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Photoshop is an incredible tool for graphic design, but there is certainly a lot to learn for new designers, and there's always more to master for those who are already experienced. If you're currently working as a designer and looking to improve your skills, you probably find that time is a major constraint to improving your abilities. If so, you'll need to develop a plan to improve your skills step-by-step in the time that you have available. If you're an aspiring designer, you may have no idea where to start in order to achieve the level of success of some of the Photoshop masters that we see online. In this, article we'll look at ten steps you can take to progressively build your skills using resources that are readily available. 1. Follow Tutorials Psdtuts+ is obviously focused on providing excellent quality tutorials for readers. Like Psdtuts+, there are a growing number of other websites and blogs that regularly publish Photoshop tutorials. A...

These helpful layer mask tips will help to streamline your digital art workflow. As any beginner Photoshop tutorial will tell you, layer masks are one of the most fundamental parts of the software. Without them your work is sure to look flat. To help you work more quickly and easily with layer masks, we've put together this list of seven tips and shortcuts. 01. Painting on masks While painting on masks with the Brush Tool, press D to set colours to black and white; black hides, white reveals. Press X to flip between the two. 02. Add a full mask Alt-click the Add Mask icon in the Layers Panel for a black mask that completely hides the layer (or highlight a white mask thumbnail and press Cmd/Ctrl+I to invert it to black). 03. View a mask You can Alt-click a layer mask thumbnail to toggle a view on or off that shows the layer mask instead of the image. The 10 best free Photoshop brushes 04. Paint with Overlay When you’re painting in white or black on a m...

Whether you're using an older version of Photoshop or have joined Creative Cloud, grab the free Photoshop brush downloads below and start adding amazing design flourishes to your work. Painterly brushes 01. Spray paint Creative Nerds is offering this spray paint effect Photoshop brush set completely free. The pack includes four high-res brushes (2500px each). Use them to add a distressed effect to your paintings. Restrictions: No redistribution. 02. Furry watercolour brush If you're looking to create a soft, hazy aesthetic in your work, try this free Photoshop brush from Heygrey. It is described as a 'furry watercolour brush', and the creator suggests using it to create hazy backgrounds. We're especially impressed with the realistic watercolour effect that has been achieved here. Limitations: None 03. Real markers Perfect for fashion illustrations, industrial design and storyboarding, this set of 12 free brushes by Eilert Janßen enable...

This is the second tutorial for Photoshop beginners. I’ll explain in depth those features that can result difficult to understand for a newbi. At the end of the course you’ll be able to follow any kind of tutorial without problems and to start creating your first masterpieces. Today I’ll show you how to use one of the most powerful Photoshop tools: the pen tool. After decided to start this series of tutorials, I had no doubt about the first topic to face. The pen tool is a fundamental tool. Even if it is one of the most painful things to learn, but once learned you will ask yourself how could you have made without. Getting started with the pen tool Create a new document in Photoshop with a white background. Switch your foreground color to a nice blue. Grab the pen tool by selecting it from the tool bar on the left and start randomly clicking over the canvas. This is one of the basic functions of the pen tool. You can use it to create shapes. Notice in the image above that t...