Smashingmagazine has put together a list of the best Photoshop tutorials of 2007.

“When it comes to graphic design, Adobe Photoshop is usually the first option to consider. However, the software itself is a quite tough nut to crack — and definitely extremely hard to master. For instance, the concepts are not always intuitive and it’s not always clear when to use what tool and how to use it effectively. In fact, in Photoshop it usually takes pretty much time to achieve something you have never done before.”

The tutorials are divided into the following categories:

• Photo- and Picture Editing and Processing
• Drawings, Paintings, Cartoons
• Texteffects
• Buttons, Logos & Menus
• Adobe Photoshop Techniques

Here is an example of the tutorials that made it to the list:

Selecting & Extracting Hair – Masking Tutorial – Extraction Tips
One of the most challenging montage or masking jobs in the profession of post-production editing is the hair lift. When the model has long flowing hair and the subject needs to change location many post-production artists call in sick.

Faking HDR in Adobe Photoshop
This HDR tutorial shows quite easy way to fake HDR foto in Photoshop. You don’t need to shoot into RAW or take photos with different exposure – one JPEG is enough. If you can work with masks in Photoshop, you have an advantage. Part of tutorial is HDR action for download.

Fox Fire Tutorial
Converting from hand-sketched picture to a digital masterpiece.

3D typographic effects
Photoshop is an astounding post-production tool – and here Nik Ainley of Shiny Binary shows you how to add the wow factor to 3D text using Photoshop’s art tools.

100% Satisfaction Guaranteed Seal/Badge Photoshop Tutorial
In this quick Photoshop tutorial I’m going to show you how to design a sweet-lookin’ a golden badge, pretty much like this one I’ve designed below. For this tutorial I’ve used the example ‘100% satisfaction guaranteed seal/badge.

Color adjustment tutorial
This tutorial shows how to get more mood into your pictures via Adjustment Layers and some other effects.

Click here to view the rest of the tutorials.