Photoshop Tutorial For Beginners

Absolutely, I’d be happy to help with a Photoshop tutorial for beginners! Photoshop is a powerful tool for editing and creating images, and starting with the basics will give you a strong foundation. Before starting let’s know about What is Graphic Design? Here’s a step-by-step guide to get you started:

1. Getting Started

Open Photoshop:

• Launch Adobe Photoshop. You’ll be greeted with a welcome screen. You can either create a new project or open an existing image to edit.

Interface Overview:

• Toolbar: Located on the left side. It contains tools for selection, painting, text, and more.
• Options Bar: Just below the menu bar. It displays options for the currently selected tool.
• Panels: Located on the right side. Panels like Layers, Properties, and Color help manage different aspects of your project.
• Canvas: The central area where you’ll work on your image.

2. Basic Tools and Functions

Toolbox:

• Move Tool (V): Moves selections or layers.
• Marquee Tool (M): Selects rectangular or elliptical areas.
• Lasso Tool (L): Makes freehand selections.
• Quick Selection Tool (W): Automatically selects areas based on color and texture.
• Crop Tool (C): Crops the image or canvas.
• Brush Tool (B): Paints or draws on your image.
• Eraser Tool (E): Erases parts of the image.
• Type Tool (T): Adds text to your image.
• Gradient Tool (G): Creates gradient effects.

Zoom and Navigation:

• Zoom Tool (Z): Zoom in and out of your image.
• Hand Tool (H): Moves around the image when zoomed in.

3. Working with Layers

Layers Panel:

• Create a New Layer: Click the “New Layer” icon at the bottom of the Layers panel or go to Layer > New > Layer.
• Layer Visibility: Click the eye icon next to a layer to show or hide it.
• Layer Opacity: Adjust the opacity of a layer using the slider at the top of the Layers panel.
• Layer Mask: Allows for non-destructive editing by masking parts of the layer. Click the “Add Layer Mask” icon at the bottom of the Layers panel.

Layer Types:

• Background Layer: The base layer. Often locked and cannot be transparent.
• Adjustment Layers: Add color or tone adjustments without affecting the actual image.

4. Basic Editing Techniques

Cropping:

• Select the Crop Tool (C) and drag over the area you want to keep. Press Enter to apply the crop.

Resizing:

• Go to Image > Image Size to adjust the dimensions of your image. Ensure “Constrain Proportions” is checked to keep the aspect ratio.

Adjusting Colors:

• Use Image > Adjustments for options like Brightness/Contrast, Levels, and Curves.

Retouching:

• Clone Stamp Tool (S): Duplicates parts of an image.
• Healing Brush Tool (J): Repairs imperfections by blending with surrounding pixels.

Adding Text:

• Select the Type Tool (T) and click on the canvas where you want to add text. Type your text and use the options in the Character panel (Window > Character) to adjust font, size, and color.

5. Saving Your Work

Saving Projects:

• To keep your layers and edits intact, save your project as a Photoshop (.PSD) file: File > Save As and choose PSD.

Exporting Images:

• To share or use your image outside of Photoshop, export it in a common format like JPEG or PNG: File > Export > Export As or File > Save for Web.

6. Practice and Explore

• Experiment: Try different tools and adjustments to get a feel for what they do.
• Tutorials: Look for more specific tutorials based on the effects or techniques you want to learn.

Feel free to ask if you have specific questions or need clarification on any of these steps!

Mockup Photoshop Tutorial using Cup with Floral | Photoshop Tutorial For Beginners

Complete tuturial method of cup is here:

1. First drag and drop image on photoshop
2. Remove text from the cup press (ctrl key and + )both at a same time.

3. Select (magic wand) tool from the site bar and press shift and then click

4. Goto the taskbar and (select option and press similar)it will select all the text at whole.

5. Then again go to select press modify and press expand and then select 5 pixels and press ok.

6. Now go to edit press (content aware fill) and press ok

7. Now Deslect with key (ctrl+D) for remove slection.

8. Now select both layers with cursor and the help of using (shift key).then right click on layer and press merge for both layers.

Now press (Ctrl and + )key to zoom in the cup.

then exclude the cup handle select minus from the task menu and then click on the (lesso tool) and select the handle area.

now create new layer.and fill any color with the help of (ALT+ Backspace Key).

then go to desktop and use your downloaded texture which you want to design.

drag and drop it on the photoshop window.

rotate it and fix from top to botom and tranform your design according to to the size.

now (right click) on the first layer and then press on the (create clipping mask).

goto background layer and click on the (blending option).

now adjust the light using ALT it will be divide in two parts now adjust it easily frome black and white part the press ok.

its done.