100 Photoshop Tutorials from Photoshopsupport.com

Photoshopsupport.com is one of the best free Photoshop Training and Tutorial sites on the web today. They host and offer the following 100 Photoshop tutorials and also provide links to tutorials on other sites. This is our first blog post of their Photoshop tutorials. These teach and show you how to do many of the features that Photoshop offers. They also give you tips and techniques for using Photoshop’s expansive functionality.


Here are some free Photoshop tutorials by Jennifer Apple

Working With Type In Photoshop CS2
This tutorial demonstrates some of the new type features of Photoshop CS2, specifically, how to modify the size of font previews, work with the bounding box, use Smart Guides to align type layers, how to change Type Orientation from the palette, rasterize from the palette menu, and how to use the fast Warp Text options.

Tips For Working With Layers In Photoshop CS2
Here are tips on some of the updates Adobe made to the Photoshop layers palette in CS2. These will hopefully help you use this tool more productively.

Working With Photoshop Scripts
Learn how to work with Photoshop Scripts. Includes free Photoshop Scripts.

I See iPod People — The Photoshop Silhouette
Learn how to make an iPod ad Silhouette in Photoshop.

Photoshop Web Template — Web Site Design Tutorial
Learn how to make a Photoshop web template with this web site design tutorial.

Blog Templates — Blog Design Tips And Resources
Tips on how to improve blog templates with your own designs. Includes resources.

Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts
Learn how to edit and create sets of keyboard shortcuts in Photoshop CS and CS2.

How To Fix Overexposed Images In Photoshop
Two quick techniques to help you fix overexposed images in Photoshop.

How To Fix An Underexposed Photo In Photoshop
Two simple techniques that can make dark photos look great.

How To Wrap Text Around An Object In Photoshop
A quick and easy technique to wrap text around an object.

Tips And Tricks For Beginners
Photoshop tips and tricks that will save you lots of time down the road.

Create A Sepia Tone Effect In Photoshop
A simple way to create a Sepia Tone effect in Photoshop.

Turn A Photo Into A Sketch For Making Coloring Books
Want to make a coloring book? The first step is to turn a photo into a sketch.

The Night Vision Thing — A Photoshop Recipe
Learn to create the greenish glow associated with photos from night vision devices.

Resize Images Without Losing Sharpness
This simple trick will eliminate the dreaded blur often found after resizing.

Pixel Fonts To The Rescue
All about Pixel fonts — how to use them and where to get them.

Mysteries Of The Favicon.ico — How To Create A Favicon In Photoshop
Learn how to create tiny custom icons that appear in the address bar of a web browser.


Learn some professional tips and tricks from Photoshop expert Mark Galer

How To Sharpen An Image In Photoshop — Advanced Sharpening Techniques
These advanced techniques are essential when sharpening images that have been scanned from film or have excessive noise, neither of which needs accentuating by the Unsharp Mask.

Working With Shadows In Photoshop – Advanced Shadow Techniques
Learn the fine art of isolating and preserving delicate and complex shadows for transplantation to exotic new backgrounds.

Selecting & Extracting Hair – Masking Tutorial – Extraction Tips
One of the most challenging montage or masking jobs in the profession of post-production editing is the hair lift. Your first step for success is to first shoot your model against a white backdrop.

Use The Displace Filter & Displacement Maps To Make A Realistic Flag
By using Photoshop’s blend modes, the flag in this project can be modified to respect the color and tonality of the undulating silk beneath it. The highlights and shadows that give the silk its shape can however be further used to wrap the flag so that it obeys the material’s shape and sense of volume.


Here are sample recipes from O’Reilly’s Photoshop Digital Studio Cookbook Series – these are an excellent way to improve your Photoshop skills.

Creating Black And White From Color
How To Create A High-Contrast Sketch
Andy Warhol Pop Art Silkscreen Effect
Scraped Polaroid Picture Effect
Van Gogh Effect – Van Gogh’s Sunflowers
Daguerreotypes – The Louis Daguerre Effect
Autochrome – Color Process Effect
Powder Pastels — Hand-coloring Image Tips
Selective Coloring — Remove Color From An Image
Hand Tinting — Tips For Photo Coloring Effects
Whitening Teeth & Eyes In Photoshop
Watercolor — Creating Artistic Painterly Effects
Ink Outlines — How To Give An Image A Drawn Look
Photoshop Fine Art Effects – Create A Cubist Look
Photoshop Fine Art Effects – Cross-Processing


Photoshop Tutorials By Master Illustrator Kevin Hulsey

Painting Techniques – tips and techniques for painting in Photoshop
Ghosting Techniques – tutorial on how to create a transparent view using Photoshop
Cruise Ship Cutaway – tutorial on using Photoshop to color line art
(Please note that these tutorials are large in size.)


Practical Photoshop tips and tricks from Peter Bowers.

How To Stitch Photos In Photoshop
This is a tutorial on stitching two images together using Photoshop Elements 5 (or the full version of Photoshop). This stitching method offers a lot of flexibility.

Photoshop Image Blending Tips
Peter discuses how to achieve spectacular results by using blending in Photoshop. “I start with a RAW image… typically there is a lot of exposure difference between the bright (usually the sky) part of the image and the dark (usually the foreground) part of the image.”


