Photo Editing, Digital Photography Editing, Image Editing

Tired of the buildings in your photos looking like they're leaning backwards? That's a common perspective problem known as keystoning, but Photoshop's powerful Lens Correction filter, first introduced in Photoshop CS2, makes it easy to fix! We can even take care of a few other potential image problems along the way, all with the same filter!

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The Curves image adjustment is widely considered to be the most powerful and versatile photo editing tool in the entire program. While the basics of Curves may not have changed in Photoshop CS3, the Curves dialog box has received a major upgrade with new features and some welcome improvements!

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Photoshop's Curves adjustment can seem less like an image editing tool and more like something from a science lab, but in this tutorial, we compare it with the Levels adjustment to see just how simple Curves really is, and why Curves goes far beyond anything you could hope for with Levels!

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The Shadow/Highlight adjustment is one of the most popular and useful image editing tools in all of Photoshop thanks to its amazing ability to bring out hidden detail in the shadows and highlights of a photo. In this tutorial, we tap in to the real power of the Shadow/Highlight command by exploring its advanced options!

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The first step in a good photo editing workflow is to correct any overall tonal problems in the image, brightening highlights, darkening shadows and adjusting the midtones. Photoshop's Levels adjustment not only makes tonal correction fast and easy, it's what the pros use for accurate, professional quality results!

View the Improving Image Tone With Levels tutorial

Over the years, many unsuspecting photographers and photo retouchers have destroyed their images with the Brightness/Contrast command. Thankfully, those days are over! The improved Brightness/Contrast command in Photoshop CS3 may be all you need to add life to dull, flat images, and it doesn't get much easier than this!

View the Better Brightness And Contrast In Photoshop CS3 tutorial

Histograms are one of the most valuable tools we have when editing or restoring images, and knowing how to read a histogram is an essential skill for anyone who's serious about the quality of their photos. Learn what histograms can tell us about our images and how to use them to easily spot potential problems.

View the How To Read An Image Histogram In Photoshop tutorial

Tired of having no control when converting your color photos to black and white or being forced to think like a computer? Then you'll definitely want to check out the Black & White adjustment in Photoshop CS3, a tool so easy and natural, if you can click and drag your mouse, you have all the skills you need!

View the Black And White Conversions In Photoshop CS3 tutorial

Photoshop file sizes getting out of control? Learn how Photoshop's adjustment layers can help keep them to a minimum and keep you, your computer and Photoshop running smoothly!

View the Reducing Photoshop File Sizes with Adjustment Layers tutorial

Still using Photoshop's standard image adjustments to edit your photos? Still causing permanent damage to your images with every edit you make? There's a better way! Learn how to work non-destructively and with greater flexibility with Photoshop's Adjustment Layers!

View the Non-Destructive Photo Editing With Adjustment Layers tutorial

Cropping photos is one of the most common uses for Photoshop, but what if you want your cropped image to maintain the same aspect ratio as the original? No problem, thanks to a rarely used but very useful command called Transform Selection!

View the Cropping Photos Without Changing The Aspect Ratio tutorial

Photoshop's Dodge and Burn tools are great for lightening and darkening specific areas of a photo, but they both permanently damage your image. Learn a better way to get the same results without harming a single pixel!

View the Non-Destructive Dodge And Burn tutorial

Having trouble getting your digital photos to fit nicely in standard-size picture frames? Learn how to easily crop your images to any specific size you need!

View the Cropping Photos To Specific Frame Sizes tutorial

Unless you take all your photos with your camera mounted on a tripod, some of them are going to turn out a bit crooked. Fortunately, Photoshop makes it incredibly easy to straighten them in just a few simple steps and without any guess work!

View the How To Straighten Crooked Photos tutorial

Photoshop may be up to version CS3, but the core skills you need are the same now as they were back in Photoshop 3, and that includes knowing how to use layer blend modes. Learn the five essential blend modes every Photoshop user needs to know, including what they are, how they work and when to use them!

View the Photoshop's Five Essential Blend Modes For Photo Editing tutorial

Learn an easy way to smooth and soften someone's skin in a photo without losing important image details, using a technique normally used for advanced image sharpening!

