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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

Ordering business cards online

It's that crazy/magical time of year again; time to prepare for Macworld Expo, San Francisco. In a couple of weeks the Mac faithful, developers, trainers, authors, and vendors will converge upon Moscone Convention Center en masse to see what's hot and what's not. For me, Macworld prep this year means getting new business cards made *fast* and now that they're in my hot little hands, I've got a great online source to pass along to you.

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Printing color separations in Photoshop Give Your Photos an Edge
Black and white photos with just a touch of color Partial Color Goin' Borderless!
Mastering Multiply A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 2 How to create sparkles in Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Super Sparkles
The magic of selective blurring Softening Freckles Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 1
Warp speed color cast correction Color Cast Be Gone! Posterizing your way to creativity Creating Cartoon Art
Crop City! How to sharpen individual channels Get Sharp!
How to instantly reverse color Fun with Adjustment Layers Rotating individual letters and intersecting text Type Tricks
How to create a blurry background Post Selective Focus Photoshop CS2 Survival Guide
Using the Crop tool to make a 10-second frame Quick Polaroid Frame Pixel Super Sleuthing
Correcting shadows and highlights How to change the color of drop shadows Shadow Dancing
Tips & Tricks for making photos look old Aging Photos Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 1
The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 2 Recreating Apple's iWeb photo reflection effect Realistic Reflections
Creating Favicons Fall Leaf Photo Frame
Contemplating Color Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 3 Polaroid in a Picture
Color Shifting Made Easy Color Shifting Made Easy Creating duotones with Elements' QuickFix mode Delicious Duotones
Super Funky Edges Changing the color of hair Digital Beauty Shop
Simple steps to get you back to original color Warp Speed Color Correction Scanning Secrets
Using vector shapes to add a watermark Protecting Your Photos Online, Pt. 1 Turning a photo into an illustration or watercolor Fall Painterly Effect
Creative Combinations, Pt. 2 Using the Minimum filter to fix edges Zapping Edge Haloes
Fade to White Creating a painted look with an edge mask Faux Finished Photo Edges
Demystifying Blending Modes A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 1 Tips for Better Text, Pt. 2
Creating Coloring Book Art Five Fast Photo Effects Photo Favorites
Using Channels to produce eye-popping contrast Goin' Grayscale How to create a partial color photo in just two steps! Selective Color Photo Effect
Two-step pro portrait studio effect Fast Photo Spotlight Photo-Type
Combine Images Creatively in Photoshop Combine Images Creatively in Photoshop Stacked paper background Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 2

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