40 Fresh new Photoshop tutorials from 2017

• March 13th, 2017
• Photoshop

They key to growth and skill improvement as a user of Photoshop whether you’re a designer or even a photographer is to be constantly seeking out new techniques within Photoshop. There’s no better way to get better at Photoshop than to be constantly learning by doing tutorials to refine your skills.

In this post, we have rounded up the very best Photoshop tutorials, which are all new and have all been created within 2017. There’s a range of different tutorials from jaw dropping text effects to manipulations. If you’re an experienced Photoshop user or just getting comfortable using it there’s certainly a tutorial suited for your skill level where a lot can be learnt.

1. How to Create an Endless Picture Within a Picture Illusion in Adobe Photoshop

A great project for putting your Photoshop skills to the test is to create an optical illusion. An optical illusion creates an experience for the viewer that makes them see something that isn’t there or is different than how it appears.

2. How to Create an Electrifyingly Patriotic Manipulation in Photoshop

Learn how to create this intense photo manipulation of a guy shooting lightning from his hands. In this tutorial you will learn various blending and lightning techniques.

3. Change colours in a photo to match 2017’s visual trends in Photoshop

In this Photoshop tutorial, Tigz Rice shows how to create an image in this style from a photo shot against a white background – you could use one of your own or one from a stock site such as iStock, Shutterstock or DepositPhotos. Check out our list of where to find free images. It’s best if each of the model’s clothing and accessories are simply coloured, as our model Marnie’s are here.

4. Create “Eagle Warrior” Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

In this tutorial, I will show you the process of creating “Eagle Warrior” Human Photoshop Manipulation in Photoshop. We will mix a warrior model image with a couple of eagle images, and add some custom brush paintings to spice up the effect.

5. Brick Text Typography Surreal Photoshop Tutorial

Learn how to create a 3D brick typography in Photoshop using a free 3D action maker. We will combine the brick text effect with different images to create a surreal photo manipulation. I am waiting to see your results; you can use other textures like wood for example to create your own interesting text effects.

6. How To Create a Vintage Film Title Text Effect in Photoshop

In today’s Adobe Photoshop tutorial we’re going to have some fun replicating the classic film title styles from old black and white movies of the 30s and 40s. Three dimensional effects were often used, along with low key lighting. To replicate these aesthetics in Photoshop, we’ll make use of the 3D feature available in version CS6 and beyond, which will automatically generate realistic lighting and shading to our text.

7. Create artwork with both real and digital brushstrokes

In this tutorial, Adi Gilbert explains how he produces beautifully-crafted illustrations using a blend of traditional brushwork, and digital techniques with a tablet, stylus and Photoshop.

8. How to Create a Super Easy Liquid Metal Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

In this tutorial, Adi Gilbert explains how he produces beautifully-crafted illustrations using a blend of traditional brushwork, and digital techniques with a tablet, stylus and Photoshop.

9. How to Create a Wet Glass Action in Adobe Photoshop

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to create a wet glass effect on any photo. At the end of the tutorial, you’ll have an action which will automate the entire process with a single click. This effect works with images of almost any size and resolution.

10. How to Create an Ashes & Embers Dispersion Action in Adobe Photoshop

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to create an ashes and embers dispersion effect on any photo. At the end of the tutorial, you’ll have an action which will automate the entire process with a single click.

11. Create a Photo Manipulation of an Emotional Dancer in a Forest

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create a scene of an emotional dancer in a forest. You’ll learn how to combine and blend different stock photos in a cohesive scene, adjust color, use layer mask, manage lighting, work with group and more.

12. How to Create a Hollywood Sign Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

This tutorial will show you how to use Photoshop’s healing and stamp tools, along with its 3D tools and settings, to create a Hollywood sign inspired text effect.

13. How to Use Lightroom Presets in Photoshop

This tutorial will show you how to use Photoshop’s healing and stamp tools, along with its 3D tools and settings, to create a Hollywood sign inspired text effect.

14. Create a Vintage Style Poster in Photoshop

This tutorial demonstrates techniques to create a vintage style poster in Photoshop. We will also be using Illustrator for some simple operations. This is a fairly straight forward tutorial utilizing Photoshop’s drawing tools and composition techniques.

15. How to Create a Glossy, Puffy Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

This tutorial will show you how to use Photoshop’s layer styles to create a super quick and easy glossy, puffy text effect.

16. How to Create an Easy Neon Text Effect With Layer Styles in Adobe Photoshop

In this tutorial I will show you how to create a nice acid text effect, using layer styles.

17. Create a Fantasy Fish Scene above the Sky

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create a fantasy fish scene using a variety of photo manipulation techniques. You’ll learn how to combine different stock images into a cohesive scene using blending, adjusting colors, masking and brush. You’ll learn also how to focus on the details, work with lighting, manage your layers and more.

18. Create a Chocolate Tablet Text Effect in Photoshop

Learn how to create a chocolate tablet text effect in Photoshop from scratch. You can create any type of chocolate, milk chocolate, dark chocolate or white chocolate using color adjustment maps. Also you can personalize the chocolate by adding text, shapes, etc.

19. How to create a fur action

In this tutorial I will show you how to create a fur action in Adobe Photoshop using a pattern, a brush, a layer style, and a gradient map. At the end of the tutorial you will have an action, ready to perform almost the entire process with a single click.

