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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

Color Cast Be Gone!

Warp speed color cast correction

Who knew that a one-step color cast fixer-upper lived deep within Elements' menu structure? The next time you pop open a photo with a visible cast—such as the photo below taken during a fabulously rich and gastronomically challenging meal my husband and I had recently at Aureole, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas—you'll know exactly what to do.

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Playful Panoramas How to add a page curl using Free Transform in Warp Mode Creative Curls
Fade to White Fabulous Feathers
Scanning Secrets Using another photo to create texture for your type Gettin' Grungy With It
Rotating individual letters and intersecting text Type Tricks Place a photo inside text Easy Clipping Groups
The Che-Guevara Effect Custom Twitter Background in Photoshop Build a Custom Twitter Background in Photoshop
How to add soft or hard round edges to your photo The Secret to Round Edges How to add vector art to photos Easy Embellishments
Turning sub-par images into an emotional piece of art From Photo to Pencil Sketch Creative Combinations, Pt. 1
Ordering business cards online Creating Coloring Book Art
QuickTip: preparing t-shirt artwork in Illustrator Creating a watermark action Protecting Your Photos Online, Pt. 2
Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 2 Classic Colorizing
How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 2 Portrait Popper
Turning a photo into an illustration or watercolor Fall Painterly Effect Soft Edges
Contemplating Color Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 3 How to smash a photo into pieces Break it up!
The magic of iris enhancement Eyes of the Otherworld Removing antennas and power lines Spot Healing Brush to the Rescue!
Burn baby burn! Posterizing your way to creativity Creating Cartoon Art
How to create sparkles in Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Super Sparkles Pixel Super Sleuthing
Tips for Better Text, Pt. 2 Mastering Multiply A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 2
Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 1 Secret Layer Masks
Creating a beautiful fade from original color to grayscale Fading Color Repainting Cabinets in Photoshop and Elements
Quick Creative Collage Combining Images Printing color separations in Photoshop
Use the Extract Filter for complex selections Selecting Frizzy Hair Using Channels to produce eye-popping contrast Goin' Grayscale
The Basics of Design Photo Spotlight
How to create a partial color photo in just two steps! Selective Color Photo Effect Polaroid in a Picture
Creative Combinations, Pt. 2 Fall Leaf Photo Frame
Retaining a photo's aspect ratio while cropping Zoom Crop Oversharpening trick makes retouching eyes a snap Super Sparkling Eyes

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