21 Photoshop Tutorials For Learning Photo Manipulation

 A large collection of only the best top quality 100 design tutorials which will teach you how to use Photoshop in order to manipulate photography, this large reference point showcases every aspect which is essential for creating good photo manipulation with each tutorial having an awesome outcome.

1. How to Make a High-Impact Fashion Poster in Photoshop

In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to use shapes and other objects to create a unique fashion poster scene. Utilizing Adobe Photoshop shapes is an awesome means for improving your designs and they can easily be used without spending too much time on them. The results of using shapes can be completely different every time depending on various factors such as what shapes you use, how many you use, and how you apply them to your work.

2. Create an Abstract Cloud Jumper in Photoshop

In this tutorial, you’ll manipulate a photo with abstract elements to make it more interesting and active.

3. Create a fantasy-horror scene in Photoshop

You will use some of grunge textures to realize the background scene, several Photoshop filters to create light effects and we will turn the picture of an innocent child into a diabolic character. It will show you how the liquify filter can be used to modify face lineaments. Inspiration derives from horror movie posters design. Are you ready to enter in the dark horror world?

4. Make a Soft Grunge Product Ad Design in Photoshop

In this graphic design tutorial, you’ll create a poster with light grunge features centred around a Nike shoe. Graphics designers are often asked to work on advertisement campaigns. Great projects are realized in collaboration with several creative minds specialized in different matters, all under the direction of an art director.

5. Create a Magical Four Piece Stardust Composition

For whatever reason it is always fun to create composite images that use star fields as a backdrop. Star fields have a unique ability to make a composition look mysterious and even magical. In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a 4-piece stardust composition using textures and masks. Let’s get started!

6. Blend a Planet Transparently into a Photo Manipulation

In this tutorial It will show you how to use different blending modes to blend flying hairs easily and to make semi-transparent planet. I’ll also show you different techniques of adjustment to get the most realistic results in your photo manipulations!

7. How to Create Glass Transparency in a Cute Photo Manipulation

In this tutorial you’ll learn how to incorporate glass into your work. you’ll learn a good technique for incorporating glass transparency into photo manipulations, while placing a cute, pirate hamster on the high seas. Let’s start!

8. Design a Surreal Desert Scene in Photoshop

In this tutorial I will show you how to create a surreal time-themed photomanipulation using Photoshop. The name of this photomanipulation is “Time Guardian” and it was originally created by Mariusz Karasiewicz (aka FISHBOT1337). I want to take this opportunity to thank him for collaborating with me on this tutorial.

9. Downhill Bike Racer on Fire

Hi and welcome to PSDBURN! In this tutorial you will create flames on a bike racer. The idea for this tutorial came into my mind after I saw the Ghost Rider movie. Because the name of my new blog is PSDBURN, I thought that the first tutorial should be about creating fire. I hope you like it. I`ve got plenty more tutorials to publish here, so stay tuned.

10. Create a Devastating Twister With Photo Manipulation Techniques

If you’re looking to create a really nice photo manipulation, often you will have to combine several photos and apply a few effects to get your desired look. In today’s tutorial combine a few photos that I took while I was traveling to create a devastating tornado consuming everything in its path. Okay, let’s get started!

11. Create a Divine Angel Montage in Photoshop

In this tutorial It will show you how to create your own magic ball using Photoshop. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Becca for giving me permission to use one of her stock images to write this Photoshop tutorial.

12. Create a Vivid Themed Illustration Using Simple Hand-Drawn Elements

Drawn elements are certainly something that can enhance an illustration. Even if you’re not very good at drawing, you can still create a quality piece. All you need is a good idea and some Photoshop skills. And if you don’t believe me, you will definitely change your mind after reading this tutorial. So let’s take a look inside!

13. How to Make a Vector-Style Woman Composition

Vector graphics design is one of the leading styles for print magazines and in titling of movies right now. In this tutorial, we are going to cover the entire body of a woman with stock vector art by employing some of the basic tools and blending options in Adobe Photoshop.

15. Add Brilliant Light Effects to Your Work with Photoshop

In this tutorial, I’ll show you several super easy techniques for incorporating remarkable light effects to your work using Photoshop. You’ll need only 10 minutes to make your own set of abstract brushes (I’ll show you how) for use in enhancing your design projects. We will work with textures too—I’ll demonstrate how to give an interesting look to a human body using a grunge texture.

16. Create a Dark and Surreal Poster Using Your Own Portrait

n college, my instructors often give me projects where I reproduce the works of classic artists like Da Vinci and Goya. Trying to recreate classic works of art is a fantastic way to improve your skills, discover new ways of applying effects, and expand your artistic knowledge. However, when deriving influence from contemporary illustrators for professional work, it’s something to be careful about. Ultimately, working toward developing your own style should be your goal.

17. Avatar Photo Manipulation (Exclusive Tutorial)

This is a Photoshop tutorial showing you all the steps you need to take in order to photo-manipulate yourself into a Na’vi (based on the characters in James Cameron’s movie “Avatar”). I used Photoshop CS2 in order to create this, but newer and older versions should do the same, as I used basic Photoshop tools only. I hope you will find this helpful.

18. Design a Futuristic Athlete Graphic

Learn how to create a futuristic athlete graphic using a combination of layer masks, brushes, the pen tool and various blending options.

19. Fantastic Disintegration Effect inspired by Watchmen in Photoshop

In this tutorial It will show you how to create the disintegration effect using brushes and the blur filter. It’s really simple and you will be able to create nice designs using this sort of trendy style of effect.

20. Create frozen liquid effects

Sergio Vichique shows how you can bring the coolest of effects to your illustrations

21. How to Create a Dark Emotional Photo Manipulation

This is a tutorial with a simple idea: to create an emotional photo manipulation. Following this tutorial, you will learn how to blend different images to make a dark atmospheric background, modify the dress of the model, apply makeup, paint hair,  blend different objects in the background, and more – all to create a moody illustration. So, let’s start!