40 Awesome Photoshop CS5 Tutorials to Sharpen Your Skills

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Adobe’s Photoshop and Illustrator are the two apps at the heart of almost every designer’s workflow. If you haven’t gotten up to speed with Adobe Photoshop CS5 or the many new, powerful features the version brings, here are 40 tutorials that’ll help you do just that in no time.

In fact, even if you’re a Photoshop pro, I bet you’ll find at least one tutorial in here that’ll teach you something you didn’t know.

1. Vintage Art Poster

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2. Flame Logo Tutorial

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3. Digital Make-Up Tutorial

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4. Blending Fashion

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5. Realistic Tattoo

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6. Remove Flyaway Hairs

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7. Retro Style

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8. Fashion Retouching

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9. Cosmic Love Goddess

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10. Actions and Droplets

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11. New Techniques for Cutting Out Hair

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12. Stylish Poster

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13. Abstract Colorful Balls

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14. Lighting and Shinning Effects

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15. Film Strip

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16. Panorama

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17. Amazing Floral Illustration

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18. Color Focus Editting

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19. Human Aquarium

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20. Photo into Sketch

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21. Colorful Light

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22. Dramatic and Surreal Illustration

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23. Basics of Compositing

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24. Dark and Surreal Poster

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25. 3D Water Text Effect

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26. Typographic Portrait

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27. Abstract Female Art

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28. HQ Tech Power Button

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29. Grunge Effect

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30. Fantastic Abstract Fan Poster

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31. Stylish Grunge Poster

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32. Briliant Product

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33. Impactful Disco Party

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34. Scenic Castle Hallway

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35. 3D Text Composition

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36. 3D Type with Repoussé

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37. Content-Aware Fill and Puppet Warp

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38. Valentine’s Day Card

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39. Abstract Female Illustration

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40. Abstract Light Streaks Poster

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Conclusion

Photoshop is a vast application capable of helping you produce everything from retouched photos to complex web designs. There’s far more to master than can be covered by a mere 40 tutorials — but I hope this article helped you find the resources you need to get to grips with the app!

About  the author

Harry Jay Clement is a freelance web and graphic designer from Malaysia listed in DesignCrowd’s Freelance Logo Designer directory. You can contact and hire the author via his design portfolio or logo design crowdsourcing service.

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