Hi

Does anyone know of any  sites with good photomanipulation tutorials? I admire many works that I see here and on other sites that are created using photomanipulation and would love to be able to do some too, buy my efforts so far have not been very good...lol. I need a little guidance I think:)

I just did a quick search on DeviantArt with photomanipulation and tutorial, it gave me 420 results:   http://www.deviantart.com/#catpath=resources&order=9&q=photomanipulation+tutorial

This should give you a little start...  :)

http://www.rnel.net/tutorials/Photoshop/Photo_Manipulation

http://www.thedesignworld.com/photoshop-tutorials/photo-manipulation/

http://psdlearning.com/2008/09/vibrant-photo-manipulation/

all you gotta do is Google for Photo manipulation (2 words). There are like a million :D

Happy hunting(;

Thanks guys:) I know there are a ton of them out there, but they are not all good/useful and it could mean hours of surfing:) Was hoping for some good recommendations from the folks here:)

Good news and bad news...

Good news - www.photoshopuser.com
Bad news - you'll need a membership and it's $99

Tutorials galore on any version of subject you'd care to learn, as well as a monthly magazine with tips and tricks, advice, and cool tutorials. Yes, I'm a member.

Otherwise, I'd suggest Getting a few books depending on what version of photomanipulation you want:

"I've Got a Human in My Throat" - the folks at Worth1000.com: (bizarre manipulation)
http://www.amazon.com/Ive-Got-Human-Throat-Delusions/dp/1598630709/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234237809&sr=1-1

"Welcome to Oz" - Vincent Versace: (elegant and effective manipulation)
http://www.amazon.com/Welcome-Oz-Cinematic-Photography-Photoshop/dp/0321585461/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234237836&sr=1-1

"Surreal Digital Photography" - Barry Huggins: (back to bizarre!)
http://www.amazon.com/Surreal-Digital-Photography-One-Off/dp/1592003893/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_c

Hope this helps-
-Lew

Attached Link: http://www.worth1000.com/tutorials.asp

There's a lot of places out there that you don't have to pay for to get your toes wet doing photo manips. Good Tutorials <<(click here) is a good resource.

Once you get the feel for blending your images and finding good sources of images and textures, the sky's the limit. I just recently finished one that sits on my homepage & I plan to do a few more just for fun. :)

Good luck!