This is a collection of links to Photoshop tutorials and tips which will attempt to help you learn the tools, menus and concepts. To return to the home page for this collection, click here.
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| Basic | Using the Color Picker | Choosing foreground and background colors |
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| Basic | Quick Overview of the Photoshop Desktop | Discussion of the Toolbox, Floating Palettes and Menu Bar and how these elements work and interact with one another |
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| Basic | 5.5 Basics | A broad overview of Photoshop 5.5, its main features and a few of the more important menus |
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| Basic | Greetings Photoshop Newbies! | Three simple activities to help you become more comfortable using the program |
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| Basic | Making Selections | Types of selections and the tools you use to make them |
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| Basic | Making Custom Brushes | Learn to make custom brushes for special effects |
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| Basic | The Infamous Brush Palette | How the Brush palette works, as well as how to create Basics and customized brushes |
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| Basic | Image Size and Resolution | What is resolution and what are all those options in the Image > Image Size menu selection? |
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| Basic | Installing Plugins and Filters | Learn to install plugs or filters downloaded from the web |
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| Basic | Creating Graphics for the Web | Which format to use and why when making graphics for web pages |
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| Basic | Working with Shapes | Create basic shapes like squares, rectangles, circles, ovals and polygons |
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| Basic | Getting Started with Plug-Ins | Where to put plug-ins; where to find plug-ins — all the basics |
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| Basic | Screen Capture Tips | Taking a picture of the screen on either Mac or PC — and then viewing and/or playing with the picture |
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| Basic | Making a Circle or Square | Basic shapes |
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| Basic | How to Make a Triangle | Basic shapes |
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| Basic | Using the Eraser Tools | In case you don't always get it right the first time |
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| Basic | Basic Shapes | For the beginner: fun with circles and squares |
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| Basic | Prep Your Photos for the Web | Using the rotate, crop and resize capabilities in Photoshop |
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| Basic | Paint with Filters | Using the History palette to paint with a filter effect |
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| Basic | Choosing Color Mode | What are the three most-used color modes and why choose one over the other |
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| Basic | Viewing Image Information | How to find details about your image |
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| Basic | Zooming Around | Learn the many ways to zoom in and out of an image |
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| Basic | Type Tool | How the use the new type tool in Photoshop 5 |
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| Basics | Using a Selection to Make Masks | Creating a mask out of a selection in Photoshop 5.5 |
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| Basics | Fill Shortcuts | Getting fills quickly |
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| Basics | Rounding shapes | Rounding hard-edged-shapes or anti-aliasing a jagged layer |
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| Basics | Grid Lines | Creating a grid to make your design look tight |
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| Basics | Keyboard Shortcuts for Tools | Taking the express route to save you time |
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| Basics | Displaying Online Designs | Seeing your design as those on the 'Net will see it |
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| Basics | Lightning Fast Layer Navigation | Streamline the process of selecting layers in your document |
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| Basics | Using the Info Palette | Instant feedback on your current graphic file one pixel at a time |
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| Basics | Straight Stroke | Quick trick to create arrow straight strokes in Photoshop 4.0 and above. |
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| Basic | Viewing and Navigating | View different portions of an image at different magnifications using the Zoom tool, the Hand Tool and the Navigation palette, as well as with several keyboard shortcut commands |
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| Basic | Using the Type Tool | Working with type in your image in Version 5 |
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| Basic | 6.0 Basics | A broad overview of Photoshop 6.0, its main features, and a few of the more important menus |
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| Basic | Using the Crop Tool | Working with the crop tool — all the options |
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| Basic | Custom Brushes | Creating a brush shape yourself in v6.0 |
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| Basic | (Transparent) GIFs | How to minimize file size and master transparency |
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| Basic | The Pen Tool | Using the pen tool to create paths |
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| Basic | Transparent GIFs | Separating an object from its background in versions 4.0 and 5.0 |
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| Basic | Working with Brushes | Setting up brushes in Preferences, the Brush palette, creating your own brushes and custom brushes |
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| Basic | Quick Mask | Use quick mask mode for making complex selections |
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| Basic | Installing Actions | Installing actions is as easy as point and click |
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| Basic | Basic Printing | Making ag rphic fit on to a standard sheet of paper |
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| Basic | Slicing Images for HTML | Cutting up a picture to speed loading or for different uses on the web |
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| Basic | Slicing Images | Take a knife to your graphics for placement in HTML web pages |
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| Basic | 6.0 Selections | Discussion of the various techniques used for making selections in 6.0 |
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| Basic | Reference: Filters | A very complete discussion of the various filters that come with Photoshop |
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| Basic | 6.0 Toolbar | A guided tour through the toolbar for 6.0 |
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| Basic | 5.5 Tools | A guided tour through the toolbar for 5.5 |
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| Basic | 5.5. Palettes | A guided tour through many of the palettes for 5.5 |
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| Basic | 6.0 Palettes | A gudied tour through many of the palettes for 6.0 |
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| Basic | Interface Overview | If you're new to interface design, start here |
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| Basic | Channels | What channels are and how to use them |
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| Basic | Choosing a Layer from the Image | On a complex graphic, determine which layer contains which graphic |
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| Basic | Working with Quick Mask | A tutorial on using Quick Mask mode for creating selections |
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| Basic | Selecting Opaque Pixels on a Layer | When you need to quickly select just the opaque (used) pixels on a layer |
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| Basic | Quick Mask | A different way of making selections |
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| Basic | Graphic File Format Overview | Explanation of all the options under File Save As |
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| Basics | Adjustment Layers | Apply an effect to a group of layers, then have the ability to edit that effect later |
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| Basic | Photoshop Channels Explained | How can the channels be useful and what should I know about using them? |
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| Basic | Doodling | A session of creative doodling can produce some interesting results |
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| Basic | Basic Pen | Introduction, with exercises, to the use of the Pen Tool |
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| Basics | Fade Fast | Disintegrate convincingly |
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| Basic | Photoshop Layer Blend Modes | How the Blend Modes in the Layers palette work and how to combine them on separate layers (or using them with the Painting and Editing tools) to produce certain kinds of effects |
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| Basic | Layer Transformations in Photoshop | Using alpha channels, layers and transformation commands to manipulation objects |
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| Basics | Making Major Renovations | Creating "wallpaper" and more |
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| Basics | Changing Background Color | Quickly, cleanly and correctly |
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| Basic | XtrEMe deSigNS | Using Photoshop to fulfill various design needs that may apply to any given graphic situation, using the Layer palette's Difference blend mode |
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| Basic | Transparency for the Web | Creating transparent GIF files without the annoying "halo" effect at the edges |
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| Basics | Good Hair Day | Maintaining fine hair details when cropping images |
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All links checked and working on September 10, 2001.