Photoshop has over two decades of existence, with the story of its becoming being one that is best described as modest. It has become the biggest photo editing software in the world. But sometimes, a Photoshop document is needed but in a more familiar web language such as HTML. Because of this, you need to know how to convert PSD which is the format the Photoshop document is saved in, to the more familiar Hyper Text. If you are a tech-folk and you understand these languages, then conversion should not be a challenge. But if you don’t completely understand your way around the web languages, you can hire a professional to do it for you. Of course these translation services come at a fee. Given the choice, most people would rather pocket the little amount and learn the way to convert PSD to HTML with the least amount of effort. In such a case, you need to get your hands on a tutorial that will equip you with the needed knowledge to make the conversions.

The internet provides detailed tutorials of how to make the conversions. Any website owner or simply tech-interested person can easily go through the basics of these conversions with the greatest amount of ease with the aforementioned tutorials. There is however the task of filtering out the best tutorials in the many that are offered, taking out those that highlight the most important details so that you can in the end be equipped with the needed knowledge, and probably a little something more when it comes to converting PSD to HTML.

Nettuts offers an intuitive tutorial of how to undergo the process. The tutorial starts with the showing of how to code in PSD and further enlightens on how to covert the PSD to CSS or HTML. It is highlighted in one page, in 26 easy steps that do not require too much diversity in the knowledge of web language. All the steps are highlighted in one page without the need of continuous navigation from page to page.

Bolduc Press is a web design blog that offers you a comprehensive tutorial on the professional conversion of Photoshop to HTML and CSS. Your requirements as far as the tutorial is concerned are Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Dreamweaver or other related software. What this tutorial aims at doing is enlightening you on the basics so that you can embark on creating your website as you please.

CSSHowTo.com offers you a four part series tutorial that enables you to know the exact ins and outs of converting PSD to HTML. If you are looking for detail, this is the tutorial that you should certainly go for as it leaves no detail unsaid. There may be some complexities along the way if you are a novice but with time you get to understand all that is being highlighted.

PSDVibe offers a highly illustrated tutorial that adopts a continuous prose presentation rather than going for the step and step kind. The convenience created is in the illustrations that are shown as they offer you a reference template and guides you into knowing whether what you are doing is the right thing. Remember that this tutorial offers you a lab TV kind of layout. It’s intuitive but you need to be sure that that is the kind of xhtml that you are looking for.

HVDesigns is a blog dedicated to web and graphic designing. In its many pages, there is a how to tutorial that centers on conversion of PSD to HTML/CSS. Others are available as well, those surrounding Wordpress and Photoshop. In any case, there is an intuitive. Like others it gives you detailed steps coupled with illustration so that your understanding can be enhanced.

Subcide also offers you a how to creating guide that is meant to show how to create a CSS layout from scratch. It’s enlisted here because some of the details that are highlighted can be of assistance in learning how to convert PSD to CSS. The tutorial itself is offered in steps though there is a lot of navigation involved.

Nettuts also offers a ‘from PSD to HTML tutorial’ that gives step by step guide of how to design a website. It’s different from the aforementioned one. Basically, it’s very detailed and needs a couple of hours of dedicated attention as you learn how to build the set of mockups that will eventually translate into a Wordpress theme.

The third tutorial from Nettuts that ranks at the eighth position is coined as building a portfolio site from scratch. It’s basically fairly easy to learn, with the guided illustrations doing a lot to help you get the real picture of how the conversion is taking place. It’s highlighted in 11 simple steps, which should not take more than a couple of hours.

When doing the conversion, you do not have to limit yourself to HTML per se. There are tutorials that guide you into converting Photoshop documents into XHTML which is an advanced form of hyper text markup language. This one is offered by Nettuts as well, so a visit to the site would give you a bit more than all other site tutorials can offer you.

CSStricks offers a video tutorial on how to manipulate a PSD mockup into a fully operational CSS based website. Of course with the video tutorials things might get a little complex, so a little background knowledge of both CSS and PSD is required. The tutorial is offered in a three part series, in a podcast kind of way.

Basically, those are the top tutorials that you can get from the internet. Granted there are others that have not been highlighted, but generally speaking, you can get a lot of conversion information from the above listed ones. Video tutorials are best as a finishing touch rather than a starting point as they may be a little confusing for a novice. With time and dedication, you can become a pro at PSD to HTML/XHTML/CSS conversion.