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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

Fabulous Feathers

Few tools are as feminine as the Feather option, and I mean that in the most wonderful of ways. For nestled snugly within the Selection menu, it has the power to make all things soft. Well, that is, all selections. No matter which selection tool you choose, the Feather option instantly softens its sides by the number of pixels you specify. The higher the number, the more gradual the fade, or degree of resulting "softness". The fewer, the more abrupt the edge will be.

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Retaining a photo's aspect ratio while cropping Zoom Crop Tips & Tricks for making photos look old Aging Photos
How to sharpen individual channels Get Sharp! Getting "Smart" with GoLive
Placing Text Behind an Object Upsizing an Image with Minimal Quality Loss
Removing lens glare with the Clone Stamp Tool Glare o' the Glasses Give Your Photos an Edge
Correcting shadows and highlights Creating Favicons
Give your photo a film strip edge Festive Photo Frames How to make your text see-through Hollow Text
The magic of selective blurring Softening Freckles Making a macabre collage with Darker Color A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 5
Replacing Backgrounds with Photoshop's Background Eraser How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 2
Zapping contrary color casts with Hue/Saturation Gettin' the Red Out Use the Extract Filter for complex selections Selecting Frizzy Hair
Changing the color of hair Digital Beauty Shop Fabulous Feathers
Classy Thumbnails Mastering Multiply A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 2
Holiday Cards Fire It Up!
Using the Crop tool to increase canvas size Fabulous Fades
Rotating individual letters and intersecting text Type Tricks How to Crop and Straighten Multiple Photos Get it Straight!
Contemplating Color Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 3 Livin' La Vida Levels
Lesa's Top 10 Search Engine Optimization Tips Filter your way to a flurry of snowflakes Let It Snow!
Fabulous Feathers, Pt. 2 How to create an animated 3D gif
How to create sparkles in Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Super Sparkles Shallow depth of field Shallow depth of field
Fade to White Using another photo to create texture for your type Gettin' Grungy With It
Fall Leaf Photo Frame QuickTip: preparing t-shirt artwork in Illustrator
How to whiten teeth The Basics of Retouching People, Part 3 Photo-Type
How to smash a photo into pieces Break it up! Frame your photo with a Smart Object Ornamental Vector Grunge Frame
Tips for Better Text, Pt. 1 Using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to change hair color Digital Beauty Shop
The Che-Guevara Effect The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Pt. 3
How to create black teeth, red eyes, and green skin Halloween Fun with Elements How to create a grayscale image with just a touch of color Selective Color

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