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Welcome to the home of the step by step creative online tutorial. Here you will find detailed, easy-to-understand steps accompanied by screen shots. These tutorials are liable to be about anything from my current project to something that drove me nuts trying to figure out. It is my hope that the things I can convey here will save you time and frustration.

If there's something that you'd like to see written up, please feel free to let me know

Super Silhouettes

Channel your way to a perfect silhouette

Get ready kids! Here comes possibly the most requested Photoshop tutorial ever: How to make yourself (or another) into a silhouette like Apple's iPod ads. I held off as long as I could, but we all know it was bound to happen (thanks to Tucker MacDonald for finally pushing me over the edge).

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Pick a New Picker Fabulous Fades
Playful Panoramas Mastering Multiply A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 2
How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 2 Placing Text Behind an Object
Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 2 How to fix an out-of-focus photo Filters To the Rescue!
Channel your way to a perfect silhouette Super Silhouettes Photo-Type
How to create a blurry background Post Selective Focus Ordering business cards online
Fast uploading Contemplating Color Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 3
How to add soft or hard round edges to your photo The Secret to Round Edges Fixing the animal version of red-eye How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 1
Simple steps to get you back to original color Warp Speed Color Correction Web navigation tips
Goin' Borderless! The Basics of Design
Pinching Flabby Chins Photoshopping People Placing an image within an image Simulating Pictures, Part 1: Flat Screens
How to turn friends and loved ones to stone (or a zombie--you pick) Simply Statues Rotating individual letters and intersecting text Type Tricks
Soft Edges Painted Edges in Elements
Turning sub-par images into an emotional piece of art From Photo to Pencil Sketch Fun with Blend Modes
Creating a beautiful fade from original color to grayscale Fading Color Repainting Cabinets in Photoshop and Elements
Fabulous Feathers, Pt. 2 Creative Combinations, Pt. 2
Upsizing an Image with Minimal Quality Loss Warp speed color cast correction Color Cast Be Gone!
Burn baby burn! Using vector shapes to add a watermark Protecting Your Photos Online, Pt. 1
Creating a watermark action Protecting Your Photos Online, Pt. 2 Portrait Popper
Picking the Perfect Palette Pixel Super Sleuthing
The secret to losing 5 pounds--digitally! The Basics of Retouching People, Part 1 Banishing bags 'n blemishes The Basics of Retouching People, Part 2
Black and white photos with just a touch of color Partial Color Photo Spotlight
Using Channels to produce eye-popping contrast Goin' Grayscale Fade to White
Say hello to advanced red-eye and retouching tools Scanning Secrets
Making a macabre collage with Darker Color A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 5 Using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to change hair color Digital Beauty Shop

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