Learn Photoshop Easily by manipulation, Retouching & Effects

Learn how to manage Photoshop panels by arranging windows, activating the actions and history windows, and resetting the essentials workspace for a consistent setup across versions.

Explore four main sections, navigate the main area and toolbar, access tool subsections by right-clicking tools, view properties, and customize the panels in the window area.

Explore how layers in Photoshop determine visibility and stacking order, including normal and adjustment layers, opacity, and the effects of black on white and contrast adjustments.

Master essential Photoshop tools for moving, selecting, and retouching, move tool, marquee tools, quick selection, magic wand, eyedropper, healing brush, clone stamp, and magic eraser.

Open an image, zoom in or out, and pan with shortcuts and the left mouse button, then resize a circular profile picture to a square to keep the focus.

Learn to crop in Photoshop using the toolbar or shortcut C, select the square crop, and align the subject with the rule of thirds lines for balanced composition.

Learn brush basics in Photoshop by selecting the brush tool, setting black foreground, and adjusting size, hardness, and opacity. Use the history panel and undo shortcuts to refine edits.

Learn to retouch faces in Photoshop using the clone stamp tool, adjusting brush size, hardness 25%, and opacity 100%, sampling from nearby skin to remove marks and moles.

Use the liquify tool to resize the face and body, using the size option and the filter's special toolbar to adjust the nose, eyes, and smile in phase two.

Learn to adjust lighting and colors in Photoshop by duplicating a layer, converting the copy to a smart object, and opening it in the Camera Raw workflow for edits.

Learn how to enhance photos in Camera Raw by adjusting temperature, exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, clarity, and color saturation; apply vibrance and post-crop effects to create bold, polished results.

Learn how converting to a smart object preserves edits while allowing you to deactivate changes with a mask, and adjust foreground and background colors with a brush to control tones.

Use the quick selection tool to select the subject, feather edges, merge visible layers, convert the background to a normal layer, and adjust hardness to 50% and 70%.

Master the lens flare effect in Photoshop by applying the filter render lens flare, adjusting exposure and crop, and saving the image in jpg format for a polished profile photo.

Learn how to add or remove objects in Photoshop by sampling from surrounding areas with a soft brush, setting opacity to 100 percent, and adjusting hardness.

Explore HSL adjustments and grayscale in Camera Raw to change hue and saturation, and understand how lowering saturation shifts colors toward grayscale while tweaking luminance across the color spectrum.

Cut out the subject from its background in Photoshop using the Quick Selection Tool and refine edges with adjustable brush size.

Adjust lighting and color with selective color edits to shift greens to yellow and yellow to orange and red, then remove color from subject with a 15% opacity razor brush.

Master realistic background blur in Photoshop by applying the tilt-shift filter from the filter panel, adjusting control points to balance front and back areas for a natural look.

Learn how to quickly change clothing color in photoshop by selecting the subject, converting to smart objects, applying color adjustments, and refining with a mask and brush for precise results.

Learn to use masks in Photoshop to apply makeup, adjust lip color with hue/saturation, invert masks, and refine changes with white and black brushes.

Prepare the photo for retouching by cleaning the skin, removing marks and moles with the clone tool and soft brush, then apply liquify to create a natural smile.

Create two Photoshop actions to automate skin retouching, using high-pass filters, linear light, levels adjustments, clipping masks, and duplicates to streamline a professional workflow.

Apply masks and a soft-edged brush to retouch skin in Photoshop, adjusting opacity to smooth the nose area and alter texture for a cleaner, natural look.

Learn to prepare face makeup in Photoshop by merging layers and applying six targeted saturation adjustments to lips, cheeks, eyes, eye shadows, hair, and brighten eyes using masks.

Learn to retouch portraits in Photoshop by applying makeup with soft-edged brushes, adjusting opacity, and layering to color cheeks, eyes, and eye shadows, then fine-tune with adjustment layers.

Learn to create a portrait by combining two photos in Photoshop. Use quick selection tool to cut out the subject, remove the background, and apply colors, retouch, makeup, and effects.

Create and manage layers by dragging a portrait onto a background and aligning it. Resize with control T, constrain with shift, and apply a mask to isolate the subject.

move layers to create relations, aligning rocks with leaves and replacing the beard with trees; duplicate layers, set the blend mode to multiply, toggle visibility, and edit or delete masks.

Duplicate a layer, apply gaussian blur, and adjust opacity to about 60-65 to create a black-and-white portrait; use masks, brush black, and refine hue/saturation.

Unlock the background layer, resize with ctrl+t, decrease color saturation to about 30, and brighten slightly, then duplicate the layer and move the copy to the right to begin manipulation.

Move the layer, select and set a mask, merge two layers to combine pictures, mask with a black brush, adjust opacity, and refine with rectangular marquee and polygon lasso tools.

Learn Photoshop techniques for selection, masking, color adjustments, clipping masks, and exposure adjustments across layers.

Practice quick selection, masking, and exposure adjustments in Photoshop to refine layers and brighten edges, using black and white brushes, clipping masks, and curves.

Create leaf details on a tree by drawing on a new layer with the pen, duplicating and merging layers, and refining lighting with exposure and mask adjustments.

Remove unwanted parts from the image and arrange elements by moving layers behind others. Copy, place, and group the new layers by shift-selecting and pressing Ctrl+G to organize the composition.

Bring in a cut-out subject, resize it, apply an exposure adjustment layer with clipping mask, invert the mask, brush to reveal and lighten areas, then add a levels adjustment layer.

Add a drop shadow to a photo element using layer options, transform with ctrl+T, and adjust opacity (around 35% or less) while erasing edges and applying gradient for placement.

Create a sun flare in Photoshop by applying adjustment layers, masks, and brushes, adjusting opacity and gradients, adding noise, and blending with screen mode to enhance lighting.

Develop final effects in Photoshop by adjusting exposure, applying gradients, refining colors, and using layers with soft light blending and high pass adjustments.