This is a collection of links to Photoshop tutorials and tips which deal with menu items and tools. Your attention is particularly drawn to the extraordinary series entitled Photoshop in 21 Days, of which the first 14 have been completed. They've all been kept on this page for your ease in accessing them. To return to the home page for this section, click here.
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| Menu | It Starts! | Part 1 of Photoshop in 21 Days walks you through the basic menus and toolbar, giving basic concepts as it goes |
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| Menu | Layers | Part 2 of Photoshop in 21 Days introduces layers |
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| Menu | Layers; Transparency and Blend Modes | Part 3 of Photoshop in 21 Days discusses transparency and blend modes |
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| Menu | Functionality | Part 4 of Photoshop in 21 Days discusses ways to arrange your desktop and delves further in tools |
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| Menu | 1 File = 99 Textures | Part 9 of Photoshop in 21 Days examines creating textures with filter and the rubber stamp tool |
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| Menu | Using the Type Tool | Explore the features and uses of Photoshop 4's type tool |
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| Menu | Stroking Basics | Outline objects or have a stroke follow alongs any selection |
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| Menu | Color Dodge | Use Color Dodge to brighten your graphics |
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| Menu | Gorgeous Gradients | Use gradient fill to produce all sorts effects |
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| Menu | Image Adjustment and "Adjustment Layers" | Part 6 of Photoshop in 21 Days looks deep into the Image > Adjust menu |
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| Menu | Blur, Feather and a Guy Named Gauss | Part 5 of Photoshop in 21 Days explains the details of how blurring and feathering work at the pixel level |
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| Menu | More with Layers | Part 4b of Photoshop in 21 Days works blend modes hard |
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| Menu | The Lighting Effects Filter | Part 13 of Photoshop in 21 Days begins study of lighting effects and their use |
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| Menu | The Lighting Effects Filter, Step 2 | Part 14 of Photoshop in 21 Days gets into the details of the lighting effects filter |
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| Menu | Hearts | Make a valentine for your sweety with the Pen Tool |
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| Menu | Layers Masks and More Textures | Part 10 of Photoshop in 21 Days uncovers layer masks |
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| Menu | Text and Layers Masks | Part 11 of Photoshop in 21 Days adds text to layer masks |
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| Menu | Sharpening | Part 8 of Photoshop in 21 Days reveals the details of sharpening — and when to do it |
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| Menu | Screen Blending Mode | Use Blending Modes to alter the way pixels on one layer effect pixels on layers beneath it |
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| Menu | Moons and Planets | Part 12 of Photoshop in 21 Days integrates previous concepts into a project |
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| Menu | Advanced Image Corrections Using Levels | Part 7 of Photoshop in 21 Days applies Image > Adjust to individual color channels |
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All links checked and working on September 10, 2001