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 Featured Photoshop Tutorials

 

  Basics - The Interface This tutorial covers one of the basic and most important parts of Photoshop, the interface. We will cover the toolbar while giving a short overview of all the useful tools and their specific functions.
Basics   Andres Conde
 
Fly Out Menus   Basics - The Menus

Some of the Most powerful features in Photoshop are hidden away in the slew of menus tucked on the top of the Photoshop interface. Become familiar with all of the different menus and tools available in Photoshop.

Basics   Rodrigo Romero
 
Palettes   Basics - Palettes

The palettes in Photoshop have the ability to save you a great deal of time, allow you to gather information and perform a number of useful tasks with just the click of your mouse, while holding dozens of advanced features.

Basics   Andres Conde
 
Palettes   Batch Processing

Batch processing is one of the many features hidden away in Photoshop's "Automate" menu. This tool in combination with your actions panel can be a great time saver for those really tedious tasks.

Basics   Rumi Lampreabe
 
  Advanced Drawing with Illustrator

Ever wonder how spectacular illustrations are created? Here is a chance for you to learn some of the techniques used to draw and compose in Illustrator and picking up a few tricks along the way.

Illustrator   Julie-Ann Reitz
 
  Creating Brush Tips from a Bitmap

One the quickest and more powerful ways to add texture and special touches to your images is by using brushes. Brushes can be one of many types, and in this tutorial we will cover how to make brush tips using bitmaps.

Technique   Isaias Toledo
 
  Comic Book Coloring

Have you ever wanted to learn the basics of how to paint your own comic book art in photoshop? This tutorial covers techniques on how to color your art in comic book style.

Technique   Isaias Toledo
 
Curves   Working with Curves

Curves can be used to restore vibrance to an image, or for color correction. This tutorial will help you understand how curves can improve the appearance of your images.

Technique   Andres Conde
 
  Creating Depth of Field

What if you have an image but it doesn't have your desired depth of field? This tutorial will help you take your images and create your own depth of field effects for a more dramatic effect.

Technique   Andres Conde
 
  Pixel Art - Part I: Basics

There are many different styles in Pixel Art, from nearly photo realistic art to the most basic graphics seen in early computer games. In this tutorial series we are going to take a deeper look at my way of doing “Isometric Pixel Art”.

Technique   Peter Hansén
 
  Pixel Art - Part II : Work Flow  

The following is a step-by-step exercise to create a complex Pixel Art structure, namely the famous Ultrashock yogurt shop! Take a look at this tutorial and start selling your own yogurt today!

Technique   Peter Hansén
 
  Pixel Art - Part III : Isometrics  

Now it is time to add some interactivity to our project! In this last part we are going to add a user and some other small details to the yogurt shop. We will add code to make the user movable by using the arrow keys.

Technique   Peter Hansén
 
  Pixel Art - Part IV: Interactive Isometrics  

The following is more a step-by-step exercise to create a complex Pixel Art structure, namely the famous Ultrashock yogurt shop!

Technique   Peter Hansén
 
  Working with Paths  

Paths are one of the most powerful tools in Photoshop, which allow you to create complex shapes, masks and vector masks. Learn to work with paths and the mechanics of this powerful tool.

Technique   Andres Conde
 
  Creating a Glass Effect  

Master the concepts behind creating lighting effects, adding texture and shine to all of your photoshop art by using the techniques outlined in this tutorial. Create glass in just a few simple steps.

Technique   Isaias Toledo
 
  Color Profiles and Calibration  

Color profiles are powerful ways to "color manage" your documents and ensure color consistency across different devices or processes. If you want the most color fidelity across all mediums this is the tutorial for you.

Photoshop   Rodrigo Romero
 
  Photo Restoration  

Time to bring out those buried treasures from the dusty photo albums With these techniques you should be able to remove grain and unwanted imperfections from your old photos.

Technique   Isaias Toledo
 
  Enhancing Digital Photographs  

Learn how to enhance your digital photographs. In just a few steps you’ll see how to use the sharpen tool, smooth, and use color layers via the adjustment layer.

Technique   Isaias Toledo
 
  Photoshop and other Programs  

Learn some useful information about importing and exporting files to and from Photoshop, mainly from other Adobe applications.

Tips   Rodrigo Romero
 
  Creating Textures and Patterns  

Let's add some texture to our smooth and boring colors. Need a pattern? no problem. We have all of the tools you will need to start making your own custom patterns in no time at all.

Technique   Isaias Toledo
 
 
 Tips & Tricks

 

 
Creating a Diffuse Glow » Isaias Toledo
Sharpening Photographs » Isaias Toledo
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