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As I mentioned in the Best Photoshop Tutorials Created in December, there were going to be a few changes about the types articles being published on Evolutionary Designs. For starters, I have started the Adobe Illustrator tutorials with a short beginner video tutorial series to help get everyone get introduced and up to date with the software, I have started sharing more free and premium design resources, and we are getting back into talking about SEO again. So make sure to check back. I am hoping to be able to create at least two articles maybe three a week.
For now, here is February’s collection of Photoshop tutorials. Enjoy!
The Photoshop Tutorial Collections
As with previous collections, we look for only the best Photoshop tutorials created each month. Not just a large collection of all the tutorials created during the month. There are plenty of other design sites doing that. At Evolutionary Designs, we choose to share only articles that are helpful to our readers or just plain cool.
If you are a Photoshop tutorial writer, start commenting on these articles so we can find your awesome tutorials, if they are what our readers are looking for, then we will share your articles. If you are looking for a place to create killer tutorials, we are excepting guest writers and staff writers to submit articles for publication. Please contact us for details!
The Best Photoshop Tutorials Created in February 2015
February had more Photoshop tutorials than the last few months. I counted at least 30 new ones. Out of those, I found 9 Photoshop tutorials that I wanted to add to February’s Photoshop tutorial collection. Most of those are quick and easy beginner tutorials with a few intermediate photo manipulation tutorials.
Note: Images used throughout this collection are previews from each tutorial. If you are the owner of these images or if you do not want your tutorial listed on any of our collections, please contact us and we can remove them.
Fashion Toning Using Photoshop’s Color Lookup Adjustment Layer
“You see color toning and film-look effects just about everywhere you look these days in fashion photography, and you can recreate this look using Photoshop’s built-in Color Lookup tables (they instantly remap the colors in your image to create some pretty cool color effects, inspired by the lookup tables used in movie making and video).” This is a great beginner tutorial by photographer Scott Kelby.
Fixing Gaps in Hair
“Retouching hair is one of the trickiest retouches, because the Clone Stamp tool and the Healing Brush tool usually give you pretty lame results. So, you usually have to move hair from one place to another to cover the problem, and this is one of the situations where you need to do just that—covering a gap in the hair caused by your subject’s position, or movement, or a fan, or one of the dozen things that cause a gap to appear temporarily and mess up your shot.” This is a great beginner tutorial by photographer Scott Kelby.
Easily Apply the Trendy Desaturated Skin Look in Photoshop
“This is just about the hottest Photoshop portrait technique out there right now, and you see it popping up everywhere, from covers of magazines to CD covers, from print ads to Hollywood movie posters, and from editorial images to billboards. It seems right now everybody wants this effect (and you’re about to be able to deliver it in roughly 60 seconds flat using the simplified method shown here!).” This is a great beginner tutorial by photographer Scott Kelby.
How to Add Fireworks to a Photo in Photoshop
“In this Photoshop tutorial I will explain to you how to add fireworks to a photo.” This is a beginner level tutorial.
Create Stone Face Wrapped by Tree Roots in Photoshop
“In this tutorial, I will show you the steps I took to create this Stone Face Wrapped by Tree Roots in Photoshop. This effect looks complicated but it’s in fact easy to create. You do need have some knowledge of image adjustments and layer blending.” This is an intermediate tutorials and applying the textures can be hard. There is a great tutorial video that shows you how to add the stone texture on the tutorial page.
How to Create a Dark Mysterious Hideout from a Rough Sketch
“Learn how to create a dark mysterious hideout in a rocky mountainous place in Photoshop. How will we find this tutorial useful? Well, I won’t brag about this tutorial, so I have to tell you that I won’t promise you special or sophisticated techniques used in this tutorial. However, by reading and following this tutorial, you will be amazed on how simple and essential techniques like blending, masking, color adjustments, basic painting and some others can be easily applied to create a nice scenic panorama.” The author created this as a beginner tutorial, but I feel this more beginner/intermediate tutorial that uses a several different images to complete the tutorial.
How to Create a Fantasy Photo Manipulation with Fire
“In this tutorial you will learn basics of Adobe Photoshop – using layers and basics of drawing – by making light and shadows in this photomanipulation. I will show you, how to work with perspective and how to use different layer styles. Sounds interesting? Read this tutorial and find out how easy it is!” This is an intermediate tutorial but if your Photoshop skills are strong this should be an easy tutorial. It just has a lot of steps.
Create a Dreamlike Photo Manipulation of an Emotional Girl with a Dramatic Lighting in Photoshop
“Learn how to this emotional photo manipulation of a girl in a dreamy background. In this tutorial you will learn how to create dramatic light effect, make motion in leaves, and create a focal point through lighting and elements. Beside that you will learn non destructive techniques that will help you work flow easier and efficient.” This is a beginner tutorial.
How to Create an Epic Scene of Alien Invasion in Photoshop
“Create a fragment of an epic scene of an alien invasion! In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a realistic landscape with the effects of battle and attacking aliens. You will learn interesting techniques, tricks and much more.” This is an intermediate tutorial.
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