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15 Extremely Useful Photoshop Basic Tool and Command Tutorials for Beginners

By James QuDecember 4, 20112 Mins Read
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There has been many versions and upgrades for Photoshop, with many new features along with each upgrade. Despite those newly added features, there is a set of tools and commands that come with Photoshop from a very early stage and has been there ever since (with some minor adjustments).

If you just started learning Photoshop, it’s very important to have a understanding of these basic tools and practice them, and I’m sure they will benefit you greatly in the long run.

In this post, I will showcase 15 Extremely Useful Photoshop Basic Tool and Command Tutorials for Beginners. Hope you enjoy them and find them useful :)

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Here goes the list, enjoy! (You can click on either the title or the image to view the tutorial)

Working with Layer Styles – understanding Drop Shadows

Learn How to Use Photoshop Color Replacement Tool

The Photoshop Gradient and Paint Bucket Tool

How to Use the Quick Selection Tool in Photoshop

Get to Know Photoshop’s Pen Tool

Using and Customizing Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts

Understanding Layers in Photoshop

Editing And Modifying Selection Masks

The Sharpen, Smudge, and Blur Tools

Image Resolution Explained in Photoshop

Using the Measurement Log in Photoshop

How to Create an Action in Photoshop

How to Install a Photoshop Brush

Image Resolution And Print Quality

Clone Perspectives with Vanishing Point Filter

That’s it for this showcase! Hope you enjoy those tutorials and find them useful! If you want to go through some further readings, check out the basics section here on psdvault.com and I have tons of beginner-friendly Photoshop tutorials there :)

Till next time, have a great day!

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James is a seasoned Photoshop expert with over 25 years of experience based in Australia. As the driving force behind PSD Vault, he authors the majority of its in-depth tutorials and insightful articles.

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  6. Shiv Sharma on April 4, 2014 7:43 PM

    All these Photoshop basic tools and commands are very useful for the beginners. Nice screenshots to make the concept clear. Keep posting more.

  7. Karen Schmidt on May 17, 2017 4:56 PM

    These Photoshop tools are working remarkably. If a beginner understand the use of tools, he will definitely be an expert soon. This post is very useful. Well Done!

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