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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

How to Create Your Very Own Warp Trail

Remember how the original Starship Enterprise looked when it went to warp speed? It was like the whole ship moved so fast that is stretched; part of it lingered yet the bulk of it was long gone. It's similar to how the Bionic Woman looked when she ran. It's like they both left a stretched, blurry tail in their wake.

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Pick a New Picker Using the Crop tool to increase canvas size
How to whiten teeth The Basics of Retouching People, Part 3 How to fix an out-of-focus photo Filters To the Rescue!
Give Your Photos an Edge How to change the color of drop shadows Shadow Dancing
Joys of Optimizing JPEGs Digital Camera Belly Ring The Making of a Digital Camera Belly Ring
The Che-Guevara Effect Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 2
Creating a collage with Linear Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 4 Printing color separations in Photoshop
Five Fast Photo Effects Photo Favorites Finding Photoshop's hidden cropping grid Cropping to the Rule of Thirds
How to create an animated 3D gif Quick Creative Collage Combining Images
Stacked paper background Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 2 How to add Lab Pop Intensifying Color
Secret Layer Masks Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 2
Creating a painted look with an edge mask Faux Finished Photo Edges Lesa's Top 10 Search Engine Optimization Tips
Black and white photos with just a touch of color Partial Color Let Your Graphics Do the Talking
Fabulous Feathers, Pt. 2 Fabulous Fades
Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 1 How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 2
How to make your text see-through Hollow Text Getting "Smart" with GoLive
The Basics of Design Replacing Backgrounds with Photoshop's Background Eraser
How to make a drive-free Desktop Fixing the animal version of red-eye How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 1
Pixel Super Sleuthing Classic Colorizing
Tips & Tricks for making photos look old Aging Photos Use your local library
Say hello to advanced red-eye and retouching tools Placing an image within an image Simulating Pictures, Part 1: Flat Screens
Using the Brush tool to create grunge type Weathered Words Using the Crop tool to make a 10-second frame Quick Polaroid Frame
Using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to change hair color Digital Beauty Shop Demystifying Blending Modes A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 1
The Skinny on Scanning How to sharpen individual channels Get Sharp!
How to use filters to age a photo in Photoshop Elements Turning New into Old How to add a page curl using Free Transform in Warp Mode Creative Curls
Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 1 How to change the default email client in Tiger

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