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Tired of the sky in your photos being dull, faded and washed out? Learn a simple technique for boosting image contrast, enhancing details in the clouds, and turning those gray skies to blue, all with just a few easy steps!

View the Enhancing The Sky In A Photo tutorial

Learn how easy it is to match colors of objects in separate photos using Photoshop's Match Color command, as well as how to quickly fix up the results when Match Color doesn't get it quite right.

View the Matching Colors Of Objects Between Photos tutorial

Learn how easy it is to color or tint someone's hair in a photo with Photoshop! Use this technique on photos of other people, or use it on yourself to see what you'd look like with a different hair color, then go back any time you want and change the color again without having to redo all the work!

View the Easy Hair Coloring and Tinting in Photoshop tutorial

Let's face it, sometimes photos don't do people justice, and a wrong setting on the camera or an unflattering angle can make their nose look bigger than it really is. Fortunately, Photoshop makes digital plastic surgery a breeze without the need for any fancy surgical tools or even a steady hand!

View the Easily Give Someone A Digital Nose Job tutorial

Bring colors to life in your images by tinting and enhancing them with Photoshop's Photo Filter. Thanks to the layer mask that comes with adjustment layers, we can easily combine multiple Photo Filters to enhance different areas of the image separately! We'll even finish things off with a Curves adjustment just for fun!

View the Tinting and Enhancing Colors with the Photo Filter tutorial

When it comes to editing images, the very first step should always be to fix any overall tonal and color problems, and the Levels command allows us to quickly and easily fix both problems at once!

View the Fixing Overall Tonal and Color Problems With Levels tutorial

Get great results when sharpening images without fumbling around with confusing options by using Photoshop's High Pass filter and your choice of layer blend modes.

View the Great Sharpening Results Made Easy With High Pass tutorial

Learn how to quickly neutralize a color cast in an image using the Photo Filter and the exact opposite color.

View the Neutralizing Color Casts With The Photo Filter tutorial

Add some visual snap to your images in Photoshop by boosting the color and contrast using a simple blend mode and a little-known selection trick.

View the Boosting Contrast And Color With The Luminosity Mask tutorial

Unless you're looking at a photo of a guy in the rugged outdoors, chances are the stubble on his face isn't adding anything to the image. In this Photoshop tutorial, we'll see how to give a guy a virtual shave and improve his appearance.

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Nothing seems to have the power to captivate us quite like a person's eyes, and in this tutorial, we bump up that power even more with a shadowy, sultry look.

View the Fashion Retouch - Shadowy, Sultry Eyes tutorial

Learn how to add, subtract and intersect your way to the full potential of Photoshop's basic selection tools.

View the Unlock The Full Power Of Basic Selections tutorial

Learn an easy way to make teeth whiter and brighter in Photoshop without going too far and making your image look fake.

View the Digital Dentistry - Whiten And Brighten Teeth In Photoshop tutorial

Whether you're an amateur or pro photographer, you can make ordinary photos more extraordinary using Photoshop and a simple yet powerful design trick.

View the Add Visual Interest To Your Photos With The Rule Of Thirds tutorial

Smart Filters are easily one of the best new features in Photoshop CS3, and using them couldn't be easier. In this tutorial, we take a look at the basics of applying Smart Filters to an image.

View the Using Smart Filters In Photoshop CS3! tutorial

Levels and Curves are great for fixing tonal problems when important images suffer from underexposure, but what about all those photos you take just for fun? Is there a faster, easier way in Photoshop to brighten them up?

View the Screen Your Way To Better Exposure In Seconds! tutorial

When color correcting photos inside Photoshop, it's pretty easy to find the brightest and darkest areas in the image. But what about those midtones? Is there an easy way to find them without simply guessing? There sure is, and it's one of Photoshop's usually overlooked blend modes that makes all the 'difference'.

View the An Easy Way To Find Neutral Gray! tutorial

You've finished working on your photo and now you want to post it on the web, but how do you do that without shrinking it down to only a fraction of its actual size? Photoshop CS3 makes adding high quality, high resolution photos and images to the web a reality with it's brand new Zoomify Export feature!

View the Zoomify High Resolution Images For The Web With Photoshop CS3! tutorial