Before we get started… Download Adobe XD for free here. If you’d like to download the final Adobe XD file that I’m creating in this tutorial you can grab it by joining over 3,620+ other free members on Skillthrive. I also have several hands-on design tutorials on YouTube, so head over there and…

Our new free Photoshop course is now live on Skillthrive! If you want to download the course assets and follow along, head to the course files and join our community–it’s free! In lesson 1 you’ll cover several concepts, including how to make a selection in Photoshop with the Quick…

I started streaming on Twitch. I thought the idea was a bit silly at first when a co-worker suggested I give it a shot. Why? I wasn’t streaming games, and I thought the entire community are gamers. So, how could a guy that loves Photoshop, video, and design have a…

Sit back and enjoy the video as we answer the simple, yet important question, “What is a raster image?” Almost any photo you see on the internet is a raster image, and common file formats are .jpg, .gif, .png and .tiff. A raster image is composed of millions of…

Get the Quick Selection tool in your toolbar. If you don’t see your toolbar, go to Window ► Tools at the very top, and make sure it’s checked off. Hold Control and Option (Alt) and drag your mouse right to make a brush bigger or left to make it…

Photoshop comes loaded with tools, a lot that you’ll probably never even use. This can cause your Photoshop Toolbar to come unnecessarily cluttered. However, there’s an easy way to fix that. Head to the Edit menu and select Toolbar to access the Toolbar dialog. You’ll…

In this Photoshop quick tip we’re going to talk about the difference between vibrance and saturation. There are a lot of people who will only adjust saturation in order to make their colors more vivid, but I would suggest you try adjusting vibrance first before…

I just took some images for a blog post, but I forget to set my camera to shoot JPEG. Luckily, converting several RAW files to JPEG is simple with Photoshop. With Photoshop open, navigate to Edit ► Scripts ► Image Processor. In the first panel…

Success boils down to follow-through, and you can be successful at the wrong thing. It took me 23 years to figure that out. After graduating from college last year I felt like I had been living a life defined for me all up to that point. My identity was heavily…