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50 Best Photoshop CC tutorials from 2019

That time of the year has come where we look back at 2019 and capture all the best Photoshop tutorials from the current year. The post includes a mixture of Photoshop tutorials from photo effects to designing typography using Photoshop. Design tutorials are a great learning aid for becoming a better designer. There’s a variety of tutorials included in the roundup to suit all skill ability whether you’re a complete newbie when it comes to or a veteran user. There are some great tutorials you’ll really enjoy.

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1. How to Make a Distressed Effect Photoshop Action

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a distressed effect Photoshop actions using smart filters, adjustment layers, and overlay textures.

2. How to Create VHS Glitch Art in Adobe Photoshop

Do you like that grunge, glitched look on old VHS tapes? There are different ways to add such effects to your images and even create an animation from a static photo using an Animated VHS Creation Kit.

3. How to Create Melting Gold Text Effect in Photoshop

4. How To Create Old School Style Tattoo Art in Adobe Photoshop

The style of ‘Old School’ tattoos is a popular aesthetic in the tattooing scene and has become an iconic illustration style in other genres of art. The stylised handmade drawings feature thick black outlines and bold colours, often depicting roses, anchors and pin-up girls from the tradition of sailor tattooing. Follow along with today’s Photoshop tutorial to produce a digital illustration inspired by the style of old school tattoos. Unlike tattooing with ink, Photoshop layers to make it easy to draw with the advantage of being able to delete and try again! We’ll then bring the design to life with colour, and apply a stippled shading effect to create a modern interpretation of a traditional tattoo flash graphic.

5. Design Vintage Artwork with Old Newspaper and Watercolor Brush in Photoshop

In this tutorial, I will show you the steps I took to Design this Watercolour Vintage Artwork with Old Newspaper in Photoshop.

This tutorial will show you a really quick and easy way to create a stylized chalk text effect, using some filters and drop shadow effects. 
 

In this tutorial, I’ll explain how to create a realistic 3D gold text effect using layer styles in Adobe Photoshop.

8. How to Make Watercolor Effects in Photoshop Quickly With Actions

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create an amazing watercolor effect Photoshop action. I will explain everything in so much detail that everyone can create it, even those who have just opened Photoshop for the first time. 

9. How to Photoshop someone into a picture

Photoshop opens a world of wonders when it comes to changing up a photo. Here’s a beginner’s tutorial on how to add friends, family members, celebrities – or anyone – into a picture they weren’t in.

10. How to Create a Cloud Effect in Photoshop

Use the Cloud Shapes Photoshop Creator to make cloud shapes, cloud text, and cloud brushes, really quickly and easily! Make realistic cloud shapes using your own images. 

11. How to Create a Sketch Effect Action in Adobe Photoshop

In this tutorial, I’m going to teach you how to create a Photoshop sketch effect. You will learn how to turn your photos into amazing, advanced sketches. I will try to explain everything in so much detail that everyone can create it, even those who have just opened Photoshop for the first time.

12. How to Resize an image in Photoshop (and when you should Resample instead)

Resizing an image sounds like one of the simplest things you could do in https://blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/tutorials/how-to-resize-an-image-in-photoshop-and-when-you-should-resample-insteadPhotoshop, but there are actually some common mistakes you should avoid. In today’s digital age, you will probably want to resize an image so it fits nicely on a computer screen, however, if you’re a professional designer or photographer, it becomes a little more complicated when you need to factor in print size and resolution. In today’s guide I’ll cover the basics of resizing an image in Adobe Photoshop, and explain when you should (or should not) choose the Resample option.

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14. Draw a Realistic Retro Radio using Photoshop and Illustrator from Scratch

In this tutorial, we will draw a retro radio from scratch in Photoshop and Illustrator. We will start by drawing its wireframe in Illustrator and then export the path to Photoshop where we will continue to polish it. This is extra long tutorial with a total of 131 steps! If you think you’re up to the challenge, dig in now!

15. How to Create Repeating Patterns in Adobe Photoshop

It can be difficult to get your head around how seamlessly repeating patterns work. Any objects that ‘fall off’ one side must reappear on the opposite side of the pattern tile, much like the retro arcade game Asteroids. This allows the pattern to continue over an infinite area, by enlarging the pattern area as the tile graphic is duplicated. Thankfully there’s a clever technique that can be used within Photoshop that makes the process of creating custom patterns easy. In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create a repeating rustic themed pattern with the help of Photoshop’s Offset filter.

