Before you can create Photoshop masterworks, you need to learn the basics. Even the most complex digital artworks are built on a foundation of simple actions. These 50 tutorials are aimed at the clever beginner who wants to master Photoshop from the roots.
1. Manipulating a WW2 Fighter Aircraft
2. 6 Quick 'n Dirty Text Effects From Scratch
4. Make a Turn of the Century Vaudeville Poster
5. Miodern Art
6. Idiots Guide to Small Planets
7. 10 Step Lighting Effect
8. 3D Transform a Colorful Cube Design
9. Silhouettes and Gradients
10. Pencil It In
11. Dramatic Wrinkles
12. Craft a Vintage Fifties Letter
13. Text In Stitches
14. 3D Pixel Stretch Effects
15. How to Make Eyes Pop
16. Watercolor Effect
17. Create a Basic Vexel Image
18. Complex Repeating Patterns Part I
19. Christmas Tree
20. How to create a T-shirt from scratch tutorial
21. Retro Colors
22. Design a Glossy Download Icon
23. Wood Inlay Text
24. Add Visual texture in 3 Easy Steps
25. CD Burner
26. Smoke Type in Photoshop in 10 Easy Steps
27. Wicked Worn Vintage Poster
28. Design a Vista Styled Wallpaper
29. Vintage Photo Corners
30. Mysterious Lighting Effect Tutorial for Photoshop
31. Typography Wallpaper in Photoshop
32. The Out of Bounds Photoshop Effect
33. Faking miniature photographs with photoshop
34. Fashion Shot
35. Dramatic Text on Fire Effect in Photoshop
36. Creating Custom Patterns
37. Create the Glass Shelf Dock from Leopard OS in Photoshop
38. Really Cool Digital Make up in Photoshop in 10 min
39. Create a Wavy Blackberry Style Wallpaper Design
40. Vanity License Plate
41. Easily Create a Beautiful, Unique Website Header
42. Awesome digital bokeh effect in Photoshop
43. Orange Porsche. Fruit Skin
44. Wrinkled Photo
45. Frayed Denim Patch With Stitches
46. Enhance Graphics with Easy Depth of Field
47. Colorful Glowing Text
48. Mix Cool Retro Curves Into Your Photographs
49. Create an amazing Ad in Photoshop
50. Create an Awesome Music Poster
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( ADD YOURS )braind0ubt November 14th
I miss seeing these types of tutorials on this site… Thanks for the list!
( )Jacob November 14th
This is exactly what I need because I am new to Photoshop. Thank you so much!
( )pe November 14th
nice one.
( )Aaron November 14th
This is great! I love it! Finally more tutorials for us photoshoppers to use!
By the way though, many of these tutorials are not for beginners, as I used to be myself. Many of the steps are not explained thoroughly enough for beginners.
All in all, it was great all the same! I can’t wait to try these on some of my projects!
( )Nick November 14th
Always good to be reminded of the basics. Very inspiring post.
( )Nick November 14th
Nice list, although I’m noticing that you’re starting to repost a some of the same tutorials 4-5 times.
( )Tom Ross November 14th
Thanks for featuring my tutorial. Nice list you have here
( )insic November 14th
wow cool list.
( )josephsasa April 14th
ya^^
( )Josh November 14th
datz the *hit i like!
( )superkrm November 14th
wheres number 3
( )kamel November 14th
ok so today everybody got to know that…
R.I.P. psdtuts!
( )Marloes November 14th
Wow… thank you!!! Gonna try these tuts all soon!
( )jbcarey November 14th
My wife is gonna appreciate this… she’s been buggin me to learn AI and PS
( )ciao November 14th
interesting
( )k42 November 14th
thanks but..
( )#16 links to a wrong tutorial
Andris November 14th
the list looks pretty inspiring to me. hope to get the time to try some of these. thanx for the list.
( )WoW-Sky November 14th
WoooooW amazing tuts I really like most of them ^___^
( )legend November 14th
woohhooo…thanx
( )Fabio Sasso November 14th
Hey guys thanks a lot for listing some of my tutorials
Great list.
( )kiran November 14th
Thank for sharing.Nice post.
( )Dave November 14th
I agree..same stuff over again.
( )digitalpharaoh November 14th
The more you guys post, the more I enjoy looking around here.
( )Matt November 14th
beautiful!!!
( )J November 14th
COME ON!!!!
WHY WHY WHY WHY POST THE SAME TUTORIAIS AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN?
JUST TO SAY 50 TUTORIAIS?
