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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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Tips for Better Text, Pt. 2

Continuing with our exploration of making text look better (see node#272), today let's have a look at leading. Like kerning, leading is another trick page-layout gurus have had up their collective sleeves for eons, though for a lot of folks, the terminology is completely foreign. If you have ever put extra returns between lines of text to create space, or wondered how designers make lines of type appear all squashed together, then this tutorial is for you.

Before I show you how to adjust leading in Photoshop, let's define it.

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Playful Panoramas Pick a New Picker
How to Crop and Straighten Multiple Photos Get it Straight! Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 1
The magic of iris enhancement Eyes of the Otherworld Filtering away edge haloes or fringe Fixing Fringe
Creating a watermark action Protecting Your Photos Online, Pt. 2 Say hello to advanced red-eye and retouching tools
Posterizing your way to creativity Creating Cartoon Art Placing Text Behind an Object
Correcting shadows and highlights QuickTip: preparing t-shirt artwork in Illustrator
How to create a partial color photo in just two steps! Selective Color Photo Effect Using the Crop tool to increase canvas size
Creative Combinations, Pt. 1 Tips & Tricks for making photos look old Aging Photos
How to repaint an object using the Hue mode Quick Color Change How to make your text see-through Hollow Text
Simple steps to get you back to original color Warp Speed Color Correction Mastering Multiply A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 2
Pinching Flabby Chins Photoshopping People Repainting Cabinets in Photoshop and Elements
Combine Images Creatively in Photoshop Combine Images Creatively in Photoshop Removing lens glare with the Clone Stamp Tool Glare o' the Glasses
Using blend modes and masking to lighten shadows Lighten Up! Placing an image within an image Simulating Pictures, Part 1: Flat Screens
The magic of the Background Eraser Tough Selections, Part 1 How to fix an out-of-focus photo Filters To the Rescue!
Holiday Cards How to change the default email client in Tiger
Fun with Blend Modes The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 2
The Skinny on Scanning Stacked paper background Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 2
Fun with Elements Effects Creating Coloring Book Art
Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 1 Tips for creating small web graphics Wrangling Web Graphics, Pt. 1
Creating Favicons Creating a Circuit Board Face
How to create an animated 3D gif Demystifying Blending Modes A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 1
How to sharpen individual channels Get Sharp! Place a photo inside text Easy Clipping Groups
Channel your way to a perfect silhouette Super Silhouettes How to instantly reverse color Fun with Adjustment Layers
Fixing the animal version of red-eye How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 1 Joys of Optimizing JPEGs
How to create a blurry background Post Selective Focus Creating a collage with Linear Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 4

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