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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

Upsizing an Image with Minimal Quality Loss

How many times has it happened to you? You find the perfect image for that newsletter, web site, brochure or what have you, and DANG, if only it were a little bit bigger! Arg. If the graphic had been created in Illustrator (an .eps, see NOTE below), enlarging it sans quality loss would be a snap. Alas, our beloved image is made of fragile little pixels (meaning it's a .jpg, .tif, or .gif) meaning we must use pixel-based image manipulation software such as Photoshop or Elements.

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How to add a page curl using Free Transform in Warp Mode Creative Curls Upsizing an Image with Minimal Quality Loss
How to change the default email client in Tiger Tips for creating small web graphics Wrangling Web Graphics, Pt. 1
Placing an image within an image Simulating Pictures, Part 1: Flat Screens Lines of All Kinds
Filter your way to a flurry of snowflakes Let It Snow! How to fix an out-of-focus photo Filters To the Rescue!
Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 1 The Skinny on Scanning
Using the Crop tool to make a 10-second frame Quick Polaroid Frame Creative Photo Frames, Pt. 1
Photo-Type Using the Color Replacement brush to zap stubborn red-eye Serious Red-Eye Fixer Upper
The magic of the Background Eraser Tough Selections, Part 1 Polaroid in a Picture
Classy Thumbnails How to add vector art to photos Easy Embellishments
Give Your Photos an Edge Give your photo a film strip edge Festive Photo Frames
How to create a blurry background Post Selective Focus How to add Lab Pop Intensifying Color
The No-Name Photo Effect Color Shifting Made Easy Color Shifting Made Easy
How to design business cards in Photoshop Five Fast Photo Effects Photo Favorites
Ordering business cards online The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 2
Combine Images Creatively in Photoshop Combine Images Creatively in Photoshop Fabulous Feathers
How to turn friends and loved ones to stone (or a zombie--you pick) Simply Statues Banishing bags 'n blemishes The Basics of Retouching People, Part 2
Using vector shapes to add a watermark Protecting Your Photos Online, Pt. 1 How to change the color of drop shadows Shadow Dancing
Say hello to advanced red-eye and retouching tools How to use filters to age a photo in Photoshop Elements Turning New into Old
Creating a painted look with an edge mask Faux Finished Photo Edges Learning to Love Levels
The magic of iris enhancement Eyes of the Otherworld Mysteries of Unsharp Mask
Placing Text Behind an Object How to smash a photo into pieces Break it up!
Using the Crop tool to increase canvas size Creating a beautiful fade from original color to grayscale Fading Color
Pick a New Picker Use your local library
Getting "Smart" with GoLive Stacked paper background Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 2
Fun with Elements Effects Web navigation tips

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