17 Good Photoshop Tutorials useful for Designers

December 12, 2014
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For this article I’ve rejected a lot of new Photoshop tutorials that don’t make you say wow in order to get the cream of the crop, detailed tutorials and with an interesting result, not just the new PS tuts on the net. Hope you enjoy them and steal some of your free time.

Create Gold Ornamental Text in Photoshop

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Ornamental text can be created in several ways. Today we will demonstrate how to combine several stock images to create some nice gold ornamental typography

How to Turn a Photo Into a Beautiful Painting

How to Turn a Photo Into a Beautiful Painting in Photoshop
Converting a photo into a painting takes more than just using Photoshop’s default tools. You need a variety of filters, brushes and design techniques to actually make it look realistic. Fortunately, it’s still an easy process, especially since we’ve spelled it all out for you in this tutorial.

Design a clean sports web layout in magazine-style with Photoshop

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I spend my days developing websites, improving WeGraphics and playing football. Well, I’ve tried to mix these three activities designing a blog-magazine style layout, perfect for an on-line football/sport community.
This kind of websites generally are focused on the content because they should provide a lot of information to the readers and in this case I’ve choosen to bring out all the contents (the articles) giving more relevance to images and headings. The reason behind the choice of using large images is the direct consequence of my love for this sport: browsing a football-related website I need images, pictures, figures, colors, videos… I want to see my favourite champions.

Luxury retro car poster with paint splashing effect

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Draw a Trophy Icon in Photoshop

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Today, we will demonstrate how to draw a trophy icon in Photoshop

Create This Dazzling 3D Text Effect in Photoshop

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In this tutorial, you will learn how to create 3D text in Illustrator then transfer it to Photoshop to apply the effects. You’ll learn how to apply styles to regular 3D text to create a stunning design.

Twitter Box User Interface Design in Photoshop

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In this tutorial I will teach you how to create a twitter UI box for your website or desktop application. As always the PSD files are available for download with this tutorial.

Dark, Moody and Comical Photoshop Effect

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Create a Dark, Moody and Comical Photoshop Effect and sexy artwork by following a few simple steps! Inspired by Max Payne and Sin City.

Explore illustrative typography

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In this tutorial, I’ll encourage you to seek out recognizable shapes (in this case, a swan) within letters and create images from them, by sketching then taking your ideas through to a finished piece in Illustrator and Photoshop. We’ll use basic tools to create natural curves, gradients and texture, which when combined give the finished piece an airbrushed feel.

Playing with custom brushes to create magical scenes

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Photoshop brushes are tools often underestimated. Download the set, load it and click over your canvas: this is the typical use of them. Today I want to show you some powerful features of brushes. We will start with a musical note shape to create a custom brush and deal with some options like shape dynamics and scattering.

Quick Tip: Apply a Burned Effect to Different Textures

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The Burn Tool is a very powerful feature in Photoshop’s toolbox. In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to quickly burn an object into two different textures.

Create an Ink Splattering Knight Composition

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In this tutorial, we will see how to use Photoshop filters and brushes to create an ink splattering knight composition. This is a relatively simple technique, which yields excellent artistic results.

Create a Moonlit Night Scene in Photoshop

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Photoshop is an excellent tool to combine several photos into one seamless image. In today’s tutorial we will use different tools and techniques to create an abandoned automobile in a moonlit night scene in Photoshop.

Make a Story Book Come to Life in Photoshop

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Learn how to create this surreal photo manipulation in Photoshop. You’ll learn the basics of combining stock photos, how to blend them in by adding light and shadows, and complete it with a vintage photo effect.

Meeting of Land and Water

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I have found that my paintings turn out the best when I have a good mental image of them before I start painting. This often involves some research. Ideally it is good to have several types reference. One of the first things I do is to think about what elements could be in the painting. Then I try to find good general pictures of those elements. Second I sometimes look for color reference. These pictures or paintings can be totally unrelated as long as they have a color scheme that fits the mood and the setting. It is also nice to have inspiration for the artistic qualities or that “wow” factor. Often this is a lifelong habit of always studying nature and good art.

Grunge Stone Woman Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

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In this design tutorial, we are going to perform a photo manipulation of a beautiful woman breaking free from the confines of her stone prison. We will be using Photoshop to blend various images together along with a bit of brushwork, adjustment layers, and layer styles to create a masterful and compelling image.

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