Whenever I have to research for new Photoshop tutorials for my compilations, I always focus on stunning, complex and difficult tutorials mainly targeted for pros. But most of the time you need to perform basic tasks such as red eye removal, or changing a color in a photo.
This list is about basic photo manipulation techniques for beginners. Some of these techniques require a bit of work, but many do not. Remember that good results require good starting photos!
Essential Photo Manipulation Tutorials for Beginners
Change hair color
How to straighten crooked photos
Perspective correction in Photoshop
Photo to watercolor effect
Easily replace a color in your photos
Photo to illustration effect and folded paper simulation
Photo to color ink sketch
Give your photos a retro comic book effect
Andy Warhol pop art effect
Adding Reflections To Sunglasses In Photoshop
Add rain to a photo
Photo puzzle effect
Cast light from a window
Add water reflection to a photo
Dreamy glow photo effect
Change eye color
Remove red eye
Whiten teeth
Fix an underexposed photo
Fix an overexposed photo
Remove unwanted objects from an image
Remove the background from a photo
Create a halftone photo border
Improve image tone with Levels
Out of bounds photo border
Combining two photos into a new one
Remove freckles
Soften skin
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