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I've tried to separate video tutorials from just plain good old information.  This page has mainly video tutorials, my other pages - listed above - have mainly standard non-motion tutorials, kind of...

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4-29-2010 Updated Short List:  Many in this first short list are not new to some of us, but keep an eye on them...see their entries in alphabetical order below

CS5 information

Launch video http://direct.adobe.com/v?xPJJnWcEPPnHTTP

 

http://www.photoshopsupport.com/newsletter-2009/10-05.html

 

http://tv.adobe.com/go/4967/

 

http://www.photoshopsupport.com/photoshop-cs5/tutorials/photoshop-cs5-tutorials.html

 

www.photoshopuser.com/cs5 is the major learning center

http://www.photoshopcafe.com/cs5/index.htm

http://www.panosfx.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=296:pscs5-videos&catid=86&Itemid=114

 

Adobe has been publishing a stream of videos showing off Photoshop technology "from the labs" for the last month or so, beginning with the Just Do It teasers (http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/jdi/) from Photoshop Product Manager Bryan O'Neil Hughes. Bryan took an hour or so to chat with us about the new release late last month.

 

http://www.imaging-resource.com/SOFT/CS5/PS12.HTM

Bloom, Susan Ruddick
Brown, Russell
Cooper, Tim
downtvV
Johnson, Mark
Kelby TV
Lynda.com
McClelland, Deke - especially his ongoing PS top 40
Rather, Michael
Rodney, Andrew
Rowse, Darren
Smith, Colin
Tanner, Craig

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Absolutecross tutorials

Adobe has a free online video training center full of good video tutorials
Photoshop video titles include Aligning Layers by Content, Making and Refining Selections, Using Zoomify, Applying Smart Filters, Converting Color Photos to Black and White, Using Layers, Retouching and Repairing Photographs, Correcting Lighting with Camera Raw, Making Tonal Corrections, Making Lighting Corrections, Printing Photos, Using Blending Modes for Photographers, Combining Images in Photoshop using Photomerge, Designing Websites with Photoshop and Dreamweaver, and Designing Websites with Photoshop and Flash.  Now here's another great feature — some of the videos offer an HTML version of the tutorial, and some also offer the source files that were used in the tutorial. You'll find these options in the Details pane, on the right side, directly under where it says Play Video. Sweet! This an excellent bonus as it makes learning so much easier

Adobe TV

Adobe.com PhotoShop expert center 

Adobe tips for PhotoShop

4-3-2010 Adobe Photoshop web sites

• Photoshop CS4 for serious amateurs on Adobe's web site
• Adobe web site http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/photoshop/
• Photoshop CS4 User Help Guide http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Photoshop/11.0/photoshop_cs4_help.pdf
• Adobe TV - Photoshop CS4 http://tv.adobe.com/product/photoshop/
• Adobe video workshops http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/video_workshop/
• NAPP's Beginner's Guide to Photoshop - 20 videos http://www.photoshopuser.com/cs4/

Why is Photoshop the top choice for photographers? See a list of top features for photographers, or take a visual tour.

Apex Web Media Online University Elements
tutorial movies on Elements 1 and 2 http://apex.vtc.com/photoshop-elements.php

Arraich, Jay - This is all you'll ever need to learn more about Photoshop Elements 3 and 4.0 by Jay Arraich http://www.arraich.com/elements/pse3_ElementarySchool1.htm
 
Blogs I like
Corey Barker
John Paul Caponigro
RC Concepcion
Dave Cross
Laurie Excell
Martin Evening
Scott Kelby
Matt Koslowski
Deke McClelland
Joe McNally
John Nack
Moose Peterson
Jeff Schewe
Colin Smith
Ben Willmore
David Ziser


4-3-2010 Bloom, Susan Ruddick

• Susan Bloom's book is great (watercolor, charcoal, pastels, and oil digital techniques)
• http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Painting-Photoshop-Susan-Ruddick/dp/0240811143
• Who is Susan Bloom anyway?
• http://www.suebloom.com/portfolio.html

Bockaert, Vincent 123 DI (the original and many think the best Photoshop training)
http://www.123di.com/

