Comments on: 10 Must-know Introductory Photoshop Skills For Beginner Photographer

By: riple

riple — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:17:39 +0000

nice tutorial for beginner like me

By: Bakari

Bakari — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:38:29 +0000

D, itâ€™s not easy at first, but if you commit to working in Photoshop on a regular basis, and try all kinds of tutorials, the basic techniques will not be that difficult. Thanks for your feedback.

By: d

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:10:06 +0000

Great effect. You make it look so easy. Thank you.

By: ripleonline

ripleonline — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:15:12 +0000

It really help me. I want to make a better image for my website. thanks

By: Robert M

Robert M — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:39:53 +0000

One should also get comfortable with using smart objects. If you’re gonna use a photo within another project, converting a layer into a smart object first will allow you to apply filters and shrink the layer without destroying the quality.

It may be more of a intermediate skill but worth knowing.

Also, this keyboard shortcut allows you to select all the highlights of a picture; “Ctrl + Alt + ~ “

By: khanh nguyen

khanh nguyen — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:43:57 +0000

Very informative. Thank you.

By: Brannon

Brannon — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:38:30 +0000

Nice tutorial and very well written. I’ve been a user for a while and had never considered bordering that way. Thanks!

By: Abbey Hesser

Abbey Hesser — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:12:05 +0000

Great beginners tips!! Thanks for that!! New to Photoshop and in need of a starting point. This definitely helped!

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:34:03 +0000

If you duplicate the layer, you’re doubling the size of the file. You can do much of the same thing without significantly increasing the size of the files by using layers adjustments rather than two layers. CS4 makes it easier to do, but CS3 is just find for that kind of thing.

If you need to edit (clone, spot, etc.) a part of a file, select that part of the file and create the adjustment layer and only the relevant data for that area of the file will be copied to the new adjustment layer.

It’s better to never throw away the originals. Especially if you’re not using RAW to start with, or you are generating jpeg files as the end file format. You can never go back if you don’t have the original.

By: Bakari Chavanu

Bakari Chavanu — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:15:02 +0000

Thanks for the tip, derFrankie.

By: 1fastbullet

1fastbullet — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:05:56 +0000

How do I get her clothes off and see what’s underneath?

By: derFrankie

derFrankie — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:13:26 +0000

Nice write up – but for the PSD-Non PSD Part I would recommend going to http://dpbestflow.org/ and follow their guidelines.

In short. For further compatibility and archiving go for TIFF or DNG (if you are comming from RAW Files).

And if you come from RAW Files you do your colour correction etc. in Camera Raw or Lightroom anyway.

By: alhasib

alhasib — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:07:14 +0000

Very nice post and easy to follow. I use Photoshop all the time, but it’s nice to have a basic refresher course once in a while.