surely they can learn the very basics such as auto contrast button, colour correction, desaturate True enough. I teach Illustrator and PS as extensions courses at one of our local colleges. Know I get them interested in the power of Photoshop? By giving them an action and then taking it apart. Some people will learn from these, others won't. The ones who won't probably aren't artists -- I daresay not even craftspeople :) -- the ones who do are. Room for all, ma'am.