Photoshop Tutorials

February 19, 2009 10:00 PM

Looking to boost your mad Photoshop skillz? Here's a trio of sites that offer the latest in PS tips and tricks. Best Photoshop Tutorials has vectors, icons, and free brushes. PShero works with effects and shapes, and Photoshop Girl features photograph enhancement. That should get you started.
posted by netbros (15 comments total)

Handy links. Thanks.
posted by nightchrome at 10:02 PM on February 19 [1 favorite has favorites]

Of course, if you're utterly hopeless at everything, there's always this.
posted by louche mustachio at 10:03 PM on February 19 [2 favorites has favorites]

And you really suck, you'll end up here.
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 10:30 PM on February 19 [1 favorite has favorites]

"And IF you really suck", that should say.

Clearly I know about the suck.
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 10:31 PM on February 19 [1 favorite has favorites]

I tend to like psdtuts. Can be hit or miss sometimes, but there are some gems in there.
posted by lilkeith07 at 10:54 PM on February 19

Oh gosh. Since you brought it up...

dPS post-production
Photoshop Star
Photoshop Roadmap
abduzeedo
Tutorial 9
Photoshop Killer Tips
PhotoshopTutorials.ws
Ken Rockwell on Ps
GoMediaZine
Vandelay Design
Worth 1000 tutorials
dphotojournal
Melissa Clifton
Luminous Landscape (mixed in with photography tutorials)
computer arts
Photoshop Essentials
tutorial outpost

I could do this all day. (No, I don't have a social life.) Oh, and look for videos on youtube and metacafe, etc. A lot of these sites just rip each other off, but there's still lots of useful stuff out there. But seriously, if you're just starting out, go buy the Katrin Eismann books. She is bad-ass.
posted by MagicalHypotenuse at 1:28 AM on February 20 [1 favorite has favorites]

Ya know, every non-designer in any kind of marcom should be force to go through a few of these tutorials, so the next time they're in a production meeting about changing a design and turn to an art director to say "that will only take a couple of minutes, right?" they'll realize that NO FUCKFACE IT WILL TAKE MUCH LONGER THAN A COUPLE OF FUCKING MINUTES.

unclench unclench unclench
posted by slogger at 7:09 AM on February 20 [1 favorite has favorites]

Forget Photoshop, where are the awesome tutorials for the Gimp? Some of us casual designers can't spend hundreds of dollars on Photoshop.
posted by exhilaration at 7:11 AM on February 20 [2 favorites has favorites]

awesome tutorials for the Gimp?

"...is far superior to anything else out there. it will change your life. in this tutorial we'll show you how to reduce red-eye artifacts in your photos in 1209 easy steps. step one: switch power grids..."
posted by krautland at 7:30 AM on February 20 [5 favorites has favorites]

The answer to that, exhilaration, is that no-one does Gimp tuts because no-one uses it. They all either buy or pirate Photoshop. And when most of the decent tutorials are done by people who make money doing this kind of thing, they can aford to go out and buy it. *shrug*

But then PSElements is only about £70, so...
posted by twine42 at 7:44 AM on February 20

any links to Corel sites?
posted by eustatic at 7:50 AM on February 20

I just got a box of crayons and a nifty pad of paper for my birthday. Anyone know of some online tutorials...?
posted by twsf at 8:12 AM on February 20 [1 favorite has favorites]

twsf: I know you're joking, but here's a whole blog about using crayons as an art medium.

And just to come full circle here's how to make faux crayon drawings in Photoshop.
posted by jedicus at 9:09 AM on February 20

Screw you guys, I'm going back to my Micrografx Picture Publisher!
*drapes rat-tail carefully over collar of hawiian shirt*
posted by cmoj at 10:12 AM on February 20 [1 favorite has favorites]

slogger, you got that right.
posted by imjustsaying at 10:42 AM on February 20