These Photoshop tutorials will take you through beginning, intermediate and advanced techniques that are common to the technical illustrator. You will learn to use Photoshop's tools effectively to create highly detailed and realistic artwork.
Monitor Color Calibration for Photoshop
In this first Photoshop tutorial you will learn how to properly color calibrate your Apple Cinema HD display to render accurate color for pre-press proofing. Know exactly what your illustration will print like using correct gamma, white balance, and black level settings.
Monitor Calibration - Pre-Press Color Proofing
Photoshop Color Management Tutorial
In this Photoshop tutorial you will learn basic color theory, and the difference between "additive color" (RGB) or , and "subtractive color" (CMYK), You will also learn which color space is appropriate for what type of output. You will learn how to use Photoshop's "Color Picker" to accurately create and match a specific sampled color.
Photoshop Color Management
Photoshop Paths & Pen Tool Tutorial
In this Photoshop tutorial you will learn the how to effectively use the Pen Tool to create line art in the "Paths" mode. The Pen tool is one of the most useful tools in the Photoshop tool pallet, but it can also be one of the most frustrating tools to master for the Photoshop newcomer. Once you become comfortable with this powerful tool you will rarely use the Line tool.
Creating Line Art with Photoshop's Paths & the Pen Tool
Painting a Simple Cutaway in Photoshop
In this first of several Photoshop tutorials you will learn basic painting techniques used in Adobe Photoshop. You will also learn how to effectively use Photoshop's layers pallet to negotiate through a complex multi-layered illustration. You will also learn how to use normal, and multiply layers to create different effects. You will learn how to the brushes pallet works and how to use the paint tool options pallet effectively to control the density of your color and brush size. You will learn how to create realistic chrome and metal in only a few steps.
Photoshop Tutorial - Basic Painting Techniques
Creating a Ghosted Cutaway in Photoshop
This is an essential tutorial for the technical illustrator. This Photoshop Tutorial you will teach you how to create a "Ghosted", "Phantom View", "Transparent", or "See Through" technical illustration. You will learn how to render the exterior skin of an object to look transparent in order to see the interior mechanical workings.
Photoshop Tutorial - Cutaway "Ghosting" Technique
Advanced Cutaway Painting Tutorial using Photoshop
This advanced Photoshop tutorial will take you step-by-step through the process of creating a highly complex cutaway of a cruise ship. You will learn how to add textures and materials that would be common to an architectural illustration.
Photoshop Tutorial - Painting Ship Cutaway
Photoshop Tutorials on Photo Retouching & Photo Illustration
This site contains a full series of beginner to advanced step-by-step Photoshop tutorials on digital photo retouching, photo editing, and photo illustration techniques.
Digital Photo Retouching Tutorials - Photoshop
Photoshop CS3 Tutorials - Tool Tips and Tricks
Photoshop CS3 - Brushes
Photoshop CS3 - Plug Ins
Photoshop CS3 - Tools
Photoshop CS3 - Resources
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