45 Photo Editing Tutorials for Photoshop

Published April 29th, 2008 in Design, Photoshop Tutorials

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If you’re looking to improve a website by using Photoshop to enhance a photo to make it clearer, more interesting, or more exciting, here are 45 of the best tutorials to show you some of the possibilities.

You may also be interested in the following collections of Photoshop tutorials:

Telling stories with shadows

telling stories with shadows

Photoshop matte painting

Matte painting

Creating drama with a soft spotlight

soft spotlight

Softer background effect

softer background effect

Old fashioned, hand-tinted effect

hand-tinted image

Ghosting an image

Ghosting an image

Enhance your image with selective color adjustments

selective color adjustments

Create a Free Website

Creating a vector composite effect from a photo

vector composite effect

Create an illustrated look from a photograph

create an illustrated look from a photo

Sparkling hot girl in Photoshop

Sparkling hot girl

Beautiful lady effect

beautiful lady effect

How to break sunlight through the clouds

break sunlight through the clouds

Beyond the healing brush – removing objects from photos

removing objects from photos

Photo retouching

photo retouching

Applying a realistic tattoo

applying a realistic tattoo

Give your photos a retro comic book effect

retro comic book effect

Photo cutout

photo cutout

Gritty HDR

Gritty HDR

Star difussion

Star difussion

Add dynamic lighting to a flat photograph

dynamic lighting

Selective sepia

selective sepia

Adding flames and effects to make an image with impact

flames and effects

Photo restoration

photo restoration

Hot and fiery photo

hot and fiery photo

Turn a photo into a collage of Polaroids

turn a photo into a collage of polaroids

Pop art inspired by Lichtenstein

pop art inspired by Lichtenstein

Pop art

pop art

Vector art with Photoshop

vector art with photoshop

High-key black and white portrait effect

high-key black and white

Coloring effects

coloring effects

Bourne Ultimatum color and motion blur

color and motion blur

Creating photo borders with displacement maps

creating borderw with displacement

Professional changing of the eye color

changing eye color

Quick and effective facial photo retouching

facial photo retouching

Making skin beautiful

making skin beautiful

Change hair color

Change hair color

Selecting and extracting hair

selecting and extracting hair

Phoenix hair effect

Phoenix hair effect

Creating a 3D effect

creating a 3D effect

Black and white photos with just a touch of color

Black & White with touch of color

Replacing a background

replacing a background

Super Silhouettes

Super silhouettes

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158 Responses

web templates package April 30th, 2008

Some great photos on display. I liked specially the one where a photo has been turned into a collage of snap shots of polaroid.The black & White photo with a color of touch is also worth appreciation.
Awesome!!!

optimizer April 30th, 2008

thank you! very useful!

Derive Host April 30th, 2008

Great Photos !!! Keep it up

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Web designer April 30th, 2008

Thanks a lot for the lovely tuts…… these will help me a lot for my webdesigning business :)

Daniel April 30th, 2008

For a non graphical person like myself who is more into the technical and CSS side of things, there is some great stuff there. I have Bookmarked so I can come back. Thanks a lot.

Cheers

Biodun April 30th, 2008

These are great stuff, i love black & White photo with a color of touch…

Fubiz April 30th, 2008

Simply beautiful!

nitos April 30th, 2008

wow!! thanks for sharing! :D

Vandelay Design April 30th, 2008

Thank you everyone for your comments. I’m glad this collection is useful to so many people like me.

WOW!!!! I never knew you could do so many things in Photoshops. :D
Nice entry.

psfan May 2nd, 2008

thank for this tutorials!

Ken Av May 2nd, 2008

These are amazing, amazing photographs! Wish I had the time (and talent) to put stuff like this together. Wow!

profesyonelhaber May 3rd, 2008

thank for this tutorials

Dotster review May 5th, 2008

Thats a very useful guide. Thanks a lot.

Guwei May 5th, 2008

very useful,Thanks

coffee tables May 6th, 2008

That is huge… thanks for sharing.

Promo Codes May 6th, 2008

I likes this.Really like this.Very very cool photo.

Voucher Codes May 6th, 2008

Photos are good but I have not understand all of them.Thanks for the post.

super phıotos .. thanks great.

Ray Barron May 11th, 2008

Cheers man, that was quite a big help!

Geoserv May 13th, 2008

STUMBLED!

Another great post and list.

VOTED for this list at:
http://www.newsdots.com/tutorials/45-photo-editing-tutorials-for-photoshop/

ari May 14th, 2008

Thanks for your information about this tutorial. It’s inspiring me for making good graphics.

