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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

Goin' Borderless!

Imagine gazing upon the perfect picture on your screen. You've cropped the distracting bits out of the background, color corrected it to perfection, smoothed a wrinkle here and zapped a bag there, and last but not least you've applied just the right amount of sharpening. It's breathtaking and quite possibly the best shot you've ever snapped in your life. Your skin begins to tingle, goosebumps travel up your spine and you know beyond a shadow of a doubt that the photo must live in print!

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How to repaint an object using the Hue mode Quick Color Change Using the Crop tool to make a 10-second frame Quick Polaroid Frame
Demystifying Blending Modes A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 1 Photo-Type
Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 1 Turning sub-par images into an emotional piece of art From Photo to Pencil Sketch
Filter your way to a flurry of snowflakes Let It Snow! The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 2
The magic of selective blurring Softening Freckles Use your local library
Retouching People Posterizing your way to creativity Creating Cartoon Art
Contemplating Color Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 3 Color Shifting Made Easy Color Shifting Made Easy
Using another photo to create texture for your type Gettin' Grungy With It Creative Photo Frames, Pt. 1
Fabulous Feathers Replacing Backgrounds with Photoshop's Background Eraser
Changing the color of hair Digital Beauty Shop How to turn a photo into a blueprint Paint it Blue
How to use filters to age a photo in Photoshop Elements Turning New into Old The magic of the Background Eraser Tough Selections, Part 1
Tips & Tricks for making photos look old Aging Photos Warp speed color cast correction Color Cast Be Gone!
Creating Coloring Book Art Stacked paper background Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 2
Frame your photo with a Smart Object Ornamental Vector Grunge Frame Creative Combinations, Pt. 2
Making a macabre collage with Darker Color A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 5 The Basics of Design
Portrait Popper How to change the color of drop shadows Shadow Dancing
Tips for Better Text, Pt. 2 Creating a Circuit Board Face
Printing color separations in Photoshop Using the Color Replacement brush to zap stubborn red-eye Serious Red-Eye Fixer Upper
Polaroid in a Picture Top 11 Keyboard Shortcuts
Using vector shapes to add a watermark Protecting Your Photos Online, Pt. 1 Cookie Cutter tool + Custom Shapes = fun photo frames Swirls of Summer
QuickTip: preparing t-shirt artwork in Illustrator Fixing the animal version of red-eye How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 1
How to create sparkles in Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Super Sparkles The Skinny on Scanning
Place a photo inside text Easy Clipping Groups Give your photo a film strip edge Festive Photo Frames
Getting "Smart" with GoLive Filtering away edge haloes or fringe Fixing Fringe
Painted Edges in Elements How to change the default email client in Tiger

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