A little over a week ago, I decided that I needed a graphics program to help with the greeting card project. The programs I already have won't do - or at least I don't know how to make it do - a few of the things I want to do with my drawings, so I started shopping.
Dang, good software is expensive.
Corel Paint Shop Pro that included Painter Essentials 8 was on sale somewhere. I snapped it up for under $50, downloaded and installed it, and jumped right in, thinking I was in business.
When I fired up the program, it presented me with a bunch of links to tutorials. I skipped past them and tried to begin doing what I'd bought the program to do but hit a wall right off the bat.
The Husband came out to the porch as I was grumbling. He said, "Find a tutorial." I kind of rolled my eyes and went on grumbling.
After about a week of torture, I finally decided to find a tutorial. I liked this guy:
Aaron's Painter Tutorials - YouTube
When I found the 8-part series on Painter Essentials, I did not have time to watch them all at one sitting. We had a busy Saturday, but nothing on the agenda for Sunday. I planned to devote the whole day, if necessary, to tutorials.
By 11 a.m. Sunday, I was halfway through the videos when my niece texted me that she was coming over to dig up some flowers. A few minutes later, a cousin called to say that she was coming over. I put the tutorials on hold for the afternoon, but managed to watch the rest of them before the day was over.
Well, I've slept since then, and all that knowledge I crammed into my head yesterday is scrambled into a murky soup. At this point, I can scarcely remember why I needed a graphics program in the first place. :-\
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