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June 30, 2010

64 Video Photoshop CS2 Tutorials

Here are 64 free Video Photoshop CS2 Tutorials from Watch and Learn Photoshop and PSTutorialsblog.com. A new video Photoshop tutorial is released every week. These will teach and show you how to use many important Photoshop tools and features.


64 Photoshop Tutorials:

Bicubic Sharper
In this tutorial, you will learn how to customize the way your image is resampled when you resize it in order to maintain the sharpness of the image.

3D Angled Text
Shows a 3D angle effect that will make your text standout.

Red, Black and White
Various methods of capturing that vibrant red or other color while desaturating the rest.

Clear Skies
Explores the wide potential in sky replacement and subsequent color adjustment.

Making a Photo Old
Shows the basic properties of old photo exposure, and how to achieve the same look in Photoshop. [High contrast, fuzziness, random shadow from flash; no true black; THEN add dust & scratches]

Photoshop CS2 – Designing with Photos” Preview
This video tutorial demonstrates several different ways to convert an image to black and white using Photoshop CS2.

Open Type Font Embellishments
Shows you how to add embellishments and alter the appearance of specific letter pairings for open type fonts.

Tricky Selections
This tutorial shows you one very effective way to use the highlights in an image to make a selection in order to alter an image.

Cucoloris (”Cookie”) Effect

Dotted Lines

Taming the Skies:

Warping Text with Smart Objects:

Lighting Adjustments

Sharpening Techniques

Digital Color Photo Enhancement

Using Levels and Unsharp Mask

Using Actions

Gradient Background and Drop Shadow

Liquefy

Vanishing Point

Using Paths to Crop a Background

How to Size a Photo for the Web

Water Drops

PictoSketch

Ripple

Planet Eclipse

Map Burn

Laser

Warp

Custom Watermark

Wind Filter

Lens Correct

Gradient Mask Blur

Blur Filters

Creating Realistic Ice

Creating a Carpet Texture

Bicubic Sharper

3D Angled Text

Red, Black and White

Clear Skies

Making a Photo Old

“Photoshop CS2 – Designing with Photos” Preview

Non-Destructive Dodging and Burning  

Painted Frames

Colorizing Black and White Photos

Steel Text Effect

Perspective Cropping

Levels Adjustment

Series Preview – Creating a New Document

Casting Shadows

Smoothing Skin

Polaroid Pictures

Grunge Borders

Creating a Grid with a Custom Pattern

Using Clipping Masks

Making Changes Across Multiple Photos

Linking Effect

Turning Pictures into Statues

Posterizing Images

Adding Smoke to an Image

Saving Color Swatches

Using Layer Masks

Making a Panorama with Photoshop

3D Reflection Effect


Popularity: 28% [?]

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    May 12, 2010

    Photoshop Photo Editing Tutorials

    Here are many excellent Photoshop Photo Editing Tutorials, courtesy of geofflawrence.com. These Photoshop tutorials cover and teach many important features and tools of Photoshop that you will need to use when editing photographs and graphics. They are designed to help you make better, more informed choices in your editing. This site also offers many Photography tutorials that will help you become a better photographer.


    Photoshop Tutorial Topics:

    Size
    - Scaling your files.

    Contrast
     - Balancing those pixels.

    Color
     - Dealing with color casts.

    Levels
     - A video Photoshop tutorial showing how to use the levels adjustment to control contrast.

    Curves
     - A video Photoshop tutorial showing how to use the curves adjustment to control contrast.

    Processing RAW Files
     - An introduction to Adobe Camera Raw.

    Processing RAW Files using HSL
     - Advanced use of ACR.

    Sharpening
     - Using the unsharp mask.

    Using the Quick Mask
     - Masking parts of your picture to edit certain areas.

    Adjustment Layer Masks
     - How to build accurate layer masks.

    Straightening Horizons
     - A must for landscape and building photographers.

    Replacing Boring Skies
     - Using layers in Photoshop.

    Videos on Compositing
     - Video tutorials on using layers.
        – Choosing Images and Masking
        – Working with Layers
        – Tidying Up the Mask

    Using the Channel Mixer
     - How to make a better job of changing images from colour to black & white.

    Using Curves on Adjustment Layers
     - laying with contrast and tones to give a more dramatic effect.

    High Dynamic Range
     - How to shoot and process HDR pictures with Photomatix Pro software.

    Popularity: 45% [?]

