The 30 best Photoshop tutorials of 2009

We present the finest advanced Photoshop guides from the past year

With Photoshop firmly established as the graphics software of choice for the creative industry, it's no surprise that there are more and more sites cropping up devoted to providing helpful tutorials for Adobe's image behemoth.

Finding your way through this maze of walkthroughs can be something of a nightmare, though. With this in mind, we trawled the deep, dark recesses of the net to identify the 30 best Photoshop tutorials of 2009. Whether you're after advanced advice on font trickery or you hanker for detailed guides on photo manipulation, you're sure to find something here to help you while away those long winter nights and boost your Photoshop know-how in the process.

1. Create a trendy galactic poster design in Photoshop

 

2. Colourful glowing text effect in Photoshop

 

3. Create a leather-textured realistic briefcase icon

 

4. How to create a retro boxing poster in Photoshop

 

5. Design a realistic 3D baseball cap in Photoshop

 

6. Easy starlight in Photoshop

 

7. How to make a dark, post-apocalyptic city illustration

 

8. Create an abstract style, vibrant jumping man scene in Photoshop

 

9. Design a vibrant Blackberry-inspired ad in Photoshop

 

10. Digital painting tutorial by Vitaly Alexius

 

11. Manipulate smoke to create hyperreal images

 

12. Killer 3D poster design with 3DS Max and Photoshop

 

13. Create a realistic outer space scene in Photoshop

 

14. Create a realistic space scene from scratch with Photoshop

 

15. Create 3D text with some extreme lighting

 

16. Design an epic fantasy scene with Photoshop

 

17. Create cool neon effects

 

18. How to create a photo manipulation of a flooded city scene

 

19. How to create an impressive-looking text effect

 

20. Use lighting effects to make photos sparkle

 

21. How to create a side view concept car

 

22. Lighting a giant elephant

 

23. Dazzling dance photo manipulation

 

24. Designing a typographic concept poster

 

25. How to create a planet icon set in Photoshop

 

26. How to design a vintage horror movie poster in Photoshop

 

27. Creating a space-helmeted future retro illustration

 

28. Make yourself an amazing typographic portrait

 

29. Create a furious pink panther poster

 

30. Design a retro futurism space scene


Want more? Check out our own top 23 tutorials of 2009 and our collection of 11 fantastic Photoshop tutorials.