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This is the 17th issue of Photoshop Roadmap Weekly — a curated mix of standout Photoshop tutorials, premium creative assets, and a touch of inspiration from the world of digital design and art.
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Editor's Picks
Color correction and creative color grading often come down to mastering a single, powerful tool in Photoshop: the Hue/Saturation adjustment. While newer features like Camera Raw filters and advanced color wheels grab attention, the fundamentals of hue, saturation, and lightness remain the backbone of professional color work. Understanding these core principles unlocks precise control over every pixel in your images.
Vinyl Wonders: 150 Playful Vinyl Toys Clip Art is a fun and colorful collection of 150 high-quality images featuring toy-inspired figures, tasty food items, and delightful sweet treats. Each design has a smooth, polished vinyl look that makes them perfect for adding a cheerful and modern touch to your projects.
This comprehensive video explores how studying legendary magazine art directors and editorial designers can transform your approach to web design. You'll discover techniques from masters like Alexei Brodovich, Bea Faitler, and Willi Fleckhaus, learning how their innovative layouts, typography choices, and visual storytelling methods can be adapted for modern digital experiences.
New tutorials
How to Create a Text and Photo Poster with Displacement Effects in Photoshop
Integrating typography with photography in poster design presents unique creative opportunities, especially when text appears to naturally wrap around the contours and textures of photographic elements. This effect transforms flat text into a dimensional element that feels organically connected to the underlying image, creating visual depth and sophisticated composition. This
Photoshop Arthouse
How to Create Realistic Embroidery Effects Using Photoshop’s Parametric Embroidery Filter
Adobe’s introduction of parametric filters in Photoshop beta has opened up new possibilities for creating realistic textile effects without complex manual techniques. The embroidery filter stands out as particularly powerful for transforming logos, graphics, and text into convincing stitched designs with remarkable detail and customization options. This tutorial demonstrates how
Photoshop Arthouse
Why Your Photoshop Brush Creates a Caterpillar Effect (And How to Fix It)
One of the most frustrating issues Photoshop users encounter is when their brush strokes suddenly become uneven or thicker than expected. You might start painting with a smooth brush only to see a jagged “caterpillar” effect appear, or notice your soft brush creating strokes that are much thicker than the
PiXimperfect
How to Use the Eyedropper Tool in Photoshop
The eyedropper tool remains one of Photoshop’s most fundamental utilities for color selection and matching. This seemingly simple tool offers sophisticated sampling options and workflow shortcuts that can significantly improve color accuracy and creative control in photo editing projects. This tutorial demonstrates the eyedropper tool’s core functions, from basic color
Phlearn
How to Create a Cinematic UFO Scene in Photoshop
Science fiction imagery has always captured our imagination, and UFO scenes represent one of the most compelling subjects in digital art. Creating a believable extraterrestrial encounter requires careful attention to lighting, atmosphere, and composition to achieve that cinematic quality seen in professional films and concept art. This tutorial demonstrates how
Photoshop Arthouse
Understanding Vibrance vs Saturation in Photoshop and When to Use Each Tool
Color enhancement is one of the most fundamental aspects of photo editing, yet many Photoshop users struggle with knowing when to use vibrance versus saturation. Both tools can boost the intensity of colors in your images, but they work in dramatically different ways and produce very different results. Learning the
Phlearn
Convert Low-Resolution Graphics to High Resolution in Photoshop
Low-resolution graphics often limit design projects, especially when you need to scale logos, icons, or simple illustrations for print or large-format displays. While vector formats offer infinite scalability, many graphics exist only as pixelated bitmap files that become unusable when enlarged. This tutorial demonstrates two effective methods for converting low-resolution
Brendan Williams
New Creative Assets
Create Beautiful Artworks with Abstract Paint FX for Photoshop
The Abstract Paint FX Photoshop Plugin is a powerful and intuitive tool designed to transform any image into a stunning abstract painting with a single click. Now updated as a user-friendly UXP Plugin, it offers exceptional ease of installation and use, making it ideal for both beginners seeking creative fun
GUMROAD
Download 500 High-Quality Free Scribble Photoshop Brushes
This extensive collection offers 500 diverse scribble Photoshop brushes, meticulously crafted to infuse your digital artwork with authentic, hand-drawn textures and dynamic effects. Designed for efficiency, these brushes provide a versatile toolkit for artists and designers looking to enhance their creations with artistic flair, spontaneity, and a distinctive grunge or
Dealjumbo
Create Distinctive Halftone Effects with Bitmap Halftone FX
Bitmap Halftone FX is an Adobe Photoshop tool for applying diverse bitmap halftone patterns. Compatible with Photoshop CS and CC, it offers options for circles, lines, diamonds, and crosses. Users can customize sizes and directions for shadows, highlights, and midtones, generating a wide array of visual effects. The script works
GUMROAD
Download 120 Authentic Free Grunge Border Photoshop Brushes
These 120 free grunge border Photoshop brushes offer a diverse collection of high-quality assets designed to add a distinctive, aged look to your digital creations. Each brush in this set provides unique textures and distressed edges, empowering designers, photographers, and digital artists to quickly enhance their projects with authentic grunge
Dealjumbo
Create Stunning Artwork with the Ultimate 2500+ Photoshop Brushes Bundle
This extensive bundle has over 2500 high-resolution Photoshop brushes, making it an indispensable resource for designers and artists. Compatible with Photoshop CS6 and higher, these brushes, averaging 2400 x 2400px, ensure crisp details for various projects. Explore diverse categories ranging from photo manipulation effects like dust and bokeh to intricate
GUMROAD
Inspiration and Design
Ranking Every Wes Anderson Movie Poster: A Design Analysis
Wes Anderson’s films are renowned for their distinctive visual style, but the evolution of his movie poster design tells a fascinating story of creative growth and collaboration. From the raw indie aesthetic of his 1996 debut to the meticulously crafted artwork of recent releases, Anderson’s posters showcase a journey from
Tuts+
Common Real Estate Photography Mistakes That Cost You Clients
Real estate photography demands a unique balance between technical precision and marketing effectiveness. Many photographers entering this field bring solid technical skills but struggle with the specific requirements that make property images sell. Unlike other photography genres, real estate work serves a clear commercial purpose where every compositional choice directly
Nathan Cool Photo
Mineral Splendor: A Macro Journey Through Crystals, Stones, and Craftsmanship Created with Adobe Firefly
In visual art, the fusion of natural beauty and human craftsmanship has long been a profound source of inspiration. Whether it is the intricate designs of a finely cut gemstone or the raw allure of an unpolished mineral, the interplay of light, texture, and color evokes an undeniable fascination. In
Enrique Flouret
Blooming in Detail: Stunning Macro Flower Visuals Created with Adobe Firefly
In the quietest corners of nature, there exists a world so intricate, so exquisitely detailed, that it often escapes our notice. Flowers—those delicate wonders of the natural world—hold within them a beauty that, when viewed up close, can be nothing short of revelatory. The soft curves of a
Enrique Flouret
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