13 Photoshop Blunders Beginners Keep Making - And How to Fix Them!

[@PerBirkhaug]

Thanks for the great content! I've really learned a lot 😊

[@ilaka1556]

Thanks!

[@Cre8tiveWoman]

ADMIN HERE: On behalf of Unmesh Dinda, thanks for your contribution and for watching!

[@zbruch66]

you are the best PS teacher, man!

[@MarkFuriniArt]

Best teacher on YT! Are we sure you are no A.I.? You're too perfect!

[@djzlatan1gh]

Your channel is a whole university for pro and beginners. its been 5 years and i still get something new.

[@nash5936]

One important fact to remember when using control + shift + v paste is that both the documents need to be of the exact same dimension. Or else the file you copied will end up in the centre of the document. This also works in illustrator between multiple artboards in the same document.

[@marklutnes935]

I'm proud to say I still make all of these mistakes on any given day....usually on Thursdays. Something I am still not good about is labeling layers. I think I'll remember but 40 layers later, or a month later, I don't. The great thing is that when they're labeled, you can right click with the Move Tool anywhere in the image and Photoshop shows you a list of every layer that is immediately underneath your pointer. Then when I see the layer I'm looking for, "Sailboat" for example, I can click on the name of the layer in the list, in this case "Sailboat" and Photoshop takes me right to the sailboat layer in the Layer Panel. If I haven't named the layers I'll see "Layer 16, Layer 16 Copy 1, Layer 16 Copy 2, Layer 19, etc" which is of no help at all. Also, I'm going to try using Pro Photo instead of Adobe RGB. I know it wasn't one of the tips in this video but you reminded me that it's there. Thanks for an important video again!

[@dwiggang4290]

Great tips. Even more secure is to not just "Save" manually, but to "Save as..." periodically using a slightly different filename, usually by adding a version number. That way if the failure (e.g. Ps crash, power outage, ...) occurs during the save you are not at risk of losing the file altogether. You may loose this version, but the previous version is still on the disk untouched.

[@ieatthighs]

lose*

[@dt..retired8462]

Umesh is undoubtedly the best, most articulate and easily understood PS presenter on KZbin. Thanks for all your superb videos.

[@dirkheyer7420]

Danke!

[@Cre8tiveWoman]

ADMIN HERE: On behalf of Unmesh Dinda, thanks for your contribution and for watching!

[@hoisin75]

A persistent bug with the new gradient tool when using it on multiple canvases - it saves out solid. I have to switch to classic gradient instead which isn’t as dynamic to work with. Love your vids

[@tashitsetennorden6773]

This here is a wealth of knowledge. Just straight to the point. Respect.

[@dunnymonster]

Definitely good advise to periodically click " Save " while working. Many times I've had PS crash after spending hours doing a conposite only to have to start it from scratch all over again 🥺

[@XtremeLinkProduction]

Awesome rundown!! Fav go to channel. Hey Umesh, we need you to do a similar 13th mistakes video on the remove tool and Photoshops Generative fill. Maybe we can ask subscribers to send examples 🤔

[@MisterFilOfficial]

Mistakes I've made: - Didn't use smart filters. - Used to think the "Auto" button on Camera Raw was a good option. - Always wrote something inside the prompt of Generative Fill when sometimes is better to leave it blank. - Use the Burn Tool and Smudge Tool instead of other way more effective editing tools. - Rely on Magic Wand Tool instead of other way more effective selection tools. - Didn't use Alt + Right mouse button + drag to change size and hardness of brush tools. - Didn't watch PiXimperfect videos.

[@byoregon1]

Really helpful, as usual. I’ve been burned by that first one multiple times. Never knew that’s how it worked. Thanks!

[@22497andrew]

Great advice! I learned a lot of these from making mistakes over the years. But glad to see you are helping other designers learn faster than I did. 😅

[@SathishKumar-zq7mc]

Unmesh, your videos are super useful. I'm learning Photoshop by watching your tutorial.

[@virgo47]

I'm using PS a lot recently for my home project icons and I often struggle with it. These were great tips, I was happy to know some already - but also to learn a few new ones. Thanks!

[@mohunrr]

Having been using Photoshop for more than a decade now. However, felt the same way as you are that it is quite possible I do commit some mistakes done by beginners.

[@keendnb]

This is priceless info, the most valuable I think would be the smart layers conversion to maintain resolution, it's easy to forget that one 👌

[@vincentferrari]

Biggest mistake I made for a long time was using the Brightness and Contrast adjustment as opposed to the levels dialog. It’s amazing how much better your work looks once you understand the levels dialog!

