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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

The Basics of Retouching People, Part 1

The secret to losing 5 pounds--digitally!

Summer is the time to get out and have fun. Enjoy the beautiful weather, maybe visit a family reunion or two (or not!), and take a wonderful vacation to an exotic locale (perhaps the next city over) with a friend or your significant other. Whatever gets you out and about taking people photos, it's important know what to do with those pictures once you have them.

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Creating Favicons Crop City!
Creating Coloring Book Art Tips for Better Text, Pt. 2
Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 1 Creating a beautiful fade from original color to grayscale Fading Color
Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 1 Blur Baby Blur!
How to sharpen individual channels Get Sharp! Oversharpening trick makes retouching eyes a snap Super Sparkling Eyes
Retouching People Creating a painted look with an edge mask Faux Finished Photo Edges
Use the Extract Filter for complex selections Selecting Frizzy Hair How to whiten teeth The Basics of Retouching People, Part 3
Frame your photo with a Smart Object Ornamental Vector Grunge Frame How to turn a photo into a blueprint Paint it Blue
Tips & Tricks for making photos look old Aging Photos Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 1
How to create a grayscale image with just a touch of color Selective Color Cookie Cutter tool + Custom Shapes = fun photo frames Swirls of Summer
Fun with Elements Effects Using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to change hair color Digital Beauty Shop
Creative Combinations, Pt. 1 Creating a collage with Linear Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 4
How to change the color of drop shadows Shadow Dancing How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 2
Holiday Cards Fast uploading
Combine Images Creatively in Photoshop Combine Images Creatively in Photoshop Tips for creating small web graphics Wrangling Web Graphics, Pt. 1
Goin' Borderless! Retaining a photo's aspect ratio while cropping Zoom Crop
Getting "Smart" with GoLive Five Fast Photo Effects Photo Favorites
Zapping contrary color casts with Hue/Saturation Gettin' the Red Out Scanning Secrets
How to create sparkles in Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Super Sparkles Top 11 Keyboard Shortcuts
How to recreate the effect of a popular new lens Blurry Background a la Lensbabies QuickTip: preparing t-shirt artwork in Illustrator
The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Pt. 3 Creative Combinations, Pt. 2
Fabulous Feathers Lines of All Kinds
How to design business cards in Photoshop How to make a drive-free Desktop
Banishing bags 'n blemishes The Basics of Retouching People, Part 2 Two-step pro portrait studio effect Fast Photo Spotlight
How to smash a photo into pieces Break it up! Warp speed color cast correction Color Cast Be Gone!

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