35 Basic Tutorials to Get You Started
with Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop is a very powerful and versatile image editing/graphics
creation application that is the industry standard in its category. Though
Photoshop’s interface is intuitive enough for an absolute beginner to learn
basic image editing tasks such as cropping and resizing, to be able to fully
master and utilize all of its tools takes a considerable amount of time.
If you’re interested in honing your Photoshop skills to create spectacular
compositions, this is for you. In this article, you’ll find 35 basic Photoshop
tutorials for getting started with Photoshop.
General tutorials
1. Getting Started with Photoshop
If you’ve never had any experience with Photoshop, this tutorial from
SitePoint will get you up to speed with Photoshop’s basic features.
2. Adobe Photoshop Interface Tutorial
This tutorial outlines Photoshop CS2′s interface. Even if you use an earlier
or later version of Photoshop, this tutorial is still helpful in familiarizing
yourself with how Photoshop – in general – is laid out.
3. You Suck at Photoshop (series)
This wildly popular and humorous screencast on Photoshop techniques by
(probably) fictional character Donnie Hoyle is an excellent Photoshop
series to follow if you like laughing and learning at the same time!
4. Photoshop’s Toolbox
This tutorial goes over the anatomy of Photoshop’s Toolbox.
Photoshop tools and features
5. Retouch and Healing Tools
Photoshop has a host of tools and options for retouching and correcting
images. This tutorial goes over the tools at your disposal and what
situations each tool excels in.
6. Photoshop’s Pen Tool: The Comprehensive Guide
Photoshop’s Pen tool gives you the ability to draw objects in a vector-like
fashion. This thorough tutorial even comes with a practice sheet that will
help you master the concepts of working with the Pen tool.
7. Photoshop’s Painting Tools
Photoshop’s Painting tools allow you to draw and fill in objects with colors
and color gradients. This tutorial showcases Photoshop’s painting
capabilities.
8. Photoshop Color Replacement Tool
Sometimes you want to replace certain colors in an image. With the Color
Replacement tool – you can specify which colors you’d like to change and
Photoshop will automatically replace them for you. This tutorial goes
through the color replacement process and discusses all the things you need
to know about the Color Replacement tool.