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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

Holiday Cards

It's that time of year yet again! Time to stress about shopping and money and what to cook and what to wear and of course, finding/mailing holiday greeting cards. Luckily, affordable stock imagery makes creating your own cards a snap.

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How to create an animated 3D gif Pixel Super Sleuthing
Creative Photo Frames, Pt. 1 Fade to White
Picking the Perfect Palette Repainting Cabinets in Photoshop and Elements
Frame your photo with a Smart Object Ornamental Vector Grunge Frame How to Create a Layer Mask in Elements
Rotating individual letters and intersecting text Type Tricks How to add vector art to photos Easy Embellishments
Soft Edges Tips for Better Text, Pt. 2
Joys of Optimizing JPEGs Fun with Blend Modes
Five Fast Photo Effects Photo Favorites How to instantly reverse color Fun with Adjustment Layers
Two-step pro portrait studio effect Fast Photo Spotlight Tips & Tricks for making photos look old Aging Photos
How to whiten teeth The Basics of Retouching People, Part 3 How to design business cards in Photoshop
Creating a Circuit Board Face The magic of iris enhancement Eyes of the Otherworld
Contemplating Color Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 3 How to create a grayscale image with just a touch of color Selective Color
Creating a collage with Linear Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 4 How to add soft or hard round edges to your photo The Secret to Round Edges
Pick a New Picker Learning to Love Levels
Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 1 Making a macabre collage with Darker Color A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 5
How to turn friends and loved ones to stone (or a zombie--you pick) Simply Statues Removing lens glare with the Clone Stamp Tool Glare o' the Glasses
Say hello to advanced red-eye and retouching tools The secret to losing 5 pounds--digitally! The Basics of Retouching People, Part 1
Fabulous Fades QuickTip: preparing t-shirt artwork in Illustrator
Using Channels to produce eye-popping contrast Goin' Grayscale Using the Color Replacement brush to zap stubborn red-eye Serious Red-Eye Fixer Upper
Black and white photos with just a touch of color Partial Color How to make your text see-through Hollow Text
Banishing bags 'n blemishes The Basics of Retouching People, Part 2 How to smash a photo into pieces Break it up!
The Che-Guevara Effect How to create a partial color photo in just two steps! Selective Color Photo Effect
Creative Combinations, Pt. 1 Creating Coloring Book Art
How to make a drive-free Desktop Scanning Secrets
Creating duotones with Elements' QuickFix mode Delicious Duotones Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 1

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