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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

Placing Text Behind an Object

Have you ever wanted to float a piece of text behind a portion of an image? It's really easy to do using layer masks in Photoshop, though Photoshop Elements doesn't support layer masks. Never fear for clipping groups are here!

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The magic of iris enhancement Eyes of the Otherworld Creating a beautiful fade from original color to grayscale Fading Color
Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 1 Tips for Better Text, Pt. 2
The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 1 How to Crop and Straighten Multiple Photos Get it Straight!
Custom Twitter Background in Photoshop Build a Custom Twitter Background in Photoshop Removing antennas and power lines Spot Healing Brush to the Rescue!
Digital Camera Belly Ring The Making of a Digital Camera Belly Ring Pick a New Picker
How to sharpen individual channels Get Sharp! The secret to losing 5 pounds--digitally! The Basics of Retouching People, Part 1
How to make your text see-through Hollow Text How to make a drive-free Desktop
Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 2 Secret Layer Masks
Using another photo to create texture for your type Gettin' Grungy With It The Che-Guevara Effect
How to add vector art to photos Easy Embellishments Mastering Multiply A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 2
How to smash a photo into pieces Break it up! Black and white photos with just a touch of color Partial Color
Warp speed color cast correction Color Cast Be Gone! How to create an animated 3D gif
How to turn a photo into a blueprint Paint it Blue Creative Photo Frames, Pt. 1
Pixel Super Sleuthing How to Create Your Very Own Warp Trail
The Basics of Design Replacing Backgrounds with Photoshop's Background Eraser
Oversharpening trick makes retouching eyes a snap Super Sparkling Eyes Simple steps to get you back to original color Warp Speed Color Correction
Retaining a photo's aspect ratio while cropping Zoom Crop Placing an image within an image Simulating Pictures, Part 1: Flat Screens
Creative Combinations, Pt. 1 Shallow depth of field Shallow depth of field
Burn baby burn! Top 11 Keyboard Shortcuts
Classy Thumbnails Fun with Elements Effects
Fall Leaf Photo Frame Fixing the animal version of red-eye How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 1
Pinching Flabby Chins Photoshopping People How to create sparkles in Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Super Sparkles
Color Shifting Made Easy Color Shifting Made Easy Tips for creating small web graphics Wrangling Web Graphics, Pt. 1
Printing color separations in Photoshop Fabulous Fades
Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 1 Crop City!

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