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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

Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 1

Adobe Bridge is a image browsing and managing powerhouse of a program that comes with Photoshop and the Mac version of Photoshop Elements. Though it's been rather slow in previous version, Bridge CS4 is respectfully zippy and it makes importing images is a snap.

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Pick a New Picker Place a photo inside text Easy Clipping Groups
Using Channels to produce eye-popping contrast Goin' Grayscale How to create a partial color photo in just two steps! Selective Color Photo Effect
The Che-Guevara Effect Let Your Graphics Do the Talking
Finding Photoshop's hidden cropping grid Cropping to the Rule of Thirds Creative Combinations, Pt. 1
Creative Photo Frames, Pt. 1 Fixing the animal version of red-eye How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 1
The magic of iris enhancement Eyes of the Otherworld Fabulous Feathers, Pt. 2
Lines of All Kinds Soft Edges
Fabulous Feathers The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 1
Picking the Perfect Palette Zapping contrary color casts with Hue/Saturation Gettin' the Red Out
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
Burn baby burn! Use your local library
The magic of selective blurring Softening Freckles Changing the color of hair Digital Beauty Shop
Oversharpening trick makes retouching eyes a snap Super Sparkling Eyes The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 2
Replacing Backgrounds with Photoshop's Background Eraser Upsizing an Image with Minimal Quality Loss
How to change the default email client in Tiger Getting "Smart" with GoLive
Give Your Photos an Edge How to make your text see-through Hollow Text
Creating duotones with Elements' QuickFix mode Delicious Duotones Fun with Elements Effects
Pixel Super Sleuthing Shallow depth of field Shallow depth of field
Using another photo to create texture for your type Gettin' Grungy With It Using vector shapes to add a watermark Protecting Your Photos Online, Pt. 1
Fabulous Fades Ordering business cards online
Polaroid in a Picture Color Shifting Made Easy Color Shifting Made Easy
Super Funky Edges Creative Combinations, Pt. 2
Rotating individual letters and intersecting text Type Tricks Classy Thumbnails
Goin' Borderless! Fire It Up!
How to add Lab Pop Intensifying Color The magic of the Background Eraser Tough Selections, Part 1

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