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My fiancee desinged bookmarks as favors for our engagement party and I think we're going to use it to make our programs. Also, he editted our engagement pics since our photographer is just a friend with a good camera. But I don't think it's particularly necessary. I could've done all that stuff on alternative programs like paint, word and Picassa.
I use Photoshop for everything, so I used it to start decorating invites/any other paper goods. Love it, and might die without it. ;)
BUT, if you do not already know how to use Photoshop, it's not something you can just "pick up" quick by playing around in it. In that case, you might be better off using another program.
I've done everything in Photoshop: save the dates, invitations (including all pocketfold enclosures), reception signage, seating chart, program, day-of schedules for wedding party, etc, etc... I've worked with Photoshop for years and am more comfortable designing in it even though it isn't meant for print design. I know I can get done what I want more quickly in Photoshop than other programs I have.
I've used Photoshop for nearly everything wedding-related. However, as Miss BBQ said, it's not a program that you can easily "pick up." The program does not make your designing any easier if you don't know to do it.
i have photoshop, but the only thing i know how to do is crop and resize! ugh
I've been using Inkscape. It's basically an opensource (read: free) version of Illustrator. The Gimp, I believe, is the free version of Photoshop. I'm not savvy enough to know the difference between the two, but i have both of them and love them both. I just started designing my save the dates in Inkscape. It's pretty straight-forward for the most part. I haven't been asking it to do anything too powerful so it hasn't been that difficult to just look around and find whatever I'm looking for. I recommend it. It's free so why not?
in the past, i use photoshop to create posters for conference presentations. they looked super swanky :)
heck yeah! I'm using it for everything.
Save the dates, invites, response cards, return address labels, DIY map, escort cards, etc etc etc 
@lergx6, so how do you like GIMP? I downloaded it to try to make my own monogram. I was not able to make one letter wrap around another, UGH. I really wanted a twined monogram.
I agree with MissBBQ and deebstation - I am using Photoshop for everything, and although Photoshop is fairly easy to use, some of the fancier features may require you to get some tutorials to figure out. I have been using Photoshop for over 10 years now, so it was a no brainer for us when I wanted to design our own invites, etc.
Ditto. My FH is the designer... but he has been all up in Photoshop and Illustrator for all our paper elements. It's been amazing the things he has been able to create in those programs from my whims! STDs, Invites, Maps, Programs... Everything!
yes it's great, but if you don't already own it I wouldn't go out and buy it. It's expensive and you can do similar things with microsoft publisher.
@lovebyrdz I asked my fiance if he knew the difference between Inkscape and Gimp (Illustrator v. Photoshop) and it seems that Illustrator/Inkscape are meant for building things from the ground up and GIMP/Photoshop are meant for editing things that already exist. I'm not hugely proficient with either, and I have no idea how to do twining, but you may want to take a crack at it with Inkscape. If you have non-leopard Mac OSX then you'll probably have to use an older version of Inkscape than the most recent since their developer upgraded to Leopard.
I've used Photoshop to make our save the dates and I just finished our place cards.
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I LOVE Photoshop! It took me a while to kind of get used to it, but I have been doing everything on there!
Everything for our wedding has been designed in either Photoshop or Illustrator, but I haven't been doing any of the designing myself. That part of the job is all my fiance, since he knows both of these programs really well.
I used to be pretty hardcore with my Photoshop usage, but since I started designing all the stuff for our wedding, I've been using Illustrator. A friend of mine taught me the basics and at first I hated it, but he was right, once you figure it out you'll never go back. It's amazing. I find it's a lot more predictable than Photoshop. I always had problems with my text turning out pixel-y when I printed with Photoshop (which I know is all in the set up and resolution, etc) but I haven't had a single issue with Illustrator. I'm a convert!
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I was just wondering if having Photoshop really helped anyone in designing DIY elements of their wedding... like invites or placecards... anything really?