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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

Burn baby burn!

So many filters, so little time. Oh sure, you may have perused The Almighty Filter Menu from time to time, but do you really understand their power and the plethora of special effects they unlock? Of course you don't. Nobody really does. Aside from texturizing text and creating cool edge effects, you can use filters to create realistic fire (it takes three of them to be exact).

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How to create black teeth, red eyes, and green skin Halloween Fun with Elements Portrait Popper
How to change the color of drop shadows Shadow Dancing Top 11 Keyboard Shortcuts
Mysteries of Unsharp Mask Fixing the animal version of red-eye How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 1
How to create an animated 3D gif Simple steps to get you back to original color Warp Speed Color Correction
Classic Colorizing How to fix an out-of-focus photo Filters To the Rescue!
Repainting Cabinets in Photoshop and Elements Making a macabre collage with Darker Color A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 5
The Che-Guevara Effect Filtering away edge haloes or fringe Fixing Fringe
QuickTip: preparing t-shirt artwork in Illustrator Turning sub-par images into an emotional piece of art From Photo to Pencil Sketch
Say hello to advanced red-eye and retouching tools Digital Camera Belly Ring The Making of a Digital Camera Belly Ring
Correcting shadows and highlights Rotating individual letters and intersecting text Type Tricks
Super Funky Edges Retaining a photo's aspect ratio while cropping Zoom Crop
How to make a drive-free Desktop Quick Creative Collage Combining Images
How to smash a photo into pieces Break it up! Web navigation tips
Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 2 Fall Leaf Photo Frame
Fabulous Feathers How to create a partial color photo in just two steps! Selective Color Photo Effect
Using Channels to produce eye-popping contrast Goin' Grayscale Printing color separations in Photoshop
Livin' La Vida Levels Fast uploading
How to recreate the effect of a popular new lens Blurry Background a la Lensbabies Fade to White
Using vector shapes to add a watermark Protecting Your Photos Online, Pt. 1 Creating a collage with Linear Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 4
Secret Layer Masks Upsizing an Image with Minimal Quality Loss
Tips for Better Text, Pt. 1 Using the Minimum filter to fix edges Zapping Edge Haloes
Creating Coloring Book Art Gradient Map Your Way to a Beautiful Sunrise Enhancing the Sunrise
Holiday Cards How to Create Your Very Own Warp Trail
Recreating Apple's iWeb photo reflection effect Realistic Reflections Shallow depth of field Shallow depth of field
Demystifying Blending Modes A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 1 Five Fast Photo Effects Photo Favorites

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