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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

Learning to Love Levels

Ed. Note: This article first appeared in the most amazing magazine ever, called Elements Techniques. It's packed full of tutorials just for Elements users, along with all kinds of photography tips. You can subscribe to it by clicking this link.

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Creating a painted look with an edge mask Faux Finished Photo Edges Painted Edges in Elements
Polaroid in a Picture Removing antennas and power lines Spot Healing Brush to the Rescue!
How to make a drive-free Desktop Correcting shadows and highlights
How to add soft or hard round edges to your photo The Secret to Round Edges Secret Layer Masks
Burn baby burn! Fall Leaf Photo Frame
The No-Name Photo Effect How to use filters to age a photo in Photoshop Elements Turning New into Old
How to repaint an object using the Hue mode Quick Color Change How to sharpen individual channels Get Sharp!
Fire It Up! The magic of iris enhancement Eyes of the Otherworld
Contemplating Color Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 3 How to recreate the effect of a popular new lens Blurry Background a la Lensbabies
Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 2 Lesa's Top 10 Search Engine Optimization Tips
The Che-Guevara Effect Scanning Secrets
Black and white photos with just a touch of color Partial Color Finding Photoshop's hidden cropping grid Cropping to the Rule of Thirds
Using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to change hair color Digital Beauty Shop Quick Creative Collage Combining Images
Fun with Blend Modes Using Channels to produce eye-popping contrast Goin' Grayscale
Soft Edges How to add a page curl using Free Transform in Warp Mode Creative Curls
How to Create Your Very Own Warp Trail Getting "Smart" with GoLive
Say hello to advanced red-eye and retouching tools Learning to Love Levels
Fixing the animal version of red-eye How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 1 Using vector shapes to add a watermark Protecting Your Photos Online, Pt. 1
Tips for creating small web graphics Wrangling Web Graphics, Pt. 1 Using another photo to create texture for your type Gettin' Grungy With It
Using blend modes and masking to lighten shadows Lighten Up! Gradient Map Your Way to a Beautiful Sunrise Enhancing the Sunrise
Tips for Better Text, Pt. 1 The magic of selective blurring Softening Freckles
Using the Color Replacement brush to zap stubborn red-eye Serious Red-Eye Fixer Upper Making a macabre collage with Darker Color A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 5
The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 1 How to whiten teeth The Basics of Retouching People, Part 3
Creating Favicons Channel your way to a perfect silhouette Super Silhouettes
Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 1 Retouching People

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