Photoshop Roadmap Weekly #18

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This is the issue #18 of Photoshop Roadmap Weekly — a curated mix of standout Photoshop tutorials, premium creative assets, and a touch of inspiration from the world of digital design and art.

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Editor's Picks

Why Pro Photographers Are Switching to Topaz Photo AI — And You Should Too.

Every location photographer knows that sinking feeling when reviewing photos and realizing the focus missed by just a fraction. Or when the perfect moment was captured, but challenging lighting forced camera settings beyond ideal. Here's how Topaz Labs Photo AI is changing the game for photographers who refuse to settle for "almost great" shots.

100 Essential Photoshop Photo Effects Tutorials Worth Bookmarking

There's always that photo effect that stops you cold and makes you think "How did they DO that?" This collection of 100 essential Photoshop tutorials breaks down the techniques behind professional-level effects—from color grading to compositing—that separate good designers from great ones.

Photoshop 2025 New Features: Harmonize, Improved Remove Tool, and Model Picker

Adobe just dropped Photoshop 2025 with features that eliminate the editing tasks photographers dread most. The new Harmonize feature automates complex compositing, the Remove tool got smarter, and team collaboration finally works the way it should.

New Photoshop Tutorials

How to Organize and Customize Your Photoshop Workspace

A cluttered workspace can slow down even the most experienced Photoshop user. With dozens of panels, tools, and windows competing for screen space, the default interface often includes features you rarely use while hiding the ones you need most. This tutorial demonstrates how to organize your Photoshop workspace to match your specific workflow. You'll learn to remove unnecessary panels, arrange essential tools, and create custom workspace presets for different types of projects. Watch the Tut

How to Design a Workshop Poster in Photoshop

Professional workshop posters combine clean typography with compelling visuals to attract attendees and communicate essential information at a glance. The challenge lies in balancing text hierarchy with visual elements while maintaining readability across different sizes and formats. This Photoshop tutorial demonstrates a structured approach to poster design using basic tools like rectangles, clipping masks, and typography to create a polished workshop announcement. Watch the Tutorial Essen

How to Create Realistic Design Mockups in Photoshop

Creating convincing product mockups requires more than simply placing a design onto a template. Real fabric surfaces have subtle color variations, texture bumps, and complex lighting that affect how printed designs actually appear. This comprehensive tutorial demonstrates professional techniques for building realistic mockups from scratch. You'll learn to control surface preparation, blend modes, displacement mapping, and lighting effects to achieve results that match real-world printing condit

Hair Selection in Photoshop: Modern AI Tools vs Traditional Techniques

Hair selection remains one of Photoshop's most challenging tasks, even with AI-powered tools. The new Select Subject feature with cloud processing offers impressive results, but often sacrifices fine hair details that make selections look natural. This comprehensive comparison reveals when to use modern AI tools versus traditional channel-based methods, and how combining both approaches creates the most accurate hair masks for professional composites. Watch the Tutorial The Evolution of Hai

How to Smooth Pixelated Selection Edges in Photoshop

Automatic selections in Photoshop often create jagged, pixelated edges that look unprofessional when zoomed in. These blocky borders can ruin an otherwise perfect cutout, making your work appear amateurish regardless of how carefully you made the initial selection. Three simple sliders in Photoshop's Select and Mask workspace can transform these rough edges into clean, professional results. Combined with selective blur techniques, these tools create realistic cutouts that blend seamlessly into

Create a Prince Poster Using Photoshop's Dynamic Text Feature

Prince's legendary status in music history deserves artwork that matches his iconic presence. Dynamic text in Photoshop offers a powerful way to create professional-looking posters that automatically adjust typography to fit perfectly within defined spaces, eliminating the tedious manual alignment process. This technique transforms ordinary text layouts into polished designs by intelligently resizing and repositioning each line to conform to boundaries. The result captures the bold, dramatic ae

How to Use Photoshop’s New Harmonize Feature to Blend Images Automatically

Photoshop’s latest AI feature promises to solve one of compositing’s biggest challenges: making cut-out objects look naturally integrated into new backgrounds. The new Harmonize tool automatically matches lighting, creates shadows, and adds reflections with a single click. This breakthrough technology eliminates hours of manual work that traditionally required advanced knowledge

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New Creative Assets

Woodland Wonders: 5 Free Detailed Wooden Backgrounds

Introducing Woodland Wonders – Free Sample Pack. Step into nature with this free sample from our Woodland Wonders collection. Featuring 5 high-resolution wooden backgrounds, this pack blends the natural elegance of wood with delicate organic accents like moss, petals, and vines. Ideal for digital art, social media, print design, and more.

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Oil Paint FX: From Photo to Fine Art in One Click

The Oil Paint FX Photoshop Plugin offers a straightforward way to apply a variety of painting effects to any image within Photoshop CC, compatible with both Mac and PC. It includes a UXP plugin, JavaScript code, three high-resolution editable mockups, a detailed PDF guide, and a video tutorial, making it

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Create Typography Effects with Type01 Photoshop Action

The Type01 Photoshop Action by Sevenstyles streamlines the process of creating compelling typography photo effects.

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