Graphics Image Editing How-Tos

Give Portrait Photos the Spa Treatment

Discover the secrets of beautiful young skin, bright white teeth, and a great complexion. Of course, it's all done with advanced layering techniques in Photoshop CS4.

Combine Image Creatively in Photoshop

Learn how to collage images in Photoshop CS2, CS3, and CS4.

Photoshop Crop Tool Tutorial

Since the first daguerreotype, photographers have cropped their images to hone in on the details that matter most. The crop tool does that, as well as straighten and more.

Prep and Color Scanned Drawings in Photoshop

Matthew Richmond of The Chopping Block shares his expertise -- and a Photoshop Action -- in this free tutorial.

Composite Unique Landscapes in Photoshop

Learn how to create a surreal landscape scene by blending or merging multiple stock photos in Adobe Photoshop CS4.

Edit Colors Independently in Photoshop

Shift one range of colors without affecting other colors. You may not even need a selection or mask!

Draw Paths with Photoshop's Pen Tool

It might seem odd to find vector-drawing tools in a pixel-pushing program like Photoshop, but once you understand it, you'll turn to it often. Use the Pen tool to draw clean, controllable shapes and paths; to cut out something from a photograph's background; and to create shapes that upscale without distortion.

Combine Illustrator Patterns with Photoshop Masks for Instant Visual Appeal

With this technique, you can create eye-catching imagery without fancy plug-ins or big stock photo budgets.

Get to Know Photoshop's Pen Tool

Experts use Photoshop's Pen Tool to get the best selections for difficult masking job. Easy? No. Best? Usually!

Create Gradient Watermarks with Photoshop

Subtle watermarks not only discourage thieves from snagging your online images, but they can also promote your name without intruding too much on your photographs.

Shooting Photographs for the Web

Photos that look great as large prints can shrink into muddled, fuzzy messes when viewed on a computer monitor or, worse, a mobile phone. Here's how to compose, shoot, and process your images so they work well on the small screen.

Combine Images Quickly in Photoshop

In one easy-to-swallow video, you'll learn how to use Photoshop's simple yet powerful Paste Into Command to merge two images.

Create an Artificial HDR Effect in Photoshop

True high-dynamic-range photography requires multiple shots of the same image with different exposures. But with this technique, you can create HDR-like effects even if you had time to take only photo!

Clipping Drop Shadows in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign

Learn how to create an object with both a transparent fill and a drop shadow in three major software programs.

Creating Sharp Images: The Big Picture

To get sharper photos, you just apply the right sharpening settings in Photoshop and you’re done, right? Not quite. To create consistently sharp pictures, pay attention to important factors at every step of your photographic workflow -- especially steps that affect image contrast.

Get that Tilt-Shift Look without the Lens

Use software to easily simulate shallow depth of field and make scene looks more like toy models than real landscapes.

Easy Yet Advanced Masking Selections in Photoshop

Learn how to use Photoshop CS4's Color Range tools to get more subtle, refined, and targeted selections when creating masks.

Add Drama to Photos with Lightroom’s Graduated Filter

In this tutorial, you'll control the lightness of foreground and background elements in landscape photos using the Graduated Filter tool and the Adjustment brush. The results are nothing less than striking.

Photoshop Tutorial: Create a Smart Object Photo Template

Follow a few easy steps to make s smart object that converts a color image to black and white, gives it a sepia tint, and adds a vignette. Then use what you've learned to create limitless smart effects!

Get Selective in Camera Raw

Adobe's Camera Raw software is an amazing tool for improving your photographs. Using features such as the Adjustments Brush and the Graduated Filter, you can quickly turn a photo from "eh" to "ooh!"