Free Photo Manipulation Tutorials and Courses

Transform your photos into works of art. Follow our photo manipulation tutorials and get detailed step-by-step instructions on creative compositing.
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  1. Harness the Elements: Paint Liquid Water in All Its Forms

    Harness the Elements: Paint Liquid Water in All Its Forms

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Following on from our previous tutorial on frozen water, now you'll learn how to render liquid water in many forms—drops, lakes, puddles, rain, and...

  2. How to Create Realistic Water Drop Reflections in Adobe Photoshop

    How to Create Realistic Water Drop Reflections in Adobe Photoshop

    Tutorial • Beginner

    In this tutorial you'll learn how to use the custom water drop brushes to create a realistic photo manipulation of rain drops on a window.

  3. Harness the Elements: Paint Frozen Water in All Its Forms

    Harness the Elements: Paint Frozen Water in All Its Forms

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Learn how to create icicles, falling and lying snow, frost, ice, and hail in Adobe Photoshop without carefully painting them. Learn a whole bunch of useful...

  4. Create a Spooky Forest Setting in Adobe Photoshop

    Create a Spooky Forest Setting in Adobe Photoshop

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Fall is the season in which even the most unassuming settings can take on an air of creepiness. It doesn't help when the setting starts out as rather...

  5. How to Create an Exploding Planet in Adobe Photoshop

    How to Create an Exploding Planet in Adobe Photoshop

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    This tutorial will teach you how to create a cracked and exploding planet. All super villains wish for a weapon capable of destroying a planet. We have one...

  6. Create Unique Rust and Distress Effects in Adobe Photoshop

    Create Unique Rust and Distress Effects in Adobe Photoshop

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Learn how to create and use realistic rust and scratch effects in this excerpt from the Advanced Photo Manipulation: Movie Poster Effects course.

  7. Quick Tip: Using the Path Blur and Spin Blur in Photoshop CC 2014

    Quick Tip: Using the Path Blur and Spin Blur in Photoshop CC 2014

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Use the new Blur Filters in Photoshop CC's 2014 release to create interesting effects.

  8. How to Use Focus Area Selection in Adobe Photoshop

    How to Use Focus Area Selection in Adobe Photoshop

    Tutorial • Beginner

    In June of 2014, Adobe released it's largest update to Photoshop since migrating to the Creative Cloud subscription model. Today, we're looking at using the...

  9. Create an Epic Godzilla-Inspired Movie Poster in Adobe Photoshop

    Create an Epic Godzilla-Inspired Movie Poster in Adobe Photoshop

    Tutorial • Advanced

    Create a Godzilla-inspired movie poster in Adobe Photoshop.

  10. Transform a Photo into a LEGO Block Piece of Art in Adobe Photoshop

    Transform a Photo into a LEGO Block Piece of Art in Adobe Photoshop

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Use Adobe Photoshop to build a LEGO version of a photo. Use some clever filters and shadowing techniques to easily create the appearance of building a photo...

  11. Illustrate a Dramatic, Feather-Infused Portrait in Adobe Photoshop

    Illustrate a Dramatic, Feather-Infused Portrait in Adobe Photoshop

    Tutorial • Advanced

    Anna Dittmann guides you through her digital painting process using Adobe Photoshop techniques to create an eerie, textured portrait.

  12. How to Use Pixelmator's Liquify Tools to Make an Eye Popping Portrait

    How to Use Pixelmator's Liquify Tools to Make an Eye Popping Portrait

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Pixelmator is an easy-to-use, fast, and powerful image editing app for the Mac. In this tutorial, I will show you how to use the Liquify Tools in Pixelmator....

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