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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

How to Create Your Very Own Warp Trail

Remember how the original Starship Enterprise looked when it went to warp speed? It was like the whole ship moved so fast that is stretched; part of it lingered yet the bulk of it was long gone. It's similar to how the Bionic Woman looked when she ran. It's like they both left a stretched, blurry tail in their wake.

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Portrait Popper Using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to change hair color Digital Beauty Shop
Warp speed color cast correction Color Cast Be Gone! Banishing bags 'n blemishes The Basics of Retouching People, Part 2
How to create an animated 3D gif Tips for Better Text, Pt. 2
Frame your photo with a Smart Object Ornamental Vector Grunge Frame Color Shifting Made Easy Color Shifting Made Easy
Playful Panoramas Tips for creating small web graphics Wrangling Web Graphics, Pt. 1
Repainting Cabinets in Photoshop and Elements The Basics of Design
How to Crop and Straighten Multiple Photos Get it Straight! Five Fast Photo Effects Photo Favorites
How to repaint an object using the Hue mode Quick Color Change Let Your Graphics Do the Talking
Ordering business cards online Creating a Circuit Board Face
Retouching People Retaining a photo's aspect ratio while cropping Zoom Crop
How to create sparkles in Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Super Sparkles Crop City!
Secret Layer Masks Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 1
How to use filters to age a photo in Photoshop Elements Turning New into Old The magic of iris enhancement Eyes of the Otherworld
Using another photo to create texture for your type Gettin' Grungy With It How to create black teeth, red eyes, and green skin Halloween Fun with Elements
Turning sub-par images into an emotional piece of art From Photo to Pencil Sketch Tips & Tricks for making photos look old Aging Photos
Using the Crop tool to increase canvas size Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 1
Digital Plastic Surgery Black and white photos with just a touch of color Partial Color
Using vector shapes to add a watermark Protecting Your Photos Online, Pt. 1 Lines of All Kinds
Using the Crop tool to make a 10-second frame Quick Polaroid Frame Shallow depth of field Shallow depth of field
Tips for Better Text, Pt. 1 Demystifying Blending Modes A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 1
The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 2 Soft Edges
How to recreate the effect of a popular new lens Blurry Background a la Lensbabies How to add soft or hard round edges to your photo The Secret to Round Edges
How to instantly reverse color Fun with Adjustment Layers Oversharpening trick makes retouching eyes a snap Super Sparkling Eyes
The secret to losing 5 pounds--digitally! The Basics of Retouching People, Part 1 Learning to Love Levels
Recreating Apple's iWeb photo reflection effect Realistic Reflections How to sharpen individual channels Get Sharp!

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