the 

beginning of July.  

And I hadn't opened the box until a few days ago.

The thing is even though I am SUPER excited about

having it, I am still (rightfully so) SUPER intimidated 

by it.  

I wish there was just some way I could go to bed and 

wake up completely proficient in this incredibly

difficult foreign language!  

Anyhow, I am generally sitting on HUNDREDS of 

photos to edit every single day and just haven't found 

the time to start this process...until now.  

I just jumped in and have begun watching a million

Youtube videos on all things Photoshop.  

Oh did I mention that it doesn't come with a manual?

At all??!!  

Really that is ok because I don't mind watching it and 

having someone talk me through it, the problem lies 

in the fact that they seem to assume you know more 

then I do and they leave out things they think are obvious,

but to me they are not.  At all.  

Oh well, it's fun learning new things.  I know I have a ton

of photos that will be great to go back to and fix.  So far I 

have watched HOURS of videos and I feel like I still know 

nothing but I just fixed my very first photo so I figured 

I better show it off here.  

With this particular fix I was working on called
"Scene Cleaner"you need to take 2 or more
very similar photos and merge them together, 

either replacing an object or removing it entirely.  

Here are the two I started with:

 This one I loved but I didn't like the distracting person

in the background, I also wished I could see more of

Josh's hat.

 This one solved both of those issues but Alexa isn't 

looking at the camera.

So here is the end result after I merged the two:

  So much better!!!

I have a million (literally) things to learn but I am excited

that I finally dove in and am getting started.  Not sure I 

will ever sleep again as I feel like I want to learn it all 

RIGHT NOW!!!  

So sorry Dad & Angi if I didn't seem like I was utilizing 

my present.  I am super thankful for it, step one for me 

was getting over the time & intimidation factor and I am 

finally ready to move on to step two, obsessing over this 

new awesomeness.  So thank you again, I LOVE it!!!