Hidden Gekko
3 Years and 100 Posts 0_o
Ringling School of Art and Design...
Exactly! The wild & exotic filters are sort of an initiation to Photoshop. They are fun to use (and abuse) at first, but eventually you find yourself using them hardly at all, exactly as I did. Much of what I do now is editing, where I don't use but a select few filters at all; rather, I concentrate on the tools I need to use, such as Levels, Hue & Saturation, etc.Originally posted by Urbansory
Look at it this way, it's a good thing that you used the plug-ins. I think all beginners need to go through that phase, that way you learn what they can do and know the abilities and limitations of each and how they work together to create unique effects later.