Happy birthday Photoshop


 250 free resources for designers ! Happy birthday Photoshop


Adobe has declared today Photoshop Day as it celebrates Photoshop's 23nd birthday. Since we launched Creative Bloq, we've published a huge variety of articles, tutorials and reviews around Photoshop and it may be that you missed a few of them. So we've decided to salute 23 years of the image editing tool by gathering all these great resources together in one handy place. Bookmark this page now!



As Adobe celebrates Photoshop's 23rd anniversary, we bring together the best Photoshop freebies


Photoshop freebies

Fractal brushes set for Photoshop
The Fractal Brushes set is just one of 30 free brushes to download today!

Photoshop tutorials: technique

Blur backgrounds in Photoshop
Learn to blur backgrounds easily in Photoshop
  • Erase unwanted backgrounds in Photoshop
  • Use Photoshop Actions to apply multiple effects
  • Post-production fixes using Photoshop
  • Blur backgrounds easily in Photoshop
  • Combine colour with monochrome in Photoshop
  • The complete guide to fixing exposure in Photoshop

Photoshop tutorials: effects

Sketch effect in Photoshop
Turn a photo into a sketch using Photoshop
  • Add a bokeh effect to your images
  • Turn photos into simple caricatures
  • Get the toy camera look with Photoshop
  • Recreate a fish-eye effect with Photoshop
  • Apply a quick vintage look in Photoshop
  • Create a realistic sketch effect with Photoshop
  • Recreate infrared photography in Photoshop
  • Create a Polaroid pinboard effect
  • Create a fashionable cross-processing effect
  • Add the hipster vintage look to photos with Photoshop CS6

Photoshop tutorials: projects

Create your own brushes in Photoshop
Learn how to create your own brushes in Photoshop
  • Create a fantasy scene with Photoshop
  • Create a sinister fantasy backdrop in Photoshop
  • Make your own pop art image
  • Get creative with a montage
  • Create your own brushes in Photoshop
  • Create a contemporary cutout in Photoshop

Photoshop tutorials: portraits

Apply digital eye make-up in Photoshop
Apply digital eye make-up in Photoshop
  • Give a portrait a soft-focus background
  • Simple skin smoothing in Photoshop
  • How to cut out hair in Photoshop
  • Create a stylised HDR portrait with Photoshop
  • Apply digital eye make-up in Photoshop
  • Remove hotspots from portraits with Photoshop
  • Give yourself the Picasso look with Photoshop!
  • Create dreamy portraits with Photoshop CS6
  • Colour a mono portrait by hand

Photoshop tutorials: graphic design

Make vector shapes in Photoshop
Make interesting vector shapes in Photoshop CS6
  • Design a chrome and plastic button in Photoshop
  • Make interesting vector shapes in Photoshop CS6
  • Create amazing polygon illustrations in Photoshop CS6

Photoshop tutorials: special projects

Create a collage
Create an Instagram-style collage
  • Paint realistic rain using Photoshop Layer Styles
  • Create an Instagram-style collage
  • Prepare a photo for printing
  • Highlight sections of an image with this great Photoshop Action
  • Get a cool oil painting effect in Photoshop CS6
  • Boost eyes in Photoshop with these 3 simple steps
  • Create Photoshop textures from multiple images
  • Create a cinemagraph and be an animated GIF artist!

Photoshop workflow

Photoshop etiquette
Photoshop CS6 review
The best Photoshop plugins
The 10 most useful Photoshop blending modes
Photoshop's 'Copy CSS' feature explained
Photoshop app comes to iPhone and Android
Photoshop gets a major update
Photoshop CS7: the features we want to see
Create website mockups in Photoshop with WebZap

Photoshop tools and features

Photoshop CS6
We review the latest version of Photoshop in full
  • Photoshop CS6 review
  • The best Photoshop plugins
  • The 10 most useful Photoshop blending modes
  • Photoshop's 'Copy CSS' feature explained
  • Photoshop app comes to iPhone and Android
  • Photoshop gets a major update
  • Photoshop CS7: the features we want to see
  • Create website mockups in Photoshop with WebZap

More tips and tutorials

Learn Photoshop from puppets
It's true - you really can learn Photoshop from puppets!
  • Photoshop secrets to improve your skills
  • Photoshop web design: Tips to make you more efficient
  • Learn Photoshop from puppets!
And that's it! If there's something else Photoshop-related you'd like to see on our site, let us know in the comments!