16. How to Create a Kaleidoscope Effect in Adobe Photoshop

Fortunately, Photoshop has a couple of useful features to make this task significantly easier. First is the frequently overlooked Scripted Fill, which makes short work of creating kaleidoscope patterns and has enough options to keep you busy experimenting for hours! Paired with that is the Transform Again feature, which is a fun way to create repetitive objects similar to the way the old Spirograph used to work. 

17. How to Create a Dripping Paint Photoshop Effect Action

In this tutorial you will learn how to create an amazing, artistic paint drip effect Photoshop action. I will try to explain everything in so much detail that everyone can create it, even those who have just opened Photoshop for the first time.

 

18. How to Make a Movie Poster in Photoshop

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a glitter effect Photoshop action to add amazing photo effects to your images. I will explain everything in so much detail that everyone can create it, even those who have just opened Photoshop for the first time.

19. Three Ways to Create the Photocopy Glitch Distorted Type Effect

The warped and distorted text effect is a classic technique artists would use when creating collages, posters and flyers with photocopiers in the analog days. The effect is still used today to create abstract art, but we can now also use digital creative software to reproduce the distorted appearance with text, logos and other graphics. In today’s guide I show three ways to create photocopy style glitch distortions. Firstly the manual way using a scanner, then techniques to mimic the effect in Photoshop and Illustrator.

20. How to Create a Glitter Effect Photoshop Action

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a glitter effect Photoshop action to add amazing photo effects to your images. I will explain everything in so much detail that everyone can create it, even those who have just opened Photoshop for the first time.

21. How to Create a Wintry Deer Portrait Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

With every changing season, beautiful, fantastical creatures come alive. So in today’s tutorial, we’ll learn how to create a wintry, deer-inspired photo manipulation in Adobe Photoshop.fantasy-photo

22. How to Create a Melting Portrait Photo Effect Manipulation in Photoshop

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to create a portrait photo effect of a man melting. First, we’ll add a curtain background and retouch the model. After that, we’ll build a melting candle on top of the model’s head and some wax around his body. We’ll refine several details, paint the light effect, and use an adjustment layer to enhance the final effect.light-candle

23. How to Enhance a Subject in Photoshop

Make your subjects stand out from the background and enhance any photo in Photoshop! Learn to use Curves and Vibrance to add brightness and color to specific parts of an image. Then finish the job by both sharpening the subject and blurring the background.

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24. How to Create a Cool Glitch Photo Effect in Adobe Photoshop

Photo effects are a great way to practice and harness your Photoshop skills. In this lesson, learn how to create a fun photo glitch effect using Marquee Tools, the Wave Filter, and more!

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25. How to create lighting effects in Photoshop

In this tutorial, New York-based illustrator Kervin Brisseaux shares his techniques to create a super-powered athlete within an atmosphere that draws on the traditions of sci-fi art, as well as religious iconography such as stained glass windows.

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26. How to Create a Custom Brush in Photoshop

Custom brushes can help you to both speed up your Photoshop workflow and help you create beautiful effects from scratch. Aaron demonstrates how to turn any shape into a custom brush as well as how to add randomness as you paint, which is perfect for creating realistic atmospheric effects like rain, fog, or snow.

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27. How to Create a Graffiti Effect in Adobe Photoshop

Learn how to create graffiti art from your photos in Adobe Photoshop, using filters and adjustments.graffit

28. How To Composite a Car onto a New Background in Photoshop

Photo editing process explained how to take a basic car photograph and transform it into an inspiring automotive portrait by compositing a new background and blending the car with its new environment, using a variety of techniques in Adobe Photoshop.

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29. How to create a robot painting in Photoshop

Here freelance concept artist Takumer Homma takes you on a journey in creating a robot painting in Photoshop – though the techniques he demonstrates would work just as well in Corel Painter or even physical paints.

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30. How to Create a 3D Gold Text Effect With Photoshop Layer Styles

In this tutorial, you’ll explain how to create a realistic 3D gold text effect using layer styles in Adobe Photoshop.

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31. How to Create an Ancient-Egypt-Inspired Cat Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

Many fun ideas start with just a simple question. And in today’s tutorial, we’ll create a detailed photo manipulation inspired by the world of Ancient Egypt.

