Image Editing Tutorials

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Here are some handy image editing techniques using Adobe Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, although users of other image editing programs such as PhotoImpact, Paint Shop Pro and GIMP will also find them useful. Most of these links go to TrustedReviews, while others are pages on this site.

Clicking on the thumbnails in some of the tutorials will load up full-sized screenshots and sample pictures, most of which are well over 200kb in size. If you're using a 56k dial-up connection these may take a long time to download. Seriously, get broadband already. It's so much better.

Adjusting Colour Curves Pt. 1

Adjusting Colour Curves Pt. 2 

The most versatile way to adjust tone and colour balance in your digital photographs.

Radial Blur

Add a sense of movement to your action pics with this easy technique

Adding Motion Blur

Add a sense of movement to action pics.

Selective Monochrome

It's an over-used effect, but when it's done right it still looks great

Correcting Lens Distortion

Embarrassed by the poor quality of your optics? Help is at hand.

Focal Plane Effects

Make everyday objects look like tiny, highly detailed models using this simple editing trick.

Realistic Film Grain

Recreate that classic grainy black-and-white look.

Organising Your Pictures

Use Adobe Bridge to organise and search your photo collection using keywords.

Sharpening

Why we need sharpening, and how to apply Unsharp Mask to improve your photos

The Patch Tool

Use this versatile tool to re-touch larger areas than the Healing Brush.

Vignetting

Create a soft border for your romantic portraits. This tutorial uses Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2.

The Healing Brush

Use Photoshop's Healing Brush, and a couple of other simple techniques, to hide the signs of ageing in your portrait photos.

Correcting White Balance

Correct colour casts in your non-flash photos caused by artificial lighting.

Match Colours

What if an apple was the colour of an orange? Would we call the colour apple, or would we call the fruit orange?

Gradient filter

Add dark and stormy skies using the gradient tool.

Batch Processing

Speed up repetitive tasks by using Photoshop's automatic processes.

Make your own greetings cards

Run out of ideas for original birthday gifts? Why not make a personalised card?

Sepia toning

Apparently everything in the past was brown, so give your photos that authentic historic feel by adding sepia toning.

Correcting tilts in Photoshop

Correcting a tilted horizon

Tired of leaning buildings and sloping seas? Here's how to straighten them up. These two tutorials are very similar, but one is from TR while the other is hosted here.

Photo printing pt. 1

Photo printing pt. 2

A two-part tutorial on how to make perfect photo prints on a domestic inkjet printer.

Adjusting exposure

Shadows too dark or highlights too bright? Here's how to correct exposure problems.

Dodging and Burning

Selectively lighten or darken areas of your picture by using Photoshop's Dodge and Burn tools.

Monochrome from colour

Converting to monochrome

Turn your colour photos into black and white while keeping control of tone.

Basic portrait retouching

Improving skin tone, eye colour and other details for better looking portraits.

Soft-focus portraits

Give your portraits a soft romantic feel.

Rotating and cropping

If the camera wasn't quite level you can rotate the picture in Photoshop.

High Dynamic Range (HDR)

HDR photography is all the rage at the moment. Here's how those distinctive-looking images are made.

Selective colour replacement

Want to know what your car would look like after a respray? Here's how to find out.

Clone brush

Insert terrible clone pun here. How to use the Clone brush to remove unwanted objects from your pictures.

Composite images

Use high-speed continuous shooting and multiple layers to make striking composites.

Make your own postcards

Save money on holiday this year by making your own unique postcards.

Changing the weather

The only reliable way to combat global climate change.

Making animated GIFs

Turn a sequence of photos into a simple animated image, ideal for forum avatars.

 

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