To get the rulers go to View: Rulers and this will bring up a ruler border around the document. Or you can use the shortcut of Ctrl R to toggle on and off the Rulers...

Create a new document (250*250). Use whatever tool U want and create a shape like mine above. I used the pen tool but it works all right with the lasso tool or pencil tool. Fill it with a color of your choice. ...

This tutorial shows how to create a scorched parchment texture, for a website or wedding invitation.

The basics of Photoshop. An explination of everything you wanted to know from the tools, blending options, palettes and etc.

Want that Glitter effect? follow these short easy steps and learn how to.

Step 1 Reset your colors. Create a new document (File--> New)
Width: 300 Pixels
Height: 300 Pixels
Contents: Background Color

Make a new document, 500x500 pixels, white background
With the rounded rectangle tool, make the shape of the button. Now CTRL+click on the shape to bring the selection. Now delete the shape and make a new layer so you'll have only the button selection on a new layer.

An action is a way of automatically applying a technique to an image using a prerecorded series of commands. Actions are triggered either by pressing one or a combination of keys or selecting the action from the Actions palette (1).

For this tutorial, I'm taking a temporary departure from realistic lighting, smooth bevelling, metallic effects, and soft shadows... :)

1. Open Photoshop. Open Image to create line art.
2. Make a Duplicate of the image layer and turn it into gray scale using Image > Adjustments > Desaturate
3. Filter > Stylize > Find Edges