Photoshop Free Tutorials
For More-Advanced Users

Although these Photoshop free tutorials are really aimed at more-advanced users, less experienced people should also find some useful information here.

An introduction to Indexed Color.

Indexed Color can be used in producing web images, which are smaller than JPEGs. It can also be used for unusual graphic effects.

Adjustment Layers give extra scope and flexibility.

With Adjustment Layers it is possible to make changes, go back to a file later and make further changes with no destruction effect on the image.
The adjustments only become permanent when the image is finally flattened.

Apply Image is a powerful and little-used tool for blending images and channels.

Apply Image is a versatile and time-saving way to merge images, channels and alpha channels.

A mass of advanced tutorials covering such topics as Calculations, advanced blending, creating fire and smoke, Knockout, distressed backgrounds, High Dynamic Range, overprinting, fixing moire and simulating paintings.



Every digital capture and film has a dynamic range, which is a scale showing the difference between the lightest point and darkest point that that particular item can record.
But what is 8 bit and 16 bit and which is better?

The Extract Filter can be very powerful but takes practice. It contains several ways to refine the selection of tricky subjects.



Vanishing Point provides retouching with perspective.
The Clone Stamp can be given perspective. Part of an image can be moved and given the perspective of its new location automatically. Objects can be reshaped to fit in with a different part of the image.
Retouch with perspective control using the Vanishing Point function.

There can be smoke without fire.
It can be created in Photoshop and controlled precisely for position and density.

Here's how to make smoke .

How to make fire and flames in Photoshop, with a technique that can be applied to any image.

Very often, there is a limit to what can be done while taking a photograph. A number of different Photoshop retouching techniques were necessary with this image.