Bridge training

• Bridge CS4 at Adobe's web site
• Bridge explained by a sharp guy at Lynda.com on youtube
• Bridge CS4 explained by Chris Orwig at Peachpit on youtube
• Bridge explained by Mark Johnson on youtube

Russell Brown has good ideas.  Russell Brown's tutorials are high quality. They are all listed here

Brundage, Barbara - search for tutorials (Missing Manuals series)

John Paul Caponigro tutorials index
http://www.johnpaulcaponigro.com/lib/downloads/technique/technique.php

Cambridge in Color - see Dean McHugh's site below

Computer-Darkroom site has hours of tips and info

Cross, Dave -  Photoshop Elements

• video training tips http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/videotips/

Davis, Jack - search for his Wow tutorials online

4-3-2010 Dtown tv: The new 2010 Dtown web site has migrated from just Nikon topics to all digital photography topics http://www.dtowntv.com/

Davro

• Davro digital tutorials in how to create great Photoshop effects

Earthboundlight.com archives of tips (not videos)

• http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototip-archives.html

Eastern Michigan University - Elements 2 and 3.0 training manual online from Eastern Michigan University http://ict.emich.edu/training/solutions/documents/elements_all.pdf


Extreme Tech tips for making Photoshop run faster

Evening, Martin - Photoshop for Photographers tips and pdf's (pdf / what's new in CS3, pdf / color in CS3,  and video demo of quick selection and refine edge tools)
http://www.photoshopforphotographers.com/pscs3/downloads.htm


Fotofects

• Tutorials on editing from Fotofects

Free Photo Help http://www.freephotohelp.com/cameras1.htm

Galer, Mark - see also Photoshop Support, below
http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/mark-galer.html

Goodtutorials

• Good-tutorials.com

Grafx-design - tutorials

4-3-2010 Mark Johnson

• "What's new in Photoshop CS4?" http://www.msjphotography.com/index.php/category/video-tutorial/whats-new-in-photoshop-cs4/
• Photoshop 101 http://www.msjphotography.com/index.php/category/video-tutorial/photoshop-101/

4-3-2010 Johnson, Bob
Earthbound Light
http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototip-archives.html

Kaos
Incredible amount of good tutorials

• on creative effects especially making photos into icy scenes...plus every time you click on a tutorial link you are re-directed to someone else's great tutorials web site...
  

4-3-2010 Kelby, Scott - search for tutorials - he's the man!

• Photoshop TV http://www.photoshopusertv.com/
• Scott's blog - the best! http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/
• Scott's training DVD's http://www.kelbytraining.com/dvds/index.html

Kloskowski, Matt
http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/

Kost, Julieanne - video/audio movies

• on Photoshop editing techniques (very helpful)
  

4-3-2010 Laskevitch Photoshop CS4 textbook(PS, Aperture, LR, and Bridge all in one book)

• http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/3021

Lexar's web site

• good video tutorials (added 11-1-2007)
• Dodge and burn tutorial http://blogs.lexar.com/davidhonl/2005/12/photoshop_tip_d.html

The Lights Right 

• good tutorials and .pdfs
  

Lightroom tutorials (added 8-1-2009)
http://worldwidephotowalk.com/lightroom/
http://macperformanceguide.com/Optimizing-Lightroom.html
http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/


Long, Ben - search for tutorials
http://www.completedigitalphotography.com/

Luminous Landscape tutorials (not video) - Reichmann also below

• http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/
• Curves primer (very clear and well illustrated)
  

Lunacore

4-3-2010 Lynda.com - tons of free Photoshop videos
http://www.lynda.com/home/ViewCourses.aspx?lpk0=391

Marianne's Photoshop Techniques

• http://ezpixels.com/tutorials/
  

McCanna, Laurie - tutorials

McClelland, Deke - search for his tutorials online
101 Tips in 5 minutes
http://www.deke.com/content/101-photoshop-tips-5-minutes
every Photoshop shortcut known to man
Deke's Top 40 PS tips
Deke's Top 40 Photoshop Techniques
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=photoshop+top+40+1&aq=0

