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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

Super Silhouettes

Channel your way to a perfect silhouette

Get ready kids! Here comes possibly the most requested Photoshop tutorial ever: How to make yourself (or another) into a silhouette like Apple's iPod ads. I held off as long as I could, but we all know it was bound to happen (thanks to Tucker MacDonald for finally pushing me over the edge).

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How to whiten teeth The Basics of Retouching People, Part 3 Classy Thumbnails
Printing color separations in Photoshop Making a macabre collage with Darker Color A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 5
Filter your way to a flurry of snowflakes Let It Snow! The No-Name Photo Effect
Using vector shapes to add a watermark Protecting Your Photos Online, Pt. 1 Lesa's Top 10 Search Engine Optimization Tips
How to smash a photo into pieces Break it up! How to make a drive-free Desktop
How to design business cards in Photoshop QuickTip: preparing t-shirt artwork in Illustrator
Let Your Graphics Do the Talking Soft Edges
Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 1 Place a photo inside text Easy Clipping Groups
Super Funky Edges Photo-Type
The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 2 Creating a watermark action Protecting Your Photos Online, Pt. 2
How to create a blurry background Post Selective Focus How to turn a photo into a blueprint Paint it Blue
Filtering away edge haloes or fringe Fixing Fringe Retouching People
Recreating Apple's iWeb photo reflection effect Realistic Reflections Zapping contrary color casts with Hue/Saturation Gettin' the Red Out
Two-step pro portrait studio effect Fast Photo Spotlight Picking the Perfect Palette
Mysteries of Unsharp Mask Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 2
How to Create Your Very Own Warp Trail Upsizing an Image with Minimal Quality Loss
Using the Crop tool to increase canvas size Tips for Better Text, Pt. 1
Fabulous Fades Five Fast Photo Effects Photo Favorites
How to use filters to age a photo in Photoshop Elements Turning New into Old How to make your text see-through Hollow Text
Correcting shadows and highlights Crop City!
Tips & Tricks for making photos look old Aging Photos How to create sparkles in Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Super Sparkles
Give your photo a film strip edge Festive Photo Frames Retaining a photo's aspect ratio while cropping Zoom Crop
Use the Extract Filter for complex selections Selecting Frizzy Hair How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 2
Turning sub-par images into an emotional piece of art From Photo to Pencil Sketch How to instantly reverse color Fun with Adjustment Layers
Using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to change hair color Digital Beauty Shop The magic of iris enhancement Eyes of the Otherworld

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