I've been pretty vocal about my use of Photoshop in my design process. Lots of people have seemed to be interested in my use of it, so today I'm share a few videos with basic skills that I use in Photoshop. I don't claim to be a Photoshop expert, but expertise is relative, so hopefully you'll learn something! I'm not as comfortable in Illustrator, but I believe of the tools I reference in Photoshop are also available in Illustrator. Although it so happens that for me at this point, Photoshop is most easily accessible.
Video 1: Basic Document Setup
In my first video, I talk about basic document setup, including size, pixel resolution, setting up guides and grids, and creating basic shapes, which is primarily what I use in Photoshop.
Video 2: Smart Objects
In my second video, I show examples of grouping items, creating a smart object from a group, and then creating duplicates of that smart object with some type of repeat, in this case a repeat around the origin. I apologize for the flickering of the Windows navigation bar - that was coming from my recording software!
Video 3: Clipping Masks and HSTs
In my third video, I review grouping shapes again, copying (or screenshotting) in images from a website, creating a clipping mask from that screenshot, rotating the clipping mask content, and creating a half-square triangle from a rectangle (square).
Comments?!
Please let me know if you have any feedback. I'd be happy to create more tutorials in the future!
3 Comments
Kim Smith Soper
April 6, 2018 at 6:13 pmGreat tutorial! Makes me want to go out and buy photoshop. . . almost! 😉
Brenda Riojas
June 7, 2020 at 6:33 pmThank you. This tutorial was most helpful!
Online Sunshine
January 2, 2021 at 12:54 amWow, thank you SOOOOOOO much! I just got into quilting and made my first quilt block, but I was hoping to be able to see how it would look with other fabrics. I have PS, so your tutorial was a life saver! I’ve saved a template of my block and now I can drop fabrics in to see how the finished product would look. And I can design new blocks when I’m ready!