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.

All Photo Manipulation tutorials:

  1. Manipulate a Portrait Photo to Create a Splatter Paint Effect

    Manipulate a Portrait Photo to Create a Splatter Paint Effect

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial, I will show you how to manipulate a portrait photo to create a splatter paint and drip effect in Photoshop. This tutorial will cover many...

  2. How to Restore a Heavily Damaged Photo With Photoshop

    How to Restore a Heavily Damaged Photo With Photoshop

    Tutorial Intermediate

    While Photoshop is a great tool to enhance or modify digital images, it is also a fantastic application to repair or restore photographs damaged by the...

  3. Use Retouching Techniques to Create a Caricature From a Photo

    Use Retouching Techniques to Create a Caricature From a Photo

    Tutorial Advanced

    Photoshop includes some powerful tools to help you manipulate photos. In this tutorial, we will show you how to create a caricature portrait from a photo...

  4. How to Quickly Isolate Product Photos Using Lightroom and Photoshop

    How to Quickly Isolate Product Photos Using Lightroom and Photoshop

    Tutorial Beginner

    Over the years, I have spent quite a bit of time experimenting with product photography; sometimes more successfully than others. While I spend my days...

  5. Quick Tip: Create Light Leaks and Lomo Effects Using Actions in Photoshop

    Quick Tip: Create Light Leaks and Lomo Effects Using Actions in Photoshop

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this quick tip tutorial, we will explain how to create light leaks and lomo effects for you photos using actions in Photoshop. Let's get started!

  6. How to Create a Flaming Photo Manipulation

    How to Create a Flaming Photo Manipulation

    Tutorial Advanced

    In this tutorial, we'll manipulate a picture so it looks like a woman burning in flames. The idea behind this manipulation was to create a nice looking...

  7. How To Remove a Person From a Photo in Photoshop Using Content Aware Fill

    How To Remove a Person From a Photo in Photoshop Using Content Aware Fill

    Tutorial Beginner

    Learn how to easily remove unwanted objects in Photoshop using the Content Aware Fill tool. We'll also share some top Photoshop actions to speed up the process.

  8. Manipulate Smoke to Create Hyper-Real Images

    Manipulate Smoke to Create Hyper-Real Images

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Learn to apply the Warp Tool effectively and a few other tricks to make smoke look like a skull. This technique has a variety of outcomes and works well with...

  9. How to Make a Dark, Post-Apocalyptic City Illustration

    How to Make a Dark, Post-Apocalyptic City Illustration

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial, we'll change a full of sunshine, ordinary photograph into a gloomy image of the world after destruction of mankind. Using simple tools,...

  10. How to Mold Paint Splatter to a Face in Photoshop

    How to Mold Paint Splatter to a Face in Photoshop

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial, we'll learn how to take splattered paint Photoshop brushes and apply them to the contours of a model's face. This is a relatively simple...

  11. Super Fast and Easy Facial Retouching

    Super Fast and Easy Facial Retouching

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial, I will show you how to repair some image noise from a low-quality shot, and I will show you an extremely quick and easy way to smooth out a...