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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

Learning to Love Levels

Ed. Note: This article first appeared in the most amazing magazine ever, called Elements Techniques. It's packed full of tutorials just for Elements users, along with all kinds of photography tips. You can subscribe to it by clicking this link.

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Creating duotones with Elements' QuickFix mode Delicious Duotones Lines of All Kinds
Removing antennas and power lines Spot Healing Brush to the Rescue! How to sharpen individual channels Get Sharp!
The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 1 Filtering away edge haloes or fringe Fixing Fringe
Recreating Apple's iWeb photo reflection effect Realistic Reflections Creating Favicons
Quick Creative Collage Combining Images How to change the default email client in Tiger
How to turn friends and loved ones to stone (or a zombie--you pick) Simply Statues Fixing the animal version of red-eye How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 1
Top 11 Keyboard Shortcuts Changing the color of hair Digital Beauty Shop
Tips for Better Text, Pt. 1 Creative Combinations, Pt. 2
Using blend modes and masking to lighten shadows Lighten Up! How to create black teeth, red eyes, and green skin Halloween Fun with Elements
Two-step pro portrait studio effect Fast Photo Spotlight Fade to White
The secret to losing 5 pounds--digitally! The Basics of Retouching People, Part 1 Fabulous Feathers, Pt. 2
Give Your Photos an Edge How to repaint an object using the Hue mode Quick Color Change
Photo-Type Tips for creating small web graphics Wrangling Web Graphics, Pt. 1
Printing color separations in Photoshop Give your photo a film strip edge Festive Photo Frames
Retaining a photo's aspect ratio while cropping Zoom Crop Super Funky Edges
Using the Brush tool to create grunge type Weathered Words Fall Leaf Photo Frame
Using another photo to create texture for your type Gettin' Grungy With It How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 2
How to create a partial color photo in just two steps! Selective Color Photo Effect Gradient Map Your Way to a Beautiful Sunrise Enhancing the Sunrise
Fast uploading Use your local library
Turning sub-par images into an emotional piece of art From Photo to Pencil Sketch Stacked paper background Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 2
Placing an image within an image Simulating Pictures, Part 1: Flat Screens Learning to Love Levels
The No-Name Photo Effect Say hello to advanced red-eye and retouching tools
Using the Minimum filter to fix edges Zapping Edge Haloes Using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to change hair color Digital Beauty Shop
Color Shifting Made Easy Color Shifting Made Easy Ordering business cards online
Fire It Up! How to Create Your Very Own Warp Trail

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