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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.

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Selective Color Photo Effect

How to create a partial color photo in just two steps!

What's the simplest way to highlight a certain portion of a photograph? Something that will really draw the viewer's eye to a given area?

As you can imagine, there are a gazillion answers to this question; however, today I'm going to share with you what I truly believe to be the quickest and easiest method: Make part of the photo color and the rest of it black and white. It's a really interesting photo effect, and you'll be amazed at how quick and easy this effect can be to create. Plus, this technique works exactly the same in Photoshop Elements.

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Give Your Photos an Edge Using the Minimum filter to fix edges Zapping Edge Haloes
Color Shifting Made Easy Color Shifting Made Easy Secret Layer Masks
How to use filters to age a photo in Photoshop Elements Turning New into Old Turning sub-par images into an emotional piece of art From Photo to Pencil Sketch
Creating duotones with Elements' QuickFix mode Delicious Duotones Polaroid in a Picture
Getting "Smart" with GoLive How to add a page curl using Free Transform in Warp Mode Creative Curls
Tips for Better Text, Pt. 2 How to Create a Layer Mask in Elements
How to add Lab Pop Intensifying Color Photo-Type
Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 2 Zapping contrary color casts with Hue/Saturation Gettin' the Red Out
How to create a partial color photo in just two steps! Selective Color Photo Effect Removing antennas and power lines Spot Healing Brush to the Rescue!
Livin' La Vida Levels Portrait Popper
Give your photo a film strip edge Festive Photo Frames Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 2
Changing the color of hair Digital Beauty Shop Fixing the animal version of red-eye How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 1
Use your local library Posterizing your way to creativity Creating Cartoon Art
How to instantly reverse color Fun with Adjustment Layers Holiday Cards
Super Funky Edges How to whiten teeth The Basics of Retouching People, Part 3
How to create a blurry background Post Selective Focus Using the Crop tool to increase canvas size
Using the Crop tool to make a 10-second frame Quick Polaroid Frame Classic Colorizing
Pinching Flabby Chins Photoshopping People How to sharpen individual channels Get Sharp!
Burn baby burn! Stacked paper background Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 2
The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 2 Using the Color Replacement brush to zap stubborn red-eye Serious Red-Eye Fixer Upper
Say hello to advanced red-eye and retouching tools The Che-Guevara Effect
Fabulous Fades Creative Combinations, Pt. 2
Using another photo to create texture for your type Gettin' Grungy With It Goin' Borderless!
Quick Creative Collage Combining Images Let Your Graphics Do the Talking
Five Fast Photo Effects Photo Favorites How to smash a photo into pieces Break it up!

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