Hot Photoshop How-Tos

How To: Makeover your hair in Photoshop

This tutorial is for those who would rate their Photoshop skill sets as intermediate. This video shows you how to makeover your hair by giving it a thick, full look without having to add any products to it. It's a great way to add some style to your hair, way after the picture has already been taken. Enjoy!

How To: Create a black and white image in Photoshop CS4

Black and white photos are great to look at and remind others of a time when technology was simple. They add a certain sense of drama and mystery to them it can be kind of relaxing to look at. In this tutorial, you'll find out how to take a normal photo and convert it into a black and white image using Photoshop CS4. Enjoy!

How To: Create a vignette with curves easily

This tutorial is for those looking to get an understanding of Photoshop CS4. It's a beginner video and shows you the best way to create a vignette with curves easily. It's a great way to add a little something to your photos without making it look fake. So sit back and enjoy!

How To: Create a pdf with Photoshop CS4

This quick tutorial gives you a brief, but descriptive information on how to use on aspect of Photoshop version CS4. In this case, you'll be finding out how to create a pdf file of a single image or group of images. The only thing you really need is the software and a mind that is willing to listen. It's that simple! So sit back and enjoy!

How To: Isolate an image on white in Photoshop CS4

If you're looking to improve your Photoshop skills this tutorial will help you in your quest. In this particular tutorial, a good beginner for some, you'll find out how to isolate an image on white in Photoshop CS4. It's faitly simple to do and involved a couple tools that are found in the popular software. So sit back and enjoy!

How To: Move a layer to a new image in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Photoshop is one of the most powerful and widely used program out there on the market. Not only can people use it to make their own photos look better, but they are able to take other pictures and images and enhance them to whichever way they want. That can be seen as both bad and good. Somtimes, to do so it involved using the layers and moving a picture to a new image. In this tutorial, you'll find out how to move a layer to a new image using Photoshop. Enjoy! It's quick, easy, and will be a...

How To: Save a psd file as a jpg in Photoshop CS4

This common problem that is easy to fix, but can be very difficult for some, involves saving a psd file as a jpg. In this tutorial, you'll find out how to do so, by using Adobe Photoshop. It's also a great way to save other files into different formats as well. So sit back and enjoy!

How To: Make a GIF animation on Photoshop CS3

Adobe Photoshop has several cool features you probably did not know about. One such feature is that Photoshop allows you to animate a picture. Watch as this video walks you through the easy steps of making a basic GIF animation in Adobe Photoshop version CS3 in a matter of minutes. Have fun!

How To: Brighten eyes in Photoshop

Sometimes taking the perfect photos can be difficult to achieve.There are so many things that can go wrong, it's great to have a software program like Photoshop in your computer. With it, you're not only able to lighten skin color and get rid of unwanted blemishes, but you can also add some color to a pair of dull lifeless eyes. Find out how to to brighten eyes using Photoshop. Enjoy!

How To: Create a spray paint stencil in Photoshop

Photoshop is a useful software program that allows its users to make any photo look better or different using a couple of easy techniques. You can turn one of your favorite photos into a comic book, add some clouds in a cloud free sky, and even show you and your favorite celebrity sitting next to each other side by side. In this video you'll be taught the steps of making stencils using the tracing method and brush tool in Adobe Photoshop, version CS3. Enjoy!

How To: Add watermarks in Adobe Photoshop

With photos and video being readily available for anyone to grab and steal off the Internet, it's important for aspiring and veteran photographers to makr their property with what is called a watermark. A watermark is a sympol that will show an image has a rightful owner. In this tutorial presented by Yanik Photo School, learn how to add watermarks to your photos in Adobe Photoshop and mark what's yours!

How To: Use the patch tool in Photoshop

Just getting started with Photoshop? In this tutorial presented by Yanik's Photo School, learn how to use the patch tool in Photoshop instead of the healing brush. The patch tool retouches images using sampled pixels or pattern and comes in handy when trying to touch-up a photo.

How To: Zoom in and out in Photoshop CS4

Being able to zoom in and out of an image in Photoshop can save you precious time and can be more effective. If you don't know how to do so, it can be challenging. There are various ways to do so and this video tutorial is going to show you them. So find out how to zoom in and out and move your image in the workspace in Photoshop CS4. Sit back, take notes, and enjoy!

How To: Blend two images and merge faces together in Photoshop

The only thing that can get in the way of your creativity being used in Photoshop is yourself. The software has so many different tools that can be used to add color to a lifeless photograph or remove unwanted imperfections such as moles and body fat. Another thing it can do is blend images together. And that's exactly what this tutorial is about. Find out how to blend and merge faces together using Photoshop. Enjoy!

How To: Clean up murky water with the dust and scratches tool

Do you enjoy taking pictures of bodies of water such as lakes, rivers, adn even oceans? Do you find imperfection in these photos such as bubbles, dust, and other thigs? Do you wish that there was something out there where you could get rid of it all? Well there is! Photoshop is a piece of software that enables you to edit photos at your pleasure. You can take things out or add them to it, whatever you like. So in this tutorial you'll find out just what it takes to clean up murky water using t...

How To: Transform a photo into a sketch using Photoshop CS4

Creating sketches from scratch can be a difficult task, especially those who have no idea of what they are doing. Luckily for them, there's Photoshop. In this tutorial, you'll find out how to transform a photo into a sketch. It's fairly simple to do and will impress any of your friends and family. Good luck and enjoy!

How To: Use the burn tool in Photoshop CS4

This Photoshop tutorial is one that is widely used amongst professionals and everyday people. It can be used to add shadows to photos, darken the skin of family, friends, or even models, and even make the sky in a photo look more menacing. This tutorial focuses ont the burn tool and how it can strengthen an image's tone. Enjoy!

