If you have been looking into photo editing you will undoubtedly come across the word Photoshop in every arena you access. Photoshop is arguably considered one of the best software packages to use for creating and manipulating graphics and photographs. Manipulating and fixing your photos has never been so easy, thanks to the tools and advancements Photoshop has provided.

If you’ve always wanted to learn more about Photoshop but don’t know where to start, you don’t have to pay for classes to fine-tune your skills. You can get all the tips and techniques you need from some of the best illustrators and Photoshop experts on the web. Here are a few sites you might want to start with:

www.adobe.com

Here you can download a 60 day free trial of the program as well as view the immense amount of tutorials offered, all for free.

www.good-tutorials.com

This site is one of the best for all purpose tutorials and lists more than 13,000 single tutorials. That’s enough to take you from your beginner state to a full-blown Photoshop expert. Photoshop tips and techniques are added daily, so you’ll need to check the site often for updates.

www.photoshopcafe.com
Photoshopcafe.com is one of dozens of sites dedicated to nothing but Photoshop. You not only get tutorials online, you also get textual tips, reviews of new tools, sneak peeks at Photoshop books and new releases and info on video tutorials as well. If you have a special Photoshop question you can join a forum to post your question or see what others are having problems with.

www.sketchpad.net
The tutorials on this site are clear and straightforward. For beginners, this site is a big help, especially if you have little or no prior knowledge about how Photoshop works. If you’re a moderately experienced Photoshop user, there are retouching tutorials you can learn in three different levels, enough to improve your skills. You can also challenge yourself with the online projects.

www.tutorialized.com

This site offers all tutorials for free, although you’ll need to sign up to gain access to the links. You can even submit your very own Photoshop tutorial to get your work published online, also for free.