Post # 7: Photoshop Tutorials

Here are the links to your Photoshop Tutorial:
Step 1: Photoshop  (good for beginners): http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/photoshop/


Step 2: Resolution
Watch these two videos from Lynda.com:
http://www.lynda.com/Photoshop-CS3-tutorials/for-designers/337-2.html
Video 1: Identifying image resolution
Video: 2: Resizing and resampling (key to know how to convert 72  dpi to 300 dpi, if you have to)

Step 3: Layers
Next, watch this video from Lynda.com and pay attention to what it means to have a flat image (.jpg) and layers (.psd) 
http://www.lynda.com/Photoshop-CS4-tutorials/Up-and-Running-with-Photoshop-for-Design/85079-2.html
Click on "Understanding selections and layers"

Then, watch this video on how to combine and use opacity with layers:
http://www.lynda.com/Photoshop-tutorials/Photoshop-CS6-Essential-Training/97619-2.html
Click on"Exploring layer basics"(scroll down)

Step 4: Backgrounds
Selection basics - marquee
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/understanding-adobe-photoshop-cs6/selection-basics/

Selection basics - magic wand
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/understanding-adobe-photoshop-cs6/magic-wand-tool/

Quick selection tool - basic
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/understanding-adobe-photoshop-cs6/quick-selection-tool/

Detailed one on a person: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/adobe-evangelists-terry-white/how-to-remove-a-background-from-an-image-in-photoshop-cs5/



Extra Photoshop Tutorials (with text effects)
http://www.photoshopstar.com/

http://planetphotoshop.com/category/tutorials (awesome stuff here)