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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

Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 1

Adobe Bridge is a image browsing and managing powerhouse of a program that comes with Photoshop and the Mac version of Photoshop Elements. Though it's been rather slow in previous version, Bridge CS4 is respectfully zippy and it makes importing images is a snap.

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Rotating individual letters and intersecting text Type Tricks Painted Edges in Elements
Say hello to advanced red-eye and retouching tools How to make your text see-through Hollow Text
Using the Crop tool to make a 10-second frame Quick Polaroid Frame Using the Minimum filter to fix edges Zapping Edge Haloes
Custom Twitter Background in Photoshop Build a Custom Twitter Background in Photoshop The Basics of Design
How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 2 Demystifying Blending Modes A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 1
Combine Images Creatively in Photoshop Combine Images Creatively in Photoshop Making a macabre collage with Darker Color A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 5
Contemplating Color Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 3 The Che-Guevara Effect
How to sharpen individual channels Get Sharp! The Skinny on Scanning
Let Your Graphics Do the Talking Web navigation tips
Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 1 Creating Coloring Book Art
Turning sub-par images into an emotional piece of art From Photo to Pencil Sketch Fixing the animal version of red-eye How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 1
Tips for Better Text, Pt. 1 Using the Crop tool to increase canvas size
How to whiten teeth The Basics of Retouching People, Part 3 Using another photo to create texture for your type Gettin' Grungy With It
Give Your Photos an Edge Polaroid in a Picture
The No-Name Photo Effect Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 2
Banishing bags 'n blemishes The Basics of Retouching People, Part 2 Two-step pro portrait studio effect Fast Photo Spotlight
Using Channels to produce eye-popping contrast Goin' Grayscale QuickTip: preparing t-shirt artwork in Illustrator
Simple steps to get you back to original color Warp Speed Color Correction Getting "Smart" with GoLive
Scanning Secrets Ordering business cards online
Digital Plastic Surgery Soft Edges
How to add a page curl using Free Transform in Warp Mode Creative Curls Playful Panoramas
Using blend modes and masking to lighten shadows Lighten Up! Color Shifting Made Easy Color Shifting Made Easy
Creating Favicons Joys of Optimizing JPEGs
Stacked paper background Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 2 Mysteries of Unsharp Mask
Blur Baby Blur! Placing Text Behind an Object

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