Beginning Photoshop Tutorials: Start Here
June 28, 2010 by James Mowery · 14 Comments
Photoshop is one of the most versatile tools available for the graphic designer or artist. Many people don’t realize how truly powerful the program can be when it comes to altering and enhancing images, but the fact is that most commercial images have been touched by Photoshop at some point. When it comes to using the application, well, anyone who has ever opened the program knows that Photoshop’s versatility comes with a somewhat steep learning curve. Fortunately, Photoshop tutorials are available for those who would like to learn how to use the program but need a little bit of extra help.
Here are some of our favorite Photoshop tutorials suitable for beginners pulled from the TutorialBlog.org archives:
- Photoshop Basic Tools Overview
- Photoshop Tutorial: How to Fake a Holga Photograph
- Changing the Eye Color of Your Photograph
- Make Repeating Seamless Tile Backgrounds with Photoshop
- Photo Retouching – Skin Photoshop Tutorial
- Create an Ornate Website Header Photoshop Tutorial
Learning how to use Photoshop is a process that takes time and focus. Tutorials are meant to start the beginner where he or she belongs — in the beginning. The biggest hurdle beginners have when learning how to use Photoshop is avoiding jumping ahead and trying more advanced techniques. Just like learning to drive, you can’t successfully pull off advanced techniques if you don’t learn the basics first.
Beginner tutorials will start by explaining the overall scope of the program, including what can be accomplished and what each tool is capable of doing. Familiarizing yourself with the tools is the first step towards crafting a versatile piece of art. If it feels like the process is going slower than you’d like it to, remember to just breathe and have patience. The slower you go, the more your brain will take in, and the faster you’ll actually learn Photoshop inside and out.
James Mowery is a computer geek that writes about technology and related topics. To read more blog posts by him, go to laptop computers.
Great resources for Photoshop beginners, thanks James.
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I don’t think you can have enough Photoshop tutorials out there. There is so much you can do with that program that someone always has something new to teach.
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The Translation plugin is cool.
Ya…very usefull information sharing about photoshop..great links u are given..thanku
Great Article
Thanks for these resources, some really good ones for people getting started with photoshop
photoshop is a nice software really helpful in various things
actually i dont know how to use photoshop. Usually i’m using Photoscape. BTW, thanks for this tutorial..
Thanks for sharing Keep it up…
thanks. tutorialblog.org
Thanks for sharing Keep it up…
Thanks for the tutorials. Photoshop can be pretty tough to use in the beginning but if you perservere with it it’s definitely worth it. It’s potential is pretty limitless and there is nothing around that really compares to it.