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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

Ordering business cards online

It's that crazy/magical time of year again; time to prepare for Macworld Expo, San Francisco. In a couple of weeks the Mac faithful, developers, trainers, authors, and vendors will converge upon Moscone Convention Center en masse to see what's hot and what's not. For me, Macworld prep this year means getting new business cards made *fast* and now that they're in my hot little hands, I've got a great online source to pass along to you.

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Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 2 Ordering business cards online
Custom Twitter Background in Photoshop Build a Custom Twitter Background in Photoshop Creating Coloring Book Art
Retaining a photo's aspect ratio while cropping Zoom Crop Portrait Popper
Mastering Multiply A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 2 Changing the color of hair Digital Beauty Shop
Photo Spotlight The Skinny on Scanning
Color Shifting Made Easy Color Shifting Made Easy Creative Photo Frames, Pt. 1
How to sharpen individual channels Get Sharp! Using Channels to produce eye-popping contrast Goin' Grayscale
Tips & Tricks for making photos look old Aging Photos Turning sub-par images into an emotional piece of art From Photo to Pencil Sketch
Tips for Better Text, Pt. 2 Printing color separations in Photoshop
How to whiten teeth The Basics of Retouching People, Part 3 Upsizing an Image with Minimal Quality Loss
Black and white photos with just a touch of color Partial Color Using the Brush tool to create grunge type Weathered Words
Burn baby burn! Fun with Elements Effects
Two-step pro portrait studio effect Fast Photo Spotlight Posterizing your way to creativity Creating Cartoon Art
Learning to Love Levels Let Your Graphics Do the Talking
How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 2 Use the Extract Filter for complex selections Selecting Frizzy Hair
Joys of Optimizing JPEGs Fun with Blend Modes
Web navigation tips How to create a partial color photo in just two steps! Selective Color Photo Effect
The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Pt. 3 How to add Lab Pop Intensifying Color
Correcting shadows and highlights Replacing Backgrounds with Photoshop's Background Eraser
Repainting Cabinets in Photoshop and Elements Secret Layer Masks
Using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to change hair color Digital Beauty Shop How to smash a photo into pieces Break it up!
Contemplating Color Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 3 Soft Edges
Pinching Flabby Chins Photoshopping People Filtering away edge haloes or fringe Fixing Fringe
How to make your text see-through Hollow Text The magic of selective blurring Softening Freckles
Tips for Better Text, Pt. 1 Filter your way to a flurry of snowflakes Let It Snow!

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