I have photoshop and have been using it for about a 6 7 months now! its alot of fun and really easy to use, at first its going to seem hard but you will get use to it, i actually disigned a web site check it out, like i mention im into the jap cars but coming over to the american hot rods the site is www.teamlegit.com i became so good at photoshop that the owner of the site works for a computer programing company and his boss seen the site and wants me to disigned logos for the programs they use/ program and stuff! its really fun i cant help you with it if you need help i dont mind!