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Step by step tutorials

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

Top 11 Keyboard Shortcuts

Thanks to Marc Rizzolo for asking about keyboard shortcuts, and thus giving me the idea to post a few of my favorites from Photoshop and Elements. The terrific thing is that most of these apply to all Adobe apps. Gotta love that!

And if these shortcuts don't light your fire, I'm going to show you how to make Photoshop build you a web page of *all* of them... all by itself. Here we go:

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Changing the color of hair Digital Beauty Shop Upsizing an Image with Minimal Quality Loss
Simple steps to get you back to original color Warp Speed Color Correction Soft Edges
Two-step pro portrait studio effect Fast Photo Spotlight Crop City!
Banishing bags 'n blemishes The Basics of Retouching People, Part 2 Burn baby burn!
Livin' La Vida Levels Tips for creating small web graphics Wrangling Web Graphics, Pt. 1
Picking the Perfect Palette How to make a drive-free Desktop
Fabulous Feathers, Pt. 2 How to sharpen individual channels Get Sharp!
Retaining a photo's aspect ratio while cropping Zoom Crop Lines of All Kinds
Using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to change hair color Digital Beauty Shop Give Your Photos an Edge
Web navigation tips Lesa's Top 10 Search Engine Optimization Tips
Using the Minimum filter to fix edges Zapping Edge Haloes The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 1
Fun with Blend Modes Removing lens glare with the Clone Stamp Tool Glare o' the Glasses
Cookie Cutter tool + Custom Shapes = fun photo frames Swirls of Summer Oversharpening trick makes retouching eyes a snap Super Sparkling Eyes
Digital Camera Belly Ring The Making of a Digital Camera Belly Ring Making a macabre collage with Darker Color A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 5
How to create sparkles in Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Super Sparkles Using the Crop tool to increase canvas size
Demystifying Blending Modes A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 1 Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 2
Finding Photoshop's hidden cropping grid Cropping to the Rule of Thirds Using the Color Replacement brush to zap stubborn red-eye Serious Red-Eye Fixer Upper
Scanning Secrets Recreating Apple's iWeb photo reflection effect Realistic Reflections
Black and white photos with just a touch of color Partial Color Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 1
How to recreate the effect of a popular new lens Blurry Background a la Lensbabies Creating Coloring Book Art
How to instantly reverse color Fun with Adjustment Layers How to create an animated 3D gif
Photoshop CS2 Survival Guide Use your local library
Creating a Circuit Board Face The No-Name Photo Effect
Tips & Tricks for making photos look old Aging Photos Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 2
Five Fast Photo Effects Photo Favorites How to make your text see-through Hollow Text

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