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Latest Photoshop tutorials Welcome to Photoshop Essentials, where everyone can learn Photoshop! We offer fun, exclusive, step-by-step tutorials for all skill levels, and all written with beginners in mind. From Photoshop Basics to Photo Editing and Retouching, Photo Effects, Text Effects and more! Check out our latest Photoshop tutorials below. Or  download our tutorials as PDFs  and get exclusive bonus content! Add Multiple Strokes to Text with Photoshop Layer Effects Learn how to add multiple strokes around your text in Photoshop using layer effects, and how to save the strokes as a layer style preset! Add Transparent Text to an Image with Photoshop Layer Effects Learn how layer effects make it easy to add transparent text effects to your image! Works with any version of Photoshop. Open Multiple Images As Layers In Photoshop Learn how to quickly open multiple images into the same Photoshop document and have each image appear on its own separate la...

Designers are truly in love with one of the best tool that helps make the best of their creative skills and get the desired results. In designing, its not just the creativity that works. Along with it, one needs to have a tool that helps them put their creative ideas down and work on it to come up with amazing designs. Photoshop no matter how simple it sounds to work on but then at times leaves you wondering as to how you can proceed further. For the beginners too, its not easy to get well acquainted with it. Now for the matter of fact, it becomes easier for designers to learn more and more of Photoshop, its features and using which one will help you get the results they are expecting. Photoshop tutorials that are written in simple and easy to understand format here helps a great deal. Each month, we come up with the listicles of the best Photoshop tutorials that we believe will be of help for all you designers out there. Ready to sneak a peek at this ...

In this tutorial, we’ll demonstrate how to create the following nice looking Glossy Emblem Text Effect with Adobe Photoshop in 4 simple steps. With just one text layer and a few layer styles you can have yourself a deliciously glossy emblem text effect in no time. Since the entire effect is done on a vector text layer, you’ll be free to change the font face or letters to suit your needs and still retain all of its styling. As a final touch, we’ll add a simple shadow to give it some perspective and realism. Recommended Reading: More Photoshop Text Effects! Step 1 Fire up Photoshop and set your canvas to 800×600 . We’ll be using a dark perforated material for the background. This can easily be made by cutting out a pattern of circles from your background and applying a subtle bevel. Feel free to grab the background from the PSD file or use another texture if you wish. Step 2 Next, lay out your type . I’m using black Trajan, 425px in size to cover most of ou...

Photo Effects HDR-Style Results Using Layers in Photoshop Learn how to achieve HDR results in Photoshop using bracketed exposures during the production process and then Photoshop layers afterwards. How to Create Professional HDR Images Here’s an excellent (and very popular) tutorial on creating high dynamic range (HDR) images; the author focuses on realism instead of going overboard with the application of HDR. Photoshop HDR tutorial This tutorial shows you how to create true HDR using bracketed exposure and Photoshop for post-production. Using the HDR Feature in Photoshop CS2/CS3 This thorough tutorial walks you through the basic concept of HDR photography and how to use Photoshop to make your photographs pop. How to Make Digital Photos Look like Lomo Photography In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to apply the “ lomography ” effect to your digital photos. Infrared Photo Effect in Photoshop This tutorial shows you a way to simulate the infrar...