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Adobe Photoshop has arguably become the industry standard for editing photos. So much so that is used synonymously with the proper term “retouching”. Photoshop is an incredibly powerful tool (especially when paired with Adobe Lightroom). But with great power comes a great learning curve.

In order to address this issue, Adobe launched a series of YouTube tutorials called the “Photoshop Playbook” in late 2013. These videos are broken into seasons with ten episodes each. The content ranges from “Improving iPhone Images” “How to use Filters in Photoshop”.

There are several companies that offer great tutorials at a cost and their business model is based on teaching users how to utilize the features of Photoshop. These can be costly though. On the opposite side of the spectrum, there are thousands of free tutorials on youTube that attempt to do the same. But finding a reputable source that is able to communicate the solutions well can be frustrating and difficult to find.
I think it’s best to start from the source and kudos to Adobe for releasing this playbook in addition to the other free tutorials they offer.

If you’re new to Photoshop or are an experienced user who is looking for a solution to a sticky problem (for example, selecting hair is one that drives many new users crazy), tuning into these channels at vidlery.com may provide just the answer you’re seeking at a price that can’t be beat.

Doug Hill

The Photoshop Playbook

1. Selective Focus
2. Making Fine Hair Selections
3. Adding Borders to Images
4. Light Correction and Removing Unwanted Objects
5. Creating Panoramas
6. Improving iPhone Images
7. Get a Great Group Shot with Two Photos
8. Cropping and Straightening Photos
9. Creating Natural Looking Exposures
10. Black and White Conversion
11. Removing Red Eye and Whitening Teeth
12. How to Create Animated GIFs
13. Optimizing Photoshop Performance
14. Removing Sensitive Location Information
15. Hiding Sensitive Information in Images
16. Editing and Manipulating Images in Perspective
17. Removing Objects from Images (Advanced)
18. Adding and Removing Lens Flare
19. Intro to Non-Destructive Techniques Using Smart Objects/Filters
20. Selective Color Manipulation
21. Swapping Pet Heads
22. Fixing Pet-Eye and Making Text Bubbles
23. Adding People to Images
24. How to Add a New Sky — Compositing Basics
25. Getting Started with HDR Images
26. How to Resize Images
27. Selective Edits – Dodging, Burning and Sharpening
28. Masking Video for Special Effects
29. Changing Orientation From Portrait to Landscape and Beyond
30. Warping, Distorting and Directly Manipulating Images
31. Video for Everyone in Photoshop
32. How to Use Presets (in Images & Video)
33. Masking Images to Shapes and Type
34. What You Need to Know About Sharpening Images
35. How to Use Curves
36. Plug-ins – Get More Out of Photoshop
37. Adding Texture to Photographs
38. Noise Reduction in Photoshop
39. How to Get a Still Image from a Video
40. Lens Correction in Photoshop
41. Photoshop and Photoshop Mix: Mobile Masking, Compositing and Selections
42. How to Use Adobe Bridge
43. Image File Formats Explained: When to Save As What
44. How to Blend Multiple Images with Different Depths of Field
45. How to Use the DNG Profile Editor to Adjust Color and Light
46. How to Create a Vignette in Photoshop
47. How to Turn a Photograph into a Painting in Photoshop
48. Photoshop Playbook: How to Use Filters in Photoshop (and which not to use)
49. How to Adjust Lighting in Post Production Using Photoshop
50. Greatest Hits From the JDI (Just Do It) Project

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