{"id":25954013,"date":"2026-05-19T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/?p=25954013"},"modified":"2026-05-18T14:47:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T21:47:38","slug":"the-ultimate-beginners-guide-to-photo-editing-in-adobe-photoshop-lesson-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/the-ultimate-beginners-guide-to-photo-editing-in-adobe-photoshop-lesson-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The ultimate beginner&#8217;s guide to photo editing in Adobe Photoshop: Lesson 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you're learning photo editing in Adobe Photoshop, there's almost no better guide on YouTube than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/unmeshdinda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unmesh Dinda<\/a>, the host of venerable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@PiXimperfect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube channel PiXimperfect<\/a>. And if you're an absolute beginner \u2013 like, if this is your first time opening the software \u2013&nbsp;he just started a new series just for you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We started the series with <a href=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/the-ultimate-beginners-guide-to-photo-editing-in-adobe-photoshop-lesson-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lesson 1: The Absolute Basics<\/a>. <\/strong>If you haven't seen that video yet, start there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\"If Photoshop's toolbar has ever felt like a wall of mysterious icons you don't know how to use, this is exactly the lesson that will make it all click. In this video, you and I will explore tools and the toolbar the way they were meant to be understood, starting with a fun project with the Brush Tool, and then diving into the Crop and Move tools, two of the most foundational tools you'll come back to every single day in Photoshop. Along the way, I'll share little hidden tricks and settings that make a real difference, even for those who've been using Photoshop for a while. By the end, the toolbar will stop feeling intimidating and start feeling like home.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Your First Tools: Photoshop for Beginners | Lesson 2\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lO9cNUajts8?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Photoshop for Complete Beginners, Lesson 2: Tools and the toolbar<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This tutorial introduces you to all of the basic tools in the Photoshop toolbar that you'll be using within the software. To start though, Unmesh walks you through a quick project that shows how to use a few of the tools, like the brush tool: lightening a model's eyes. He then goes over the basics of the toolbar \u2013 how to customize and manipulate it \u2013\u00a0and then goes over some of the major tools, like the Crop Tool and the Move Tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unmesh has also provided a host of resources to help you follow along \u2013\u00a0download a detailed notes document and some project files by <a href=\"https:\/\/pix.live\/psb2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">clicking here<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to learn photo editing<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There will be a bunch more lessons in the PiXimperfect absolute beginners' series, but if you're looking for more tips, tricks, and tutorials, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/learn-to-draw-with-wacom\/learn-photo-editing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn Photo Editing page<\/a>! We have tutorials from Unmesh, Colin Smith of PhotoshopCaf\u00e9, and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re opening Photoshop for the first time and everything feels overwhelming, this is exactly where you need to start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":25954014,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2336,2338,2552],"tags":[180,688],"class_list":["post-25954013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photography","category-how-to","category-learn-photo-editing","tag-piximperfect","tag-unmesh-dinda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25954013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25954013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25954013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25954014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25954013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25954013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25954013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}