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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

The Che-Guevara Effect

The question, "How do I create a Che-Guevara effect?" appeared on the Planetphotoshop.com forums last week. It's an effect you've all seen on t-shirts: the high contrast face of the famous revolutionary on a red background. It's a neat effect which, as it turns out, is very versatile.

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Using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to change hair color Digital Beauty Shop How to create black teeth, red eyes, and green skin Halloween Fun with Elements
Fire It Up! Fast uploading
Polaroid in a Picture Using the Crop tool to increase canvas size
Use your local library How to create an animated 3D gif
Fabulous Fades How to smash a photo into pieces Break it up!
The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 2 How to Create Your Very Own Warp Trail
Give your photo a film strip edge Festive Photo Frames The secret to losing 5 pounds--digitally! The Basics of Retouching People, Part 1
Creating a beautiful fade from original color to grayscale Fading Color The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 1
Contemplating Color Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 3 Stacked paper background Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 2
How to instantly reverse color Fun with Adjustment Layers Shallow depth of field Shallow depth of field
The Basics of Design How to turn friends and loved ones to stone (or a zombie--you pick) Simply Statues
Picking the Perfect Palette Placing an image within an image Simulating Pictures, Part 1: Flat Screens
Creating duotones with Elements' QuickFix mode Delicious Duotones Color Shifting Made Easy Color Shifting Made Easy
Banishing bags 'n blemishes The Basics of Retouching People, Part 2 Using vector shapes to add a watermark Protecting Your Photos Online, Pt. 1
Photoshop CS2 Survival Guide Soft Edges
Mysteries of Unsharp Mask Frame your photo with a Smart Object Ornamental Vector Grunge Frame
Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 2 Posterizing your way to creativity Creating Cartoon Art
Rotating individual letters and intersecting text Type Tricks Photo Spotlight
Give Your Photos an Edge How to add Lab Pop Intensifying Color
Using the Minimum filter to fix edges Zapping Edge Haloes Pixel Super Sleuthing
Zapping contrary color casts with Hue/Saturation Gettin' the Red Out Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 1
Digital Camera Belly Ring The Making of a Digital Camera Belly Ring Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 1
Changing the color of hair Digital Beauty Shop Fade to White
Printing color separations in Photoshop Fall Leaf Photo Frame
Tips for creating small web graphics Wrangling Web Graphics, Pt. 1 Using the Color Replacement brush to zap stubborn red-eye Serious Red-Eye Fixer Upper

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