The 50 Best Photoshop Tutorials of 2009

December 26th, 2009 by Callum Chapman | 44 Comments

Looking back this year (2009), we have had some incredible tutorials that have taught hundreds and thousands of people new skills in Adobe Photoshop. We’ve been searching the web from America to Germany to the UK and have managed to compile a list of the 50 of the very best Photoshop tutorials this year.

Happy learning and wishing you all the luck in 2010!

Top 50 Adobe Photoshop Tutorials of 2009

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24 Useful Tutorials on Creating Photoshop Brushes

October 13th, 2009 by Tomas Laurinavicius | 5 Comments

Using Photoshop brushes can be a quick and effective way to beautify and improve a design. Though there are many Photoshop brushes available on the web free for you to download, you can also make your own to guarantee that you’ll have something truly unique.

Creating Photoshop brushes is easier than you think; if you don’t know where to start, check out these handy tutorials on Photoshop brush creation.

1. Create Photoshop Brushes for Coffee Stains and Splatters

Create Photoshop Brushes for Coffee Stains and Splatters

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26 Professional Photoshop Retouching Tutorials

July 15th, 2009 by Tomas Laurinavicius | 45 Comments

Adobe Photoshop is the go-to tool for digital artists when it comes to professionally retouching images. Enhancing and retouching photos in Photoshop is an effective way to "work with what you’ve got".

There are many tips, tricks, and techniques for improving things like skin tone and imperfections, and enhancing the photo subject’s features. This article shares a huge variety of photo retouching tutorials for Photoshop users with brief descriptions of each.

1. Super Fast and Easy Facial Retouching

Super Fast and Easy Facial Retouching

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26 Beautiful Photoshop Tutorials on Designing Posters

June 16th, 2009 by Tomas Laurinavicius | 15 Comments

Posters are excellent examples of art with a purpose: an effective poster must not only show, but must also tell. With the following tutorials, not only will you be shown how to create beautiful digital art pieces, but also get to learn a hodgepodge of digital art techniques and methods that you can adapt later on into your design projects.

In this article, you’ll find top-notch tutorials for creating posters. Not only will you be learning specific procedures for creating posters, but also Photoshop and general design practices such as photo-composition, illustration, coloring processing, typography effects, working with custom shapes, using Filters in unique ways, and much more.

1. Shoe Advertisement Poster Using Floral Elements

Shoe Advertisement Poster Using Floral Elements

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30 Brilliant Photoshop Lighting Effects Tutorials

May 13th, 2009 by Jacob Gube | 17 Comments

A current trend in design is adding lighting effects to enhance your digital art. In this article, you’ll find 30 dazzling lighting techniques that you can use to add a bit of sparkle into your work.

Expressive lighting effects

Engulf photo subjects with glowing lights by following along this top-notch tutorial.

Expressive lighting effects

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15 Excellent Places for Discovering Photoshop Brushes

May 6th, 2009 by Jacob Gube | 31 Comments

Photoshop brushes let enhance your artwork and designs with custom styles and themes. There is an abundance of free brushes online, but the vastness of the interwebs makes it hard to find exactly what you’re looking for. This article attempts to bring together all the best places for Photoshop brushes, all in one nifty page. Here, you’ll find 15 resources for building your Photoshop brushes collection.

1. Blendfu

Blendfu

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22 Professional Photoshop Image Enhancing Tutorials

May 1st, 2009 by Tomas Laurinavicius | 66 Comments

Adobe Photoshop is the premier tool for digital artists when it comes to professionally enhancing images. Whether you’re a beginner just learning the ropes or an advanced user looking for unique techniques to add to your Photoshop arsenal, you’ll find some tutorials here that you’ll surely want to bookmark.

In this article, you’ll discover plenty of tutorials that deal with enhancing images, adding unique and impressive effects, and recreating digital replications of popular traditional photography techniques.

1. Cross Processing

Cross Processing

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