Are you into graphic design? Is it something that you are really good at? I build websites for a living and I am just getting the hang of designing. It can be fun and very rewarding once you know what you are doing and become more efficient at it. And since I build websites all the time it saves big on the cost of having to pay someone else to design a website for me.

Just recently I ventured into using a new platform to do graphic design called Gimp. Reading about the new flatform had me curious and I had to try it out to create more appealing designs. When I jumped into it I could not figure anything out for the life of me. The user interface confused me and the docks kept disappearing. I even had simple issues like picking colors to use with my brush or what the term "rendering" meant.

To try and help with the learning curve I started getting more active in the forums and asking alot of questions about Gimp and the interface. Most of the tutorials left out quite a few steps and really did not help me that well with the design process. It took me over 2 days to design a simple page with a few pictures and a handful of articles. This usually only took me an hour tops with other platforms.

I ran across a set of In Depth Gimp Tutorials. It totally filled me in on the steps I was missing and covered all the questions I had about all aspects of the interface. Now I can churn out a few websites a day and the design work is really beautiful.