COME ON, PUT 30, 20, 10!!!! BUT ORIGINALS, PLEASE.
( )Lucas Motta November 14th
Where is the tutorial number #3?
The list goes from 2 to 4! hahaha
But anyway, it’s a great list!
( )Thanks!
xQlusive November 14th
There are some tutorials posted more then once, but those new ones are very cool! thanx for these! …
( )Ernest Ojeh November 15th
Thanks for this collection. though i’ve already seen most of them..
( )gNcWebmaster November 15th
Hmm. It’s very good tutorials. Thanks.
( )Timothy November 15th
This is probably one of the best lists i’ve seen so far. Once again. PSDtuts have done it again. Good work!
( )Joe November 15th
49 Great Photoshop Tutorials for Clever Beginners
( )Rijalul Fikri November 15th
Wow, nice list.
( )sean steezy November 15th
I totally tried to submit the ‘wrinkles’ one as a tut over on this site as a super easy HDR effect w/camera raw, but it didn’t make it. That’s weird that we used the exact same photo too, free from iStock….. word.
( )Josh November 15th
look pretty cool, I’ll be sure to try some out tonight =]
( )Takumi86 November 15th
HOLY SMOKE, THAT WAS AWESOME!!
( )Fabryz November 15th
Nice collection, i did some of them months ago
( )afrix November 15th
Nice presentation!
( )http://afrix99.deviantart.com/
Toan November 15th
The h3 is toooo big!
( )ims November 15th
thank u very much !!
( )Emmett November 15th
Holy moly, these are amazing…thanks!
Emmett
( )http://www.filmandgamecomposers.com
MONSTER November 15th
When will I ever get through them all!
( )Jonas November 15th
What’s next, a round-up of the top 50 round-ups of tutorials? If people want to do roundups, that’s fine, but make them do it for free. Don’t pay them for re-hashing the same old links.
( )Jens November 15th
Thanks a lot
Great stuff!!
( )Phil E. Drifter November 15th
totally photoshopped, i would know, i’ve seen a few photoshooped images in my day.
( )Jon November 15th
where’s #3?
( )Mabuc November 15th
Wow I really like this list, superb list here.
( )Thanasis November 15th
#31 doesn’t exist
( )webthese November 15th
Nice and great list. Includign usefull and superb Ps tutorials. Thanks…
( )Julia November 16th
For a year since I got photoshop I have been overwhelmed. All these tutorials on the site and dont know where to start. Sure I know the tools and and how to use them. But really dont know how to do anything else. These are the tutorials I was looking for. Thanks. I can get started.
( )Seb November 16th
The images of #2 and #16 are wrong…
( )Anyway nice list!
Manuel Minino November 16th
cool
( )Lubes November 16th
“Dramatic Wrinkles” needs to be renamed “Old Man with Bucket of Soot Dumped in His Face.”
( )Josh November 16th
Most of the links don’t work, the account is suspended.
( )Dee November 16th
The list is really good but aren’t you guys bothered at the title “FOR whatever BEGINNERS”?????!!!!!!!
( )cgr55 November 17th
A good list…
but…
I’d rather see 5 never before seen tutorials than to see 50 of the same or nearly the same ones you’ve posted before. Come on. It’s time for some tutorials with new concepts. I know they will come soon..
The REASON why you’ll see many vintage effects on the list is because the list itself is composed with wrinkled old tutorials.. Is this a trick or treat? Halloween is over.
no, I’m just kidding in a way that I’m a little disappointed in this site in a way that I cannot remove or photoshop it.
Lol at #6 titled Idiots Guide to Small Planets.
thanks anyway…
( )shatta November 18th
Bro…You are the best…
( )Bless from Costa Rica
Swapnnil November 19th
Good list, but ‘clever’ beginners?
( )Sujon November 19th
very good …..
( )Nandini November 20th
Awesome man. What a lovely presentation. Congratulations Danny. I must say you have done an excellent web designing work for this post. I have asked many of my friends to go through this visually appealing post. Thank you.
( )Scotty November 21st
PLEASE add the correct link to #16. I have used this tutorial before and could not find it again. Does anyone have the correct link?
Thanks!
( )tasarhane November 21st
I also like this list
( )Rosario November 21st
Sweet Jesus !, you made my learning task more easy
Thanks a lot.
- Rosario
http://www.pix89.com
( )Paddy November 21st
Great tips here. I’ve been using Photoshop for years, but these still help out a lot!
( )Kovi November 22nd
very good and very clever
nice job of great designers
( )joy. November 22nd
Where’s 3? D:
( )Tungsten Jewelry November 22nd
Danny, many many congratulations to you. I am so impressed to see such a colorful post. I must say your sense of designing is excellent. Keep up the good work.
