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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

Photoshop CS2 Survival Guide

Photoshop can certainly be a processor hog, though with CS2 the word "hog" just doesn't quite give the devil its due. If you're lucky enough to have installed this behemoth and you find it's running as fast as molasses doesn't, here are five tips and tweaks to rev things back up.

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Blur Baby Blur! Pixel Super Sleuthing
How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 2 How to Crop and Straighten Multiple Photos Get it Straight!
Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 1 Simple steps to get you back to original color Warp Speed Color Correction
Using the Brush tool to create grunge type Weathered Words Soft Edges
Fire It Up! The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 1
Making a macabre collage with Darker Color A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 5 Fabulous Fades
Placing Text Behind an Object Joys of Optimizing JPEGs
Frame your photo with a Smart Object Ornamental Vector Grunge Frame Banishing bags 'n blemishes The Basics of Retouching People, Part 2
How to make a drive-free Desktop How to sharpen individual channels Get Sharp!
Channel your way to a perfect silhouette Super Silhouettes Using Channels to produce eye-popping contrast Goin' Grayscale
Creating duotones with Elements' QuickFix mode Delicious Duotones Use the Extract Filter for complex selections Selecting Frizzy Hair
Painted Edges in Elements Filtering away edge haloes or fringe Fixing Fringe
How to change the color of drop shadows Shadow Dancing Say hello to advanced red-eye and retouching tools
Playful Panoramas Photo-Type
How to add soft or hard round edges to your photo The Secret to Round Edges How to create a grayscale image with just a touch of color Selective Color
Warp speed color cast correction Color Cast Be Gone! Pinching Flabby Chins Photoshopping People
Fabulous Feathers Changing the color of hair Digital Beauty Shop
Digital Plastic Surgery The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 2
Creative Combinations, Pt. 2 Learning to Love Levels
How to repaint an object using the Hue mode Quick Color Change Turning a photo into an illustration or watercolor Fall Painterly Effect
Digital Camera Belly Ring The Making of a Digital Camera Belly Ring The Basics of Design
Tips for Better Text, Pt. 1 Place a photo inside text Easy Clipping Groups
Quick Creative Collage Combining Images How to create a partial color photo in just two steps! Selective Color Photo Effect
Retouching People Fall Leaf Photo Frame
Printing color separations in Photoshop Tips & Tricks for making photos look old Aging Photos

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