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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.

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Super Sparkling Eyes

Oversharpening trick makes retouching eyes a snap

In most situations oversharpening is a very bad thing. However, when it comes to making eyes sparkle, it's just what ye ole doctor ordered. Today I'm going to show how oversharpening just the eyes can improve a portrait by galactic amounts. It can be done in either Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, and literally takes about 5 minutes.

Take this shot of a pretty blonde girl and her guitar from iStockphoto.com. It's certainly a good photo, but wait till you see it after we make her eyes all bright and super sparkly.

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How to add a page curl using Free Transform in Warp Mode Creative Curls Classic Colorizing
How to change the default email client in Tiger Banishing bags 'n blemishes The Basics of Retouching People, Part 2
Tips for creating small web graphics Wrangling Web Graphics, Pt. 1 Zapping contrary color casts with Hue/Saturation Gettin' the Red Out
Pick a New Picker Frame your photo with a Smart Object Ornamental Vector Grunge Frame
Mastering Multiply A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 2 Cookie Cutter tool + Custom Shapes = fun photo frames Swirls of Summer
Using the Brush tool to create grunge type Weathered Words Fabulous Fades
Lines of All Kinds Oversharpening trick makes retouching eyes a snap Super Sparkling Eyes
Creative Photo Frames, Pt. 1 How to Create Your Very Own Warp Trail
How to instantly reverse color Fun with Adjustment Layers How to create an animated 3D gif
Classy Thumbnails How to smash a photo into pieces Break it up!
Fabulous Feathers Using another photo to create texture for your type Gettin' Grungy With It
Picking the Perfect Palette Photoshop CS2 Survival Guide
Two-step pro portrait studio effect Fast Photo Spotlight QuickTip: preparing t-shirt artwork in Illustrator
Give your photo a film strip edge Festive Photo Frames Removing lens glare with the Clone Stamp Tool Glare o' the Glasses
Creating Favicons Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 1
Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 1 Creating a painted look with an edge mask Faux Finished Photo Edges
Quick Creative Collage Combining Images Holiday Cards
Burn baby burn! Mysteries of Unsharp Mask
Finding Photoshop's hidden cropping grid Cropping to the Rule of Thirds Combine Images Creatively in Photoshop Combine Images Creatively in Photoshop
Pixel Super Sleuthing Place a photo inside text Easy Clipping Groups
The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Pt. 3 Painted Edges in Elements
How to design business cards in Photoshop Let Your Graphics Do the Talking
Turning sub-par images into an emotional piece of art From Photo to Pencil Sketch Joys of Optimizing JPEGs
Five Fast Photo Effects Photo Favorites Creating duotones with Elements' QuickFix mode Delicious Duotones
Correcting shadows and highlights Demystifying Blending Modes A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 1

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