[@alexandra-jr2oz]

thx so much again! ctrl+shift+V duuuhhh! lol where that has been my whole life lol and a smart object is smart because it has a lot of data - now i'll remember to use that also ...and the sample all layers! really? how did i miss out on these things doing PS this long? you're my champion!

[@paulmarquis8386]

I really enjoy your channel. I've been using Photoshop since 3.0 and it's amazing how much there is to learn. I find your friendly and enthusiastic presentation really great. I come back for every new video.

[@mr.w7803]

I’ve been using photoshop for nearly 15 years (off and on) and I leaned a couple things. Thanks!!

[@CriispyHere]

I found you just today and I already learn a lot. My problem was that I start few years ago my digital adventure but with Gimp. Now after I used to Gimp is really difficult for me to learn everything from scratch or even watch every PS for beginners tutorial because the are boring for me. This kind of videos - mix of tips are helping me a lot!

[@Johnthetripper]

Thanks Unmesh, this is perfect for new people like me. Also working through you entire PS for beginners course.

[@Thisath_R_Harischandra]

We can learn photoshop and your teaching skills as well. Really Sir Unmesh what you gave to us, that's brilliant. Money can't buy those things. Perfect teacher of all time .Thanks

[@halall8840]

謝謝！

[@SWORLD1991]

Lovely stuff. Knowing smart objects in where it fits in the workflow was very useful.

[@mifyitaad]

The annoying thing with Photoshop Beta is my PC and Macbook make it the default PS Version and even changing the file settings isn't helping. So I tried it couple of times in the weekend and deinstalled it by Monday morning.

[@MShahidShafiq]

Those are very nice tips for beginners :) I've become a pro watching you over the years

[@AlkuntarGaming]

These tips are AMAZING! Like always, every video you make is packed with gold!

[@AnnemarieChamberlin]

This video is chop full of goodies. Thank you for all the helpful tips. You're making me look good at work. As always, the quality is top notch. You're channel is fantastic. Request.... Would you mind doing a video about cropping images or graphics in PS? I am on struggle street trying to find something to help me with this.

[@RJ-Creations]

Thanks again for all your great videos. They make me happy every time. Wish everybody has the positive vibe like you.

[@wolfdd]

Thanks for these useful tips. Regarding the Photoshop and not Beta point for daily work, it has bothered me for a long time that when an image is transferred from Lightroom to Photoshop, Beta always starts. I haven't yet found a way to change this. That's why I first save in Lightroom as a 16-bit TIF and then open it in Photoshop.

[@brucekennedy5274]

Such a good teacher. Even knowing all these, it’s a pleasure watching you explain it all so well.

[@restoringhistoryinphotos]

Thank you for these tips, I learned a lot and realized how I can make my items even better!

[@AsadAli-vw5xi]

AI learn from this guy

[@arthur3038]

Unmesh, your videos are super useful. Always something to learn. How great or actually self-evident it would be if every layer instead of the relatively meaningless automatic labels, for example after a Command+Option+Shift +E - would contain a term ideally predetermined by me but at least something like 'COSE'. Or even after I have applied a filter to a layer, the name of the filter would be indexed For example, after a Liquify, Blur filter, Retoch4me in the label, if I haven't already written something in there myself, there would be a 'liq', a 'blu' or 'R4b' / 'R4d&b' in the label. Possibly numbered if a more complex image filter was used in several layers. (lq1, liq2, liq3) What would also seem helpful to me: If the labeling was kept generally simple you wouldn't have to poke around in the field to make it writable. One option could be that I can set PS to prompt me with a small window.

[@longboardfella5306]

Thanks Unmesh. For Tip #1 - I select all layers and then right click and choose “flatten all layers” - this does the same thing as the Ctrl Alt Shift E - but you end up with a single merged layer which takes less storage than adding a merged duplicate layer using your approach

[@Siansonea]

If you do that, though, you lose the ability to modify any of the elements individually. If you're absolutely certain that you aren't going to want to do that, then flattening is fine, but it is a destructive process. The upshot of this entire video is "work nondestructively", so that you can always go back and change something if you need another version or you want to use one of the assets for something else, or even just match settings for an effect in another image. You never know when you'll say "I wish I saved a layered version of this image", so it's a good idea to ALWAYS save a layered version alongside a flattened composite.

[@scatterbug]

I learned some things, and was reminded of some others. Thanks AGAIN for a super informative video!

[@ddphotograph]

This is great, i now kno why smart objects are used , thank you

[@bedouga]

Great stuff! You can re-apply adjusts to layers via the menu IF you apply them to a Smart Object, they appear as Smart Filters.

