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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

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The other night I had the immense pleasure of presenting to the Apple Dayton group, a right proper little MUG about 45 minutes outside of Cincinnati, OH. During my Elements tips & tricks session, a gentleman asked me how to stick a photo inside text. I could have *sworn* I had a tutorial on that already so I popped upon my website confidently, grinned smugly as the Elements Tutorial index loaded, and guess what? It wasn't there. Turns out, I had written one in Photoshop CS2, but not Elements. Yipes!

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Give Your Photos an Edge How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 2
How to use filters to age a photo in Photoshop Elements Turning New into Old Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 1
The magic of the Background Eraser Tough Selections, Part 1 How to whiten teeth The Basics of Retouching People, Part 3
Lines of All Kinds Soft Edges
Simple steps to get you back to original color Warp Speed Color Correction Stacked paper background Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 2
Web navigation tips Correcting shadows and highlights
Turning a photo into an illustration or watercolor Fall Painterly Effect Shallow depth of field Shallow depth of field
The Skinny on Scanning Warp speed color cast correction Color Cast Be Gone!
Classic Colorizing Posterizing your way to creativity Creating Cartoon Art
Retouching People Using the Crop tool to increase canvas size
How to create an animated 3D gif Using the Brush tool to create grunge type Weathered Words
Holiday Cards Creative Combinations, Pt. 1
Frame your photo with a Smart Object Ornamental Vector Grunge Frame Photo-Type
Zapping contrary color casts with Hue/Saturation Gettin' the Red Out Removing lens glare with the Clone Stamp Tool Glare o' the Glasses
How to change the color of drop shadows Shadow Dancing How to add a page curl using Free Transform in Warp Mode Creative Curls
Placing an image within an image Simulating Pictures, Part 1: Flat Screens Using vector shapes to add a watermark Protecting Your Photos Online, Pt. 1
Fun with Blend Modes How to make a drive-free Desktop
How to create a partial color photo in just two steps! Selective Color Photo Effect Ordering business cards online
How to Crop and Straighten Multiple Photos Get it Straight! Five Fast Photo Effects Photo Favorites
The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Pt. 3 Super Funky Edges
How to Create Your Very Own Warp Trail Fun with Elements Effects
Using the Crop tool to make a 10-second frame Quick Polaroid Frame Color Shifting Made Easy Color Shifting Made Easy
Creating a beautiful fade from original color to grayscale Fading Color Filter your way to a flurry of snowflakes Let It Snow!
The Basics of Design Let Your Graphics Do the Talking
Fire It Up! Crop City!

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