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    April 28, 2010

    Photoshop Tutorials at PhotoshopGuides

    PhotoshopGuides.com has searched the web for quality Photoshop Tutorials and Guides that teach and demonstrate how to use Photoshops many tools and features. These include text effects, photo manipulation, website and interface design, web buttons, textures and tiles, drawing and painting, color, and the basics. Many tutorials are provided for all of these topics.


    Photoshop Tutorial Topics at PhotoshopGuides:

     - Animation Tutorials
     - Basic Tutorials
     - Button Tutorials
     - Design Tutorials
     - Drawing Tutorials
     - Effects Tutorials
     - Interface Tutorials
     - Photo Tutorials
     - Text Tutorials
     - Texture Tutorials

     - Newest Tutorials
     - Most Popular Tutorials
     - Most Popular in April

    Popularity: 43% [?]

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    April 21, 2010

    81 Excellent Photoshop Tutorials

    Here are 81 excellent Photoshop Tutorials, located at graphic-design.com. Some of these are also hosted by photoshop911.com. These tutorials will teach and show you how to use many of the features and tools in Photoshop. They include intermediate and advanced techniques.


    81 Great Photoshop Tutorials:

     - High dynamic range, HDR WOW
     - High Dynamic Range Photography 
     - Russian Paintings
     - Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac 
     - Record an action in Photoshop
     - Photoshop for Fingerprinting
     - Photoshop YouTube Background Tutorial
     - Photoshop: Surreal Landscapes, Part 2
     - Photoshop Actions Madness
     - Photoshop Holiday Tutorials
     - Creating Contrast in Photoshop
     - Photoshop: Matching Color Schemes
     - Photoshop: Surreal Landscapes, Part 1
     - Adjustment Layers for Shadow Balancing
     - Photoshop Madness
     - 5 Useful Photoshop Effects
     - Elements Plus – plugins
     - Image Framer
     - Photo + Graphics Bundle for Mac
     - Elements: Color Correction for Photographers
     - Tutorial: Brushed Silver Text Effect
     - Beyond Digital Photography
     - Elements Plus filters, masks and more
     - Remove red-eye with ease
     - ArtOptimizer for Illustrator
     - HDR Photography for Mac OS
     - Geocoding for iPhoto
     - Photography effects for iPhone
     - Add Depth of Field to perk up those dull photos
     - Depth Photo of Field or Focus Fall-Off
     - Photoshop Extract Filter to improve color, add depth of field
     - PhotoFreebies plug-ins for Photoshop
     - Color Efex Pro for Lightroom
     - Field Trip: Alien Skin Case Studies library
     - Scanning Negatives and Slides
     - Layered Screen Captures
     - Hydra HDR Imaging
     - Photographic Multishot Techniques
     - George reviews Photoshop CS4
     - Deke McClelland goes One-on-One with InDesign CS4
     - Photoshop CS4 Companion for Photographers
     - Adobe Photoshop CS4 New Features
     - ImageFramer custom image framing
     - 101 Photoshop Tips in 5 Minutes
     - 7 Point System for Adobe Photoshop CS3
     - Depth of Field or Focus Fall-Off Photoshop Tutorial
     - Easy Photo Fixes with Photoshop
     - Genuine Fractals – Blow up those JPGs
     - Balancing the light in Night Scenes with a single-step lighting adjustment
     - Photoshop and the Motion Blur
     - How to make Photoshop Mirror Reflections
     - Clipping from one, and adding to the other!
     - Creating your own Custom Drop Shadows
     - Creating Black & White from Color
     - How to Save Dark, Underexposed Photos
     - Degrading Color for Hand Tint Look: Gradient Map
     - Photoshop’s “Match Color”
     - Painter: Photo to Woodcut
     - One Photo to Many: Collage Mosaic
     - Using Photoshop with Painter
     - Photoshop Madness: Type & Lettering Tutorial Hell
     - Outlining Type: What’s Right or Wrong
     - Photoshop’s Photo Filter Adjustment Layer
     - Spot Adjustments using a Mask
     - Pop an image out of the border
     - Harrys Filters: collection of 11 freeware plugins with various effect
     - Learning: Separations for Screen Printing
     - Removing Backgrounds and Selecting hair and fine details in Photoshop
     - QuickFix & Color Corrections using Photoshop Elements
     - Photoshop Blending Photos to Sketches
     - Photoshop’s Artistic Watercolor Filter
     - Photoshop: Carved in Wood
     - Photoshop: Changing Colors to show the client the finished lettering job
     - Photoshop: Clipping Path makes a Hole in the Doughnut
     - Photoshop: Saving an old, faded photo
     - Removing Backgrounds 2: Save Shadows
     - Layer Mask: Merging Photos and Making Masks
     - Setting a HEX color for GIF format graphics
     - Photoshop question of the year: Removing White Backgrounds
     - Photoshop: Text Mask to Embossed Watermark for Photos
     - Photoshop: Place an Image into Text

    Popularity: 52% [?]