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32. How To Create a Funny Caricature Effect in Adobe Photoshop

Have some fun transforming yourself, your family members or your work colleagues into a bobblehead style caricature with this step-by-step tutorial for Adobe Photoshop. We’ll make use of Photoshop’s image manipulation techniques to exaggerate the features of a portrait photograph to give it a funny cartoon-like appearance. Since we’re using a photograph as the source, rather than illustrating the caricature by hand, it retains degree of realism and retains a strong resemblance to the subject.

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33. Master the Mixer brush in Photoshop

Develop a traditional look on a digital canvas with the Mixer brush.

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34. How to Create a Frozen Winter Adobe Photoshop Effect Action

In this tutorial, you will learn how to turn your photos into frozen winter images inspired by white walkers from the Game of Thrones TV series. I will try to explain everything in so much detail that everyone can do it, even those who have just opened Photoshop for the first time.

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35. How to Create a Photoshop Action to Turn a Photo Into a Drawing

You’ll learn how to create a photo art effect that works like a photo filter—you’ll be able to turn a photo into art with a single click!

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36. How to Create a Leaf-Covered Text Effect Action in Adobe Photoshop

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a very beautiful, natural-looking text effect, which we are going to record with a Photoshop action, so you will be able to apply the same effect to any font very quickly. Then, to make it look even better, we will add some branches and birds to the final result.

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37. How to Make a Retro Comic Book Portrait Effect Action in Photoshop

Photoshop actions can work like advanced filters, giving you nice effects with a single click. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to create a cartoon effect action in Photoshop, so that you can add cool photo effects to your portraits. After this short lesson, you’ll be able to create your own Photoshop filters and effects!

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38. How to Use Drop Shadows in Photoshop

The drop shadow layer style is one of the most basic elements of Adobe Photoshop that can help you step up your design. In this tutorial, we show you how to add a drop shadow and break down the basic settings that can help you master the tool.

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39. How to create a superhero in Photoshop

The project files include Kervin’s initial illustration plus the full layered PSD artwork. They may not be used for any commercial purpose.

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40. How to Create a Flame Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

Pyrophobia is an inordinate fear of or hatred of fire. This tutorial will show you how to use Photoshop’s Flame filter, along with some flame, smoke, and spark image textures as well as blending options, filters, and adjustment settings, to create a blazing, fiery text effect. Let’s get started!

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41. The Ultimate Guide to Mastering Photoshop Masks for Beginners

In this ultimate guide to Photoshop masks for beginners, you’ll learn everything you need to know to get started with using the Photoshop masks. I will explain everything in so much detail that everyone can learn it, even those who have just opened Photoshop for the first time.

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42. How To Cut Out Hair in Photoshop (Even Difficult Backgrounds)

Clipping a subject from its background is one of the fundamental procedures that is required for a variety of Photoshop projects.where the subject isn’t conveniently placed against a clean studio backdrop!

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43. Photoshop tutorial: Digital colouring techniques for hand-inked artwork

Throughout the tutorial, he will be touching on colour palettes, shadow work and how to avoid the temptation to overwork an image.

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44. Create a chromatic aberration effect

Give your work depth by adding a little colour distortion.

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45. Create a surreal mixed-media illustration

The idea is to explore the whole spectrum of art and graphics and find common ground to link all the underlying pieces together.face

46. How to Warp Text in Adobe Photoshop

The idea is to explore the whole spectrum of art and graphics and find common ground to link all the underlying pieces together.

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47. How to Make a 3D Text Effect in Photoshop

If you’re interested in Photoshop text effects, in this tutorial I’ll show you how to create a 3D text effect in Photoshop in just a few steps. We’re going to adjust its shape, set the light sources, create a material, and then render it all. Just keep in mind you need Photoshop CC or CS6 Extended for this.

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48. Photoshop colour change: 2 tools you need to know

In this tutorial you’ll learn two of the most basic techniques for making colour changes to selected areas of an image in Photoshop. From the quickest approaches with the Color Replacement tool, to the slightly more advanced techniques of using the Color Range command, these tips have you covered.

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49. How to Create Stunning Black & White Images in Photoshop

The appropriately named Black & White Adjustment Layer is the best tool for converting images to black and white in Photoshop.

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50. Simple Dodge & Burn in Photoshop

Follow along as Aaron shares an incredibly simple method using Curves to brighten the highlights and darken the shadows of any image, adding more dimension and drawing more attention to your subject.

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