McHugh, Dean Cambridge in Colour tutorials - very well done (not videos), here's a partial list:

Designs by Mark Monciardini

• Photoshop videos - 6 are free online and very helpful
• http://www.designsbymark.com/
• http://www.designsbymark.com/freetips/ps/psvideos.html

Myjanee

• Tons of cool elements effects, techniques, and tips including how to make layer mask type controls in Elements http://myjanee.home.insightbb.com/tutorials.htm
  

Outback Photo
check the left hand column for details

Peachpit Photoshop Reference Guide

• All the Guides
  
• Complete free CS3 tutorials from Matt Kloskowski - click on Guide Contents to reveal all the videos 
• here's the video just on Curves
  

Photoshop Elements User site

• http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/
• http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/videotips/#
  

Photoshop Roadmap

• http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/photoshop-tutorials-tips/photoshop-elements.html

The weekly Photoshop User TV program is really about the best place to keep up with techniques...you just download it and watch it later, or watch it online.  I have all the episodes archived if you need any.

The Photoshop User web site has a group of CS3 orientation videos you should watch

PhotoshopSupport.com video tutorials
curves and levels

Photo Secrets http://www.photosecrets.com/tips.html

Photoshop Corner - tips from the top floor

2 minute Photoshop Tricks

PhotoshopLab tutorials

PhotoshopStar - tutorials

Photo-Shop-Tutorial.net

PhotoshopGuides

Dr. Photoshop

Photoworkshop.com

• has lots of tutorials, but you need to register, free, first.  Look in the left column under Photoshop CS2 Learning Center.
  

Photoworkshop.com has lots of tutorials

• but you need to register, free, first.  Look in the left column under Photoshop CS2 Learning Center.

Lots of Photoshop tools information here
http://www.psplinks.com/content/Digital_Painting.html

Photoshop Tutorials Blog

Photoshop Help

Photoshop Lady

Photoshop 911

Planet Photoshop tutorials

Pixel2life CS2 tutorials http://www.pixel2life.com/tutorials/Adobe_Photoshop/

Radiant Vista

• Portrait retouching
• Intro to CS3

4-3-2010 Radiant Vista become 3 new web sites in 2009: Craig Tanner's Mindful Eye; Mark Johnson's site; and Matthew Gibson's site


4-3-2010 Rather, Michael - site has tons of Photoshop, Lightroom, and photography videos
http://www.thedigitalphotographyconnection.com/index.php


RAW file handling tips

What is the raw format?
How do you use it?
What are the advantages?
Is there a downside?
Summary
Software for raw conversion
Raw conversion advice and techniques

Reichmann, Michael - Luminous Landscape

• All the tutorials on one index page
  
• As you know, exposure control is important - read thru this information on  how to Expose to the Right

Rodney, Andrew - exposing for RAW

Rowse, Darren

• Digital Photography School tips for beginners
• http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/digital-photography-tips-for-beginners/
• Darren Rowse: Digital Photography School's raw vs. jpg info
• http://digital-photography-school.com/raw-vs-jpeg

4-3-2010 Sammon, Rick
http://www.ricksammon.com/Home.html


Sketchpad tutorials

4-29-2010 Smith, Colin

• CS4 Superguide http://www.photoshopcafe.com/csc/index.htm
• Videos on Photoshop CS4 http://www.photoshopcafe.com/cs4/vid/CS4Video.htm

