Luckily 'm trying to learn for fun, not for work, because it's slow going. I did some work in Photoshop several years ago when I was doing web
design, but couldn't afford to buy it just for fun.
So far, I've been able to do everything I want with the gimp, it just takes a lot longer to figure out how.
i know photoshop is quiet expensive
when you attend certain classes and you will have the status "student" even if it is for 1 months you can get a photoshop student version - full
version, can.t be updated but for small money
just checked the web for some tutorials
not sure whether you already got them or if the quality is great