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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

Lighten Up!

Using blend modes and masking to lighten shadows

Ever forget to use fill flash? Ever encounter an area where flash photography is prohibited? Ever taken a picture of people against a super bright background? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you've probably ended up with a photo like the one at left; a photo with serious lighting issues.

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Say hello to advanced red-eye and retouching tools How to create sparkles in Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Super Sparkles
Placing an image within an image Simulating Pictures, Part 1: Flat Screens Getting "Smart" with GoLive
Creating a beautiful fade from original color to grayscale Fading Color Retouching People
Ordering business cards online The magic of selective blurring Softening Freckles
The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 2 Using blend modes and masking to lighten shadows Lighten Up!
The No-Name Photo Effect Oversharpening trick makes retouching eyes a snap Super Sparkling Eyes
Correcting shadows and highlights Tips & Tricks for making photos look old Aging Photos
Turning sub-par images into an emotional piece of art From Photo to Pencil Sketch Give Your Photos an Edge
Zapping contrary color casts with Hue/Saturation Gettin' the Red Out Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 1
Upsizing an Image with Minimal Quality Loss Color Shifting Made Easy Color Shifting Made Easy
Posterizing your way to creativity Creating Cartoon Art Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 1
Polaroid in a Picture How to fix an out-of-focus photo Filters To the Rescue!
Shallow depth of field Shallow depth of field Use the Extract Filter for complex selections Selecting Frizzy Hair
Pinching Flabby Chins Photoshopping People Picking the Perfect Palette
Filtering away edge haloes or fringe Fixing Fringe How to design business cards in Photoshop
Fast uploading Soft Edges
Using another photo to create texture for your type Gettin' Grungy With It Two-step pro portrait studio effect Fast Photo Spotlight
The magic of iris enhancement Eyes of the Otherworld How to make your text see-through Hollow Text
Classic Colorizing Holiday Cards
Crop City! How to turn a photo into a blueprint Paint it Blue
Classy Thumbnails Fabulous Feathers, Pt. 2
Photo Spotlight Give your photo a film strip edge Festive Photo Frames
Black and white photos with just a touch of color Partial Color How to sharpen individual channels Get Sharp!
Using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to change hair color Digital Beauty Shop Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 2
Mysteries of Unsharp Mask Fade to White

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