Don’t have Photoshop, but don’t want to pay $650 for the latest version? Luckily you have some alternatives.

• Amazon currently has several copies of Photoshop CS2 (the previous version) for around $300.
• Here’s a little secret: You can buy a very old copy of Photoshop on eBay (like Photoshop 7) for under $100. Once it arrives, you have a serial number…which you can use with the $250 Photoshop CS3 upgrade disc. So you buy an ancient copy of Photoshop, and upgrade. I did the same thing with Flash. I upgraded to Flash 8 after buying Flash 3. Unfortunately Adobe released Flash CS3 two months after…

Just thought I’d point this out.

A Favicon, as you may already know, is that tiny icon that sits to the left of a web site’s URL in modern browsers (and in your bookmarks menu). Usually they’re 16×16 pixels in dimensions. Want to learn how to make one for your website? (more…)

Welcome to day seven of the Starting a Great Blog tutorial series! Today, the topic is Spreading the Word. It’s less fun to write zillions of posts for your blog if no one’s reading them, so you’ll probably want to pull some extra users in. How? Keep reading. (more…)

Why pay someone to make business cards for you when you can do it yourself? All you need is Adobe Photoshop, a printer, and some cardstock (available at Staples or similar stores). This tutorial will teach you how to make a basic business card. This is by no means the only way, and you can alter the design any way you want. Just do whatever you think will look best. Let’s get started. (more…)

This one’s huge. Tutorialized has at least 20 categories of Photoshop tutorials, and a lot of other tutorials as well (html, c++, blender, maya, etc.). Tutorials open in new window (or tab in Firefox) with the tutorial in frame. An annoying ad in the top frame takes up an uncomfortable amount of screen space (at 1024×768 resolution, anyway). Despite this they are a great site. They just need to fix their stupid ad-frame!

Another good Photoshop tutorial site. Unlike Good-Tutorials or Tutorialized, Planet Photoshop is a tutorial directory. Their tutorials originated on their site. Tutorials open in a javascript pop-up, unfortunately. They’re sort of an online Photoshop magazine.

This is one of my favorite Photoshop sites, if not my absolute favorite. Good-Tutorials collects tutorials from across the web, and makes them accessible in a searchable database. The ads are unobtrusive (unlike Tutorialized.com), and an RSS feed is available.

Tutorials, downloads, contests, and a podcast are some of the things Dr. Photoshop has to offer.

Adobe Exchange is the official Adobe site where you can swap custom brushes, images, automations, etc. for Photoshop or any of Adobe’s products. A great source for Photoshop plugins and brushes. Unfortunately you must register before downloading anything.