

Start with Photoshop: A Beginner's Illustrated Guide
Learn Photoshop step by step with a 32-page illustrated PDF and downloadable practice files. Explore layers, selections, masks, colour adjustments and type, then build a complete coastal promotional graphic and save your own editable PSD.
Adobe PhotoShop
Product Description
Make your first Photoshop project with a clear purpose and a manageable set of tools. Start with Photoshop: A Beginner's Illustrated Guide is a 32-page Photoshop beginner's guide that takes you from opening a photograph to creating a finished coastal promotional graphic. If you have opened Photoshop and wondered which tool, panel or layer to choose, this book gives you a practical starting point.
Each lesson explains the job of a tool, shows the relationship between the parts of your document and gives you a checkpoint before you move on. The aim is to understand the choices you are making while keeping your work easy to revise.
Learn the foundations, then put them together
- Find the workspace, navigate an image and save a dependable working copy.
- Understand pixel dimensions, image size and a sensible screen-first document setup.
- Organise layers, align objects and transform a photograph as a Smart Object.
- Make selections, use layer masks and inspect an awkward cutout edge.
- Crop, adjust colour non-destructively and retouch small distractions on a separate layer.
- Add readable type, simple shapes and a restrained colour palette.
- Save an editable master, export a JPEG and reopen it to check the result.
The main project is a 1080 x 1350 px coastal promotion. You build the canvas, frame the photograph, add a mask, introduce gentle warmth and finish with a headline and supporting details. Separate photo exercises give you room to practise selections and retouching before applying those skills to a complete composition.
What is included
Your digital download contains the 32-page illustrated PDF and a practice pack with three photographs, a flat completed-reference image, a measured project brief, practice notes and a final checklist. The pack also includes photo credits, licence notes and links to official Adobe documentation. Its browser start page helps you find the files.
Who it is for
This book suits first-time Photoshop users, self-taught beginners and small-business owners who want a structured introduction to making a simple graphic. You need Adobe Photoshop desktop; a software subscription or licence is not included. The guide uses English desktop commands and Windows/macOS shortcuts. You create the layered PSD yourself; the supplied reference is a flat image. Interface illustrations are teaching diagrams, and controls can vary by version.
This is an independent educational guide, not an Adobe-certified course.
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