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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

Let It Snow!

Filter your way to a flurry of snowflakes

Mother Nature is a finicky creature and quite frankly, not to be trusted. When you want it to snow it will not, and when you don't there is sure to be a blizzard of epic proportions. Thankfully, Photoshop and Elements owners don't have to rely upon the weather for snowy photos. That's right, nestled snuggly in the Filter menu of both programs are two filters which can generate some of the most beautiful flakes you've ever seen. And thankfully, it takes all of five minutes to get it done. Plus, the steps are identical in both programs.

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Super Funky Edges Turning sub-par images into an emotional piece of art From Photo to Pencil Sketch
How to instantly reverse color Fun with Adjustment Layers How to Crop and Straighten Multiple Photos Get it Straight!
Banishing bags 'n blemishes The Basics of Retouching People, Part 2 Creating a watermark action Protecting Your Photos Online, Pt. 2
Creative Photo Frames, Pt. 1 Crop City!
Placing an image within an image Simulating Pictures, Part 1: Flat Screens QuickTip: preparing t-shirt artwork in Illustrator
The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Pt. 3 The secret to losing 5 pounds--digitally! The Basics of Retouching People, Part 1
Cookie Cutter tool + Custom Shapes = fun photo frames Swirls of Summer Ordering business cards online
Retouching People Retaining a photo's aspect ratio while cropping Zoom Crop
How to add vector art to photos Easy Embellishments Pixel Super Sleuthing
Creating Favicons How to add a page curl using Free Transform in Warp Mode Creative Curls
Warp speed color cast correction Color Cast Be Gone! Top 11 Keyboard Shortcuts
The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 1 Printing color separations in Photoshop
Using the Brush tool to create grunge type Weathered Words Filtering away edge haloes or fringe Fixing Fringe
Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 1 Mastering Multiply A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 2
Creating Coloring Book Art How to whiten teeth The Basics of Retouching People, Part 3
Painted Edges in Elements How to create an animated 3D gif
Fade to White Zapping contrary color casts with Hue/Saturation Gettin' the Red Out
Replacing Backgrounds with Photoshop's Background Eraser Shallow depth of field Shallow depth of field
The Basics of Design Scanning Secrets
How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 2 Fabulous Feathers
Using another photo to create texture for your type Gettin' Grungy With It Using the Color Replacement brush to zap stubborn red-eye Serious Red-Eye Fixer Upper
Frame your photo with a Smart Object Ornamental Vector Grunge Frame Using Channels to produce eye-popping contrast Goin' Grayscale
Using the Minimum filter to fix edges Zapping Edge Haloes Creating a Circuit Board Face
Give your photo a film strip edge Festive Photo Frames The magic of selective blurring Softening Freckles
How to turn friends and loved ones to stone (or a zombie--you pick) Simply Statues Tips for Better Text, Pt. 2

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