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Basic level Photoshop tutorials from PSD Vault. Perfect for beginners just starting out with Photoshop.

In this 5th volume, we have a video Photoshop tutorial to show you how you can use Warp tool plus to create great looking abstract shapes to decorate your design. This tutorial is a remake of the abstract warp tutorial posted on psdvault.com. Hopefully this will give you a better understanding of the warp tool and how you can use it to produce some cool abstract effect.

In this 4th volume, we have a video Photoshop tutorial to show you how you can Create Fiery Particle Effect with Brush Dynamics. This tutorial is a remake of the original fiery effect tutorial posted on psdvault.com. Hopefully this will give you a better understanding of the brush dynamics and how you can apply those brush options to produce some great abstract effect.

When you first started with Photoshop, you might be overwhelmed by the amount of features and functionalities built for various graphic design tasks and basically don’t know where to begin. So what can we do to overcome this initial difficulty? Just like learning every other thing in life, we start with the easiest part.

In this post, I will provide 5 Simple, Yet Useful Photoshop “How-to”s for Absolute Beginners. Take a look and hopefully you will see after all, Photoshop is not that hard to start with!

Previously I published a post named “5 Useful Little Photoshop Tricks to Add Extra Elegance For Your Design” and it turns out to be quite a popular tutorial here. (Had about 35,000 hits so far). So I guess you guys (especially Photoshop beginners) would probably like another similar post. So here we go :)

In this post, I will show you yet another 5 Interesting Little Photoshop Tricks to Add Extra Elegance to Your Design. These techniques are just little things that I found useful in Photoshop, and I think they’re quite beneficial to learn if you’re a PS beginner. So go ahead and have a try!

I remembered when I first started learning Photoshop many years ago, there were many features I never knew how to use, or just don’t bother use them at all. Well, I was wrong, and I have since realised everything has their uses and they’re there for a purpose :)

In this tutorial, I will show you 5 Highly Applicable, Yet Easily Ignored Features in Photoshop – and How to Best Use Them. Hopefully they’re of use to you as a starter, thus make your life as a photoshopper a bit easier right from the beginning.

Meanwhile, I guess even if you’re an experienced Photoshopper already, it nevers hurt to have a read :) Perhaps you’d like to share some tips and tricks too? Just drop me a comment below :)