30 most used Photoshop tools in one tutorial

Wednesday 12 December 2018, 21:04 by Michelle Peeters | 14,105 views | 3 comments

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Photoshop gives you a wide range of tools to upgrade your photos. Removing unwanted objects, correcting exposure and replacing backgrounds, it can all be done.

Very easily, unless you are not a natural at Photoshop's sometimes complex techniques.

Photoshop is quite difficult to learn at first, and just when you think you have mastered everything, it often turns out that your knowledge covers only about 20% of all the possibilities Photoshop offers.

Fortunately, the video below by Tutvid clearly explains how to use the thirty most useful Photoshop tools. It does move quickly, but I still found it easy to follow. And you can easily scroll back if you missed something.

Thirty Photoshop Tools

If you do not have the time or inclination to watch the entire video, which lasts 50 minutes, you can also use the table of contents below to jump straight to the specific tool you are looking for.

Color Balance: 00:55
Masking: 01:48
Quick Selection Tool: 02:44
Quick Mask Tool: 04:03
Content Aware Fill: 05:03
Clone Stamp Tool: 05:31
Patch Tool: 07:05
Using Levels 08:07
The Pen Tool: 09:12
Flames Filter: 10:31
Type Tool: 15:03
TypeKit Fonts: 15:41
Using Guides: 17:42
Smart Objects: 18:38
Field Blur: 19:35
Eyedropper Tool: 23:20
Curves:24:41
Import Color Themes with Adobe Color: 24:58
BONUS: Gradient Maps: 25:49
Creating an Action: 26:27
Crop Tool: 28:38
Colorize Live Shapes: 30:36
Convert Objects to 3D/Working with 3D: 31:23
Custom Workspaces: 34:24
Camera RAW Filter: 35:57
BONUS: Changing the UI Background Color: 36:46
Exporting Images and Graphics: 37:18
Color Range: 39:29
Select and Mask: 40:55
Liquify: 45:38
Healing Brush: 47:36
Rotate Tool: 49:28

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Michelle Peeters is fotografe en oprichter van DeuxBleus Fotografie. Michelle herkent het bijzondere in het gewone en het gewone in het bijzondere. Ze heeft zich nooit willen specialiseren en is daardoor van alle markten thuis.

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3 comments

toondevos wrote on Thursday 21 December 2017 at 09:06 | reply
Handig filmpje!
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toondevos wrote on Thursday 21 December 2017 at 09:07 | reply
Handig filmpje!
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Theotje wrote on Thursday 28 December 2017 at 09:41 | reply
Na vier en halve minuut zo'n leuke vriendin wegpoetsen uit je foto zegt wel iets over de maker denk ik haha hilarisch!
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