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    April 13, 2010

    104 Excellent Flash Tutorials

    Here are 104 excellent Flash Tutorials from foundation-flash.com. These are all free and include 18 Flash video tutorials. They begin by introducing the Flash interface and demonstrating the most important Flash fundamentals, and then move to more advanced features and Flash topics. Many of these Flash tutorials use game development of their subject. All of the topics are detailed and explained thoroughly so they’re easy to understand, even those covering advanced features.


    18 Flash Video Tutorials


     - Interface
     - The Timeline / Layers
     - The Toolbox
     - The Align Panel
     - The Library Panel
     - Motion Tweening
     - Shape Tweening
     - Blurring
     - Publish Settings
     - Setting Document Class
     - The Stop Action
     - Gradient Fills
     - Easing and Rotation
     - Motion Guides
     - Masking
     - Buttons
     - Button Coding
     - Interface (CS4)


    Basic Flash Tutorials
    These tutorials will teach you how to tween, animate, and much more. They contain no Actionscript code.

     - Intro to Flash / Download
     - The Interface
     - The Timeline
     - The Toolbox
     - The Align and Library Panels
     - Motion Tweening
     - Shape Tweening
     - Easing, Rotation and Motion Guides
     - Movie Clips
     - Buttons
     - Masking
     - How to link library symbols
     - Angles and Lengths
     - Reverse Angles
     - Blur filter tween
     - Shape Hints
     - SWF protection
     - Bitmap to vector
     - Backwards compatibility


    ActionScript 3 Tutorials

    ActionScript 3 is more recent than ActionScript 2 and is availabe with CS3 or later.

     - Setting up a project for later
     - Must Read Basics
     - Function/Method Declaration.
     - Drawing a circle
     - enterFrame Event
     - More and altering events
     - Using an image from the library
     - Understanding Depth
     - String Functions
     - Drawing by Mouse
     - Simple HitTest
     - Move to Mouse
     - Setting Depth
     - Pong (1) – Handling the Keyboard
     - Pong (2) – Fast paced action
     - Pong (3) – Creating our rally
     - A Friendly guide to the Timer class
     - Packages
     - Pong (4) – Scoring our game
     - More Useful String Functions
     - Avoider (1) – Setting up
     - Avoider (2) – The Player
     - Avoider (3) – Targets, scoring
     - Avoider (4) – Finishing up: Enemies
     - Debugging
     - Compiler Errors
     - Runtime Errors
     - Dragging & Dropping
     - Basic Sound In AS3
     - Custom Cursors
     - Rotation in AS3
     - Command Line
     - Digital Clock
     - URL-Loading Button
     - Analog Clock
     - Classes (and farms!)
     - Point-and-Click Game
     - Gravity and bounce


    ActionScript 2 Tutorials

    Use these tutorials if you have Adobe Flash 8 or earlier.

     - The STOP Action
     - URL Direction Button
     - Arrow-Key Movement
     - Number Matching Game
     - Duplication
     - Custom Cursors
     - How to refer to symbols in ActionScript
     - Simple Hittest
     - Functions
     - Removing Movie Clips
     - Arcade Game
     - Arcade Game Bullets
     - Swish timings
     - Drawing by mouse
     - Rotation in Flash
     - Gravity and Bounce
     - Sound Manipulation
     - Hiding the right-click menu
     - Turret game (1) – The turret
     - Turret game (2) – A slight detour
     - XML in Flash


    ActionScript Concepts

    These tutorials demonstrate the proamming language constructs of ActionScript: if, else, try, for, while, var, etc.

     - Traces and Comments
     - Variables: Info Stores
     - For Loops
     - Arrays
     - If, Else and Else If
     - While loops
     - Array Functions
     - Try, Catch and Finally
     - Constructor function

    Popularity: 54% [?]

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