Prostoi Max May 14th, 2008

“Photoshop matte painting” and “Selective sepia” – very good lessons for me. I study design and search for such lessons for development. Thank you!

Mert May 15th, 2008

Thanks a lot man,i need it..

Credit Repair Wisconsin June 16th, 2008

45 Photo Editing Tutorilas for photoshop. Thanks you for this. Now, I can edit my own pictures.

Tanksons September 3rd, 2008

your ability to recreate moods and impact is appreciable. I need to learn this for my upcoming book. I want to use so many images. i will go thru your tutorials.

SEO October 1st, 2008

Very Useful Tutorials for Photoshop,

Thank u

skins for bebo October 19th, 2008

great tutorials i will be using some of the effects on my skins for bebo.

thanks

wilfredo October 22nd, 2008

OMG!!!!ur blog is awsomee!!!im going to drown myself doing thiss stuff now!!!..

deal hunter February 13th, 2009

Thanks dude, these great tutorials will really be of help to me. I’m still learning the ropes at the moment.

Voucher Codes February 22nd, 2009

Thanks for the links. Awesome list of resources.

r0bin March 1st, 2009

tutorials are great. But the ‘Bourne Ultimatum color and motion blur’ link is broken.

Badal March 5th, 2009

Absolutely stunning collection! Thanks so much…

third March 11th, 2009

what exact version of photoshop does this tutorial uses?

Vandelay Design March 11th, 2009

third,
they use different versions. You’d have to check the individual tutorials, some specify which version they’re using, and some don’t.

really great tutorials!Not the usual how to do the basics. You can never stop learning!

joe cari March 28th, 2009

thanks from good pictures

Avatar April 16th, 2009

Thanks, very good tutorials

4design April 23rd, 2009

Very nice Photo Editing Tutorials! Thanks!

vea April 24th, 2009

hello… i want to edit pics…
but i don’t know how….
just add my friendster… vea1998@yahoo.com..
and pls.. teach me how.. thanks

e@rnest May 26th, 2009

Im a amateur fotograher and i want to learn photo editing please help me please….iwant to learn ussually i just take photos and i cant do and post proscessing and editing i hope you can help me
thanks e@rnest my email add is herreraernesto03@yahoo.com

Vandelay Design May 26th, 2009

earnest,
if you follow the tutorials listed in this post you’ll be off to a great start to learning photo editing.

adodo June 2nd, 2009

what a great tutorials, thanks bro!

boyama oyunları June 23rd, 2009

These are great stuff, i love black & White photo with a color of touch…

Son June 28th, 2009

I’m trying these tutorial…
the polaroid picture is very cool^^

dantel July 14th, 2009

I lihe “Telling stories with shadows”. It’s so funny

drea July 17th, 2009

hoe do u combine two pictures as 1? i need hel anybody

drea July 17th, 2009

i meant how do u combine two pictures as 1? plez can anybody show or tell me?

medyum July 22nd, 2009

“Photoshop matte painting” and “Selective sepia” – very good lessons for me. I study design and search for such lessons for development. Thank you!…

ssk sorgulama July 23rd, 2009

These are great stuff, i love black & White photo with a color of touch…

That’s all great wallpapers. Thanks

voucher codes August 15th, 2009

i just take photos and i cant do and post processing and editing i hope you can help me

Muhammad August 17th, 2009

i m a big fan of Adobe photoshop software

i have been using this software like for 3 to 4 years..

these editing tools are really Cool like used it alot …..

specially when i give some effect on photo by brushes .. removing background giving touches…. :)

Mega August 23rd, 2009

amazing!!!!!
i must edit a photo like that..!!!
TY usefull~~^^

Terry August 24th, 2009

Great Tutorials and a great resource, Loved the Selective Sepia lesson, I need to spend time on here learning to help me with my photographs and my websites; http://www.terrysphotographs.co.uk and http://www.terrystradingpost.co.uk, I will be back again to learn from this website, many thanks.

Vermin September 4th, 2009

It is pleasant to look at good works

shaun mcmanus September 9th, 2009

Loving the selected sepia tutorial

voucher codes September 15th, 2009

Thanks that hand tinted effect is beautifal

promo codes September 15th, 2009

and that pop art is a classic too

flash components September 16th, 2009

i like these tutorials some of the deserve to be read. but some are just a quick tip for beginners.

Mahmudur Rahman October 4th, 2009

lots of information about photoshop tutorials. thanks for shearing.

flash website October 9th, 2009

nice tutorial list for photo editing. i’ll stumble it to my favs.

