Photoshop User

Photoshop User takes superb quality, unbeatable production values and professional content from a team of industry experts to produce the ultimate photo-editing magazine. Each issue is packed with practical user tutorials and projects, building up to become the essential reference guide for all core areas of photo-editing and Photoshop use. Photoshop User is the perfect title for both photographers seeking to improve their images and digital artists looking to advance their skills. Subscribe today! 100% Independent! Please note: ALL free content and gifts are also available via this digital edition.

Art Attack!

Lego Portraits

New and Improved

Check out these useful new features and tools

Color Transfer

Landscape Mixer

Style Transfer

Content Credentials

Super Zoom

Colorize

Gradient Tool

Skin Smoothing

Share for Commenting

Select and Mask

Smart Portrait

Depth Blur

Harmonization

Makeup Transfer

Object Selection

Illustrator Integration

JPEG Artefacts Removal

Quick Actions

Sky Replacement

Lens Blur

Select Subject

Distribution Spacing

Reference Point

Scale UI

Double-click Text Edit

Content-Aware Fill

Locking the Workspace

Go Home

Symmetry

Photoshop: The Basics

The History of Photoshop • Before we begin, here’s a little background information

Keep Photoshop Up to Date • Reap the benefits of the most current versions of Photoshop

Photoshop Preferences Guide • Here are all the preferences and what they do

Main Interface • This is Photoshop’s graphic user front end

Menus • One look at the menus and you begin to understand Photoshop’s complexity and versatility

Keyboard Shortcuts • There’s always a quicker way of doing almost everything in Photoshop

The Toolbar • Let’s take a look at Photoshop’s main editing tools

First Things First

The Photoshop Home Screen • We show you what the Photoshop user front end has on offer in the latest versions

Your First PSD Document • Let’s start at the very beginning and walk you through the process of making your very first document

Open and Save Your First Image • A quick guide on how to open new photos and images in Photoshop, and then save your edits

Using Layers • Understanding layers is fundamental to Photoshop editing

Photoshop Mega Tips

Create Specular Highlights • A specular highlight is the bright spot of light seen on a glossy or metallic surface when brightly illuminated. We look at a handy blending mode technique to create strong highlights where none exist.

Any Colour From Anywhere • When creating a Photoshop document, you will sometimes need to be able to sample colours to use in your document. Do you know that you can sample any colour on your screen, whether it’s in Photoshop or not? We show you how.

Black and White Colour Control • Black and white colour control may sound somewhat counterintuitive, but in actual fact, with the adjustment layer and a particular blend mode, you actually have another quick, non-destructive method for controlling the colour in your photographs.

Advanced Clone Stamp Control • The Clone Stamp Tool is one of the most important tools available in Photoshop. With it, you can paint pixels from one part of an image onto another. Let’s look at some ways you can employ the cloning process with greater control.

Colour Match Your Images • When you cut out one subject and combine it with another background, you may notice that the colours don’t appear to match. We have a great method for matching your image elements...