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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.

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Delicious Duotones

Creating duotones with Elements' QuickFix mode

You've seen the photo effect everywhere, but perhaps couldn't call it by name: The original color has been drained from the photo, and replaced by a dramatic blue-ish, yellow-ish, green-ish, or purple-ish color cast. This is called a duotone, and it's been a favorite of Photoshoppers for years.

In the full-blown version of Photoshop there's a specific command for this effect; however I'm here to tell you that it's easily recreated in Elements. Oh yes, dear grasshopper; let me show thee how :)

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How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 2 Fixing the animal version of red-eye How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 1
Classic Colorizing Fun with Blend Modes
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Removing lens glare with the Clone Stamp Tool Glare o' the Glasses The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Pt. 3
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Using Channels to produce eye-popping contrast Goin' Grayscale How to create sparkles in Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Super Sparkles
Repainting Cabinets in Photoshop and Elements Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 1
Creating Favicons How to Create a Layer Mask in Elements
Using the Color Replacement brush to zap stubborn red-eye Serious Red-Eye Fixer Upper Oversharpening trick makes retouching eyes a snap Super Sparkling Eyes
Frame your photo with a Smart Object Ornamental Vector Grunge Frame Banishing bags 'n blemishes The Basics of Retouching People, Part 2
The magic of iris enhancement Eyes of the Otherworld Using vector shapes to add a watermark Protecting Your Photos Online, Pt. 1
Simple steps to get you back to original color Warp Speed Color Correction Lesa's Top 10 Search Engine Optimization Tips
Mysteries of Unsharp Mask Shallow depth of field Shallow depth of field
Creating duotones with Elements' QuickFix mode Delicious Duotones How to add vector art to photos Easy Embellishments
Color Shifting Made Easy Color Shifting Made Easy Scanning Secrets
Playful Panoramas How to create a grayscale image with just a touch of color Selective Color
QuickTip: preparing t-shirt artwork in Illustrator How to add Lab Pop Intensifying Color
Using the Crop tool to increase canvas size The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 1
How to create a partial color photo in just two steps! Selective Color Photo Effect How to change the default email client in Tiger
Blur Baby Blur! Joys of Optimizing JPEGs

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