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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

How to change the default email client in Tiger

As if switching email clients wasn't enough of a PITA, trying to tell *Tiger* that you've changed it can be truly maddening. Until you solve this little riddle, you'll enjoy seeing Apple Mail launch each and every time you click on an email link in a web browser, Word document, in an email in your *new* client, and so on. Arg!

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Learning to Love Levels How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 2
How to make a drive-free Desktop Super Funky Edges
How to create a grayscale image with just a touch of color Selective Color Burn baby burn!
Simple steps to get you back to original color Warp Speed Color Correction Banishing bags 'n blemishes The Basics of Retouching People, Part 2
Secret Layer Masks Custom Twitter Background in Photoshop Build a Custom Twitter Background in Photoshop
Pixel Super Sleuthing How to instantly reverse color Fun with Adjustment Layers
Classic Colorizing The Basics of Design
Color Shifting Made Easy Color Shifting Made Easy How to add a page curl using Free Transform in Warp Mode Creative Curls
Filtering away edge haloes or fringe Fixing Fringe Creating a watermark action Protecting Your Photos Online, Pt. 2
Placing Text Behind an Object Shallow depth of field Shallow depth of field
How to Crop and Straighten Multiple Photos Get it Straight! How to design business cards in Photoshop
Say hello to advanced red-eye and retouching tools Fun with Elements Effects
Zapping contrary color casts with Hue/Saturation Gettin' the Red Out How to repaint an object using the Hue mode Quick Color Change
Tips for Better Text, Pt. 1 Painted Edges in Elements
Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 1 Digital Plastic Surgery
Tips & Tricks for making photos look old Aging Photos Holiday Cards
Changing the color of hair Digital Beauty Shop How to change the default email client in Tiger
Fun with Blend Modes Fabulous Feathers, Pt. 2
How to Create a Layer Mask in Elements Turning sub-par images into an emotional piece of art From Photo to Pencil Sketch
Rotating individual letters and intersecting text Type Tricks How to turn friends and loved ones to stone (or a zombie--you pick) Simply Statues
How to add Lab Pop Intensifying Color Polaroid in a Picture
Quick Creative Collage Combining Images How to create a blurry background Post Selective Focus
Creating Coloring Book Art Let Your Graphics Do the Talking
Fall Leaf Photo Frame How to fix an out-of-focus photo Filters To the Rescue!
How to sharpen individual channels Get Sharp! Recreating Apple's iWeb photo reflection effect Realistic Reflections

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