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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

Break it up!

How to smash a photo into pieces

Being the fragile, carbon-based bags of water that we are, most of us have felt like we were going to to pieces at one time or another. Although, have you ever tried to break a photo into pieces? I'm speaking digitally of course. Turns out, both Photoshop and Elements have a brush that can do just that.

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The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Pt. 3 How to create an animated 3D gif
Color Shifting Made Easy Color Shifting Made Easy Top 11 Keyboard Shortcuts
Stacked paper background Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 2 Lines of All Kinds
Using the Minimum filter to fix edges Zapping Edge Haloes Creating Favicons
Playful Panoramas Retouching People
Simple steps to get you back to original color Warp Speed Color Correction Creating a collage with Linear Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 4
Fade to White Using the Brush tool to create grunge type Weathered Words
How to add vector art to photos Easy Embellishments Tips & Tricks for making photos look old Aging Photos
How to sharpen individual channels Get Sharp! The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 1
Blur Baby Blur! Fun with Blend Modes
Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 1 The secret to losing 5 pounds--digitally! The Basics of Retouching People, Part 1
Livin' La Vida Levels Turning sub-par images into an emotional piece of art From Photo to Pencil Sketch
Recreating Apple's iWeb photo reflection effect Realistic Reflections How to use filters to age a photo in Photoshop Elements Turning New into Old
Holiday Cards Photo-Type
Mastering Multiply A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 2 Creating Coloring Book Art
Getting "Smart" with GoLive How to create a partial color photo in just two steps! Selective Color Photo Effect
Pixel Super Sleuthing Learning to Love Levels
Placing Text Behind an Object Web navigation tips
Filtering away edge haloes or fringe Fixing Fringe How to smash a photo into pieces Break it up!
Photoshop CS2 Survival Guide Portrait Popper
Creating duotones with Elements' QuickFix mode Delicious Duotones Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 1
The magic of selective blurring Softening Freckles Removing lens glare with the Clone Stamp Tool Glare o' the Glasses
Warp speed color cast correction Color Cast Be Gone! How to create a grayscale image with just a touch of color Selective Color
How to instantly reverse color Fun with Adjustment Layers Finding Photoshop's hidden cropping grid Cropping to the Rule of Thirds
Photo Spotlight How to make a drive-free Desktop

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