Photoshop Tutorials Link List

This is a collection of links to Photoshop tutorials and tips, organized by category. The categories are:

Basics — Learning the tools, menus and concepts. What are all these things for? (Updated Sep 10, 2001)
Photos — Using Photoshop to work with photographs (Updated Sep 10, 2001)
Text — Creating special text effects (Updated Sep 10, 2001)
Menus — Focus on menu choices and tools. Your attention is particularly drawn to the extraordinary series, Learning Photoshop in 21 Days. Only 14 of them have been completed to date, but they are well worth a look. (Updated Sep 10, 2001)
Filters — Using the filters, singly and in combination, to produce special effects (Updated Sep 10, 2001)
Texture — Producing and working with textures to produce backgrounds, buttons, etc. (Updated Sep 10, 2001)

All of the links in this section are off-site; I have no control over their continued life nor their content. So, here's the navigation trick. Whenever you click a link that will take you out of this site, it should open in a new window. That way, if things don't work out or you're not as interested as you thought you might be, it will be easy to return here.

For a list of jumpsites (link lists from other sources), click here. Finally, elsewhere in this site is a compendium of tips, links and tricks garnered from the Tipworld Photoshop mailing list (note: as of Nov 1, 2001, this area is being reconstructed; it may or may not be available or sensible).

In the tables, the column Level may require a bit of explanation. The abbreviations are: B=Beginner; I=Intermediate; X=eXpert. Why did I do it that way? So that when I sorted the table, the easiest ones in each category would come to the top and the hardest would sink to the bottom.

Well then, what's all this on the page? I am using this page to add new links to. When it begins to take too long to load (an entirely subjective decision), I'll move the entries onto their own page.

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Category	Title	Summary	Level
Basics	Three Quick Tips	Quick explanations of channels, adjustment layers and blending modes	B I
Basics	Rounded Shapes	Use gaussian blur and adjust levels to create smooth curves	B
Basics	Airbrush Basics	Using the airbrush to create the illusion of depth	B I
Text	Glass	Create translucent glass text	I
Text	Mercury	Create liquid metal text	I X
Text	Chrome Effect	Adding a chrome effect to text	B
Texture	Grooves	Create grooves or ridges in any object you are working with	B
Texture	Lightning	Create photo-realistic lightning	I
Texture	Polka Dots	Create the popular (if overused) funky dot patterns as well as consistent dotted lines	B
Texture	Metal	Create a brushed metal texture with lighting effects and blending modes	X
Texture	Metal Pipes	Create a custom gradient to give the illusion of metal pipes	B
Texture	Glow	Create a multicolored glow effect using layer blending modes	I
Texture	Button Basics	Simple methods for creating four styles of button	B
Texture	Rust	Make rust so real, you want to sand it	B
Texture	Scanlines & Grids	Add television scanlines and grid patterns to your projects	B
Texture	Seamless Tiles	Make any pattern tile seamlessly — but be ready for a little close work	B
Texture	Wood	A realistic wood texture	I
Texture	Wires101	Making a basic wire	B I
Texture	Wires201	Add texture to the insulation around the wire	I
Texture	Wires301	Another method of adding texture to the wire	I
Texture	Wires401	Adding flair to your basic wires	B
Texture	Cut Out	Create the appearance of one material being cut out of another	I