[@zirotilc]

almost your tip is i'm using already in my work and for how many years in using photoshop. some is new to me

[@MahbubNur-m4d]

Helpful video. Wish more will come on this particular series

[@pearljangraphicsdesigner8895]

Great Tutorial as usual! Thanks for Sharings these info / Tips.

[@Si-Al-Ti]

10:22 i remember that years ago resolution was maintained for layers even when resizing and transforming, this probably was before smart objects. Can’t really understand the why they reserved it only for smart objects.

[@christamiller339]

I looooove your videos! It's the best content! I've learned A LOT! Thank you❤

[@jeremiahlyleseditor437]

Excellent Tutorial. Covered a few things I miss. Thanks

[@sanketpashte3347]

I feel happy to follow you from so long..I don't do any of thise mistakes..Thank you sir❤️

[@Mudly71]

Thank you for your time and guidance.❤

[@lakindudesilva7251]

Thankyou so much this is very helpful 😍❤️🙏

[@tamilkoreanvlogs]

I saw your videos and I got confident to learn things about photoshop. As a result, I bought a adobe license 2 days before 😍

[@plendil10mg]

this man helps me a lot in my editing journey in photoshop, thanks a lot❤

[@nmelcam1]

About mistake 8. "Not Converting To Smart Objects" their is an issue with Hi Res images. I have a 50MP camera and the issue with photoshop is the .psd file size limit. After I edit everything I have to change almost all smart objects to rasterized layers because if I do not, the file size will exceed 2GB after 2 Smart Objects, even if I create a Smart Object within another (as you showed in an old video to reduce the amount of smart objects (the amount is reduced, but the file size does not change) then PS wants to save as .psb (Large Document Format). It's about time that Adobe adds compresion to .psd so that high megapixel cameras can save in psd with multiple smart objects. This is mainly true as data always goes up in size. Most likely by 2030 no camera file would be able to be saved as psd because of the file sizes. It's time Adobe started to work on this issue or psd file format will become obsolete in a few years.

[@kapurar]

Thanks for some great tips!

[@xbirdyb]

This is super helpful! Thank you!

[@myronachtman4304]

Excellent material, Unmesh. In my opinion, the biggest mistake beginners make is NOT working with a properly calibrated monitor. When this is the case, all the time spent working with images in Photoshop is essentially useless, because none of the colors are right no matter how hard they try to fix them. Imagine someone doing construction and using a tape measure where every foot marked on the tape measure was actually only 11.9 inches. How many of their construction projects would turn out correctly? None of them! 😢

[@melissal7984]

...I've been watching you for years, I just noticed that I wasn't subscribed to your channel....Just subscribed! Love your videos!

[@Coxiangamer]

Thanks Unmesh! Found some mistakes I always do & learned how to not do it.

[@ashokbheel6910]

Sir you are really amazing teacher❤❤❤

[@AllAtOnceCollective]

Great video Unmesh! I do feel like some of those could be avoided at once by using smart objects (Like 6 for example).

[@rocketmanspeeding]

love you. You made me learn to love Photoshop

[@christopherandmayafkityes1136]

You are an excellent teacher! Thank you for making these. I'm also digging into Ae. Any teachers you recommend?

[@Medicwordoftheday]

Really appreciate the copy and paste tutorial

[@kieulannguyen1193]

Thank you for your advices. Great video. ❤❤❤

[@ShiningStarStudios]

Oh my goodness, Unmesh! I had no idea about the first one! 🤯 I couldn't figure out for the life of me what was going on a few months ago with my background not saving correctly. I thought PS was broken and had to scrap my entire design bc it wasn't working for my client.

[@iTurnPeopleIntoArt]

Great video! Reminded me to set my autosave to 5 minutes instead of the default of 10. The mistake that I make is when I go to open a file in Photoshop by going to File < Open and I accidentally click "Browse in Bridge" -- an app that I don't use at all and don't have installed. But if you accidentally click on that option, Adobe installs the app automatically! I've done this at least half a dozen times in the past few years. Of course, the way around this is to use Ctrl (Command) + O for the keyboard shortcut to open a document. On another note, hey Adobe -- can you fix this??? At least prompt us to install instead of automatically installing Bridge.

[@princejnvian]

I am watching your videos from 2020 learnt a lot ❤ these all things I know thanks sir❤

[@binayasapkota9659]

I have followed this guy for 2-3 years and didn't expect he was an Indian, but when I saw his oldest video, I was shocked. He is an Indian OMG. And I was from Nepal. Lots of love from Nepal.

[@kriswylder3153]

"Using the eraser for God knows what reason." I laughed out loud!

