An Idiot’s Guide To Photoshop: Part 1

Photoshop can be quite difficult, if you throw yourself at it without preparation. You’ve probably got no clue how everyone gets that wizardry done!

This guide starts right at the very bottom, assuming no knowledge at all, and walks you through all basic aspects in 30 illustrated pages.

Among other things it shows you how to cut out items, remove the background from the image, make an image black and white, adding a fake tattoo, whiten teeth with the dodge tool, remove red eyes and more.

(update: We have now completed and published the Part 2 for this guide. Get it here.)

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  • Agent047 December 21, 2011

    Thanks a ton !!!

  • facebook likes service December 26, 2011

    love it,thanks!

  • Dav532000 January 1, 2012

    Hi
    I missed the giveaway codes for this and part two could you please e-mail them to me.

    Thanks Dave.

  • Ceridataff January 14, 2012

    can anyone help me, I can’t download this, can’t work it out help!

    • Tina January 15, 2012

      Ceridataff,

      did you follow the instructions? Did both of them fail? What happened? Meanwhile, I have emailed you a link to the manual.

  • Pkadreeva February 6, 2012

    Fantastic help! Thank you a lot

  • YeremiYAH Ben Ysrayl February 27, 2012

    Thank you so much…

  • Pmillard February 27, 2012

    I’m getting a Security Alert trying to download Part 1…should I be concerned??

    • Aibek February 29, 2012

      What program shows the security Alert?
      Could you please take a screenshot of it and add it here in comments. No worries, it’s a false positive (does happen once in a while).

  • Agota February 28, 2012

    Hi,
    I have Part2 & Part3, thanx a lot! But… when I’m trying download Part1, I always get Part3. Could you send me the Part1? Please, please, please…

    • jhpot February 28, 2012

      The above is part 1, but I’ll send you the file over email.

  • Pamillard2 February 28, 2012

    I have Part II and Part III but can’t seem to download Part I….can anyone please send me Part I? Thanks so much!

    • Tina February 28, 2012

      As Justin said, the above is Part 1. Can you not download it?

  • Thom Peterson March 1, 2012

    I feel my frustrations coming to an end

    • Aibek March 3, 2012

      Hey Thom,

      i am taking that you were able to download all three guides. Did you find them useful?

      Aibek

  • Rsuleman March 2, 2012

    I am already a member of the mailing list.
    I do not find any reminder that was sent out with any newsletters.
    How can I get the password, then?

    • Tina March 2, 2012

      You can re-enter your email address in the newsletter signup field. If that email address was registered, you will be directed to a page that shows the current password.

  • sacha March 8, 2012

    hi
    Do you have a version for mac?

    • jhpot March 9, 2012

      Not specifically, but everything is pretty much the same: just the keyboard shortcuts differ slightly.

  • am April 11, 2012

    i cannot download this either – sorry to add to the stream of similar comments, help? thanks

  • charmian May 17, 2012

    this is what ive been looking for

  • char May 17, 2012

    thanks heaps