Window Seat by Julieanne Kost – Sample Chapters

These sample chapters from O’Reilly’s Window Seat by Julieanne Kost cover specific areas of working with digital photography in Photoshop, including using Camera Raw, removing blemishes and imperfections from a photo, making selections and adjustments, and preparing your photos for print.
Processing Your Photos Using Adobe Camera Raw
Photoshop Tips For Removing Imperfections
Making Selective Adjustments In Photoshop
Preparing Your Images For Print


Photoshop Tutorials by Cian Walsh

Shapes & Styles Redux
Another small batch of tips for those that are knee deep in creating graphics through custom shapes and layer styles. Also shows how to use gradients in Photoshop and how to create dashes in Photoshop.

Keyfob: Anatomy Of An Icon
This tutorial follows the construction of an Icon for an imaginary application called “Keyfob.” It also includes a short movie of the process so you can see the general buildup of effects.

Custom Shapes And Layer Styles
If you are a regular user of custom shapes in Photoshop, here are a few tips on using them when combined with layer styles. The benefits of using custom shapes for smaller work are the ability to scale losslessly and to experiment with colour and effects by way of saved layer styles.


Photoshop Tutorials and Tips by Ivan Raszl of CreativeBits:

Photoshop Tips & Tricks — Variety Pack Volume 1
A collection of useful tips and tricks to improve your Photoshop skills.

Photoshop Tips & Tricks — Variety Pack Volume 2
Even more useful tips and tricks to improve your Photoshop skills.

Photoshop Tips & Tricks — Variety Pack Volume 3
Volume 3 of useful tips and tricks to improve your Photoshop skills.

Photoshop Tips & Tricks — Variety Pack Volume 4
Volume 4 of useful tips and tricks to improve your Photoshop skills.

Photoshop Tips & Tricks — Variety Pack Volume 5
Volume 5 of useful tips and tricks to improve your Photoshop skills.

Photoshop Tips & Tricks — Variety Pack Volume 6
Volume 6 of useful tips and tricks to improve your Photoshop skills.

Diamond Plated Brushed Metal Effect
How to add diamond plates on a brushed metal base.

Create A Halftone Effect In Photoshop
Create halftone effects in just a few steps with the help of the Bitmap Image Mode.

Red Eye Reduction — How To Remove Red Eye From Photographs
Simple red eye reduction steps to completely remove red eye from photographs.

Creating Water Drops
Use Photoshop’s layer blending options to create beautiful water drops.

Create Seamless Tiles In Photoshop
Learn how to make seamless tiles for background textures. Includes a link to free tiles.

Creating Gel Buttons
Learn how to make translucent gel buttons.

How To Create Brushed Aluminum
Quickly reproduce the texture of an Apple Powerbook in 4 easy steps.

How To Create A Neon Sign
Here is a fast and simple way to create a neon sign with glowing neon letters.

Add Reality To Your Objects
Add shadows and colored lights to make things look more real.

Turning Photos From Color to Stunning Black and White
Learn how to get great results by using the Channel Mixer.

Placing Artwork On Uneven Surfaces
How to place your artwork on a cloth or uneven surface and make it look believable.

Change Your Brush Dynamically
Change the size and softness of your brushes through keyboard shortcuts.

Fix Your Horizons
Learn how to rotate an image to make the horizon perfectly horizontal.

Windows vs Mac Monitor Gamma
If you’re on a Mac this tutorial will help you make sure your Gamma is right — so a Windows user will see what you see.

Image Enlargement Tip — Improving JPG Images
How to make a JPG image twice the size and still look good.

Image Enlargement Tip — Add Noise
Use the Noise Filter to improve an image that needs to be enlarged for print.

Create A Glamour Portrait In 30 Seconds
This trick will make your portraits look like the glamour shots in fashion magazines.

Brighten Up Your Shadows
Solutions for bringing under and overexposed photos back to life.

Burning Pages
How to create a realistic burn pattern on the edges of a piece of paper.

Sharpening In Lab Mode
See how sharpening in LAB mode can provide superior results.

Photoshop’s Photomerge
Learn how to ceate panoramas with this amazing Photoshop tool.

Change The Color of the Gray Area Surrounding the Canvas
How to change the gray area surrounding your canvas to any other color.

Black vs. Black
Find out why not not every black is exactly the same black in Photoshop.


Photoshop Tutorials by Bert Monroy

TechTV had archived all Bert Monroy’s Photoshop tutorials for easy access but since the merger with G4, the tutorials have been taken down from the site. Photoshopsupport now has links to these Photoshop tutorials, presented as they originally appeared on the TechTV website.


Photoshop Tutorials by Ben Willmore

Ben Willmore is a true Photoshop Guru. Here are links to Ben’s Photoshop Tips, Magazine Articles, his Archive of Photoshop Tips, some Color Management Resources, a service that provides Help With Problem Images, his Online Galleries, his latest Photoshop Books, and info about his Training Courses & DVDs.


Award-winning designer Colin Smith offers 3 great Photoshop tutorials.

Create An Online Portfolio Gallery With Photoshop
Photoshop makes it very easy to build an online portfolio. This tutorial shows you how in just a few steps and does it all from the File Browser in Photoshop CS or Bridge in CS2.

Using Channels To Mask Out Difficult Images In Photoshop
This tutorial will focus on using Channels to help mask out complex objects with clean edges. This technique will also save you a lot of time. We will use Alpha Channels, Quick Masks, Levels, Brushes and Color Range.

Lens Correction Filter In Photoshop CS2
The Lens correction filter is truly amazing, being able to repair all kinds of distortions. To demonstrate, let’s take an image that suffers from many problems, and correct it.


Shop Talk – A Beginner’s Guide To Photoshop

Shop Talk features simple and easy tutorials to help you learn Photoshop quickly. The latest Photoshop tutorial, Bitmap And Vector Graphics Explained, explains what these two basic types of image formats are.


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