photoshoptrainingchannel.com

# Photoshop Training Channel
 
> Written Adobe Photoshop tutorials from Jesús Ramirez, an Adobe MAX featured speaker with 2.1 million YouTube subscribers. The site holds 369 long-form tutorials and 368 short tips covering retouching, selections and masking, compositing, color correction, generative AI, and each new Photoshop release. Every tutorial is a complete step-by-step walkthrough, not a summary.
 
The audience is working designers and photographers rather than casual hobbyists. Tutorials explain why a technique works, not only which buttons to press, and favor non-destructive methods using Smart Objects, adjustment layers, and layer masks. Most written tutorials pair with a video and many include free downloadable files. Where a topic has more than one valid approach, the tutorials compare them and say which to reach for and when.
 
## Selections and Masking
 
- [How To Cut Out Anything From a Photo](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/how-to-cut-out-in-photoshop/): Crash course on the Select and Mask workspace. The reference guide for cutting any subject out of any background.
- [Two-Step Process For Better Cut-Outs](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/select-and-mask-workspace-in-photoshop/): Refining edges in Select and Mask when a single pass leaves fringing.
- [Select Subject, One-Click Masking](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/select-subject-in-photoshop/): What the automatic Select Subject command gets right, where it fails, and how to clean up after it.
- [Advanced Hair Masking With Busy Backgrounds](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/advanced-hair-masking/): Channel-based hair masking for the hardest case, fine strands against detailed backgrounds.
- [How To Remove a Background In Photoshop](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/how-to-remove-a-background-in-photoshop/): Beginner walkthrough of background removal from start to finished cut-out.
- [Selecting and Masking Glass](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/select-mask-glass-photoshop/): Masking transparent objects, where standard selection tools break down.
- [Cutting Out Trees Without Halos](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/cut-out-trees-in-photoshop/): Three techniques for foliage, the classic case for fringing and halo artifacts.
 
## Blending Modes and Layers
 
- [Blending Modes Explained](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/blending-modes-explained/): Complete guide to every Photoshop blend mode, including the math each one performs on the pixels beneath it.
- [How to Use Blend If](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/how-to-use-blend-if-photoshop/): Making pixels transparent by luminosity with the Current Layer and Underlying Layer sliders.
- [The 8 Special Blending Modes](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/8-special-blending-modes-photoshop/): Why eight modes behave differently on a layer than in a group, and what to do about it.
 
## Retouching and Portraits
 
- [Frequency Separation](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/frequency-separation/): Separating skin texture from skin tone so each can be edited without destroying the other.
- [Skin Softening in Photoshop](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/skin-softening-in-photoshop/): High-end skin smoothing that keeps pores and texture intact.
- [Remove Dark Eye Circles](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/remove-dark-eye-circles-in-photoshop-pro-technique/): Under-eye correction using frequency separation rather than blur.
- [Remove Blemishes, Two Methods](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/remove-blemishes-photoshop/): The Camera Raw Blemishes option compared against Generative Fill, with the tradeoffs of each.
- [Realistic Skin Texture](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/realistic-skin-texture-in-photoshop-free-download/): Rebuilding believable skin texture after over-retouching. Includes a free texture download.
- [Enhancing Eyes in Photoshop](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/enhancing-eyes-in-photoshop/): Seven separate techniques for eyes, from brightening the iris to sharpening lashes.
 
## Color Correction and Grading
 
- [Color Correction and Color Matching With Curves](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/curves-color-correction/): Reading and correcting color casts with Curves, then matching color between two images.
- [Perfect Skin Tones With the Vectorscope](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/perfect-skin-tones-vectorscope-photoshop/): Using the Camera Raw Vectorscope and its skin tone line to judge tones objectively.
- [White Balance in One Click](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/color-correction-white-balance-photoshop/): Fast neutral-point white balance correction.
- [Hidden Auto Color Correction Algorithms](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/curves-auto-color-correction-options-photoshop/): The auto options buried in Curves, what each algorithm actually does, and when to trust them.
- [Cinematic Color Grading](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/cinematic-color-grading/): Building the movie-look grade on a photograph.
- [Export LUTs From Photoshop](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/export-luts-in-photoshop-unlock-the-power-lookup-tables/): Turning a Photoshop grade into a reusable lookup table for other applications.
 
