100 Photoshop tutorials to power up your skills - Part 1

100 Photoshop tutorials to power up your skills


Love it or hate it, Photoshop continues to be the design software of choice for millions designers across the globe for a wide range of tasks, including photo editing, graphic design, typography,illustration, 3D modelling and animation. Here, we round up the very best Photoshop tutorials from around the web covering all these areas and more...

Introducing Photoshop tools and features

Two-minute tool school: the Burn Tool

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One of our own Photoshop tutorials, hosted on the Creative Bloq YouTube channel, introduces the Burn tool. In the easy-to-follow video, discover how to selectively darken areas of an image, with an overview of settings and tips on working with Shadows, Midtones and Highlights.

Two-minute tool school: Color Replacement Tool

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Another of our YouTube Photoshop tutorials, this short video introduces the Color Replacement Tool, which lets you paint roughly over an area of an image. Discover how to replace colours based on Hue, Saturation, Colour and Luminosity.

Two-minute tool school: Content-Aware Move Tool

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This Photoshop tutorial introduces the Content-Aware Move Tool. In the easy-to-follow video, we reveal how Photoshop can analyse pixels and heal unwanted portions within an image.

Two-minute tool school: Custom Shape Tool

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This Photoshop tutorial introduces the Custom Shape Tool. Choose from a large selection of different shapes and learn how to use various settings such as Fill, Stroke and more.

Two-minute tool school: Dodge Tool

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This Photoshop tutorial introduces the Dodge tool. You'll learn how to selectively lighten areas of an image. Learn about brush options, Range, and Exposure. Brighten eyes, pick out details, and much more!

Master Photoshop CS6's Crop tool step-by-step

This Photoshop tutorial is a fantastic way to get to grips with the crop tool. It's set out in a step-by-step fashion to help make the process of mastering it even easier.

Iris Blur in Photoshop CS6

Iris blur is basically the opposite of field blur, in which you can blur everything apart from where your pin is placed. Learn the ropes with this simple step-by-step Photoshop tutorial.

The Blur Gallery in Photoshop CS6

One of the most popular features in Photoshop CS6 has been the Blur Gallery - three brand new filters that allows for photo-realistic depth. Discover how you can use them in your work in this Photoshop tutorial.

Get creative with the Photoshop Brush tool

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Get an overview of the Brush tool in this brilliant Photoshop tutorial. Find out what it can do and how best to use it.

How to use Photoshop's Curves and Adjustment Layers

Discover how you can quickly adjust dull skies and improve your landscapes using Adobe Photoshop's Curves and Adjustment Layers in this Photoshop tutorial.

Pro tips and techniques

How to add drama with the Radial Blur Filter

In this Photoshop tutorial, learn how to use CS5's built-in filter effects to add a feeling of movement and power to your images.

Use Adjustment Layers to tone an image


This Photoshop tutorial explains how to add a variety of tone and colour effects using the Adjustment Layers option in Photoshop CS5.


Use Photoshop's Tilt-Shift filter


Using Photoshop's CS6 Tilt-shift blur effect, Ben Secret explains an innovative approach to saturation by creating a miniature model village. In this Photoshop tutorial you'll learn how to simulate an exaggerated depth-of-field effect.


The ultimate guide to adjustment layers - curves


Curves allows you to adjust the tonal values in an image, increase or decrease the exposure, or automatically colour correct. This tutorial provides a comprehensive explanation of the Curves functions and how to use them.


Combine colour with monochrome in Photoshop


Get creative with colour, learn how to create a wider tonal range, and create classic images with added impact in six simple steps! A fantastic Photoshop tutorial to boost your skills.


Five top Photoshop tips for great spot colour


Learn how to use Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layers and S-shaped curves for excellent spot colour results in this Photoshop tutorial.


How to body sculpt using the liquify tool

Fancy mastering the art of airbrushing? This Photoshop tutorial will get you started as it describes how to use liquify for photo retouches.