Adobe has a number of tutorials to help you you learn how to use Photoshop (and other Adobe products). Generally speaking there are three types of tutorials:
- Hands-on [HoT]: These tutorials are integrated into Photoshop.
- When you view them on the web they have a Begin tutorial in Photoshop button that will open photoshop with a learn pane open. Click Start tutorial and it will create a Photoshop file and guide you through what to do directly in the Photoshop interface using blue callout boxes and the Learn pane.
- Video [Video]: these tutorials have a video that you can watch and follow along. Sometimes there are files you can download, sometimes you just use your own file.
- Web Page [Web]: These tutorials are web pages that use text and images. You read through and follow the steps. Sometimes there are files to download and use to follow along.
Below are links to tutorials grouped by the kind of action you want to perform and notation if they are Hands-on, Video or Web Page tutorials.
Basics
- Getting Started: [HoT] Get to know the app
- Adding an Image to a PSD file: [HoT] How to add an image
- Layers: [HoT] Get to know layers
- Adjustment Layers:
- Selection:
- [HoT] Get to know selections
- [Video] this uses AI How to select a subject with one click in Photoshop
- Masks: [HoT] Get to know layer masks
- Renaming and Grouping:
- Text: [HoT] Create and edit text
Combining Images
- [HoT] Combine images to create a composite with layer masks old school
- [HoT] Gradually blend images with a layer mask old school
- [HoT] Make a double exposure old school
- [Video] Replace the sky in an image (uses Sky replacement which is non gen AI)
- [Video] Add realistic details to a composite using Generative Fill (Remove Background tool, Adjustment Layer, Selection Brush, Generative Fill)
- [Video] Create a realistic reflection with Generative Fill
Removing Parts of an Image
- Patch and Clone Stamp tools: these are old school not gen AI. [HoT] Remove a person from a group photo with the patch tool
- Spot healing Brush: old school, not gen AI [HoT] Remove lens spots with the Spot Healing Brush
- Remove Tool: this tool sometimes uses non-AI methods and sometimes uses gen AI. You don’t get to choose
- Generative Fill: this tool always uses gen AI
Matching Color and Tone
- Harmonize tool (gen AI):
Resize, Rotate, Crop, Flip
- Basic Tools: these have been around in PS for a while and don’t use gen AI
- Generative AI-Assisted Tools: these tools use Gen AI to expand an image by drawing new pixels
- Generative expand with the Crop tool. The Crop tool only works when making the entire canvas larger or different aspect ratio. If you want to expand a single layer, use Generative Fill
- [Video] Expand with Crop tool )
- [Video] How to expand imagse with generative AI in Photoshop
- Generative Fill. you can use this technique to expand a single layer of an existing image.This is useful if you have a layer that is not as big as your canvas and you would like to add to it to make it bigger.
- [Web] Generative Fill in Photoshop: How to Extend an Image While this tutorial also shows expanding the image you can use this technique without expanding the canvas.
- Generative expand with the Crop tool. The Crop tool only works when making the entire canvas larger or different aspect ratio. If you want to expand a single layer, use Generative Fill
Stylize
- [HoT] Create a dreamy effect using a blend mode (old school)