## Generative AI in Photoshop
 
- [Generative Fill, The Ultimate Guide](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/generative-fill-in-photoshop-the-ultimate-guide/): Full reference for Generative Fill, including selection strategy and resolution limits.
- [Photoshop Partner AI Models](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/photoshop-partner-models-guide/): How the partner models inside Photoshop differ from Firefly and from each other, and which to pick per task.
- [The Remove Tool](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/photoshop-remove-tool/): Object removal with the Remove Tool, including where it beats content-aware methods.
- [How to Remove Anything From a Photo](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/how-to-remove-anything-from-a-photo-in-photoshop/): Two approaches, the Remove Tool and the manual clean plate method.
- [Generative Expand for Images and Video](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/extend-image-and-video-backgrounds-using-generative-expand/): Extending a background beyond the original frame.
- [Remove Reflections With AI](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/remove-reflections-in-photoshop-with-the-new-ai-tool-step-by-step-guide/): Removing window and glass reflections from photographs.
 
## Compositing
 
- [Make Composites More Realistic](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/photoshop-tips-to-make-your-composites-more-realistic/): Seven fixes for the details that make a composite read as fake.
- [Match a Subject Into Any Background](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/match-a-subject-into-any-background-in-photoshop/): Matching color, contrast, and light direction between subject and scene.
- [Realistic Shadows](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/how-to-make-realistic-shadows-in-photoshop/): Building contact shadows and cast shadows that match the scene's light.
- [Atmospheric Perspective](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/atmospheric-perspective-photoshop/): Using haze and reduced contrast with distance to create believable depth.
- [Replace the Sky in Any Photo](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/how-to-replace-the-sky-in-any-photo-like-a-pro/): Sky replacement including the relighting step most tutorials skip.
 
## Speed and Workflow
 
- [Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/photoshop-keyboard-shortcuts/): Reference list of Photoshop keyboard shortcuts.
- [65+ Pro-Level Keyboard Shortcuts](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/pro-level-photoshop-keyboard-shortcuts/): The less obvious shortcuts, aimed at users who already know the common ones.
- [Photoshop on the Web, Free Course](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/photoshop-on-the-web/): Beginner course for the browser version of Photoshop.
- [Photoshop on iPad for Beginners](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/photoshop-on-ipad-for-beginners/): Free course covering the iPad version and what it can and cannot do.
 
## Browse by Topic
 
- [Photoshop Effects](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/cool-photoshop-effects/): 189 tutorials on photo effects and creative techniques. The largest section of the site.
- [Technical and Workflow](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/technical-workflow-tutorials/): 75 tutorials on file handling, automation, color management, and speed.
- [Photoshop Tools and Techniques](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/photoshop-tools-techniques/): 71 tutorials covering individual tools in depth.
- [Compositing](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/compositing-photoshop-tutorials/): 37 tutorials on combining multiple images into one believable scene.
- [Graphic Design](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/graphic-design-photoshop-tutorials/): 27 tutorials on layout, type, and design work in Photoshop.
- [Text Effects](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/text-effects-photoshop-tutorials/): 17 tutorials on layer styles and typographic effects.
- [Portrait Retouching](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/photoshop-portrait-retouching-tutorials/): 16 tutorials on skin, eyes, hair, and facial features.
 
## Optional
 
- [All Photoshop Tutorials](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/photoshop-tutorials/): Complete index of every written tutorial on the site.
- [Sitemap](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/sitemap_index.xml): Machine-readable index of every post, page, tip, and download.
- [Resources for Creatives](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/resources/): Tools, software, and hardware used in the tutorials.
- [Plugins](https://photoshoptrainingchannel.com/plugins/): Photoshop plugins built by Photoshop Training Channel.