[@treasurehunter8442]

Bro thanks very much for all that videos. Learn a lot from You ! Well done. Great knowledge! 👏👏

[@BobbyDotNet]

The last 5 beta versions have crashed when I open an image via bridge. Hence I won't let regular PS update since it would be the version # that was included in crashing betas. At least I can keep working, maybe w/o a few new features.

[@AboutTech622]

Congratulation Bro on 5M............................Big fan

[@timothymoore3218]

Excellent! What resolution would you recommend when creating a new document? Would you suggest using pixels or inches?

[@rreonarudo]

Amazing as always, Unmesh.

[@RipamPaul]

A huge mistake that I have made several time is when saving a file as pdf and not being able to go back to psd again even when I have never closed photoshop in between. P.S.: Huge fan. Learning and recommending photoshop from you and to my friends since at least 7-8 years.

[@jeaaan461]

I'm not going to lie, at first I thought I might be doing something wrong but it turns out I'm not, hahaha. I can tell that I've watched your tutorials for 6 years now and have learned a lot and I'm grateful for it.

[@uhorne]

A mistake i often made and occasionally still do, is use a shortcut with the wrong tool. I often use the numbers to choose layer opacity and fill, but if i have the brush selected, it changes opacity and fill for the better. So whenever i want to change it for the layer, i select the move tool first

[@MrWestNileVirus]

Whoever came up with the idea for the Clipping Mask deserves a billion Nobel Prizes. Making something in Photoshop without clipping masks is like playing basketball on the edge of the Grand Canyon, wearing shoes made of butter.

[@mohsinfareed1797]

Great video as you are the greatest man of all time.

[@shakilshaikh1178]

Very good teaching, thanks.

[@the_shutternerd]

Superb, as always!

[@WetSunny]

Mistake 31: Saving as PSD. If you save your file as a *.TIF with LZW compression, you can easily reduce its size by up to 5 times while preserving all layers, fonts etc

[@stevenlitvintchouk3131]

A mistake I ran into quite soon was failing to calibrate. If you're delivering an image to a customer, the customer may complain that the colors don't look right on his monitor or printer. It's possible that your monitor wasn't calibrated properly and you introduced a color cast into the image, or your customer's monitor or printer weren't calibrated properly and there's a color cast on his end. The problem with recscaling gradients on export does not occur with Affinity Photo. Affinity Photo handles the rescaling correctly.

[@justiceforashgoton4427]

i learned so much! thank you for this!!! gonna save this

[@Deruzejaku]

Doing everything on separate layers is fine, but you have to be mindful of disk space, most my edits are on edge of being past 4 GB's if I edit like that, and if I don't pass it to other people as a project I see no need to fragment file as much, so I do have things I do literally on 1 layer, though I merge layers as I go. Also about remove tool, when I have large chunk like this to replace I just call lasso tool and use generative fill for it seems to be doing better job at this, but you have to be mindful of adjustment layers possibly messing the effect up (all you need to do is move adjustment layer above the fill one)

[@jmdjanitorial]

This video helped me! 👍

[@Explore-PK]

Thank you sir very informative video

[@cruciferum]

Regarding the last point, is there any difference between saving as PSD and as Photoshop PDF? Relatively new user here.

[@Finchman]

If you shoot in sRGB with your camera, convert it to ProPhoto RGB in Photoshop and then export to sRGB after editing, would you lose color quality?

[@scottb721]

Export? When I save a JPG I just use the Save Copy As. Am I doing it wrong?

[@Karadynn]

You can always use the super simple and intuitive shortcut "Ctrl-Alt-Shift-W" to export. You get used to it...

[@scottb721]

@@Karadynn thank you.

[@chipcurry]

Excellent video, just the kind of stuff I seek

[@tanveerhurra3102]

Thanks man!! you are doing a great job

[@mdomorfarouk]

Thank you vaiya 🥰

[@Md.SobahanHossain]

I hope Its was a wel helful turorial for me n as a beginner too much. Thank you man

[@waynelytton7517]

My personal opinion is Adobe should remove the eraser tool completely

[@obi-wankenobi5411]

Yeah. I have been using ps since 2015. I genuinely don't remember ever using the erasure.

[@YanaCrystally]

Not really! It is very handy for drawing 😜

[@GachaRobin]

^ although I genuinely don't know why you would ever use PS for drawing.

[@lazimsher]

I started Photoshop 4 months ago. And i am happy that all of these mistake i never make. But i doesn't have idea of auto save option in the setting.

[@keeranmagar8106]

What if i only wanted to make adjustment to a particular layer? Won't it also affect other layera underneath it?