Top Adobe Photoshop tutorials, from the basics to advanced effects and AI Generative Fill.
These advanced Photoshop tutorials cover portrait painting, painterly effects, specific artistic styles and compositing.
01. How to use grid and guide tools in Photoshop
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In how to use grid and guide tools in Photoshop, an original tutorial created for ImagineFX and Creative Bloq, Gillian Galang shows us how to make use of the software's guide and grid tools to paint a beautiful landscape painting with great accuracy. It's a lot easier than you think if you're using the right tools.
The animator Toniko Pantoja says he prefers Storyboard Pro for storyboarding but that Photoshop is often used for storyboarding feature animation. In this video, he shares the process that he says many animators in the industry uses, employing layer comps. He starts with a basic demo of layer comps in Photoshop to save the time it takes to turn layers on and off manually. He then shows how to make the storyboard panels and how to export to a PDF for presentation using Adobe Bridge.
03. Create a beautiful digital art portrait in Photoshop
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Learn to paint a loose and colourful portrait in Paint with Photoshop – create a beautiful digital art portrait. Ayran Oberto takes us through the whole process, from sketch to final portrait, sharing the brushes, layer process, and colour theory behind his visual style.
04. How to paint Harley Quinn using Photoshop
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Ever wanted to know how to paint comic art like a pro? Well, in how to paint Harley Quinn using Photoshop, Marvel and DC comic artist Joshua Swaby reveals the secrets of his own technique for painting DC's star of The Suicide Squad. Follow along and discover the tools he uses to bring the anti-hero to life.
05. How to draw in the Tintin art style using Photoshop
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Many of us still have a fondness for Tintin and there's no denying the beauty of the series' style. This tutorial shows us just how to draw in the Tintin art style, or the Ligne Claire style as it's known. This detailed comic book and illustrative style is perfect for Photoshop. Igor Wolski shares his process in a detailed step-by-step video.
06. Colourise greyscale work in Photoshop
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In colourise greyscale work in Photoshop, one of his Photoshop tutorials for Creative Bloq, Stephan McGowan walks us through the techniques and tools he uses to create full-colour images from a greyscale line-art starting point, using Photoshop's default tools.
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07. Create a glowing neon text effect
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Learn how to create a glowing neon text effect with just one background image. It’s a lot easier than you might think, says Mark White, and indeed it is if you follow his process.
08. Use the Pen tool and textures to add depth
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In another of Creative Bloq's popular Photoshop tutorials, illustrator Charlie Davis shows us how to use the Pen tool and textures to add depth. He offers a series of core techniques for creating a peaceful countryside scene; you’ll also learn how to apply masks, and how to use textures from Adobe Stock to add depth and warmth.
09. Paint colourful art in Photoshop
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In Paint colourful art in Photoshop, Randy Bishop outlines several key techniques he uses as an illustrator in Photoshop: rough concepts, clean line work, colour, light and shadow, and some of the pitfalls that people tend to fall into while working through an illustration.
10. How to photo stack in Photoshop
How to Focus Stack in Photoshop // Tutorial - YouTube
If you're a landscape or macro photographer, you're probably familiar with the technique of photostacking. This is a technique that involves take multiple captures of the same scene with the focus on a different point. The aim is to get every part of a subject in focus in instances where that isn't possible with a single capture, even with a small aperture.
In the video above, Nick Page makes the process easy to understand, from initial edits on the raw files to opening the images as layers in Photoshop and auto aligning them to compensate for focus breathing.
11. Master the Mixer brush in Photoshop
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This is one of those advanced Photoshop tutorials that's actually wonderfully simple to follow. In Master the Mixer brush in Photoshop, Wangjie Li teaches us how to quickly make brushstrokes in the style of a traditional artist.
12. Seven essential Photoshop Blend mode tips and tricks
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In 7 essential Photoshop Blend mode tips and tricks, James Paterson explores the most useful Blend modes and how they can help you in your day to day work. Whether you’re dodging and burning, hand-painting or portrait‑toning, this is one of those Photoshop tutorials that aims to make your life easier.
13. How to use control points in Photoshop
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Most Photoshop users will be familiar with making selections or using masks to isolate areas for selective adjustments, but control points are different. You simply click on a point, adjust the circular area to fit over whatever you want to target, and the software will work out what you want to adjust by seeking similar tones. See how it works in the Photoshop tutorial how to use control points in Photoshop using Nik Collection plugins.
14. How to transform a pencil sketch
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This is another one of the many Photoshop tutorials that deliver exactly what they promise. In how to transform a pencil sketch, Don Seegmiller talks us through how to make hand-drawn sketches easier to work with in Photoshop.
15. How to use Photoshop's 'Match Font' feature
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This tutorial will teach you how to use Photoshop’s 'Match Font' feature to find the don't you're looking for. The feature helps you avoid laborious searching through your font book, your type client, or online foundries to get the closest match to a typography sample you’ve spotted. Luke O’Neill reveals how to get the best results from it.
16. Create painterly effects in Photoshop
Paint like a Master in Photoshop CC | Adobe Creative Cloud - YouTube
These two video-based Photoshop tutorials direct from Adobe can help you take your Photoshop skills to the next level. Create painterly effects in Photoshop CC starts out with an explanation from Kyle T. Webster on how to use the Mixer brush tool to add life to simple shapes.
Give Your Artwork an Antique Look with Adobe Stock | Adobe Creative Cloud - YouTube
The second tutorial delves into how to use Adobe Stock to add some context to your digital painting. It shows how to create painterly effects using Photoshop's range of Edvard Munch paintbrushes.
17. The ultimate guide to compositing images in Photoshop
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Of all Photoshop tasks, compositing images into one fantastic frame is perhaps the most enjoyable and creative. In this tutorial, The ultimate guide to compositing images in Photoshop, you'll discover how to shoot, build and finish off convincing composites using Adobe's software.
18. Colour in Photoshop: top tricks
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This is one of the most colourful Photoshop tutorials, and one that's bound to improve your mood. Colour in Photoshop: top tricks teaches you how to paint with muted colours and create a festival scene tinged with nostalgia, featuring Hong Kong’s Lion Dancers, using various Photoshop effects.
19. Turn photos into 3D animations with Photoshop
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Want to breathe some fresh air into old still albums, using Photoshop's timeline capabilities? This is one of the best Photoshop tutorials for that. Turn photos into 3D animations with Photoshop walks us through how to extra add depth to photos and even animate the resulting piece.
20. Get more from custom Photoshop brushes
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Get more from custom Photoshop brushes is a tutorial that reveals the endless things you can do with custom brushes in Photoshop's Natural Brush Media window. Learn how to manipulate your brush to create patterns, textures, hair, a painterly feel, happy accidents and more.
21. Create a cinemagraph with Photoshop in 60 seconds
How to Make a Cinemagraph in Photoshop | Adobe Creative Cloud - YouTube
Cinemagraphs – basically a more sophisticated varient of the animated GIF – offer a lot of possibilities. In another of Adobe's 'Make It Now' Photoshop tutorials, Create a cinemagraph with Photoshop in 60 seconds, you can learn how to create them in one minute flat.
22. Photoshop tips: next-level lighting advice
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Photoshop tips: next-level lighting advice is another of those Photoshop tutorials that does exactly what it says on the tin. Following Suzanne Helmigh's insights on lighting can lend your digital art an extra level of realism.
23. Turn day into night using Photoshop
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And finally, for the ultimate trick, we'll turn day into night. Yes, How to turn day into night using Photoshop shows you how to convert a sunny landscape into an atmospheric night scene. The simple step-by-step guide makes applying this clever digital art technique a breeze.
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