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Photoshop CS3 Tutorials
Easy | Moderate | Difficult Advanced Projects | Web Tools | Web 2.0 | Tools for Game Design or Just Fun
Here are several links to pages that will teach you how to use Adobe Photoshop CS3. These lessons/tutorials are designed to give the student a relatively complete set of Photoshop tools. It is suggested that you begin with the easiest lessons and work yourself through the rest. We have broken this page down into three different levels Easy, Moderate, and Difficult. The links contained under each sub-title are labled with a tag such as 'L5.' This tag is the relative level/difficulty of the lesson. There will be some lessons that will not be tagged, but are of particular interest and we have categorized them under: Advanced Projects, Web Tools, Web 2.0, and Tools for Game Design or Just Fun. You can assume that these lessons will be difficult, but they will be fun.
For those who cannot afford Photoshop, there is always Paint Shop Pro... many of the techniques below can be applied to PSP projects, and here is a page of PSP Links.
Here is the beginning of a student gallery of Photoshop work.
Easy
*** A Simple Layer Mask Things may seem to repeat, but this is the best way to master your new tool...Photoshop.
*** Five Great Background Masking Techniques Five tools to help you get started.
Creating and Duplicating Layers Must do in order to understand PS
*** Get Organized in Photoshop Learn to work efficiently
*** Creating and Duplicating a Layer Mask More tips for the beginner.
Creating Glass This is a great little exercise to learn how to use layers.
Building Accessable Menu Tabs Add some accessibility to your site.
Plastic Engraved Type L2
*** Brushed Metal Texture L2
*** Converting to BW L3 Photo
Glass Text L3
*** English Tea Can Painting L4
Beveled Steel L4
*** Persepective Grid L4
Warholesque Color L4
Realistic Spotlight Effect L4
*** Creating Starburst Glints of Light in Photoshop L5
Double Beveled Outlines L5
*** Chrome Effect L5
*** Screw Heads L5
*** Photoshop Alchemy: Apply Image L5
Rusted Type L5
Merging Drew and Bouguereau Combining Images
Creating Wood L5
Realistic Rock L5
*** Outline Text L5
*** Matrix Text L5Moderate
*** Superman 3D Extrude Text L6
*** Brick Wall/Layer L6
Reflective Liquid Type L6
The Channel-Bevel Trick L7
Cast Shadow in Photoshop L7
*** 3D Effect Using Channels L7
Graffiti in Photoshop L7
Make a Cone L7
Interfaces and Basic Shapes in 3D L7
Original Gangsta Bling Diamonds L7
*** Realistic Microphone in Photoshop L7
Wrapping Objects with Displacement Maps L7
Segmented Tubes L7Difficult
*** Chrome Cherries L7
Anime Beads L7/8
Kiosk Orbs L8
Realistic Rope in Photoshop L8
*** Golf Ball L8Advanced Projects
Not necessarily hard, but requiring a lot of time.
Using Vector Designs & Customizing Text in Photoshop
Airbrushing an Image in Photoshop or PaintShopPro
Build a Mercator
Using Vector Designs & Customizing Text
Morning DrinkWeb Tools
Web Design Pages Here you can get a very comprehensive listing of pages dealing with Web Design, and Graphic Design.
*** Design a Website In Photoshop
*** Turning A Sliced Image Into An HTML Webpage
*** Making a Web Photo Gallery
Integrating PS with Fireworks
*** Website Design Mockup Tips Using Photoshop
*** Web 2.o Design Kit for PhotoshopWeb 2.0
Web Candy Like Badge
Web Content Box
Web 2.0 Text
Web 2.0 Badge
Web 2.0 Graphic Element
Web 2.0 Button
Web 2.0 Button II
Create for Web Web effectsTools for Game Design or Just for Fun
Modern Ruins This can be an excellent tool for creating backgrounds for games.
Chocolatized Skull They use chocaolate here, but the concept would do wonders for the game designer
Zombifying Mandy Moore Well, you need to learn to make a zombie sometime...might as well start with Ms. Moore.
Smoking with Photoshop Smoke, mist, clouds, fog..construct and then animate.
Turning People Into Statues Again, here are the tools to create...now you just need to animate.
The Making of a Robotic Frog
Kristin Kreuk as a real Manga Gal! Fun!
Laser and Shiny Things Bring the laser sword to life.
Fire in the Night Yes, you may play with fire here
Create a Cyborgenic Leopard This is a tough one!
Faceswapping
How to Create Rain
Fattening Folks
3D Water Scapes
Zebraceros
Worm Hole
Busted
Jemima Phobia
Devil's Eye
The Making of Secret Pond
Creating a Sketched or Painted Effect
How I Draw Hair
How to Open a Fixed (sized) Window
Honey Covered Objects
Making Blend and Blur Effects
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