So you want to master Photoshop huh? You’ve come to the right place. This is the first part of a three part series that will help you to master Photoshop in and out in just one week. Today’s part is all about getting to know the basics of the program and how to operate the complex software – nothing amazing, but you need to crawl before you can walk!
Part two will be coming up in a couple of days, so feel free to take your time going through these resources. To get free updates on the next two parts of the series, just subscribe today!
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Familiarizing Yourself With The Photoshop Interface
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The Interface
Video: Photoshop 101 – The Interface
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Photoshop Crash Course
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Getting Started In Photoshop
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Photoshop Tool Basics
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The Tools
Photoshop’s Toolbox
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The Selection Tools
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Video: Burn, Dodge, And Sponge Tools
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Painting Tools
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Drawing And Type Tools
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Retouch And Healing Tools
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Understanding Blending Modes
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Pen Tool Basics
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Pen Tool
Learning How To Use The Pen Tool
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Video: Vector Tracing And The Pen Tool
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Photoshop Paths Explained
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Drawing With Photoshops’ Pen Tool
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Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts
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Shortcuts
18 Exceptionally Useful Photoshop Shortcuts
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28 More Exceptionally Useful Photoshop Shortcuts
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48 Greatest Adobe Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts
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Create Your Own Custom Keyboard Shortcuts
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Working With Layers In Photoshop
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Layers
Video: How To Use Photoshop Layers
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Understanding Layers In Photoshop
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Life Without Photoshop Layers
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Video: Layers Basics
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10 Useful Tips For Beginners
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Tutorials
Stylish Clean Avatar
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Combining Two Photos For New Effect
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Add Visual Texture In Three Easy Steps
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Guide To Halftone Pattern
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Video: Floating Borders
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Easy Glass Orb
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How To Extract People And Objects In Photoshop
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For more Photoshop tutorials check out the new tutorial site, The Tutorialist.
Andrew Houle
September 9, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Wow, that’s a lot of good stuff to dig through!
Brian
September 9, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Thanks Andrew – I’ll be sure to get some articles from MIB in parts 2 and 3
Matthew Hall
September 9, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Great article! Cover’s (almost) everything.
Brian
September 9, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Thanks – but what else would you recommend adding?
Daniel
September 9, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Comprehensive! Why did you add the tutorials you did (at the end), though? Out of curiosity. Seems like a random selection.
Brian
September 9, 2008 at 9:46 pm
@Daniel – The idea is to get new PS users to start to utilize the skills they learned in the previous articles – how to use the tools of the software. It is a random selection in the hopes that it lets people experiment with a lot of the various functions of PS
Dainis Graveris
September 9, 2008 at 11:24 pm
Hey! Great list and really appreciated mentioning one of my articles too! You have done excellent work here! *thumbs up
Andrei Gonzales
September 10, 2008 at 3:02 am
It takes more than just tricks and tips to “master” PS, but great resource anyhow.
Matt
September 10, 2008 at 6:57 am
Nice list you have here, I especially enjoyed the videos on extracting the backgrounds in PS. Thanks!
starry
September 10, 2008 at 7:25 am
Wow! Thanks for the awesome tutorial! I still think photoshop takes time and practice to master.
IhateDesign
September 10, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Amazing! its easy to learn whit that, ill use for newbies
, thanks!
roger
September 14, 2008 at 12:43 am
damn.. this is kickass, i just got done downloading photoshop and i cant wait to start.
Used Cars in India
September 14, 2008 at 12:53 am
These are really useful tips to learn Photoshop.
Kumar
September 14, 2008 at 5:43 am
U r site is really col and will be helpful for me in my projexts so i though i would add ur site as my blogroll .Keep it going
yezek
September 14, 2008 at 10:14 am
Thanks for so much good info.
keep doing great stuff like this
awesome!
yezek
PintaricN
September 14, 2008 at 7:18 pm
Great stuff!
Jeremy Shuback
September 15, 2008 at 1:26 am
Hi,
This is a great list you’ve compiled here. I teach a 5 hour intensive crash course to people new to the program, and some of the links here have some great diagrams and suggestions I’ll start using. Thanks so much for including me as link #3. I’m honored.
-Jeremy
adelaide-design
September 15, 2008 at 2:17 am
cool tips , thanks
Time Tracker
September 16, 2008 at 2:05 am
Nice writeup! I’ve been using Photoshop for about a year now, and still hadn’t really figured out that whole pen thing…thanks to this, I’ve got a pretty good idea of how and what I can do with it.
