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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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The Making of a Digital Camera Belly Ring

Digital Camera Belly Ring

David Pogue called me the other day and needed some graphics for his keynote presentation at PhotoPlus. He was speaking about the future of digital cameras and wanted some funny graphics representing a futuristic vision of cameras built into unlikely objects, such as, well, a belly ring.

There are three very cool things which occurred during this project, henceforth why I'm sharing it with you.

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How to fix an out-of-focus photo Filters To the Rescue! Contemplating Color Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 3
How to create an animated 3D gif Fun with Blend Modes
Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 2 Posterizing your way to creativity Creating Cartoon Art
Ordering business cards online The Basics of Design
How to add Lab Pop Intensifying Color Recreating Apple's iWeb photo reflection effect Realistic Reflections
How to change the default email client in Tiger Super Funky Edges
Using blend modes and masking to lighten shadows Lighten Up! Creative Photo Frames, Pt. 1
The secret to losing 5 pounds--digitally! The Basics of Retouching People, Part 1 How to recreate the effect of a popular new lens Blurry Background a la Lensbabies
Using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to change hair color Digital Beauty Shop Fade to White
Portrait Popper Shallow depth of field Shallow depth of field
How to turn a photo into a blueprint Paint it Blue How to whiten teeth The Basics of Retouching People, Part 3
Turning sub-par images into an emotional piece of art From Photo to Pencil Sketch Simple steps to get you back to original color Warp Speed Color Correction
Warp speed color cast correction Color Cast Be Gone! Two-step pro portrait studio effect Fast Photo Spotlight
Making a macabre collage with Darker Color A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 5 Tips for creating small web graphics Wrangling Web Graphics, Pt. 1
Retaining a photo's aspect ratio while cropping Zoom Crop Creating a collage with Linear Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 4
How to make a drive-free Desktop Pixel Super Sleuthing
The Che-Guevara Effect Pick a New Picker
Using the Color Replacement brush to zap stubborn red-eye Serious Red-Eye Fixer Upper Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 1
How to Create a Layer Mask in Elements Pinching Flabby Chins Photoshopping People
Creating duotones with Elements' QuickFix mode Delicious Duotones The magic of the Background Eraser Tough Selections, Part 1
Placing Text Behind an Object How to add a page curl using Free Transform in Warp Mode Creative Curls
Channel your way to a perfect silhouette Super Silhouettes Fixing the animal version of red-eye How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 1
How to create a partial color photo in just two steps! Selective Color Photo Effect Using the Crop tool to increase canvas size
Goin' Borderless! Let Your Graphics Do the Talking
How to Create Your Very Own Warp Trail How to create black teeth, red eyes, and green skin Halloween Fun with Elements

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