Hi from Dallas!

Wat · January 23, 2009, 03:24:30 PM

Hi, my name is Wat. I'm a graphic designer and amateur photographer working in the printing industry. I have been working with photoshop since I was in high school and eventually turned it into a career.

I'm waiting for my first pick now so wish me luck.

Tess (Tassie D) · January 23, 2009, 06:16:42 PM

Hi Wat and welcome to the OPR forum. Good luck on your first photo and feel free to post on the forum for help if you need it.

Hannie · January 23, 2009, 07:19:02 PM

Welcome to the forum Wat, great to have you join us!

Hannie

Mhayes · January 23, 2009, 08:36:56 PM

Hi Wat, welcome from Kansas! You will find your graphic design and photography skills will be a big help here. Plus, I think your will find this a fun place to be.

Margie

weewood · January 23, 2009, 10:57:42 PM

Welcome aboard, Wat! I know you will enjoy it here...

Candice · January 23, 2009, 11:20:09 PM

Love Field, Lemon Avenue, Maple Lawn Jr. High, TJ Rusk, Delman Theater, Turtle Creek,
and Big Tex. Any ring a bell?

Welcome :up2:

Charlene5 · January 24, 2009, 04:56:21 PM

Yay! More Texans! We're poised to take over ;D Welcome, you'll like it here.

MJ

Karen · January 30, 2009, 08:21:46 PM

Hi Wat. Best of luck to you! I"m new too. I've only done two photo restorations so far. I just started volunteering about two weeks ago. Welcome! Nice to see your post.

Karen

rlmichael · February 09, 2009, 06:16:01 PM

Hi Wat, south Florida here. Sounds like OPR has found another experienced Photoshop person. A lot of of us can use your suggestions from time to time. Glad your with us. I am new to OPR, and only working on my first restoration. I picked one in the difficult to imposable category for my first one. It is a great learning experience, but extremely frustrating. Good luck to you on your new adventure. Mike

TerryB · February 10, 2009, 08:21:30 AM

Welcome, Wat.

Coastal South Carolina here.

You'll find a terrific group of volunteers here with helpful suggestions when/if you get stuck on something. Don't be reluctant to ask for assistance.

And the tutorials in the OPR Workshop Information Exchange forum can help solve problems you didn't even know you had.

Dallas? Wasn't there formerly a professional football team in the Dallas area? ;D

glennab · February 10, 2009, 02:37:47 PM

Hi Wat

Welcome from another Floridian (St. Petersburg)!

We're both in the same trade, and I hope you find your background as helpful as mine's been for me. A couple of words of warning: NOTHING will prepare you for these challenges. Even if you've done restorations in the past (I had), these will put all spare brain cells to work figuring out how to deal with the myriad forms of muck. That said, you may also find that no matter how difficult, the restorations are totally addictive – not only because of the challenge, but because these images come from people who have faced devastation none of the rest of us can imagine. It's a wonderful feeling to give something back to them.

Good luck with your first restoration. We're at the ready to help if you run into anything you're not sure how to handle – and to poke at you (never your work) if we discover you have a sense of humor and can take the abuse. I'm bruised and battered from nearly 3 years of OPR pouncing, and I love every minute of it. Not to mention that I've been known to initiate a few frays just for fun. We work hard and have a great time. I'm glad you've joined the crew.

Bless,

GK