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Can anyone recommend a good ebook, website, self-study course, etc. to help software engineers, programmers, etc. gain a basic knowledge of graphic arts. I'm interested in basic Photoshop/GIMP skills to help make and tweak icons, images, etc. when I don't have a professional graphic artist nearby to help out or if the job is too small to hire one.

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If what you're wanting is to actually learn graphic design, well that's a big topic. However for simply learning how to tweak images in Photoshop there are plenty of great free resources online. Here's one of the first results when I just searched for "photoshop beginner tutorials"

http://mashable.com/2010/08/12/12-beginner-tutorials-for-getting-started-with-photoshop/

Also, you'll find lots of great info at the graphic design Stack Exchange site:

https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/

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I read Graphic Design Essentials: Skills, Software and Creative Solutions, its a bit on the pricy side, but it was very worth it. It explained everything I needed to know. I wasnt the best with Graphics at first but this book gave me such a great overview, I was easily able to jump into it.