Record an action in Photoshop

Actions can save you tons of time and misery by automating tasks in Photoshop -- in this tutorial, use the Actions panel to record, play, edit, and delete individual actions. December 28, 2009

Photoshop for Fingerprinting

This Photoshop 911 reader requested information about using Photoshop to compare fingerprints -- while not generally used for law enforcement, this tutorial uses Difference blending mode and Hue / Saturation to compare fingerprints -- or any two images! Enjoy December 22, 2009

Photoshop YouTube Background Tutorial

From one of our "Photoshop Faves", Jordan Charters, comes this tutorial primarily designed for use on YouTube -- however, there are some good lessons and good techniques in this Photoshop tutorial December 22, 2009

Photoshop: Surreal Landscapes, Part 2

Dan Moughamian presents the second in a series of articles designed to illustrate the compositing workflow for a surreal landscape. December 18, 2009

Photoshop Holiday Tutorials

Photoshop madness is back so soon? Yup! Now with these top selections for holiday wallpaper tutorials. Yet they're a lot more than just for the holidays - essential techniques you can use for lots of projects! December 14, 2009

Creating Contrast in Photoshop

In this tutorial, Scott Kelby shows you how to create contrast using the Targeted Adjustment Tool (or TAT for short), which lets you click-and-drag right on the image, and the tool will tweak the right part of the curve for you automatically. December 14, 2009

Photoshop: Matching Color Schemes

The Adobe Creative Team teaches you how to combine images and harmonize the color schemes in multiple images by matching the target image to the dominant colors in a source. December 12, 2009

Photoshop: Surreal Landscapes, Part 1

Dan Moughamian begins a new series showing how to create a unique landscape scene by blending or compositing multiple stock photos. December 11, 2009

Adjustment Layers for Shadow Balancing

Debi entered a Photoshop 911 Emergency case, with photographs where the deep shadows were too dark. So, in this Photoshop tutorial, we demonstrate the use of a Levels Adjustment Layer that acts like a mask allowing Debi to paint in the areas of the image to be adjusted! November 30, 2009

Photoshop Madness for the Holidays

This edition of Photoshop Madness opens with holidays with * 5 useful photoshop effects then we get into the Holiday Spirit with : Christmas Wallpaper * Holiday Ornaments with reflections * an Abstract Snow Scene Wallpaper with superb snowflakes * The Jungle King Photoshop Tutorial * and building some cool 3-D Text blocks using Photoshop ... all in the line of Photoshop Madness November 27, 2009