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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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Turning New into Old

How to use filters to age a photo in Photoshop Elements

You know, photographers spend an enormous amount of time tweaking and adjusting their photos so they look all sparkly and new. So this week I thought we'd chat about making a new photo look really old. Using a few well- placed filters in Elements, you can take a new photo and make it look vintage and antique. Below lie three tips to take your photos from new to old in minutes.

NOTE:Click here to see the Photoshop version of this tutorial.

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The magic of selective blurring Softening Freckles Portrait Popper
Using blend modes and masking to lighten shadows Lighten Up! Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 2
Creative Combinations, Pt. 1 Fall Leaf Photo Frame
The Skinny on Scanning Lines of All Kinds
Getting "Smart" with GoLive Picking the Perfect Palette
Holiday Cards How to add Lab Pop Intensifying Color
Creating a beautiful fade from original color to grayscale Fading Color Replacing Backgrounds with Photoshop's Background Eraser
Frame your photo with a Smart Object Ornamental Vector Grunge Frame Placing an image within an image Simulating Pictures, Part 1: Flat Screens
Fast uploading The No-Name Photo Effect
Classy Thumbnails Turning a photo into an illustration or watercolor Fall Painterly Effect
How to create a grayscale image with just a touch of color Selective Color How to create an animated 3D gif
Using another photo to create texture for your type Gettin' Grungy With It Digital Plastic Surgery
Mysteries of Unsharp Mask Pinching Flabby Chins Photoshopping People
How to Create a Layer Mask in Elements Let Your Graphics Do the Talking
Scanning Secrets Black and white photos with just a touch of color Partial Color
Super Funky Edges Give your photo a film strip edge Festive Photo Frames
How to whiten teeth The Basics of Retouching People, Part 3 How to make your text see-through Hollow Text
How to add soft or hard round edges to your photo The Secret to Round Edges Filtering away edge haloes or fringe Fixing Fringe
Blur Baby Blur! Banishing bags 'n blemishes The Basics of Retouching People, Part 2
How to add vector art to photos Easy Embellishments Creative Photo Frames, Pt. 1
How to turn friends and loved ones to stone (or a zombie--you pick) Simply Statues Filter your way to a flurry of snowflakes Let It Snow!
The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 2 Retaining a photo's aspect ratio while cropping Zoom Crop
Use your local library Pixel Super Sleuthing
Recreating Apple's iWeb photo reflection effect Realistic Reflections Creating Favicons
How to repaint an object using the Hue mode Quick Color Change Fabulous Feathers, Pt. 2

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