( )Nandini@HIPs Consultant November 24th
Excellent, superb, mind blowing Danny. You have spell-bounded me with your colorful designing style. Great job. Keep it up.
( )Noah November 27th
Wow disgusting, shopped, every single one of them. Really, try again. I’m very disappointed, I thought I might see some real stuff… I don’t think I’ll ever come here again
( )Noah November 27th
Oh I’m surprised it took until the 20th or 30th post for someone to say “shopped” (not including me)
( )Deepak K Pandey December 1st
I am gonna use some of the effects taught in this tutorial to design my blog at – tuubol – dot – com. Great tutorials by the way.
( )Donkey December 3rd
Cool! And thanks. Came from Digg.
( )Nandini December 3rd
Great tips out there. Thanks Danny. The images you have incorporated are also eye-catchy. Congratulations for such a great work
( )Silvia December 10th
i’ve tried number 31. simple but awsome!
( )Acronesi December 12th
Amazing post…probably the best on PSD Tuts
( )d65blade December 19th
These are great photoshop tutorials and design tuts of abduzeedo rocks.
( )Jokr January 4th
Super great tutorials . . .exactly what I was looking for and much much more
( )honour chick February 11th
great collection… nice tutorials
( )John February 13th
Amazing! Thank you so so much!
( )MarieGucci February 23rd
The picture reference on No.2 (6 Quick n Dirty Text Effects) and No. 16 (Watercolor Effect) need to be swapped..
But great list nonetheless, and thank you.
( )ScoobySnacks March 16th
really nice collection of tutorials here. i actually found my way here via this tweet:
“@DesignerDepot: 50 Great Photoshop Tutorials for Clever Beginners – http://tr.im/hptz”
glad i clicked the link
- Twitter.com/ScoobysWorld
( )Alvaro March 16th
hehehe I’ve found the link from a tweet as well…
( )www.animhut.com-sriganesh May 12th
me too.
( )Steen Seo Öhman March 16th
Great collection … thanks for all the inspiration and the tools …
( )juliet March 18th
never seen such a variety and versatile program, thanks heaps….
( )clau March 18th
Thanks for sharing!!
( )Nice post!
ebookey March 21st
Tutorials #6, #9, and #22 were useful for me. Thanks for the great list!
( )art2code March 22nd
Great! thx a lot.
( )sunil April 5th
yeah..its gud!!!
( )CgBaran Tuts April 22nd
Great list thanks
( )Jens May 11th
awesome, thanks.
( )Ami June 1st
What happened to #3?
( )Nevertheless, the rest had been helpful, thanks alot!
james June 3rd
I would have been more happy if each of these tuts were given in a single page instead of 4 pages providing less advantage of offline viewving.Video will also be apprecitaed if posted.Not Happy as a Beginner
( )Renzo Laron Llavore June 27th
Thank you for this, I am a beginner and now I have something to learn from. Thank you very much for this.
( )rocker July 25th
I would have been more happy if each of these tuts were given in a single page instead of 4 pages providing less advantage of offline viewving.Video will also be apprecitaed if posted.Not Happy as a BeginnerWhat happened to #3?
( )Nevertheless, the rest had been helpful, thanks alot!
trisha August 31st
gr888 work keep up m gonna follow u
( )Mahmoud October 8th
WOW!! AMAMAZING
( )Annoymous October 9th
These tutorials are very hard to go step-by-step
I just bought photoshop cs4 yesterday and i have no clue how to get even past step 2 in most of the tutorials =/
Someone should fire the whole staff since i had wasted so much time on every tutorial
goddamn you
( )waldo October 22nd
You’d better Try Paint . Loser
( )pancake October 17th
awseomne dude yo dis is da awesomeist thing ever yo
( )Ask your mother October 26th
I found it very difficult cause i am only a beginner but gr8t tutorial though when i learn more i will retry the cool things.
( )these tuts aren't for nubs November 5th
this is very retarded ovr half these tuts aren’t even for begginers these are ment for people who know photoshop basics inside out,
example:
“open a new window…” …okay…what size?…
“paint on the top right corner with a soft brush. do this several more times….” …okay several i understand i did several
(continued)”now you should something lookig like this with different colour and modes…” …..WTF? when did the requirments change?…
this is what i mean by not meant for begginners it meant more for intermediate or people who know the basics very well.
( )Brian Jones November 19th
One of the best sets of tuts I have come across – thank you!
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