Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EST Keep up-to-date with all of the latest free Adobe Photoshop training tutorials at Photoshop Essentials.com. http://www.photoshopessentials.com/ en-us Copyright 2007, 2008 Photoshop Essentials.com Thu, 02 July 2009 00:00 EST http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/painterly-glow/ Learn how to blend multiple motion blurs together to create an interesting painting/glow photo effect, and discover why Smart Filters, first introduced in Photoshop CS3, are one of the best new features Adobe has added to Photoshop in years! Wed, 24 June 2009 00:00 EST http://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/photoshop-cs4/arrange-documents/ Photoshop CS4 makes viewing and comparing multiple images easier than ever thanks to the new Arrange Documents feature and a bunch of new multi document layouts! Learn how to use them and even how to zoom and pan all of the images in a layout at once! Thu, 18 June 2009 00:00 EST http://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/photoshop-cs4/tabbed-document-windows/ If you've been wishing for a better way to work with multiple images open at once in Photoshop, one that doesn't involve endlessly dragging document windows around on the screen, check out the new Tabbed Document Windows feature in Photoshop CS4! Switching between multiple images has never been easier! Mon, 15 June 2009 00:00 EST http://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/photoshop-cs4/interface/ New to Photoshop or upgraded from an earlier version? Check out our quick tour of all the features in Photoshop CS4's user interface, the most streamlined, efficient and user friendly interface so far! Learn what's what, what's new and where it all is, including a look at the brand new Application Bar and Application Frame! Mon, 08 June 2009 00:00 EST http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-editing/keystoning/ 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! Mon, 01 June 2009 00:00 EST http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/panorama/ Photoshop has been somewhat capable of creating panoramas for quite a while now, but it wasn't until Photoshop CS3 came along with its dramatically improved Photomerge command that its ability to stitch photos together really began to shine. Photoshop CS4 takes things even further with some additional new features, including the ability to remove vignetting, making it easier than ever to combine multiple photos into seamless cinematic panoramas! Mon, 16 May 2009 00:00 EST http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photoshop-text/text-effects/texture-text/ Learn how to create an interesting effect by adding a texture to text in Photoshop, using nothing more than a photo for the texture, a layer mask, a simple image adjustment, and of course, some text! Includes a trick for pasting an image directly into a layer mask in Photoshop! Mon, 13 May 2009 00:00 EST http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-editing/photoshop-cs3-curves/ 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! Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00 EST http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-editing/levels-curves/ 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! Fri, 01 May 2009 04:00 EST http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-editing/shadow-highlight/ 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! Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:15 EST http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-editing/levels/ 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! Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:15 EST http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-editing/brightness-contrast/ 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! Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:15 EST http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-editing/histogram/ 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. Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:15 EST http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-editing/black-and-white-cs3/ 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 and 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! Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:15 EST http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-editing/photoshop-file-size/ 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! Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:15 EST http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-editing/adjustment-layers/ 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! Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:15 EST http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photoshop-text/text-effects/fire-text/ Learn how to create a burning hot fire text effect in Photoshop, complete with realistic flames! Easy to follow, step by step tutorial. Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:15 EST http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-editing/crop-photo/ 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! Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:15 EST http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/outline/ Learn how to highlight the main subject of a photo with a simple outline. Works great with sports and action photos, but you can use it with virtually any image. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:15 EST http://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/saving-layer-styles/ Tired of creating effects with layer styles in Photoshop and then forgetting how you made them? Learn how to save your layer style creations so you can re-apply them instantly with just the click of a button! Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:15 EST http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/photoshop-snow/ We may not be able to control the weather outdoors, but thanks to Photoshop, we do have some control over Mother Nature in our photos! In this tutorial, learn how to add falling snow to a winter scene, and see how the same basic technique can be used to create entirely different effects! Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:15 EST http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/overprocessed-photo/ Learn how to give a photo a gritty, overprocessed look to it with extreme levels of contrast and sharpening, noise and washed out colors. The final effect looks rather harsh, but Photoshop makes creating it quick and painless! Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:15 EST http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/darken-photo-edges/ Learn how to easily darken or burn the edges of a photo in Photoshop, creating a vignette effect, using a filter that was actually designed to remove things like unwanted vignette effects! Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:15 EST http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/split-toning/ Looking for a way in Photoshop to spice up a black and white photo? Try a classic split toning effect, adding different color tints to the highlights and shadows! We'll start with a full color photo and learn how to quickly create your own custom black and white version, then we'll add more visual interest by tinting the highlights and shadows with different colors, all without harming a single pixel in the image!