Memorable Photoshop Tutorials

[hsapiens]

UPDATED: 02 August 2007

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• Crash Course in Photoshop


• Base Prep


• Colors/Effects -- arranged, generally, by the end result


• Styles/Techniques


• Landscapes/CityScapes


• Animation


• Links: Useful Info, Fonts, Others' Tutorial Indices

A little more info about each tutorial can be seen by hovering the mouse over the icon.

I wrote none of the tutorials linked here. That means that I did not create the icons. NONE of these are mine. Click on whatever catches your fancy to find out who made it -- and how. We're clear that other people's talent made this page, yes? Good.

Crash Course in Photoshop from awmpdotnet and others, a.k.a. "Make It from Scratch"

Making High Quality Screen Caps

Base Prep



Color, Effects


Styles, Techniques



Landscapes/Cityscapes


Animation


Links, Links, and More Links!
Curves, the Wonders of Photoshop -- The definitive explanation of the mystifying curves adjustment and how it works. Richly illustrated.
An Icon-Making Guide by dtissa -- Detailed, useful list of how to make an icon. Includes lots of links to screen caps resources.
Icon Making Tips by call_me_daisy -- Basic, commonsense coloring and cropping but oh-so-useful
Campbell's Ginormous Guide to Icons -- It's sad that the images for this no longer load because a lot of the advice given here relies heavily on the pics. That said, this still has wisdom to offer.
Ooooh! Gradient Maps -- Richly illustrated guide to using gradient maps (my favorite tool) and the different blend modes.
Turning Image Packs into Patterns -- A new way to use the image packs that often accompany brush sets.
Exclusion Beyond the Dark Blue -- Exclusion doesn't have to be used for just that ubiquitous dark blue...it can do many other things. Short and all the info is in the comments.
Fill vs. Opacity -- What's the diff?
Screencapping in WMP and VLC -- Using freeware to cap your DVDs
EXCELLENT examples of "How She Uses Textures" by tinamishi
Many Tutorials by pippins_mcgee13: Amazing sense of color and she has written many tutorials
Create a PS action to turn image packs into patterns by grrliz_icons

Fonts
crumblingwalls made samples of three main font types: Pixel Fonts, Script Fonts, and Non-Script, Non-Pixel Fonts and labelled with the sizes she uses most often
Font Guide -- Sample icons with font name, font size, font tracking, and anti-alias settings in an easy-to-use table format. Includes links to download many of the fonts.
Making Text More Legible -- Super-clever ideas that are also very easy to do. Two examples - one for light text and one for dark. What could be better?
A different approach to text -- Using adjustment layers on the text only. Example icons with very specific list of point size, kerning, layers, opacities, and so on.
Commonly used, distinctive fonts -- fontaddicts are asked about these fonts over and over and over...
Another Useful Set of Fonts in Action: A page of icons with the distinctive fonts identified AND with links to download the fonts. Very handy. :)
Text Gone Wild: Beyond the Staid Text Layer -- Turn your text into a "work of art" by rasterizing the text layer and going wild.
I hate text -- She may hate it, but she has some excellent ideas, nonetheless.

Other Tutorial Indices -- This idea shamelessly stolen from Stargate-style homage to those who went before me...
Index by emily_reich / Index by fire_rag / Index by prettymuggle / Index by toxxxicgurl
Tut Indices by weapon_icons: Photoshop Tutorials :: Non-Photoshop Tutorials :: Larger Graphics :: Effects/Guides