Photoshop Tutorials by PhotoshopEssentials

Levels and Curves are great for fixing tonal problems when important images suffer from underexposure, but what about all those photos you take just for fun? Is there a faster, easier way in Photoshop to brighten them up? There sure is! In fact, it takes only a few seconds, and anyone can do it!

A lot of people use the term "image resizing" whether they're "resizing" or "resampling" an image in Photoshop as if they're the same thing, which they're most definitely not, and if you're concerned about image quality, it's important to know the difference.

Getting high quality results when converting color photos to black and white in Photoshop usually means a trip to the Lab color mode or using the Channel Mixer, both of which take time. Here's a quick and easy way to still get high quality results even when you don't have time to spare!

Impress your friends, family or clients with your amazing art skills without lifting a pencil by turning any photo into a sketch in only a few simple steps that take less than a minute from start to finish.

Let's look at some of the most confusing terms you'll come across when working on images in Photoshop: image resolution, pixel dimensions and document size - what it all means, why it's so important to understand, and why you may not need to understand it at all!

When color correcting photos inside Photoshop, it's pretty easy to find the brightest and darkest areas in the image. But what about those midtones? Is there an easy way to find them without simply guessing?

Learn how easy it is to use Smart Filters, one of the best new features in Photoshop CS3