Photoshop Tutorials

If you're new to Photoshop, these tutorials provide an excellent introduction to the basics, including getting to grips with layers, selections and shapes.

Warped Text

Posted on 16 May 2006

Creating curved or warped text couldn’t be easier in newer versions
of Photoshop or Elements, find out how.

Adding Layer Styles to Text

Posted on 16 May 2006

Photoshop and Photoshop Elements provide a range of different layers styles that can be applied affectively to text to help you create interesting logos or buttons.

Using Layers

Posted on 15 January 2005

Understanding how to use layers is critical in developing skill using photoshop, and layers form the cornerstone of the design process.

Grouping Layers

Posted on 14 January 2005

Once you have a basic knowledge of layers, using photoshop becomes second nature, and the next stage is to look at grouping and linking layers together. We will now look at an example that uses both.

Fill Layers

Posted on 15 December 2004

In this tutorial we will show you how Photoshop Elements can be used to change the colour of an image by adding a Fill Layer. Things are sightly different if other versions of Photoshop are used but the theory remains the same.

Basic Shapes

Posted on 12 December 2004

There are a couple of ways to create shapes with Photoshop, with newer versions offering a dedicated shape tool. Even using this howver it’s still useful to do things the old fashioned way as it ultimately allows for greater control over your shapes.

Complex Shapes

Posted on 10 December 2004

We have already seen how the marquee tool can be used to create basic ellipses and rectangles but the Lasso tool can also be used to create more complex shapes.

Aqua Buttons

Posted on 15 November 2004

Make cool funky aqua buttons in Photoshop.

Graphical Buttons

Posted on 11 November 2004

Even if you’re not artistically inclined it’s still really easy to make nice graphical buttons if you know where to look.