Our latest Theme Thursday topic was Adobe Photoshop, the application of choice for most web and graphic designers. It’s one of the apps i use on a daily basis and yet i am constantly learning new techniques and processes to optimise my workflow as well as enhancing my designs.
It’s no surprise then, that Photoshop was a runaway choice for this weeks topic. With a wealth of tips, tricks and tutorials on using Photoshop scattered around the web, we found some of the best resources throughout the day.
It’s time to get started checking out these amazing links:
- 43 Really Useful Photoshop Tutorials For Excellent 3d Effects
- 41 Nicest Photoshop Photo Effects
- 6 Photoshop Tips That You Probably Don’t Know About
- Photoshop Tips for the Web
- 101 Photoshop Tips in 5 Minutes (Video)
- 60 Most Wanted Photoshop Tutorials, Brushes and Resources
- Create amazing photomontages
- Seriously Cool Photoshop Explosion Effect
- Transform your doodles into great Photoshop art
- The new way to create 3D text in Photoshop
- 30+ Photoshop Tutorials in Creating Amazing Posters
- Create a Spectacular Grass Text Effect in Photoshop
- 10 Tips For Creating Website Mockups In Photoshop
- 50 Excellent Digital Photography Photoshop Tutorials
- Photoshop Secret Shortcuts
- 400+ Time Saving Photoshop Actions
- 10 Cool Photoshop Tips and Tricks
- 53 Ultimate Tips For Better Photoshopping
- 15 Tutorials for Recreating Authentic Photo Effects
- Use The Grid in Photoshop
- Photoshop Tips Every Blogger Must Know
- 5 Photoshop Shortcuts/Tricks To Boost Productivity
- 500+ Photoshop Brushes for Creating Textures
- 500+ Space Brushes for Photoshop
- 35 Photoshop Tutorials for Designing Your Own Posters
- Ultimate list of Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts
- 18 Exceptionally Useful Photoshop Shortcuts
- How To Master Photoshop In Just One Week
- 50+ Excellent Body Enhancement Photoshop Tutorials
- The 60 Best Photoshop Tutorials to Design Your Own Amazing Site
- 20 Insane Comic-book Style Photoshop Effects
- Adobe Photoshop: 50+ High Quality .PSD Files and Tutorials
- 50 Photoshop Tutorials For Sky and Space Effects
- 100 Photoshop Tutorials for Creating Beautiful Art
- 7 Photoshop Tutorials for Creating Album Covers
- 45+ Sources and Sets of Photoshop Custom Shapes
- Add Dynamic Lighting to a Flat Photograph
- Photo retouching in Photoshop
- Free Textures at Grunge Textures and Texture King
- Give Your Photos a Retro Comic Book Effect
- Gritty HDR Images in Photoshop
- Turn A Photo Into A Collage Of Polaroids
- Creating a 3D effect with GIMP or Photoshop
- Pop Art Photoshop Tutorial Inspired by Lichtenstein
- Black and white photos with just a touch of color
- Photoshop – 101 Hidden Tips & Secrets
- Design a Web Template using the “960 Grid Systemâ€
- Six video podcasts to help you ace Photoshop
- How to Create an Anime Artwork in Photoshop
- My 21 Favorite Photoshop Tips
- Top 5 Photoshop Tutorials (Videos)
- Vanishing objects with clone tool in photoshop (Video)
- Optimise Photoshop Performance through the Preferences
- 4 Easy Photoshop Techniques to Make Your Pictures Pop!
