Polish Your Skills with 30+ Useful Photoshop Guides and Tutorials

August 19th, 2010 Posted in Photoshop, Resources, Tutorials

If you’re a designer there’s a good chance you’re already using Photoshop a lot. This very versatile software is one of the most popular out there and the available tutorials and websites are many. The experience I have with many Photoshop users I’ve met is that they are really good at what they do the most, but sometimes the basic skills in some of the more usual aspects of the software can be a bit rusty.

This time I’ve collected 20 Photoshop tutorials that aren’t about making all that crazy and spectacular stuff that we many times see in the most popular tutorials. This collection has some tutorials that really help you gain some new techniques and refresh your knowledge.

These tutorials/guides are great for both beginners and the intermediate users that want to fresh up some of their knowledge. Definitely something here for everyone.

Enjoy!

Create Your Own Custom Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts

How To Use Curves in Photoshop

Get Smart with the Photoshop Smart Objects

Photoshop Brush Tool: A Basic Guide

Photoshop’s Pen Tool: The Comprehensive Guide

Photoshop’s Toolbox

Photoshop’s Painting Tools

A Comprehensive Introduction to the Type Tool

Saving Images for the Web

Grids, Guides & Alignment

Mastering “Bevel and Emboss” – From Beginner to Pro

Types of Extraction in Photoshop

A Comprehensive Introduction to Photoshop Selection Techniques

Photoshop’s Filters

Color Correction Basics in Photoshop

Creative Image Coloring Photoshop Tutorial

Boost your images with Lab colour

Using Palettes in Photoshop

How To Manipulate Images With The Photoshop Clone Stamp Tool

Basic Portrait Retouching in Photoshop

Photoshop 101 – Working With Alpha Channels

Getting to Grips with the Vanishing Point Filter

How to use Adobe Photoshop Actions

Automatically Define Photoshop Brushes by Using Actions

A Basic Guide to Photoshop’s 3D Tools

Unlock Photoshop CS4’s 3D tools

An Explanation of Photoshop Blend Modes

Blend a Planet Transparently into a Photo Manipulation

Getting to Know Clipping Masks and Layer Masks in Photoshop

Quick Tip: Use Puppet Warp in Photoshop CS5 to Tweak Your Images

Create a Calendar Using Scripting in Photoshop

Those were our picks this time. Hopefully you’ve been able to learn some new tips and techniques for use in your own designs.

Good luck :)

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Hilde Torbjornsen is a graphic designer from Norway. She loves everything Adobe, photography, freelancing and music. She owns the website Designer77 and you can follow her daily updates on Twitter @Hildy77.
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