{"id":6444,"date":"2013-04-02T03:57:39","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T09:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.evolutionarydesigns.net\/blog\/?p=6444"},"modified":"2013-04-02T04:03:37","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T10:03:37","slug":"a-beginners-guide-to-photoshop-part-3-pro-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.evolutionarydesigns.net\/blog\/2013\/04\/02\/a-beginners-guide-to-photoshop-part-3-pro-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"A Beginner\u2019s Guide to Photoshop, Part 3: Pro Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/store.stuckincustoms.com\/tutorials\/art-of-photography?acc=c20ad4d76fe97759aa27a0c99bff6710&amp;bannerid=11\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline; float: left;\" title=\"Discover the Art of Photography (250x250)\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/store.stuckincustoms.com\/js\/magestore\/affiliateplus\/banner.php?id=11&amp;account_id=27&amp;store_id=1\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>So you got your hands on a copy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search\/?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=390957&amp;amp;keywords=adobe%20photoshp%20CS6&amp;amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;amp;qid=1359534599&amp;amp;rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Aadobe%20photoshp%20CS6&amp;amp;tag=evolutdesign-20\" target=\"_blank\">Photoshop<\/a> and having difficulties learning how to use Photoshop. Then you need to start doing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.evolutionarydesigns.net\/blog\/category\/adobe-photoshop\/\" target=\"_blank\">tutorials<\/a> and some Photoshop training.<\/p>\n<p>For me, I found reading books such as \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1118123883\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1118123883&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=evolutdesign-20\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Adobe Photoshop CS6 Bible<\/em><\/a>\u201d and <em>\u201c<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0321827333\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0321827333&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=evolutdesign-20\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Adobe CS6 Classroom in a Book<\/em><\/a><em>\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 helped me to understand how to use Photoshop.<\/p>\n<p>Once I had a basic idea of how use Photoshop, I started doing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.evolutionarydesigns.net\/blog\/category\/adobe-photoshop\/\" target=\"_blank\">Photoshop tutorials<\/a> created by Photoshop users in the design communities. Finally, I decided to take a few Photoshop classes at the local community college to get a jump on Photoshop.<\/p>\n<p>Along with Photoshop books and tutorials, Photoshop guides created by Photoshop users in the design community are also helpful. Below is a Photoshop guide created by a designer for MakeUseOf.com<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evolutionarydesigns.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Chihuly-Art-Sculptures-132.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 5px auto 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"A Beginner\u2019s Guide to Photoshop, Part 3: Pro Tips\" alt=\"A Beginner\u2019s Guide to Photoshop, Part 3: Pro Tips\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evolutionarydesigns.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Chihuly-Art-Sculptures-132_thumb.jpg?resize=600%2C400\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>An Idiot\u2019s Guide To Photoshop, Part 3: Pro Tips<\/h3>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t read <a href=\"http:\/\/soc.li\/oiVjVgf\" target=\"_blank\">An Idiot\u2019s Guide to Photoshop<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/soc.li\/oiVjVgf\" target=\"_blank\">An Idiot\u2019s Guide to Photoshop: Part 2<\/a>, you definitely should. These guides give you the basics of Photoshop and for each guide you really need to understand the basics of Photoshop. If you are already an intermediate user, these earlier guides might not be helpful, but I did find some topics that I didn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have read the first two guides, check out\u00a0 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.makeuseof.com\/pages\/an-idiots-guide-to-photoshop-part-3-pro-tips\" target=\"_blank\">An Idiot\u2019s Guide To Photoshop, Part 3: Pro Tips<\/a>. In few weeks, I will post another Photoshop Guide.<\/p>\n<p>Part 3 of the Photoshop guide has over thirty-two tips and tricks you might not have seen. The tips include;<a class=\"thickbox\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evolutionarydesigns.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Photoshop3-big.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"A Beginner\u2019s Guide to Photoshop, Part 3: Pro Tips\" alt=\"A Beginner\u2019s Guide to Photoshop, Part 3: Pro Tips\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evolutionarydesigns.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Photoshop3-big_thumb.jpg?resize=201%2C244\" width=\"201\" height=\"244\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tips for using the 6 essential tools for basic photo re-touching<\/li>\n<li>A tutorial for creating a YouTube banner with links<\/li>\n<li>A silhouette tutorial<\/li>\n<li>A tutorial for making favicons in Photoshop This is an older guide (created with Adobe Photoshop CS5) but the guide is still helpful for older and new versions of Photoshop. Each guide offers tips and tricks to help you learn more about Adobe Photoshop. So if you are interested in learning Photoshop, the Make Use Of guides are a great way to kick start your learning with Adobe Photoshop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So you got your hands on a copy of Photoshop and having difficulties learning how to use Photoshop. Then you need to start doing tutorials and some Photoshop training. For me, I found reading books such as \u201cAdobe Photoshop CS6 Bible\u201d and \u201cAdobe CS6 Classroom in a Book\u201d\u00a0 helped me to understand how to use [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[859,18,1255],"class_list":["post-6444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adobe-photoshop","tag-beginner-guides","tag-photoshop-tutorials","tag-user-guides","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evolutionarydesigns.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Chihuly-Art-Sculptures-132_thumb.jpg?fit=600%2C400","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pJPdG-1FW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.evolutionarydesigns.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.evolutionarydesigns.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.evolutionarydesigns.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.evolutionarydesigns.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.evolutionarydesigns.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.evolutionarydesigns.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.evolutionarydesigns.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.evolutionarydesigns.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.evolutionarydesigns.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.evolutionarydesigns.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}