do you still remember it?
do you still have your very 1st chop psd?
any special story on how you started chopping?

i would like to share mine.[not so special though]
14 months ago i was amazed by this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMEB-CSieq4
aaargh that video tune. i will never forget that tune.

then i tried myself to make one and i failed. i tried it again on the next morning and i failed again. [additional info : i'm working it without layer window ]. and finnaly i figured it out! there is a layer window! that can help me to determine which layer show first.

and that's it my Vuery 1st chop.


Selection : pure magic wand

First chop I ever did was right after building this new computer in 2002. It had 5 fans, including a 6 inch fan in the front.. it did keep things cool. also made my curtains dirty quick like


all i had was a crap web cam... (and I still have it)
I would for the most part, only repair pictures or small mods..

i was inspired by a blended photo i saw on a friends netlog page ...it was a photo from him in front and his girlfriend was blended in the background..
naturally i was searching the internet just how to do that...
(never had a clue it was photoshopped)...i wanted to create a simular photo with my wife and me...
once i had ps i coulndt find just how to do that and then after a long time searching a found it...
after that i was going with the flow ..thinking if ps can do that maybe it could a lot of other stuff..?
and i'm still searching for new things to learn...
hope ya understand my bad english

actually, your bad English is better than a lot of native English speakers..

dude you're really funny ...are you a stand up comedian???

i'll try to do the best i can and i read everything twice before hitting the submit button...
and after i clicked it..i see the mistakes..when it's to late

wew. . .
My english also not that good.
But who cares.
We are not writing letter to prime minister. As l0ng as we understand every word we have read. Such as simular : similar.

Argh! 5.30 am! Gotta sleep now.

Tommekin, I think Sid was being serious, your English is just fine, a lot better than my Flemish.

I had played with Photoshop at work . . . adding an extra eye to a friend's picture or things like that, but this was my first chop here.

http://photoshopcontest.com/view-entry/50795/hello-houston-.html

I was so ugly I had to fix my photo before adding it to a online profile. And PS rules.

I was being serious, your english is very good, at least in type.


sanctuary continues to improve a lot too.





that was funny

Hey Sanctuary,

Hahaha, I started chopping when I was 14 (32 years ago). We didn't have PS or even a computer.

I remember taking several photos of the same mountain (panoramic) and having to wait for days for the local drug store to develop my 110 film. Then taking scissors and cutting and taping them together in order (photomerge). What a pain, but it worked for me.

Does this count as choppin'?

I think I was about 30 when I got my first computer and my Dad (aka gramps @ PSC) installed PhotoShop 4.0 on my MAC and thought it was fun, but never started learning how it really works till I hooked up here at PSC about 1-1/2 ago.

Thanks Sanctuary for making me feel so fu&king old!!!

BTW........ WTF is your real name? or maybe a nickname?

I started using Photoshop before it had layers, ca. 1990, I think. Adding type to an image was an abomination! I used to create my images (mostly drawings for in-house technical talks) in MacWorks, then buff them up in Photoshop. Layers caused a revolution!

i think that's a chop cause you use scissor and glue
must be a hard time.

ugh..
i feel myself impolite sometimes speaking to senior just like speaking to my 17s buddy.
i never thought that mr.gramps is your father. you father must be very cool.

my name??
why you want to know? you wanna kidnap me or something?
if you do please take me to a better place


Real name : Tan Tian Sheng
Nick name : TTS
now i'm realize that i'm not that famous.

facebook account if you care :

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=1048642812#

thanks for asking.

I first started using photoshop for making fun out of work colleagues by putting thier faces on other peoples bodies, that became the norm at work and when ever anyone was leaving the company i was asked to make some funny picture that would be presented to them on thier last day at work.
This was usually photos of them as famous movie stars etc

After that i got into restoring old photos for friends.

This is one of my work colleague images i done for her retirement, her nickname was Yoda as she was only about 4.5 foot tall.


And this was my very first chop for PSC
http://photoshopcontest.com/view-entry/146492/sweet.html

woa! 1st chop and you hit 23 votes... pretty amazing.

23 votes!
Wow thats more than my last few chops combined