How To: Create a cool creative color twirl effect in Photoshop

You can create such beautiful, creative pieces of work using Photoshop the only way to do so is by using your imagination. With it, you can use various tips and tricks to create pieces that would make most people go, "wow." This is one of those tutorials. In this video, you'll find out how to create a cool color twirl effect using this excellent piece of software. It's easy to do and once mastered can be used to make all sorts of designs. Enjoy!

How To: Use the magnetic lasso tool in Photoshop

Being able to know all the tips and tricks to Photoshop, people can produce some amazing pieces of art. But for the people who don't know their entire way around the most used and known piece of software, there's tutorials out there calling their name. In this video you'll find out how to use the magnetic lasso tool in Photoshop. it creates a well defined outline of the picture in the image and is fairly easy to use. So sit back and enjoy!

How To: Easily combine photos and text using Photoshop

Photoshop is all about being creative. The more you know, the better you become at mixing certain tricks and techniques to make amazing pieces of digital photography. But there are so many it can take a good chunk of your time to fully understand the power that Photoshop holds. In this tutorial, find out how to easily combine photos and text using this awesome piece of software. Enjoy!

How To: Focus stack in Photoshop CS4

Photoshop is full of clever, cool little tricks that it can take quite some time to fully experience them all. One of the cleverest tricks comes in the Photoshop CS4 and allows you to combine different images of the same object and combine the areas of sharpness. By doing that you would be creating a focus stack and increasing the depth of the field in the photo. So sit back and find out how to create a focus stack using Photoshop. Enjoy!

How To: Create a fiery text in Photoshop CS4

If you're looking to add a little bit of heat to your words, this tutorial may be up your alley. Of course, words in this case refer to those you can type out on your computer. This great video shows you how to create an awesome looking fiery text using Photoshop. It's a little difficult but after watching this, you'll get it in no time. Enjoy!

How To: Easily make a folded paper effect in Photoshop CS4

Here's another cool trick for all you Photoshop fans. If you've been wondering how to make a folded paper effect using the well known software, this tutorial is just for you. It will show you step by step what it takes to give your photo a cool look that is sure to impress others. So sit back and enjoy this tutorial.

How To: Easily make a mirror box effect in Photoshop CS4

Since the introduction of Photoshop, people have embraced the many different elements that it has to offer. Not only can you take away blemishes and body fat in a matter of seconds, but you can also add other things that you could only achieve by using simple camera tricks. In this tutorial, you'll find out how to make a mirror box effect using the software. It's easy to do and really cool to look at. Enjoy!

How To: Easily give your photo a modern look using Photoshop

Photoshop is one of the most well known and used pieces of software available for your computer. It has revolutionized the way photographs are printed and is an excellent way to perform easy touch ups without having the subject need plastic surgery. Many publications use it to make celebs looke even better, and sometimes unreal, and is responsible for many fake and scrutinized pics. But despite all of its flaws, it's great to use if you're interested in giving your picture a little bit of som...

How To: Use Photoshop to turn a photo into a greeting card

There's nothing like a greeting card to turn a frown upside down. In this day and age of emails and text messages, making your own greeting cards for someone can mean so much. From Valentine's Day to Christmas, greeting cards are a way to thank, welcome, congratulate, and even apologize to family or friends. So in this video tutorial, find out how to make greeting cards using a photo and the program Photoshop. Enjoy!

How To: Make an animated GIF banner in Photoshop & ImageReady

An animated GIF is a great idea for a banner to advertise your website or services. In this tutorial, you will see just how easy it is to make one of these moving objects using Photoshop CS or Adobe ImageReady. Animations draw the eye to your logo much more than an image that is standing still, so if you are looking to get noticed - this is the way to go.

How To: Make a GIF animation with Puppet Warp in Photoshop CS5

Create a cute bobblehead turtle animation in Photoshop with help from this video tutorial. But this lesson only applies to Photoshop CS5, because it uses the new tool called Puppet Warp, only in CS5. The Puppet Warp is a great tool for creating animated GIF files, like this green turtle bobbing his head up and down. If you haven't tested this new feature out in Adobe Photoshop, give it a try now! Make a GIF animation with Puppet Warp in Photoshop CS5.

How To: Make a simple logo in Adobe Photoshop

If you have any aspirations to start a business, you'll soon discover how important it is to have a great logo. In this video tutorial, learn how to create a simple logo in the Adobe software, Photoshop. Get one step closer to starting a successful business with a smart, eye catching logo.

How To: Airbrush photos & portraits in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Since the introduction of photoshop, some have argued that the software has led to great strides in perfecting images while others say it gets in the way of natural beauty. Some say touch ups are nothing more than cheap ways to make someone look completely different from what they originally look like in real life. Many well known magazines, movie studios and other froms of media, use photoshop to make some quick touch ups. This video is one of those types and shows you how to airbrush photos...

How To: Whiten teeth and enhance eyes in Photoshop

The white bits on a person's face are often what make them appear healthiest and happiest. In this tutorial, learn how to enhance someone's face by improving the white areas of their faces. In it, you will learn how to focus on the eyes and teeth of your subject to whiten and enhance them. With this trick, your subject will appear cleaner, healthier and more alert.

How To: Create digital makeup in Photoshop

There are so many ways to enhance your photos in Photoshop these days, it is amazing we need actual models at all! In this video, learn how to add or change the makeup on your model. If you have changed your artistic idea after shooting, or feel like your subject could just use a little something, check out this tutorial and learn how to add color to your photos.

How To: Create a web photo gallery in Photoshop

Did you know that your copy of Photoshop is already equipped to help you design a web gallery? If you are thinking of publishing your images online, have a look at this tutorial. In it, you will be guided through a quick and easy way to create a web photo gallery in Photoshop using 20 different templates.