- 7 Photoshop Video Tips
- Photoshop CMYK Tips
- 79 Quick Tip Video Tutorials for Photoshop
- 11 Super Awesome Photoshop Movie Effects
- Photo to Pencil Sketch in Photoshop
- Creating a Stunning Old-World Look in Photoshop
- How Web 2.0 Logos are drawn in Photoshop
- Use YouTube to learn Photoshop
- Magic lighting effect in photoshop
- 10 best iPhone apps that do Photoshop tricks
- 14 Amazing Free Photoshop .psd Resource Sites
- 240 Resources for Photoshop Artists
- 208 Retro Photoshop Patterns
- 20+ Photoshop Natural Resources and Green Inspiration
- Ultimate Photoshop Design Resources
- 70+ Photoshop Tutorials to improve your Skills as Web Designer
- 30+ Useful Resources for Improving Your Photoshop Efficiency
- 250+ Stains Brushes for Photoshop
- 40+ Most Amazing Wallpaper Tutorials in Photoshop & Resources
- 25 Tutorials for Using Illustrator and Photoshop Together
- 15+ Best Graffiti Photoshop Tutorials
- 14 Resources To Master Everything About Photoshop For Free
- 25 More Most Incredible Photoshop Tutorials
- 45 Photoshop Tutorial Sites
- 60 Advanced Photoshop Tutorials with PSD files
- All-In-One Pen Tool Resource for Photoshop
- How To Make A Photoshop Brush
- Official Adobe Photoshop CS4 Video Tutorials
- How to Create HDR Images in Photoshop – Video Tutorial
- Create a Magic Night Themed Web Design from Scratch in Photoshop
- Creating eye-catching hi-tech collages With Photoshop
- 45 Apple-Inspired Photoshop Tutorials
- 5 Great Background Masking Techniques in Photoshop
- Getting Started with Photoshop
- 3 Cool Tricks You Can Only Do In Photoshop CS4
- Create your own Icons using Photoshop
- 90+ Indepth Photoshop Tutorials from Abduzeedo
- Easily achieve the trendy LetterPress effect with Photoshop
- Create Eye-popping Graphics with Photoshop Brushes
- Build Beautiful Buttons in Photoshop
- 10 free professional Websites Template PSD files
- Drawing an Abstract Lightbulb With Photoshop
- Photoshop “Reflection†tutorial
- How To Make An Awesome Grungy Paper Texture From Scratch
- 8 creative and curious Photoshop things
- 80 Awesome Photoshop Tutorials
- How to Learn Photoshop in 24 Hours
- 10 Websites to Make You a Photoshop Ninja
- World’s Biggest Post about Photoshop (PSDs, textures, tutorials)
- Create a Futuristic Orb with Photoshop
- Hand-Picked Photoshop Tutorials
- Quickly create a book with Photoshop
- Create a Sprite Navigation set in Photoshop
- Design a Smooth & Fresh Text Effect with Leaves and Stone Texture
- Light and Shadows – Feathering Gradients in Photoshop
- 50 Brilliantly Photoshopped Movie Posters
- Easily Create “Obama-like style†graphics with Photoshop
- Create a cool frog in just 3 steps with Photoshop
- Controlled Image Sharpening with Photoshop
- Create Eye-popping Graphics with Photoshop Brushes
- 18 Excellent Sources for Free Photoshop Patterns
Remember to send all votes, questions or feedback to the dedicated Theme Thursday twitter account: @themethursday. The site has been designed and the development is about to start, we hope to have it live by next Thursday, so stay tuned.
Thanks yet again to everyone that participated, i look forward to a new theme next week!
Photo by Frazzled Jen
Great links Grace. Thanks for this
@Ryan My pleasure
@Timothy I know it’s going to take a while!
@Jonny Thanks for bookmarking it, i hope they prove useful
@Desiztech and @Tushardeep Thanks guys!
@Brochures That was definitely my intention – to have a good mix of beginner and advanced resources
@art2code, @Lawrence77 and @Shane No problem, thanks for stopping by
@Geeee Thanks for the support, will try my best and definitely make sure and visit again!
@Kara-Noel Hopefully you find alot of those useful, there is a good mix of tips, tricks and tutorials.
Wow, what a list. Very extensive. I plan to go through each. Thanks!
Great post Grace! I’ve got it bookmarked for future reference.
Wow thats a lot. Good photoshop resources. Thanks for the share
Thanks for the resources … great tip links….
Oh my, thanks for sharing these links, these are great! I’m so excited to check all these out! These are excellent learning resources, for beginners and advance users alike.
very cool collection! thx for the share!
thanks mate!
Woah! Where to start?!
Thanks a lot for the list
Wow huge list thanks for the great resources amazing
keep it up 
will check them the whole month
Thanks!! We are just getting into this stuff and can use all the help we can get.
Wow Grace, thanks for this magnificent list.
Wow Grace, that’s a huge and very comprehensive list. Great compilation of very useful resources.
Wonderful list!
Very nice job
Good grief girl this is the most mind blowing collection of resources known to man.Thanks to you I may learn how to use Photoshop and other components of Adobes spectacular but overpriced suite. Do you do illustrator. I need help with pen tool just a dumb begginer.
Tankyou soooooo much Russ. A
@Deden, @Brendon and @Photosmarter Thanks for commenting and your kind words, im super happy you enjoyed the roundup!
@Russ Love your support
I am pretty much self-taught in terms of Photoshop and Illustrator and it’s really all about practice and constantly improving and updating your skills, plus its fun! Some great sites to help you get started with the Pen Tool in Illustrator are: illustrator pen tool cheat-sheet and the Illustrator’s Pen Tool: The Comprehensive Guide. Hope they help!
I’m always looking for interesting Photoshop tips to share with my viewers. This list is tremendous. Thanks again!
thanks for the link, i can’t wait to go thru them all. Also, did you ever try layersmagazine.com that is one of my favorites
Thank you, I don’t have to watch teevee tonight, I’ll try some tutorials instead
thnx a lot for these nice resources ,since m running out of time for now I cud only view the first 5 of them n they are really nice and have something to learn from.