Susie’s Thoughts

This tutorial was originally created in Finnish and therefore the picture names are in Finnish. The instructions are in English though.

Part 1

In this part you will learn how to

1. Remove a background with the Magic Eraser Tool
2. Select a part of an image with the Magnetic Lasso Tool
3. Copy an image to a new layer by pressing keys CTRL + J

Save kuva2.jpg and open it in Photoshop. Erase
the background with the Magic Eraser Tool.

Instructions for Part 1

Part 2

In this part you will learn how to

1. Select a background with the Magic Wand Tool
2. Invert a selection (Select -> Inverse or SHIFT + CTRL + I)
3. Copy an image from one file to another
4. Scale an image
5. Change the order of layers
6. Use the Overlay Blend Mode
7. Change the opacity and fill settings for a layer
8. Use the Graphic Pen filter
9. Create an adjustment layer
10. Pick a color from a part of the image
11. Add a Drop shadow

Save kuva1.jpg and open it in Photoshop.
Select the background with the Magic Wand Tool.

Instructions for Part 2

Part 3

In this part you will learn how to

1. Copy an image from one file to another
2. Invert the colors in an image
3. Use an adjustment layer
4. Change the opacity of a layer

Save kuva3.jpg and open it in Photoshop.

Instructions for Part 3

Part 4

In this part you will learn how to

1. Create an elliptical path
2. Add text to a path

Instructions for Part 4

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 A tutorial showing how to use the Color Range selection tool in Photoshop.

You need to have the flash player installed on your computer to be able to view the tutorial.

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In this exercise we will create a 15 cm * 15 cm sized image and we will use a part of the image as an effect in some text.

In this tutorial you will learn how to:

1. Change the image size with the Crop tool
2. Change the Document size in the Canvas size window
3. Unlock the background layer
4. Open the Styles palette
5. Open the Photographic Effects style gallery
6. Use the style Sepia Tone
7. Use the Eyedropper tool
8. Use the Gradient tool
9. Horizontal Type Mask
10. Character palette
11. Create text with an image inside
12. Outer Glow layer style

Instructions (Opens up in new window)

In this tutorial you will learn how to:

1. Resize with the Crop Tool
2. Copy the image to a new layer with keys CTRL + J
3. Desaturate an image
4. Zoom in with keys CTRL and + (plus)
5. Zoom out with keys CTRL and - (minus)
6. Add a Layer Mask
7. Paint a Layer Mask

Instructions (opens up in a new window)

Photoshop Out-of-Bounds tutorial (opens up in new window)