10 Free EBooks For Learning Photoshop for Beginners_670

Are you fascinated by cool visual graphics, 2D/3D animation or beautiful photos? Do you feel like experiencing the fun of creating visually-enticing pieces of modern art? If yes, then you are at the brink of stepping in to the world of graphic designing. But, to begin with, there is one important application that you must have heard about.

Adobe Photoshop is an image editing software that offers a range of functions, such as cropping, painting, editing, colour balancing/changing and video editing, to name a few. You must have seen digitally-altered images of celebrities. Those are done with photo retouching in Photoshop.

Now, learning Photoshop is very simple and with the amount of resources available online, there is no reason why you should not start from today itself. E-books are a good option and they are readily available in downloadable pdf format. So, I thought to make the task easier for you by shortlisting some of the best ones that are available on the digital space. They are popular, crisp and authentic. Also there are many ebook readers available for your mobile devices in order make your learning better while taking them anywhere with you.

Okay, so, here is a list of top ten e-books for learning Adobe Photoshop.

1)BASICS OF PHOTOSHOP Basics of Photoshop

This eBook by Adam Dachis is one of the best guides to get acquainted with the basic features of Adobe Photoshop. If you had ever wanted to start learning Photoshop but had no clue about where to begin with, then this is an ideal book for you. It is simple to understand as the information is explained in an easy language.

2)An Introduction to Adobe PhotoshopAn Introduction to Adobe Photoshop

This pdf, which is officially published by bookboon is designed especially for beginners. It takes you on a tour across the fundamentals of Photoshop while covering basic functions, such as layers, cropping, colours, printing and more.  You will find the lessons arranged in a logical sequence. This pdf is also useful for setting the foundation to learn Advanced Photoshop.

Also Read: 14 Essential Designing Tools Which Every Graphic Designer Must Know

3)Photoshop CS3 All-in-One Photoshop CS3 All-in-One

Learning Photoshop CS3 will make you understand all old tools used in Photoshop. To download this pdf hit beside the red arrow. Grab this all in one desk to learn Photoshop CS3.

4)Adobe Photoshop CS6Adobe Photoshop CS6

This is an official training eBook from Adobe systems. You can learn Photoshop lessons at your own pace. It has something useful in it for both beginners and professionals. If you’re a beginner in Adobe Photoshop, you’ll learn the basic concepts and features to master the program. For people, who have had their hands on Photoshop for a while, there are key tips and tricks for them as well. This book is suitable for everyone as it teaches basic as well as advanced features for photo shopping.



5)Adobe Photoshop 6.0Adobe Photoshop CS6

This interactive Adobe Photoshop eBook offers a number of short lesson modules designed to introduce the key features of the program. You can complete the modules in sequence or select individual ones. If you are an experienced Photoshop user, you may want to quickly review the lessons from the overview section and then skip to “What’s New in Adobe Photoshop 6.0.

6)Adobe Photoshop CS6 Bible Adobe Photoshop CS6 Bible

This pdf has information on all tools which are available in the new version of Photoshop called CS6. Once you have read CS3 tutorial from the same website, you can move ahead to reading this guide. Download this guide from their website as shown by red arrow.

7)Adobe photoshop tutorial Photoshop Tutorial

This eBook is an ideal introduction to using Adobe Photoshop. In this eBook you will learn how to get started with Photoshop, how to modify images and how to use the interface with basic Photoshop tools.

 

8)PRACTICAL PHOTOSHOP CS 6CS6 Level 1

This eBook will let you know about the important terms, skills and techniques which are required to open, edit, create, save and print Photoshop documents.

9)Photoshop CS3 Keyboard Shortcuts CS3 Cheat Sheet

Learning keyboard shortcuts is essential to master a software and use it more efficiently with less time consumption. You will get all shortcut keys you need to know while using Photoshop CS3 in this pdf. This will be helpful to execute Photoshop functions with ease.

10)Photoshop CS6 Keyboard Shortcuts CS6 Cheat Sheet

This is another e-book to become familiar with the shortcut keys for the latest version of Adobe Photoshop, I.E. Photoshop CS6.

Conclusion:
Learning Photoshop does not seem to be a difficult thing when you begin to get familiar with using the basic features and executing the important functions of the software. Once you are done with the basic course, you can jump to the next level to learn more advanced features. In my next post I will definitely try to come up with some more resources to make you practice Photoshop techniques with examples. Well, for now I am just trying to keep you going as the scope of this software is pretty vast. Till then Happy designing.