• http://www.photoshopcafe.com/cs4/photoshop.htm

Tanner, Craig

• Mindful Eye http://www.tmelive.com/index.php/pages/features.html

• Mindful Eye web site videos
• http://www.tmelive.com/index.php/articles/8.html

Tranberry, Jeff

Tutorialkit tutorials

Wacom

• Wacom Photoshop Tips
  

Painterly effects with the Art History brush Blending images and textures Creatively combining images Removing Dust and Scratches Easy Exposure Correction Hand-coloring black and white photographs Jellybean Retouch Creative Dodge & Burn Car into night Selectively apply filters and special effects. Replacing Objects Take someone from one photo and add them to another Put a logo on a shirt Photoshop Santa Water Motion Halloween Magic Enlarging an Object Layer mask magic Transforming Photo Edges Improve your digital photos. Cleaning an Image Improving Old Photos Removing Red Eye Turn a photo into a painting. Painting with the History brush. Paint with the Art History brush. Colorize black and white photos. Make a chalk drawing come to life. Create the look of painting with light. Zig-zag filter and smudge. Combining Painter and Photoshop. Pressure-sensitive smudge tool. Photoshop's adjustment layers. Paint realistic snow. Create a cast shadow Cut, paste, and cast shadows. Turn a photo into coloring book art Create a new brush and use it Layering Images Blurring the Background Football head Emulating Motion

Watch and Learn Photoshop

Ben Willmore's information at Digital Mastery

Youtube

• http://www.youtube.com/

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Tutorials
	NEW!!! CS3: Neon at Night! Posted 10/11/2007 Move from day into night, with this artistic technique that demonstrates how to digitally bend neon tubes and then light them up with Adobe Photoshop CS3.	Adobe Photoshop CS3 View QuickTime Tutorial; 9 MB
	NEW!!! CS3: The Adobe Camera RAW Luminosity Technique Posted 10/11/2007 Delve into the powerful realm of Adobe Camera RAW and learn new techniques for enhancing images with the luminosity controls.	Adobe Photoshop CS3 View QuickTime Tutorial; 9 MB
	CS3: Auto Blending Magic Posted 7/10/2007 Discover some great new ways to use the Auto-Blend feature to combine multiple images together like magic.	Adobe Photoshop CS3 View QuickTime Tutorial; 7.2 MB iStock images used in this tutorial: File Number: 1770677 File Number: 2998607 File Number: 3063749 File Number: 1139558 File Number: 3390786 File Number:   263440
	CS3: Adobe Bridge CS3 Basics Posted 5/24/2007 Learn about some of Dr. Brown's favorite new features in the Adobe Bridge CS3 application.	Adobe Photoshop CS3 View QuickTime Tutorial; 14.6 MB
	CS3: Mirror Mirror - Clone Source Tips and Techniques Posted 5/24/207 Use the Clone Source feature to mirror images with the Clone Stamp Tool and Healing Brush.	Adobe Photoshop CS3 View QuickTime Tutorial; 7.2 MB
	CS3: Nondestructive Text Effects with Smart Filters Posted 5/2/2007 Create nondestructive special effects with type, that even a pirate can love.	Adobe Photoshop CS3 View QuickTime Tutorial; 10.9 MB iStock image used in this tutorial: File Number: 1193970
	CS3: Smart Filters Posted 12/14/2006 Apply nondestructive filters to Smart Object layers.	Adobe Photoshop CS3 View QuickTime Tutorial; 4.1 MB iStock photo used in this tutorial: File Number: 1667891
	CS3: The All New Photomerge Posted12/14/2006 Discover the updated Photomerge technology found in this new version of Photoshop. Combine panorama images together with new precision.	Adobe Photoshop CS3 View QuickTime Tutorial; 9 MB
	CS3: Converting Color to Black-and-White Posted 12/14/2006 Learn an easy to use black-and-white conversion technique built into Photoshop CS3.	Adobe Photoshop CS3 View QuickTime Tutorial; 5.2 MB
	CS3: Auto-Align and Auto-Blend Layers Posted 12/14/2006 Align multi layered documents with perfect registration, and then magically blend overlapping edges.	Adobe Photoshop CS3 View QuickTime Tutorial; 9.9 MB
	CS3: The New Clone Source Feature Posted 12/14/2006 Scale, rotate, and position objects using five variations of the Clone Stamp tool. This new feature makes retouch a snap.	Adobe Photoshop CS3 View QuickTime Tutorial; 6.4 MB
	CS3: Quick Select and Refine Edge Posted 12/20/2006 Discover a new way to make selections in Photoshop CS3. Use the Quick Select tool, and then easily modify the selection with the new Refine Edge feature.	Adobe Photoshop CS3 View QuickTime Tutorial; 9.7 MB