Photoshop Tutorials

How to Create a Floral Typography Text Effect in Photoshop Typography, the art form of arranging text to make an appealing piece of artwork, is often forgotten but quite beautiful.  I love to use Photoshop which make...

How to Make a Diptych in Photoshop Here is a quick method for creating a two image collage (aka a "diptych") in Photoshop.  You can easily add as many images as you would like using this same method, but for this tut...

How to Apply Leaf Overlays in Photoshop In this tutorial, I will show you how to easily add beautiful Autumn leaves to your images in Photoshop using Pretty Action's Falling Leaves Overlays & Action Collection to...

Understanding the Histogram in Photoshop Have you ever wondered how to read the histogram in Photoshop, and how you can use the information it is providing you?  In this tutorial, we will give you the basics of the h...

How to Use the Patch Tool & Smart Blur Filter to Retouch Skin There are many tools you can use to retouch skin in Photoshop.  Two of my favorites are the Patch Tool and the Smart Blur Filter that will not only sp...

How to Use Selective Color in Photoshop When you hear the words "selective" and "color" side by side, you may get a little bit nervous, but I promise you I am not talking about the 1990's selective color photography ...

How to Whiten Teeth in Photoshop This tutorial will show you how to whiten teeth in Photoshop.  There are several ways to do this, but my preferred way to whiten teeth uses a combination of three adjustment layers in...

How to Increase Contrast in Photoshop If you want to add contrast to an image in Photoshop, there are several ways you can do so, and in this tutorial we will show you all 4 different methods. Let's start with the qu...

How to Replace Color in Photoshop October and November are my favorite months of the year here in the Southeastern U.S.!  The heat and humidity have finally vanished, and I can get outdoors with my camera, without fe...

What are Photoshop Actions? Photoshop Actions are a series of steps recorded by a creator, which can then be replayed and applied to images over and over without having to repeat every step.  They are a huge time sav...

How to Edit An Image in Photoshop Photography has been around since the 1800's.  It was a way for people to capture moments within history and has evolved from only black and white photos all the way to our newest di...

Editing Newborn Photos in Photoshop Come learn how to edit newborns in Photoshop and how to use some incredible newborn actions to make your job easier!  We're so excited to share these helpful tips to edit newborn p...

How to Change a Blanket Color in Photoshop Today I'm going to show you some handy tips for using the Change Blanket Color Action that's included in the Pretty Actions Luxe Newborn Complete Workflow Collection for Pho...

How to Use Photoshop Blanket Brushes for Newborn Editing It's super easy to give your newborn images a beautiful and professional polished look using the five different blanket brushes that are included in the Pretty...

What is Photoshop's Lasso Tool? The lasso tool is one of several selection tools used in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements and is great to use when you need to select of a particular area of your image.  The Photoshop...

Basics of Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) This post is an introduction to editing RAW files in Adobe Camera Raw (often referred to as ACR), and assumes that you have a working knowledge of the difference between RAW and JPEG ...

How to Use the Photoshop Marquee Tool Today we will be taking a look at how to make selections with the Marquee tool in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements.  To illustrate the marquee tool, I am going to focus on making...

How to Quickly Blur the Edges of Your Image in Photoshop Have you ever wondered how to blur the edges of your image in Photoshop to enhance the depth of field around the subject of your image? The beautiful Pretty Ac...

Photoshop Curves Tutorial Many new Photoshop users don't know where to start when it comes to learning the basics of the program.  While Photoshop is quite complicated, it doesn't need to take years to become comfort...

How to Apply Sky Overlays in Photoshop Who wants to learn about the truly magical Pretty Actions Photoshop Sky Applicator actions and see them in action? Who wants to see the beautiful Sky Overlays you can use to rep...