| Photoshop Videos
Where to begin? there are a LOT of videos on Photoshop... we have grouped them below starting with the Photoshop from the Beginning series, followed by Photoshop, the Next Step. These should get you going, and then below that are various other sets of videos, that may or may not be part of a series - such as Working with Text, Layers, Retouching, Album Design and Smart Objects. There are also some videos on Bridge and Camera RAW. There are more videos in the Archive on Photoshop, so we also recommend browsing thru there to see what all there is. If you have a question about something, or would like to request a video, please feel free to post in the support forum and we'll either try to help you there, or we may produce a video for the archive. | |
| Photoshop from the Beginning SeriesIn this series of videos we start from the very beginning - opening photoshop for the first time, opening an image, and then introducing the workspace, layers and a few of the basic tools. This is Photoshop at its most basic.
 | Photoshop Screenshot Help Videos Thing 
Ever wonder what a particular tool is actually used for? Maybe you'd just like a quick summary of the Photoshop CS3 workspace. Perhaps you just need a quick jump-start to get your creative process moving. Below you'll find a screenshot of Photoshop CS3 with clickabl... |
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| Photoshop - The Next Step SeriesIn this series of videos we continue showing the basics and going just a bit further and introduce gradients, the histogram, levels, image size and canvas size.
 | Photoshop Quick Tips
In this video we go over some basic shortcuts, settings and workflow ideas. Tab key, caps lock, brackets, CTRL+J and ALT click on the layer eyeball just to name a few. |
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| Photoshop - Camera RAWThese videos go over working with RAW files in Adobe Camera RAW (ACR).  | Adobe Camera RAW - Basic Tab Tone Controls
Adobe Camera RAW 4 video tutorial. Continuing with our Camera RAW series, we go over the tone controls under the basic tab and walk through the basic process of correcting a RAW image in ACR. |
 | Adobe Camera RAW - The Details Tab 
Adobe Camera RAW video tutorial. Sharpening and noise reduction. We go over the Amount, Radius, Detail, Masking, Luminance and Color sliders. |
 | Adobe Camera RAW - Lens Correction Tab
Adobe Camera RAW video tutorial. Fix chromatic aberrations, thin lines of color along the perimeter of a detail in an image. Also, fix or add a vignette to your image. |
 | Adobe Camera RAW - Recap - Workflow Example
Adobe Camera RAW video tutorial. The color correction workflow from the beginning. Open images from Bridge into ACR, set white balance, make adjustments starting with exposure, add any parametric or point curve presets, sharpen, synchronize certain settings and click do... |
 | Sepia In Adobe Camera RAW
Adobe Camera RAW video tutorial. Apply a sepia tone to your images using the split toning controls in ACR. |
 | Split Tones In Adobe Camera RAW
Adobe Camera RAW video tutorial. Using the split toning tab inside ACR is fun and easy, and will have you creating split tones in minutes. |
| RAW vs JPEG - color correcting
Why shoot RAW? Well, because it is much better if you need to color correct your images. This is a quick video where we color correct images that were shot in both RAW and JPEG in the camera. |
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| Photoshop - Black and White WorkshopThese videos go over how to turn images into B&W, Sepia or Split Tone.  | Black & White Workshop: Desaturation
Adobe Photoshop CS3 video tutorial. We take a closer look at what desaturating your image really does and why it's not a very good method of black and white conversion. |
| Black & White Workshop: Channel Mixer
Adobe Photoshop CS3 video tutorial. One of the most popular methods of black and white conversion, adjusting the individual channels in Channel Mixer is like shooting with red, green and blue filters. |
| The Big Bad Sepia Video
Adobe Photoshop CS3 video tutorial. Eight methods of applying a sepia tone to your digital images. |
| Sepia In Adobe Camera RAW
Adobe Camera RAW video tutorial. Apply a sepia tone to your images using the split toning controls in ACR. |
| Sepia Inside Of GIMP
GIMP video tutorial. Four methods of sepia toning in GIMP: color balance, colorize, gradient map, and solid color/color blend mode. |
| Split Tones In Photoshop CS3
Adobe Photoshop CS3 video tutorial. Three methods of appying split tones, different tones in the highlights and shadows, in Photoshop. Hue/Saturation adjustment layers, Hue/Saturation + Solid Color adjustment layers and Color Balance adjustment layers. |
| Split Tones In Adobe Camera RAW
Adobe Camera RAW video tutorial. Using the split toning tab inside ACR is fun and easy, and will have you creating split tones in minutes. |
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| Photoshop ShortcutsBelow are several shortcuts that will speed up your work in Photoshop if you take the time to memorize them. All of the shortcuts are listed in PC format, if you are on a Mac, CTRL is the Command key and Alt is the Option key. - Open document - CTRL O
- New document - CTRL N
- Save - CTRL S
- Save As - Shift CTRL S
- Close document - CTRL W
- Close program - CTRL Q
- Show Rulers - CTRL R
- Reset foreground / background colors to default - D
- Switch foreground / background colors - X
- Fill selection with foreground color - ALT Backspace
- Fill selection with background color - CTRL Backspace
- Duplicate layer - CTRL J
- Merge selected layers - CTRL E
- Undo - CTRL Z
- Undo by step - CTRL ALT Z
- Levels - CTRL + L
- Curves - CTRL + M
- Hue/Saturation - CTRL + U
- Desaturate - Shift + CTRL + U
- [ Decrease brush size
- ] Increase brush size
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| Top 5 ShortcutsOk, so the list above of shortcuts is pretty long... you don't even know where to start. Lets be honest, you aren't going to use them are you? If your answer is yes, you are really missing out! So lets start over and give you just 5 to memorize and then you can add to it as you go. - CTRL Z - Undo - you will use this relentlessly to undo the last thing you did. This is your best friend.
- CTRL ALT Z - Undo and then keep undoing. This simply just keeps walking backwards undoing things.
- [ and ] - ok this is a two-fer - the bracket keys increase and descrease the brush size of any brush related tool such as the clone stamp, eraser, healing brush, dodge and burn tools and of course the brush tool.
- CTRL J - duplicates a layer, or duplicates a selection and puts the selection on a new layer. Sounds weird, but is very useful. For example, open an image and immediatly press CTRL J to create a second copy on a new layer so you always have the original underneath.
- CTRL L - brings up the Levels dialog to adjust an image. Some people prefer the Curves dialog (CTRL M) but that is a little more complicated.
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