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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

Hollow Text

How to make your text see-through

Layer styles are great for adding finishing touches to your designs and they can really make text and graphical elements pop off your page. They’re also extremely flexible—they change as your layer content changes, they’re fully editable, savable, and so on. Since they appear on their own layer, they’re nondestructive and when you edit the content of your layer, the style updates automatically.

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The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Pt. 3 Banishing bags 'n blemishes The Basics of Retouching People, Part 2
Using the Color Replacement brush to zap stubborn red-eye Serious Red-Eye Fixer Upper Creating a Circuit Board Face
How to create sparkles in Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Super Sparkles Using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to change hair color Digital Beauty Shop
Gradient Map Your Way to a Beautiful Sunrise Enhancing the Sunrise The Skinny on Scanning
Removing lens glare with the Clone Stamp Tool Glare o' the Glasses Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 2
Getting "Smart" with GoLive How to add soft or hard round edges to your photo The Secret to Round Edges
Creating duotones with Elements' QuickFix mode Delicious Duotones Fabulous Feathers
Shallow depth of field Shallow depth of field Fade to White
The magic of the Background Eraser Tough Selections, Part 1 Super Funky Edges
Printing color separations in Photoshop The No-Name Photo Effect
Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 1 Two-step pro portrait studio effect Fast Photo Spotlight
Painted Edges in Elements How to make your text see-through Hollow Text
How to sharpen individual channels Get Sharp! Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 2
How to instantly reverse color Fun with Adjustment Layers Ordering business cards online
The Basics of Design Repainting Cabinets in Photoshop and Elements
Using Channels to produce eye-popping contrast Goin' Grayscale Pinching Flabby Chins Photoshopping People
Creating Favicons Creating a painted look with an edge mask Faux Finished Photo Edges
Photo-Type Rotating individual letters and intersecting text Type Tricks
Photo Spotlight Using the Crop tool to make a 10-second frame Quick Polaroid Frame
Contemplating Color Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 3 Black and white photos with just a touch of color Partial Color
Soft Edges How to create black teeth, red eyes, and green skin Halloween Fun with Elements
How to recreate the effect of a popular new lens Blurry Background a la Lensbabies QuickTip: preparing t-shirt artwork in Illustrator
The magic of iris enhancement Eyes of the Otherworld Filter your way to a flurry of snowflakes Let It Snow!
Changing the color of hair Digital Beauty Shop Placing Text Behind an Object
How to create a grayscale image with just a touch of color Selective Color Custom Twitter Background in Photoshop Build a Custom Twitter Background in Photoshop

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