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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

From Photo to Pencil Sketch

Turning sub-par images into an emotional piece of art

Recently, a weekend trip to Atlanta, GA took my husband and I through Chattanooga, TN. After gleefully following the touristy signs leading to the actual Chattanooga Choo-Choo train, we found ourselves standing in front of the little engine that could. Unfortunately, it was encircled by row and after row of the type of cheese-ball souvenir shops becoming all too common in America these days. Ugh.

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Using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to change hair color Digital Beauty Shop Portrait Popper
Placing Text Behind an Object How to add vector art to photos Easy Embellishments
Demystifying Blending Modes A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 1 Stacked paper background Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 2
Photoshop CS2 Survival Guide Use the Extract Filter for complex selections Selecting Frizzy Hair
How to use filters to age a photo in Photoshop Elements Turning New into Old How to make your text see-through Hollow Text
Changing the color of hair Digital Beauty Shop How to create a blurry background Post Selective Focus
How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 2 Combine Images Creatively in Photoshop Combine Images Creatively in Photoshop
How to create sparkles in Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Super Sparkles Printing color separations in Photoshop
Super Funky Edges Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 1
Fabulous Feathers Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 2
Fabulous Feathers, Pt. 2 Quick Creative Collage Combining Images
How to Create Your Very Own Warp Trail Replacing Backgrounds with Photoshop's Background Eraser
Pinching Flabby Chins Photoshopping People Say hello to advanced red-eye and retouching tools
QuickTip: preparing t-shirt artwork in Illustrator Frame your photo with a Smart Object Ornamental Vector Grunge Frame
Photo-Type Turning sub-par images into an emotional piece of art From Photo to Pencil Sketch
Turning a photo into an illustration or watercolor Fall Painterly Effect Fast uploading
Soft Edges Shallow depth of field Shallow depth of field
Fall Leaf Photo Frame Using another photo to create texture for your type Gettin' Grungy With It
Mastering Multiply A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 2 Place a photo inside text Easy Clipping Groups
The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Pt. 3 The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 2
Using Channels to produce eye-popping contrast Goin' Grayscale Rotating individual letters and intersecting text Type Tricks
Playful Panoramas The Skinny on Scanning
How to turn a photo into a blueprint Paint it Blue Creative Combinations, Pt. 1
Contemplating Color Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 3 Oversharpening trick makes retouching eyes a snap Super Sparkling Eyes
Recreating Apple's iWeb photo reflection effect Realistic Reflections The magic of selective blurring Softening Freckles

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