Photoshop Tutorials

A list of great photoshop Tutorials 

my personal bookmarks

Paint Stroke Border

Create a border around an image which makes it look like a paint splat, add drop shadows etc. cool photoshop image effect and very simple.

Tech Border Tutorial

How to create a metallic technology border as seen on many anime type signatures around forums etc. online. Pretty simple to do when you know how to do it!

Cut Away Metal Border Tutorial

Another nifty metal border tutorial this one a little different from the one above but still with great results.

Photoshop CS3 Pattern Maker

An interesting set of lessons on how to use the built in pattern maker which comes with photoshop to make great backgrounds an realistic looking grass, mud textures etc. such as those seen in video games.

Leopard Spots In Photoshop

A very interesting tutorial showing how to create a leopard skin background effect using Photoshop. The result is awesome.

Realistic Wood Texture

Create a real looking wood texture from scratch with this photoshop lesson guide.

More Photoshop Wooden Textures

Another guide to creating a wood style texture in photoshop. This one shows how to create those natural looking knots and whorls you see in wood grain.

Create Seamless Background Textures

A method for creating a seamless background texture in Photoshop. Get rid of those obvious joining points in an image and make it seamless for create website backgrounds.

Golf Ball Text Texture

Make your text look like it has a golf ball texture. Quick and simple (not in English but easy enough to follow).

Advanced Wood Texture Tutorial

An Adobe Photoshop CS3 tutorial for creating a realistic looking wood texture an putting images on to it which look as if they should be there.

Wood With Bullet Holes

Make a wild west style wanted sign with smoking bullet holes.

Photoshop Digital Smoke Effect Tutorial

Create coloured smoke using photoshop alone with this very cool tutorial. Looks like those great art photographs of smoke swirling.

Photoshop Graphiti On A Wall Tutorial

A little complicated but a good tutorial showing you how to throw graphiti up onto a brick wall in Photoshop.

Polaroid Frame Photoshop Tutorial

How to make a photograph look like it is a polaroid and a further cool effect to make it look like the image is jumping out of the polaroid picture frame.

Taped Photo Effect

A photoshop effect which shows you how to simulate a taped down image by creating semi-transparent tape on the corners to make it looked sellotaped.

Realistic Looking Clouds In Photoshop

A great clouds tutorial showing you how to make realistic looking clouds to spice up a boring sky in Photoshop. Nice and easy to follow guide.

How To Create Energy Beams

This Phtooshop lesson shows you how to make energy beams and glowing beams of light which are great for spicing up photographs and making Sci-Fi special effects.

Retro Poster Effect

Interesting way to turn an ordinary photograph into something retro cool looking.

Portrait To Greek Pottery Effect

A more complicated and long tutorial showing how to take a portrait photograph or other kind of photo and mold it onto a grecian urn so it looks like a piece of antiquated pottery. Very cool results.

Photoshop Christmas Ornament Tutorial

How to create a christmas ornament in photoshop. This simple tutorial shows you how to create a simple spherical Christmas tree ornament and wrap stars and sparkles around it so they look like they belong.

Photo Ice Tutorial

This tutorial turns any everyday (or more unusual) object into an ice sculpture. Some very nice effects can be created using this method.

Whooshing Sky Effect

Check out this tutorial to make any sky looking like it is flaring, moving fast, whooshing or whatever you like to call it. Nice effect.

Photoshop Goo Effect Tutorial

This is a great tutorial which shows you how to take any object and make it look like it has been dipped in some kind of gooey substance. For example, a strawberry dipped in chocolate or oil on rose. Great goo effect.

Stencil Retro Effect

Make those retro looking posters with a cool stencil effect.

Turn A Photo Into A Charcoal Drawing

This phtoshop tutorial teaches you how to turn any photograph or picture into a charcoal drawing. Very nice effects can be acheived with this.

Selective Sepia Photograph Effect

Take some elements of a photograph and apply selective sepia tones to them whilst keeping the original colours of other areas. This is a great professional looking effect which can really turn a great photo into a stunning one.

Photo In Photo Manipulation

Use one photograph as its own background, great for creating inventive wedding photographs.

Polaroid Collage

Turn a single photograph into a collage of polaroid photos with this great tutorial. Produces a really nice, professional looking design an it pretty easy to achieve.

Merge Two Photographs Together

A neat little tutorial showing how to blend two photographs into one like in a Hollywood movie poster.

Photoshop Square Collage Effect

Similar to the polaroid effect, this tutorial shows how to create a square collage from a photograph. Nice.

Photograph Within A Photograph Effect

Take any photo and make it look like it is a photo overlaid into a photo. Nice easy effect with professional looking results.

Photograph to Oil Painting Manipulation

A tutorial showcasing how to turn an ordinary photograph into an oil painting using Photoshop.

Glowing Object Photoshop Tutorial

Make a simple object look like it is glowing with an inner fantasy style light.

Infrared Photo Effect

Take an image and apply this tutorial to give it the appearance of having been taken with an infrared camera. Produces a neat washed out effect.

Canvas Painting Effect

Want to take a picture and make it look like it was painted on canvas? Then check out this effect.

Magic Lighting Effect

This is an awesome tutorial showing how to create an effect which looks like magic lights pouring from a top hat. Multiple uses for this glowing light tutorial.

Photo To Comic Book Style Picture

This photoshop tutorial shows you how to turn a photograph into an awesome comic book style drawing. Kind of pop art, kind of comic mag style cartoon graphics from a simple photo.

Picture To Photo Puzzle Effect

Another take on the single picture to polaroid collage effect.

Water Droplets Photoshop Technique

A tutorial for adding beads of water to a photograph for example adding dew droplets onto a leaf photo. Nice effect from some simple photoshopping.

Portrait Photograph to Pop Art Style Lesson

Somewhat more advanced, at least for intermediate to professional Photoshop users. This guide shows how to turn a simple photograph into an Andy Warhol style pop art sensational drawing. Nice.

Waving Flag Tutorial

A simple how to guide to turn a flat flag drawing into a waving flag.

Add Scan Lines To A Photograph

Add some television scan lines into a photograph for some extra styling.