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As a service to web viewers, we have posted links to 115 free, high-content video PHOTOSHOP tutorials from one of the best sources on the web. And they are all FREE!

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But why Videos?
Videos are great at getting you up to speed on a particular topic very quickly.  We've read our fair share of 1000 page technical books, and many of them are great, but sometimes you just need to see someone performing a task and listen to their explanation.  As the old adage goes, "a picture is worth a thousand words."  As visual and audio learners, videos help us quickly understand 80% of what we need to know to get started, and after we have a fundamental grasp on a given technology, we can find the last 20% in the online help, in books or on the discussion forums.

 

Photoshop Tutorial Videos

Making Changes Across Multiple Photos

from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com

Making Changes Across Multiple PhotosEver wanted to resize a group of images or add a watermark to a group of images, but you just didn't have the time to do it? Well, with Photoshop's Batch processing capabilities, you can make changes to multiple images all at once. In this video, you'll learn \how to add a watermark to a collection of images all at once.

Linking Effect

from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com

Linking Effect Ever wanted to link two objects together in Photoshop so that they seem to weave in and out of each other, kind of like the Olympic rings? Well, it's easier than you might think! In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create this linking effect in just a couple very easy steps.

Turning Pictures Into Statues

from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com

Turning Pictures Into Statues Today's tip is a two-for-one for those of you who want to know how to extract a person from an image. After learning how to do this, you'll also learn how to turn that person into a statue in just a few simple steps.

Posterizing Images

from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com

Posterizing Images Turning your images into illustrations isn't as difficult as you might think. In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to make your images look cartoonish in just one simple step.

Addin Smoke To An Image

from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com

Adding Smoke to an Image Want to make your motorcycle photo gallery a little more exciting by adding a little smoke to your pictures? In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to create smoke in Photoshop using filters and blending modes.

Making A Vignette

from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com

Making a VignetteToday's video is a relatively simple tip on two different ways to create a vignette for your photographs. A vignette is basically a soft-edged border around a photograph. Enjoy!

Saving Color Swatches

from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com

Saving Color Swatches When designing a web layout or some other type of design layout, you will often need to use some of the same colors over and over again. In this video, you'll learn how to add color swatches to your Swatches palette, save your current set of color swatches, and load a set that you've already saved.

Text That Follows a Path

from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com

Text That Follows a Path Creating text that follows a path in Photoshop is an extremely simple process. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create a circle of text using selections, paths, and, of course, the text tool.

Creating a Photo Realistic Tennis Ball

from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com

Creating a Photo Realistic Tennis BallI'll give you three guesses as to what you'll be learning in this tutorial! If you guessed that you're going to learn how to create your own photorealistic tennis ball in Photoshop, then you're absolutely right!

Using Layer Masks

from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com

Using Layer Masks A layer mask in Photoshop is basically a way of hiding and revealing certain parts of a layer. In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to create, edit, delete, and modify layer masks in Photoshop.

Making a Panorama with Photoshop

from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com

Making a Panorama with PhotoshopEver wanted to take a panorama but couldn't find your wide angle lens? In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to make a panoramic image out of a few separate images using a little recoloring, retouching and blending.

Flawless Black and White Photos

from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com

Flawless Black and White Photos How many of you just convert your images from RGB to grayscale when you want to create a black and white image? How many of you turn to your Hue/Saturation adjustments and completely desaturate the image? Well, in this video, you'll learn how to take control of your black and white images in a much more effective way.

Glossy Reflection Effect

from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com

Glossy Reflection Effect All across the internet, you'll find flashy logos and text effects with a glossy white reflection across the top of the graphic. There are many ways to achieve an effect like this in Photoshop, and in this tutorial, LearnFlash.com trainer Craig Campbell shows you his preferred method of creating just such a reflection.

Creating a Grassy Field in Photoshop

from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com

Creating a Grassy Field in PhotoshopOne of the most underappreciated tools for beginners in Photoshop is the brush tool. Most beginners think that this tool is simply used to paint round or square strokes onto the canvas. These same beginners would be shocked to learn that you can very easily create an entire field of grass using only the brush tool. In this tutorial, Craig Campbell from LearnFlash.com will show you how to use brush shapes and brush dynamics to create your own grassy meadow in Photoshop.

Lightning Effect

from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com

Lightning Effect Realistic lightning seems like it would be difficult and time-consuming to create in Photoshop. But it is much simpler than you might think. In this tutorial, LearnFlash.com trainer Craig Campbell shows you how to use a few filters and tonal adjustments in order to achieve a very realistic lightning effect that will look a little bit different every time you attempt it.

Plastic Text Effect

from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com

Plastic Text Effect One of the most widely used text effects in Photoshop design is the plastic text effect. There are hundreds of different plastic effects you could come with, and in this tutorial, Craig Campbell from LearnFlash.com will show you just one of many ways to add some plasticky depth to your text.

The Shadow/Hightlight Tool

from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com

The Shadow/Hightlight Tool Sometimes it is necessary to make an image a little brighter. Sometimes it is necessary to make it a little darker. But what if you need to do both? Or what if you only need to brighten up a small portion of an image, perhaps where there are some dark shadows? In this tutorial, LearnFlash.com trainer Craig Campbell will show you how to use Photoshop's Shadow/Highlight tool to bring out the shadows and calm down the highlights all in one simple step.

Ancient Map Effect

from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com

Ancient Map Effect Photoshop is an amazing graphics program, and with it, you can create some very photorealistic graphics. In this tutorial, for example, you will learn how to create an antique map with holes and burned edges. This tutorial would also be great for creating antique hand-written letters.

Ribbon Effect

from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com

Ribbon Effect In this tutorial, you'll learn how to take an ordinary piece of script text and transform it into a 3-dimensional, semi-transparent ribbon in just two simple steps. This tutorial would also work for a very simple shape that you might want to turn into a logo or something like that.

Grunge Text Effect

from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com

Grunge Text Effect Sometimes it takes a creative mixture of ideas to put together a good effect in Photoshop. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to tweak a photograph for use inside your text in order to make a really cool grunge text effect.

Censoring a Photograph

from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com

Censoring a Photograph Want to blot out your ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend's face from an otherwise perfectly good picture? In today's tutorial, you'll learn how to censor parts of an image in just a couple of very simple steps in Photoshop.

3D Reflection Effect

from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com

3D Reflection Effect In a previous tip, we talked about how to make a simple reflection effect for a logo. But it gets a little more complicated if you're trying to create a reflection for a 3-dimenisional object, such as a box. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to perform the transformations necessary in order to make a very effective 3D reflection effect.

Perspective Cropping

from: WatchAndLearnPhotoshop.com

Perspective Cropping If you've ever tried to take a flash photograph of a framed picture straight-on, you've probably noticed that it's impossible to do so without planting a large reflection of the flash right in the center of the picture. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to avoid that unwanted reflection by taking the picture from an angle and then adjusting the picture using perspective cropping.

 

 

 

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