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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

Painted Edges in Elements

Both Photoshop and Photoshop Elements come with some pretty cool brushes. Today I'm going to show you how to get creative and use them to paint in a photo, or rather, give it painted edges. The technique is very simple, we'll use Photoshop Elements' Group with Previous command to create a layer mask. It's also a non-destructive process, meaning we'll harm nary a pixel in the process.

With Macworld right around the corner (my favorite time of year!), I thought it appropriate to use this box of crabs I shot while strolling around Fisherman's Wharf last January.

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Finding Photoshop's hidden cropping grid Cropping to the Rule of Thirds How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 2
Shallow depth of field Shallow depth of field Five Fast Photo Effects Photo Favorites
Turning sub-par images into an emotional piece of art From Photo to Pencil Sketch Fabulous Fades
Using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to change hair color Digital Beauty Shop How to create a blurry background Post Selective Focus
The magic of iris enhancement Eyes of the Otherworld Tips for creating small web graphics Wrangling Web Graphics, Pt. 1
Gradient Map Your Way to a Beautiful Sunrise Enhancing the Sunrise Creating a watermark action Protecting Your Photos Online, Pt. 2
Creating a painted look with an edge mask Faux Finished Photo Edges Picking the Perfect Palette
The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 2 How to design business cards in Photoshop
Photo Spotlight How to make a drive-free Desktop
Tips for Better Text, Pt. 2 How to Create Your Very Own Warp Trail
Using Channels to produce eye-popping contrast Goin' Grayscale Getting "Smart" with GoLive
Recreating Apple's iWeb photo reflection effect Realistic Reflections Digital Plastic Surgery
How to smash a photo into pieces Break it up! Fade to White
Fire It Up! Printing color separations in Photoshop
Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 1 Soft Edges
How to Crop and Straighten Multiple Photos Get it Straight! Lines of All Kinds
Top 11 Keyboard Shortcuts Creative Combinations, Pt. 2
How to create a grayscale image with just a touch of color Selective Color Posterizing your way to creativity Creating Cartoon Art
Contemplating Color Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 3 Creating Coloring Book Art
Pixel Super Sleuthing Creating duotones with Elements' QuickFix mode Delicious Duotones
Correcting shadows and highlights How to add soft or hard round edges to your photo The Secret to Round Edges
Creative Combinations, Pt. 1 Tips for Better Text, Pt. 1
Banishing bags 'n blemishes The Basics of Retouching People, Part 2 How to create sparkles in Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Super Sparkles
Playful Panoramas How to add Lab Pop Intensifying Color
Goin' Borderless! Let Your Graphics Do the Talking

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