Just as most of Photoshop’s plug-ins are produced by third-party vendors, there are a number of tutorial websites by other sources than Adobe Systems. Some of those tutorial sites are listed below. Many offer all their tutorials for free, some offer some tutorials free and charge for others, while still others charge for most of their content:   YouTube. If you type in the topic you want to learn in YouTube's search engine, you'll find a variety of tutorials available.  Good Tutorials. A free site.  Kelby One. Kelby One charges for most of its tutorials, but you can preview the subject matter being taught in a given tutorial before you pay for it. Most of its classes deal with using Photoshop to enhance digital photographs.  Lifehacker. This how-to website includes a page described as a complete guide to Photoshop.   PhLearn. This tutorial site focuses primarily on the photographic effects you can produce in Photoshop. It is the brainchild of Aaron Nace, a respected name among photographers.  Photoshop Café. A free site.  Photoshop Lover. A free site.  Pixel 2 Life. A free site.  PSDBox. A free site.  Tuts+. A free site.  You Suck at Photoshop. Although each video is focused more on entertainment than educational content, you can still learn quite a bit about Photoshop from watching a number of episodes – and laugh at your mistakes in the process. Many colleges and universities, particularly community colleges, offer online classes in a number of subjects, including Photoshop. There are also a number of online-based institutions that offer online Photoshop classes and tutorials. Some resemble classes; some resemble educational television classes.  Lynda.com offers around 300 Photoshop courses and more than 17,000 tutorials. It charges a monthly subscription fee for its classes. Like Kelby One, you can get an overview of a course’s content before you pay for it. Creative Live offers popular instructors and displays both a catalog of previous classes and announcements of upcoming ones. They also devote one week a year to Photoshop classes. Unlike Lynda, Creative Live’s classes are free. Photoshop User TV is backed by the same people who back the Kelby One tutorial site. You can search through the list of classes to find the one that addresses the aspect of Photoshop you wish to learn more about. If you like being able to ask questions to a human being and have the time to attending, Photoshop classes are available through your local community college or private training institution. You can also sign up through organizations like Ledet, who arrange for instructors to visit your city when they receive sufficient demand. If you don’t have reliable Internet access or ready access to classroom instruction, you can find instructional DVDs on Photoshop, particularly if you want to learn more about retouching digital photographs with it. The Digital Photoshop Retouching series on DVD includes instructions from experts such as Julia Kuzmenko and Krunoslav Stifter. While the above options are primarily devoted to demonstrative and hands-on learning, if you enjoy learning from a book, you can do so for Photoshop.  The ‘’Classroom in a Book’’ series features authors such as Katrin Eismann and Scott Valentine. Carrie Beene’s ‘’Real Retouching: A Professional Step-By-Step Guide’’ gives specifics on photo retouching with Photoshop.

Summary: Research other online tutorials. Research online Photoshop classes. Research in-person Photoshop classes. Get an instructional DVD. Read a book.


This is the "classic" greeting that most English-speakers learn as their very first way to say hello in Chinese. There's nothing wrong with this greeting per se, but it's not one that's common among actual Chinese people. Some claim that this sounds a little "stiff" or unnatural — a little like how a greeting like "Hi, how are you doing?" would sound in English.  The approximate pronunciation here is "knee how." The first syllable is a rising tone (it starts low and ends high), while the second is a "dip" tone — its pitch dips in the middle.  In Chinese, this phrase is written "你好." The very slight difference in this phrase is used to give the phrase a formal tone. Be aware that, even more than "nǐ hǎo," this phrase can imply a "distance" between the two speakers. If you use it with a friend, it can come across as rather cold and corporate. The pronunciation is very similar to "nǐ hǎo," but with a very delicate n sound at the end of the first syllable. Unlike in English, Chinese uses different words for when you speak to multiple people as opposed to a single person. The meaning and tone here is basically the same as for "nǐ hǎo," only applied to multiple people. This phrase is pronounced "knee-min how." The first syllable again is a rising tone while the last one is a "dip" tone.

Summary: Use "nǐ hǎo" as a standard greeting. Use "nǐn hǎo" as a more formal greeting. Use "nǐmén hǎo" to address a group of people.


"Buenas" is derived from the adjective "bueno," and "noches" is the plural form for the feminine noun meaning "night." Together they are used similarly to "good evening" in English.  Since there's no verb in the phrase, it doesn't change regardless of who you're addressing. "Buenas noches" can be used either as a greeting or a farewell, as long as it's dark out. However, it's more commonly used as a greeting. Translated literally, this phrase means "happy night," but it is used in the same way you would say "goodnight" in English. This is considered a polite evening farewell.  For example, if you were meeting your in-laws for the first time, you might say "feliz noche" to them as you were parting ways. Another polite farewell to use late in the evening is "que tengan buena noche" (kay tehn-GEHN boo-EHN-ah noh-CHAY), which means "have a good night." " Just as you might say "evening" instead of "good evening" in English, you can use "buenas" to mean "buenas noches." Since this short form doesn't indicate a time of day, you can use it anytime, although it's more frequently used in the afternoon and evening. The word descansa is taken from the verb descansar, and basically means "rest." In casual situations, you can say this as a way to say goodnight, especially if it's late and everyone is headed home for bed.  If you're saying farewell to a group of people, say (vosotros) "descansad" or (ustedes) "descansen," depending on your level of familiarity with the people and the customs of the country. This is a more casual farewell, typically used when you're on more familiar terms with the people you're addressing.

Summary: Say "buenas noches" (boo-EHN-ahs noh-CHAYS). Use "feliz noche" (fay-LEEZ noh-CHAY) as a farewell in more formal situations. Shorten your greeting to "buenas. Use "descansa" (days-CAHN-sah) at the end of the evening.


You can find one at a beauty supply store or your local drugstore.  Wax kits come in a couple of varieties. You can purchase wax that you warm up and then apply, or pre-made wax strips. Waxing your eyebrows yourself can be tricky, so if you are worried about making a mistake, it might be better to leave this to the professionals. In order to avoid making a mistake, only wax a little bit at a time.  Start at the outer part of the brow and move inward, toward the arch.
Summary: Purchase a wax kit. Wax one section at a time.