There are any number of tutorials on the web, just go to google and type in "photoshop tutorial". In some ways you're fortunate in that the brushes in 7 are much more complex than they are in six. A book that really helped me out when I was getting started was the "Visual Quickstart guide to Photoshop". You can pick up old editions quite cheaply and most of what they say is still relevant. It's also really helpful to browse the manual that comes with Photoshop. It will give you an idea of the terminology and of what's possible. - Ken Heronheart -