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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

Zoom Crop

Retaining a photo's aspect ratio while cropping

Let’s say you’ve been out shooting in the Texas plains and, once you’re parked back at your computer, you come across an oh-so-cute prairie dog mama and baby shot like this:

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How to create a blurry background Post Selective Focus Portrait Popper
Channel your way to a perfect silhouette Super Silhouettes Placing an image within an image Simulating Pictures, Part 1: Flat Screens
Turning sub-par images into an emotional piece of art From Photo to Pencil Sketch How to create black teeth, red eyes, and green skin Halloween Fun with Elements
Mysteries of Unsharp Mask Fire It Up!
Filtering away edge haloes or fringe Fixing Fringe Creating a beautiful fade from original color to grayscale Fading Color
Removing antennas and power lines Spot Healing Brush to the Rescue! Pixel Super Sleuthing
How to create a partial color photo in just two steps! Selective Color Photo Effect Mastering Multiply A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 2
Tips for Better Text, Pt. 2 Using blend modes and masking to lighten shadows Lighten Up!
Goin' Borderless! Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 2
Zapping contrary color casts with Hue/Saturation Gettin' the Red Out How to sharpen individual channels Get Sharp!
Contemplating Color Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 3 Place a photo inside text Easy Clipping Groups
Correcting shadows and highlights Playful Panoramas
The magic of selective blurring Softening Freckles Fixing the animal version of red-eye How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 1
Quick Creative Collage Combining Images Black and white photos with just a touch of color Partial Color
Combine Images Creatively in Photoshop Combine Images Creatively in Photoshop QuickTip: preparing t-shirt artwork in Illustrator
Say hello to advanced red-eye and retouching tools Give Your Photos an Edge
Blur Baby Blur! Painted Edges in Elements
Secret Layer Masks Making a macabre collage with Darker Color A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 5
How to recreate the effect of a popular new lens Blurry Background a la Lensbabies How to instantly reverse color Fun with Adjustment Layers
Upsizing an Image with Minimal Quality Loss The Basics of Design
Digital Plastic Surgery The Che-Guevara Effect
How to design business cards in Photoshop Classy Thumbnails
Creating Favicons Cookie Cutter tool + Custom Shapes = fun photo frames Swirls of Summer
Creative Combinations, Pt. 2 Holiday Cards
Color Shifting Made Easy Color Shifting Made Easy Creating a collage with Linear Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 4

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