30 Tutorials That Will Teach You Photoshop

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Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the 2nd in our Tutorial Series. Last week we gave you 30 Tutorials That Will Teach You Illustrator, and you seemed to like it. So this week, as promised, we’re fixing our Arbenting focus on Photoshop. This will not be the last you see of this series, either, for it will extend over the course of the next four weeks as we bring you installments each Friday on Fireworks, InDesign, After Effects and Flash.

Photoshop Basics
Pen Tool Basics
Silhouettes and Gradients
Adjusting Levels
Creating Water/Dew Drops
Blending Layers
Sharpening Edges

Big Typography Snowboarding Poster

Create a Surreal Environment

Apply a Texture to an Object

Create a Glossy 3D Button

Design a unique Grungy Website

Airbrushing Natural Smooth Skin

Design a Sin City Style Poster

Arrows, Lines, and Improving Your Photoshop Workflow

The Making of Mystic

Creating an Urban-Style Piece of Artwork

Create a Retro Poster

Create a Spectacular Grass Text Effect in Photoshop

Transforming a Daylight Image Into a Wild Night

The Making of The Blue

The Making of Fantasy View of Budapest

Fairy Night Tutorial

Creating Modern Ruins

Super Cool Frilly Bits Typography

Create cool neon effects

Creating Realistic Torn Paper

Hell of a Tutorial

Add Stock Textures to Images for Extra Oomph

Design a Watercolor Effect Menu

And just as we did before, we wanted to throw in a little added bonus because we like you all so much. Well, most of you. There are two of you that kind of suck, but we won’t get into that. They know who they are. But for the rest of you, a nifty little gifty.

Bonus: 20 Photoshop Secrets Revealed

The Adobe Tutorial Series

Part 1 - 30 Tutorials That Will Teach You Illustrator
Part 2 - 30 Tutorials That Will Teach You Photoshop
Part 3 - 30 Tutorials That Will Teach You Fireworks
Part 4 - 30 Tutorials That Will Teach You InDesign
Part 5 - 30 Tutorials That Will Teach You Flash
Part 6 - 30 Tutorials That Will Teach You After Effects

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33 Comments »

Jacky said:

Tell me, how do you ‘learn photoshop’ by making glossy buttons ?

# 22 August 2008 at 9:07 am

Robert Bowen said:

@ Jacky. The same way you learn anything through application. By actually doing it. Some folks learn through auditory stimulation, some through visual, and some through practical application. The button process takes the user through some of the programs basic functions helping the newer users to some elements and operations they may be unfamiliar with.

Hope that answered your ‘question’.

# 22 August 2008 at 9:17 am

Andrew Houle said:

Thanks for including one of my tuts. Nice list!

Andrew Houles last blog post..Logo Inspiration With A Yellow Focus

# 22 August 2008 at 11:57 am

Robert Bowen said:

@ Andrew, not a problem. Thank you for taking the time to create it!

# 22 August 2008 at 12:57 pm

Ant said:

fake.

photoshopped.

# 22 August 2008 at 3:49 pm

Jackie said:

Thanks for the great list of tutes.

# 23 August 2008 at 3:56 am

adelaide design said:

this is great thanks

# 23 August 2008 at 7:08 am

Robert Bowen said:

@ adelaide designs and Jackie, You’re very welcome. And thank you for the comments.

@ Ant, damn, you caught us! Very clever, indeed. Score: Ant-1 Arbenting-0. But this isn’t over, Ant! Mark my words, this battle may be over, but the war wages on, my friend. The war wages on…

# 23 August 2008 at 4:39 pm

River Girl said:

This is very helpful - thanks so much. Just learned levels which I had been using incorrectly.

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# 24 August 2008 at 5:15 am

web design company said:

Teach yourself Adobe Photoshop in 30 easy to follow, fun-filled tutorials.

# 24 August 2008 at 10:44 am

Janko said:

Another great post on Arbenting! Keep up the good work!

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# 24 August 2008 at 11:44 am

Angie Bowen said:

@River Girl - I’m glad you found it helpful. As a self taught Photoshop user I often learn that I’m not using a feature to it’s fullest potential.

@Janko - Thanks man, I’m glad you liked it! We’re having a ball with the blog so I don’t see slowing down anytime soon!

# 24 August 2008 at 12:49 pm

aravind said:

hey.. nice list..
thanks

aravind

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# 19 January 2009 at 6:15 am

rajita - logo design said:

Superb collection of tutorial - very informative for beginners

# 9 February 2009 at 4:12 am

E S Smith said:

If it were possible, I would hug, high-five, butt-slap, snuggle, kiss, fondle, frisk, stalk, body paint, pray for, cuddle, pinch the cheeks of, by a drink/meal/lap dance for, and vote as President, Vice President, and Universal Presidential-Type-People…..the person or persons responsible for these tutorials.

Seriously, you rock my little rainbow corner of the world! I have learned so much from the first Photoshop tutorial that it’s almost disgraceful how very little I knew to start with! Since the economy’s gone to sh*t, I’ve decided to actually LEARN something whilst waiting for someone to hire me! And even though I was featured in an article on CNNMoney, my 15 seconds of fame have yet to materialize. So I decided to go through your tutorials…starting with Photoshop. And I’m stunned. How in the h e double hockey sticks did I live without the Magnetic Lasso Tool?????!!?????

You are indeed the macros to my media. And I heart you. Even though you don’t know me.

# 20 February 2009 at 2:28 pm

joyoge designers' bookmark said:

nice helpful tutorials.. thanks for the list

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# 2 March 2009 at 7:06 am

baloot said:

hello, this is my first visit at ur blog. nice to noe u mate.
i would like to thanks to you for this helpful photoshop tutorial.
i will subscribe to ur blog rss feed. im newbie in photoshop.

cheers!

p/s: im from malaysia, did u noe where it is located? lol

# 21 May 2009 at 3:48 am