Thanks!
TurntheScrew\
September 17, 2008 at 2:28 am
Wow man! Nice work. Going to have to spend a few more minutes going through these. I thought I knew a thing or two about Ps. After reading this…I’m humbled. Well done!
robin
September 17, 2008 at 6:45 am
this rocks. thanks!
energeegod
September 17, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Sick!!!!!!!!! been needing something like this to learn PS fast!!! went through part one in a day!! Learned a lot so fast now onto part 2…
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!
Nice blog. Thanx.
Chris VA
September 18, 2008 at 6:08 am
This is great. If you have anything like this for Dreamweaver, please put it up.
Thanks so much.
jing
September 19, 2008 at 9:56 pm
oh merci, im really like it
thx
projectgrfix
September 20, 2008 at 8:40 am
I know photoshop quite well but cannot say myself as master of it. Will look to your tuts, thanks
Madrid
September 20, 2008 at 10:21 am
Master it? I’ve been using it for daily 10 years–prepress at commercial printers, design in advertising agencies, creative, photo restoration and retouching–and I still haven’t *mastered* it. There’s no way you will become anything more than familiar with it in a week. Sorry.
cosmos
September 20, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Appreciate familiarizing me with the photoshop interface
Edi Orsholich
September 21, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Nice i founded this
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Just started with PS so this will come quite handy
Thank you so much.
Maka Online Money
September 21, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Thanks very much.
lots of great tutorials
Ana
September 24, 2008 at 5:11 am
Great! Thanks
the electronics and fashion freak
September 29, 2008 at 11:55 am
Thank you so much for this tutorial. Now switching from Fireworks to Photoshop!
JoblessPunk
October 2, 2008 at 3:48 am
thanks! I learned a few things I didn’t know
kouji
October 3, 2008 at 12:54 pm
slick. quite a comprehensive page here. will take time to digest. :O
Goran Web
October 6, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Wow your blog has definitely grown considerably since the last time I was here. You are offering some really awesome resources.
Jill D
October 20, 2008 at 9:44 am
Wow – You have some absolutely fabulous tuts and resources! I’m going to send my niece here! She’s just starting to study for a graphics art major and needs to get a handle on Photoshop – this is perfect! Thanks for all your hard work!
PTC Master
October 24, 2008 at 3:30 pm
thanks!
Robin
November 2, 2008 at 5:28 am
Fantastic!
Maybe you could have included a mac keyboard shortcut thing as well?
Damian
November 24, 2008 at 6:57 pm
I think the title how-to-master-photoshop-in-just-one-week is wrong, it is impossible to learn all the attributes and things you can do with Photoshop, its used for more than photo manipulation, I have been using it for 5 years, I know I am good, if I try, but I am always looking for new things to do, and inspirations,
Although this is really good info though
Stumbled ^^
wallpapers
November 26, 2008 at 5:23 pm
a friend was asking me if knew any good courses on PS – seems you’ve everything a beginner needs here free!
bizuteria
November 30, 2008 at 11:32 am
Exelent article
Lucy How
December 26, 2008 at 11:28 am
This tutorial is practically informative and real useful. Helps one get started but I feel that photoshop requires practice and practice to give best results. Any similar, informative and productive post on Dreamweaver will also be appreciated.
Best
Lucy How.
Indu
December 27, 2008 at 3:41 am
very nice tutorial to learn . Cool tips thanks!
Lois
December 28, 2008 at 8:25 am
Well, how to edit in Adobe Photoshop CS or Adobe Photoshop Imageready CS???..
Alex R. Piles
December 28, 2008 at 11:58 am
What really excites me is being able to edit images. Haven’t found some real helpful tutorial on that until now or should say didn’t knew where to look. lol . But I feel doing it urself takes much more time than by getting help directly from a person who is skilled with these tools.
thx for the post.
Dgtlx.com
December 28, 2008 at 1:43 pm
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Andrija Web Dizajn
January 1, 2009 at 8:59 am
Video: Burn, Dodge, And Sponge Tools tutorial does not exist any more. Btw, great list, really usefull resorces.
Lois
January 23, 2009 at 11:28 pm
how about Adobe Photoshop CS and Adobe Photoshop Imageready CS?
Coale Maples
February 16, 2009 at 8:20 am
I’m awsome
Coale Maples
February 16, 2009 at 8:22 am
I’m that freaken awsome
Hurt
February 19, 2009 at 8:06 am
Exelent article,
very nice tutorial