Home
photolesa.com
The creative tutorial home of image wrangler, Lesa Snider.

Step by step tutorials

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

Secret Layer Masks

Recently, Dave Cross of NAPP turned me onto secret layer masks that live within adjustment layers. So this week I decided to recreate the Softening Freckles Photoshop tutorial in Photoshop Elements to show you how easily they work.

scoreless-slow
Custom Twitter Background in Photoshop Build a Custom Twitter Background in Photoshop Recreating Apple's iWeb photo reflection effect Realistic Reflections
Placing an image within an image Simulating Pictures, Part 1: Flat Screens Lines of All Kinds
Pick a New Picker How to Crop and Straighten Multiple Photos Get it Straight!
How to fix an out-of-focus photo Filters To the Rescue! How to create a blurry background Post Selective Focus
Removing antennas and power lines Spot Healing Brush to the Rescue! Crop City!
Top 11 Keyboard Shortcuts Using the Minimum filter to fix edges Zapping Edge Haloes
The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Pt. 3 Fun with Blend Modes
How to sharpen individual channels Get Sharp! Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 1
How to instantly reverse color Fun with Adjustment Layers Oversharpening trick makes retouching eyes a snap Super Sparkling Eyes
Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 1 Contemplating Color Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 3
Filter your way to a flurry of snowflakes Let It Snow! Learning to Love Levels
How to create an animated 3D gif How to change the default email client in Tiger
Fade to White Warp speed color cast correction Color Cast Be Gone!
Shallow depth of field Shallow depth of field Scanning Secrets
Creating a beautiful fade from original color to grayscale Fading Color The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 2
Finding Photoshop's hidden cropping grid Cropping to the Rule of Thirds Photo Spotlight
How to smash a photo into pieces Break it up! How to change the color of drop shadows Shadow Dancing
Secret Layer Masks The magic of iris enhancement Eyes of the Otherworld
Portrait Popper Two-step pro portrait studio effect Fast Photo Spotlight
Gradient Map Your Way to a Beautiful Sunrise Enhancing the Sunrise Painted Edges in Elements
Fall Leaf Photo Frame Digital Camera Belly Ring The Making of a Digital Camera Belly Ring
Five Fast Photo Effects Photo Favorites Use your local library
Banishing bags 'n blemishes The Basics of Retouching People, Part 2 Upsizing an Image with Minimal Quality Loss
Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 2 Color Shifting Made Easy Color Shifting Made Easy
Creative Combinations, Pt. 2 Classic Colorizing

Pages
darkness