Get the polygonal lasso tool from the lasso menu on the toolbar. Open up an image of a nice easy to select shape with a few straight lines such as this oriental heating duct. To use the tool just click at each corner point and drag in a new direction...

In this tutorial, i'll show you how to make a nice and shiny gold orb. You can use this orb to add style to your user interface.

Pen Tool Technique

Photoshop can make easy work of your batch processing with Droplets. This tutorial explains how EASY it is to get going.

Photoshop has the option to make textwrap around an image. In this tutorial you'll learn how to do this in a few easy steps!

The Lasso Tool creates freehand selections: To select an area In the Toolbox, select the Lasso Tool, click on the image and draw a contour holding mouse's button pressed* (or simply draw if you use sylus)...

The Healing Brush Tool* retouches image using sampled pixels or pattern: Click to enlarge To retouch using sampled pixels: In the Toolbox, select the Healing Brush Tool. Set brush size and style. On the Options bar, select the Sampled option. ..

The Background Eraser Tool clears content of background layer to transparency: In the Toolbox, select the Background Eraser Tool. Choose brush size and style*. Choose in Layers palette Background. Erase. The gadget Sampling on the Options bar allows to select one of three erasing modes:...

Editor's Pick in Photoshop Tutorials, July 2006
Masking out detailed images can often be a real pain if you don’t know what you are doing. This tutorial will show you the way to get around this often difficult task.

In this Photoshop tutorial we will explore how to use the pen tool.
First, we will look at the pen tool's basic controls. We will examine creating paths, curvature modification and anchor point adjustments.