20. Amazing 80s airbrush portrait techniques

In this Photoshop airbrush tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a beautiful, dreamlike painting full of subtle details and with a bold 80s colour scheme. Design duo KittoZutto show you how to create an airbrushed portrait in Photoshop that taps the glory days of Athena posters.

21. How to Create Realistic Feet-Inspired Hiking Boots in Adobe Photoshop

Do you love hiking? Upgrade your footwear with a unique pair of foot-inspired boots! In this tutorial, we’ll go over how to manipulate a regular pair of feet to create an overall hiking scene using basic photo manipulation techniques.

22. 3D Paper text effect

This tutorial will show you how to use Photoshop’s 3D tools and settings, with some adjustment layers, to create a 3D paper text effect.

23. How to Create a Mysterious Matte Painting Landscape in Photoshop

Learn how to create this beautiful mountain landscape in Photoshop. This tutorial shows how to develop a amazing and meditative landscape of the mysterious East theme out of a plain background using photo manipulation, photo montage techniques coupled with some painting inside Photoshop.

24. That Warm Sunny Lens Flare look

Have you seen those trendy cool colorized photos that have color on the edges and really nice lighting? Perhaps you have wondered how its done? In this Photoshop tutorial, I will show you how. It’s called the lensflare look.

25. How to Create a Surreal, Emotional Scene With Adobe Photoshop

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create a surreal, emotional scene featuring a woman carrying a cage. First we’ll build the background using sky and grass images. Later we’ll add the model, cage, trees and birds and blend them together using adjustment layers, masking and brushes. We’ll use several adjustment layers to complete the final effect.

26. Create Wizard Summoning Lightning Magic Scene in Photoshop

In this tutorial, I will show you how I create a Wizard Summoning Lightning Magic Scene in Photoshop. We will construction a surreal landscape with a few stock images (castle, mountain, etc) first, then add the lightning effect with custom brushes.

27. How to Make Delicious Ice Cream Text in Photoshop

This tutorial shows you how to create yummy typography. You’ll need Photoshop CS5 or newer to follow this tutorial.

28. Create Ocean Monster Attack Surreal Digital Art in Photoshop

In this tutorial, I will show you the process used to create ocean monster attack surreal digital art in Photoshop. We will combine a number of objects such as city buildings, ocean and rocks to form the base on the image, and use an octopus stock photo as the monster. We will also add some tornado onto the image to finalise the effect.

29. Create Ocean Monster Attack Surreal Digital Art in Photoshop

It gives you the opportunity to add very special rainbow effects to photos and designs, primarily colorful light leak and vintage effects that will breathe new life into or enhance what is already pretty darn cool. We’re providing you with 45 effects that we handcrafted here in house. We know you’ll love them.

30. Master Photoshop’s Select & Mask Workspace

In this Photoshop tutorial, Justin Seeley will walk you through the new workspace and give you some tips on how you can use it to improve your cutouts. He’ll cover things like making a rough selection with Quick Selection, examining our composite using the all-new onion skinning mode. You’ll also learn how best to refine complicated selections like hair using the Refine Edge Brush tool.

31. How to Create an inFamous Inspired Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

In this Photoshop tutorial, Justin Seeley will walk you through the new workspace and give you some tips on how you can use it to improve your cutouts. He’ll cover things like making a rough selection with Quick Selection, examining our composite using the all-new onion skinning mode. You’ll also learn how best to refine complicated selections like hair using the Refine Edge Brush tool.

32. Create a Fantasy Photo Manipulation of Magical Forest

In this tutorial I will show how to create a fantasy photo manipulation of magical forest. You’ll learn how to work with forest stock and then blend them to make a perfect composition. We’ll also learn how to create special light effects using basic to advanced lighting techniques. Moreover, I got two color variants for this tutorial and you’ll get to know about it at the end of tutorial.

33. How to Create a Steampunk Inspired Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

This tutorial will show you how to create different steampunk inspired elements, using shapes and layer styles with a bunch of gradients. Then, it will show you how to use those elements, along with a couple of textures and adjustments, in order to achieve a steampunk inspired text effect.

34. Create Dispersion Disintegration Effect in Photoshop

Learn how to create dispersion effect in Photoshop using this free action. You can create endless dispersion disintegration photo effects using the dispersion brushes included in this pack.

35. Blend different illustration styles to create a unique artwork

In this tutorial, you’ll discover how to combine two different illustration styles in Illustrator and Photoshop.

36. How to create shattered statue

Photo composites often require several Photoshop tools and techniques to achieve a desired effect. In this tutorial we will combine several photos to create a statue from a photo of a model. We will then explain how modify the statue to create cracks, and molten rock using layer masks, adjustments, and several blending and painting techniques.

37. How To Whiten Teeth In Photoshop

In this tutorial, you will learn how to whiten teeth in Photoshop.

38. How to create a forest scene

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to create a mysterious forest scene featuring a fantasy deer. First, we’ll build the base scene with several images of forests and trees. Later, we’ll add the deer and decorate his head with branches and leaves. After that, we’ll do some basic adjustments and paint light for the scene. We’ll use several adjustment layers to enhance the final effect.

39. How to create a forest scene

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to create a mysterious forest scene featuring a fantasy deer. First, we’ll build the base scene with several images of forests and trees. Later, we’ll add the deer and decorate his head with branches and leaves. After that, we’ll do some basic adjustments and paint light for the scene. We’ll use several adjustment layers to enhance the final effect.

40. How to create a blend photoshop texture

In this tutorial we will learn how to blend Photoshop textures with our photos and tweak the results in order to achieve different effects.