Creating posters can definitely be done in photoshop. So even if your start screen isn't showing, you can always go up to the File menu at the top of Photoshop, and choose New... or Open... from there. I'll click on the Brush tool for example. So, that keyboard shortcut is a toggle for undoing and redoing the last action that you took.

Photoshop comes with a lot of Blank Document Presets that you can start with.

- Bettyann A. Many Thanks!" The History panel is located here, in this collapsed column of panels. Give the tutorial a go and see if it helps you.

It is such a pleasure learning how to do different things in a way that does not leave me totally frustrated and ready to give up and go to bed!! Tutorials to help you draw cute sketches. Keep your eye on the panel as I make another stroke.

- Natashja. It teaches you how to make a straight line in photoshop to complex things like paths. I'll go to the Save As field here, that's the file name field if you're on Windows. Very clear, very demonstrative, very unintimidating, and very helpful! And that will zoom you back out. The benefits … Then I'll move into the image, and notice that my cursor is now changed to a hand icon. Steve Patterson is an absolute master of elucidation! The guide was made for artists that are at their beginning with digital drawing. Nathan Brown is a master of creating semi-realistic illustrations from scratch using just simple tools such as shapes, gradients, and shadows.

There are more tools than you see on the face of the Tools panel. Then click the Open button.

Let's leave those open and talk about how to create a new image from scratch. The quick way to do that is to use a keyboard shortcut, Command + Z on a Mac or Ctrl + Z on Windows. I also found the subtle humor very amusing.

I recently joined as a member and have been greatly impressed at how easy it is for an absolute beginner like me to follow along!" The beauty of having these states in the History panel, is that you can step back through them, one by one, like this.

One of the things you often want to do when you have a Brush tool selected, is to change the size of the brush tip. - Stanley J, "I have to say, having looked at much content on line, that your method of instruction is pretty much the best I have come upon on any topic at all. Photoshop drawing is fun and by having this tutorial you will understand even better how to make your artwork look more futuristic and with a lot of details. Your tutorials make me feel great about myself!" but you don't understand why or how the action can apply in other situations. Move into the image and make a brush stroke. Edit, Step Forward.

- Brandi A.

For example, if I want to close this image, I can select Close from the File menu, and you can go ahead and close the image without saving, since we haven't made any permanent changes.

And the image zooms in continuously. So, I can just click Fit Screen in the Hand tool Options bar, and that takes me back to see the entire image in my document window. Photoshop gives you lots of flexibility to change the edits that you make. 10 minutes later and I know a whole lot more than I did before I read it." In the long-term it is a cool technique to add to your skill list so why not learn it? If you put some time into it, you can get really good at it and you shouldn’t have any problems with it. They're brilliant!"

So, because I have the Vertical Type Tool selected, I see options for text, like this Font Size menu here. Just click the Fit Screen option, and the entire image fits itself into your document window. "I just want to commend you for a great tutorial website! I'll click, drag, and move the image in the document window, to a place that I want to see, and then I'll release my mouse. She took some art classes along the way through elementary and high school, and a bit in college, but is mostly a self-taught artist who finds inspiration in artwork she finds while browsing the Internet, watching movies and animated films, and taking walks through nature.

I really enjoy your writing style (it is so simple to follow) and you describe every single action in such great detail - unbelievable. You may want to zoom in for a closer view of part of an image, or you may want to zoom out to see more of an image on your screen. Graphic designers use it, typographers, 3D specialist and many more found a use for its tools. By the way, if your brush tip isn't big enough, go up to the Options bar for the Brush tool, click on the Brush Picker and set the Size there. I'm going to expand this panel by moving down to its bottom bar, until I see a double pointed arrow and then dragging down. You need to discover the basic tools that are being used and by following the steps in the guide you shouldn’t have any problems with doing that.

Something we'll talk more about when we cover resizing an image later in this series.

I'll go ahead and select a blue swatch here in the Swatches panel, and that color will be applied when I use other color features, like the Brush tool.

Discipline is perfect if you want to have a healthy work environment. Thanks much!" We'll learn a lot more about selecting a layer later in the tutorial series. I'm going to select Photo. Design Tools and Workflow Tips.

You do that one thing that is the hallmark of good instructions: you make no assumptions as to the skill level of who you are giving those instructions to such that anyone, no matter what their skill level can either read every word or just the bits they need reminding of. There are more panels than just those you see in this panel column. Although you may not experience the same thing if you're working on a large monitor.

- Aleksandr K. "Thank you for the awesome tutorial by Steve Patterson on RGB and Color Channels. Thank you so much." - B. Thurston, "I read the tutorial on creating a rainbow effect by Steve Patterson. Your directions are clear, easy to follow, and completely accurate. You might do that when you want a blank canvas on which to draw, or on which you want to place some images. - Denny. Finally, here are a couple bonus tips about saving. This is most likely because these tutorials are often more intricate and time consuming to produce.

So, let me show you a safer way to save, that doesn't save over the last version.

I'm going to go to my Format menu, and I'll choose JPEG, and then I'll go down to the bottom right and click Save.