This series of Photoshop tutorials will take you through beginning, intermediate and advanced techniques used to alter your digital photographs to improved images and/or create new photographic illustrations and images. You will learn to use Photoshop's photo editing tools effectively to create highly detailed and realistic artwork.
Photo Retouching Tutorials
Photoshop Tutorial - Adding Motion with 'Motion Blur'
In this Photoshop tutorial you will learn the how to add realistic motion blurring to a static looking digital photograph, selectively using Photoshop's 'Motion Blur' tool.
Adding Motion with Motion Blur
Adding Motion with the Radial Blur Filter
Photoshop Clone Stamp Tool
In this Photoshop tutorial you will how to avoid the 'stepping/repeating' pitfalls (above, center) inherent in Photoshop's Clone Stamp Tool (S), learning to proper way to mask, move, or cover and replace unwanted objects in your photos.
Photoshop Clone Stamp Tool Tutorial
Photoshop Tutorial - Using the 'Selection Tool' to Clone Objects
Photoshop tutorial on the effective use of Photoshop's Lasso Tool (L) to select an object, then copy and paste to selection to a new location, masking unwanted objects.
Using the 'Selection Tool' to Clone Objects
Photoshop Tutorial - Correcting Lens Distortion
This Photoshop tutorial will instruct you on how to use Photoshop's 'Free Transform' tool (CS) and the Photoshop CS2 CS3 'Remove Distortion Tool' (D) dialogue box to add the correct amount of distortion removal to your photo.
Correcting Lens Distortion
Adding Shallow Depth-of-Field Blurring (aka 'Bokeh') to Photos with Gaussian Blur
This tutorial will teach you advanced techniques in creating the illusion of minimal Depth of Field in a Photo, by adding what is known as a "creamy bokeh," or an out-of-focus background resulting from shallow depth-of-field created by a telephoto lens.
Photoshop Tutorial - Adding 'Creamy Bokeh' to Photos with Gaussian Blur
Photoshop Tutorial - Photo Color-Correction Basics
This Photoshop tutorial will instruct you on how to color-correct any unwanted color casts or hues in your photos, giving your photos natural looking color, and a neutral color-balance.
Photo Color-Correction Basics
Photoshop Color Balance Tool
Photoshop Tutorial - Matching Photo Noise with 'Add Noise' Filter
This Photoshop tutorial will instruct you on how to use Photoshop's 'Add Noise' Filter to match the noise level of a repair or cloned item with the inherent noise in a digital photograph.
Matching Photo Noise using 'Add Noise' Filter
Photoshop Tutorial - Using Curves to Adjust Tone & Color
This Photoshop tutorial will instruct you on how to use Photoshop's 'Curves' to manipulate color and tone in each individual color channel to give your photos natual looking color, and a neutral color-balance with a correct white point.
Photo Tone and Color-Correction Using Curves
Setting Correct White Point of Photo with Curves
Photoshop Tutorial - Burn & Dodge Tool
This Photoshop tutorial teaches the propper use of Photoshop's Burn and Dodge Tool to adjust highlight and shadow tone in a defined area. Unlike Levels, Curves, and Brightness/Contrast, which globally adjust tonal value, the Burn and Dodge tools use Photoshop Brushes to selectively alter color.
Adjusting Tone with the Burn & Dodge Tool
Photoshop Tutorial - Sharpening using 'Unsharp Mask'
This Photoshop tutorial will instruct you on how to use Photoshop's 'Unsharp Mask' dialogue box to add the correct amount of sharpening to your image when re-sizing a photo. You will also learn to correctly use Photoshop's 'Sharpen Tool' (R) to spot sharpen selective areas.
Sharpening a Photo with 'Unsharp Mask'
Composite Photo Illustration in Photoshop
In this photo retouching Photoshop tutorial you will lear how to use digital photo-retouching techniques to create realistic Photo Illustration, using Photoshop's powerful photo editing tools to move and replace objects, creating new images.
Photoshop Tutorial on Composite Photo Illustration
Photoshop CS3 Tool Tips and Tricks
Basic Photo Lighting Correction
Using the Photoshop Color Picker
Using the Photoshop Channels Palette
Photoshop Eyedropper Tool
Basic Photo Retouching with the Photoshop Brush Tool
Photoshop CS3 - Tools
Photoshop CS3 - Brushes
Photoshop CS3 - Resources
Photoshop CS3 - Plug Ins
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