Iamgraph October 21st, 2009

I found very helpfull tutorials here and they are explained with details. Thanks a lot.

Vistaprint Coupon October 22nd, 2009

These tutorials have really helped me, thank you so much.

Sacramento Photographer October 22nd, 2009

Truly a great resource for tutorials! Thanks for putting together this collection.

deFree December 3rd, 2009

nice tutorial ;) thanks this is what i need

Sandra December 11th, 2009

Great tutorial, keep them coming! Thanks

dantel örnekleri December 16th, 2009

Thanks that hand tinted effect is beautiful

اخبار مصر December 22nd, 2009

WOW!!!! I never knew you could do so many things in Photoshops. :D
Nice entry.

Abhishek Gupta January 6th, 2010

Thanks alot…All Images are looking very good and all of them are attractive…I really like this Image
“Bourne Ultimatum color and motion blur”

This one is really great

Ross February 18th, 2010

Man second one down is good stuff, I love this blog.

Those backlinks are not going to work guys, check source, no-follow…

David February 25th, 2010

Thanks for sharing great resources of photo editing tutorials.

Regards,
David,
http:www.digitalphotoeditingservices.com

Jeanne March 5th, 2010

Hello,

If photoshop is too hard for you, you can do much effect automatically: http://uk.bloggif.com

Soon

Jeanne

Discount codes March 16th, 2010

These photos are amazing. Just proves the power of Photoshop and while alternatives like Paint.NET are good for basic image manipulation, advanced stuff like this requires Photoshop and nothing but. Great list, thanks

Skiltex April 15th, 2010

Thanks.. i really love this website. Filled with quality stuff

abdu digital work April 29th, 2010

very nice gallery photo art,,,!!
please promotion my site. I hope my site cant help to learning photography…

Luca May 1st, 2010

it really is amazing what you can do with these tools. Thanks for sharing your skills.

Al Kamal Md. Razib June 12th, 2010

Nice collection of tutorials ! I love all of your posting. Thanks.

medyum July 9th, 2010

tutorials are great. But the ‘Bourne Ultimatum color and motion blur’ link is broken…..

medyum,
It’s an old post, most likely that tutorial is just no longer online. Sorry.

medyum July 10th, 2010

Vandelay
Thank you.. this blog very good.. I am a photoshop designer..

Adi July 26th, 2010

This is one of the best-useful articles I found regarding cool Photoshop effects-Thnx!!!

Rokaiya Yeasmin Munni July 30th, 2010

The list of photo editing tutorial is really helpful. Thanks for the post.

slary August 4th, 2010

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Clipping path October 6th, 2010

Awesome photo editing tutorial collection. Great resources for me as a photo editing professional. Thanks for share these very useful links & this post. :)

rabattkod October 25th, 2010

Awesome tutorials – Just love the kid with a super hero shadow!

SlashPrices November 11th, 2010

Wow, impressive. Love the Super Hero Kid one too, very funny

Ashanty February 27th, 2011

Thank you..I Like this blog .. I am a photoshop designer too

maaan March 1st, 2011

very good photos & the angles in takeing some of them are very good .
also the models in the photos are very beautiful & you feel life in these photos

klarizamonterde March 9th, 2011

Hi. I just wanna ask if what Photoshop are you using..is AAE CS4? Just email me :) i’m an amateur photographer and thanks for these great tips :)

Vandelay Website Design March 9th, 2011

klarizamonterde,
I use CS4 right now, but the tutorials listed here were created with older versions.

medyum April 16th, 2011

That’s all great wallpapers. Thanks for sharing…

Saqib Shakil April 29th, 2011

Amazing tutorials. Short and better than many books on such effects.

roop July 28th, 2011

How can I do all these effects. Any particular software for this. If yes pls mention it.

Vandelay Website Design July 29th, 2011

Roop,
Yes, Photoshop.

Rabattkoder November 1st, 2011

“How to break sunlight through the clouds” is great!

tonedru December 15th, 2011

Licking on some of the tutorials either comes up with a ‘can’t find’ problem, or it pulls up a ‘take a survey’ box that I can’t get past. The few tutorials that I’ve seen have been excellent but I can’t navigate this site without serious issues. :(

tonedru December 15th, 2011

*clicking
lol

Vandelay Website Design December 16th, 2011

tonedru,
The issue is that this post is 3.5 years old and some of the tutorials and site’s that were linked to are no longer available.

Alphonso April 13th, 2012

Very beautiful examples, I intend to bookmark this site!
There is something to say for all the examples, but I like the hand tinting one, ( Old fashioned, hand-tinted effect) only because I like working with old images.

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