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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

Realistic Reflections

Recreating Apple's iWeb photo reflection effect

With Apple's release of iWeb -- an amazing web site building tool -- I've been getting a steady stream of emails wanting to know how to recreate the nifty photo reflection effect which appears at the top of iWeb pages and in the slide shows (here's a sample). Adding such a reflection is a super easy way to add depth and a bit of sophistication to your photographs.

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Color Shifting Made Easy Color Shifting Made Easy Rotating individual letters and intersecting text Type Tricks
Removing antennas and power lines Spot Healing Brush to the Rescue! Photoshop CS2 Survival Guide
Retouching People Let Your Graphics Do the Talking
How to turn a photo into a blueprint Paint it Blue Tips for creating small web graphics Wrangling Web Graphics, Pt. 1
Mastering Multiply A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 2 Joys of Optimizing JPEGs
Creative Combinations, Pt. 2 How to design business cards in Photoshop
Creating a collage with Linear Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 4 Fun with Elements Effects
Tips & Tricks for making photos look old Aging Photos How to change the color of drop shadows Shadow Dancing
Retaining a photo's aspect ratio while cropping Zoom Crop The Che-Guevara Effect
Creating duotones with Elements' QuickFix mode Delicious Duotones Changing the color of hair Digital Beauty Shop
How to create a partial color photo in just two steps! Selective Color Photo Effect Creating a watermark action Protecting Your Photos Online, Pt. 2
The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Pt. 3 Banishing bags 'n blemishes The Basics of Retouching People, Part 2
Fall Leaf Photo Frame Tips for Better Text, Pt. 1
Fade to White The No-Name Photo Effect
Frame your photo with a Smart Object Ornamental Vector Grunge Frame Use the Extract Filter for complex selections Selecting Frizzy Hair
Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 1 Shallow depth of field Shallow depth of field
Two-step pro portrait studio effect Fast Photo Spotlight Creating a beautiful fade from original color to grayscale Fading Color
The magic of iris enhancement Eyes of the Otherworld Creative Photo Frames, Pt. 1
Tips for Better Text, Pt. 2 Fabulous Feathers
Creating Favicons How to use filters to age a photo in Photoshop Elements Turning New into Old
How to create a blurry background Post Selective Focus Lesa's Top 10 Search Engine Optimization Tips
Picking the Perfect Palette The Basics of Design
Filtering away edge haloes or fringe Fixing Fringe Getting "Smart" with GoLive
Polaroid in a Picture Demystifying Blending Modes A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 1
Turning sub-par images into an emotional piece of art From Photo to Pencil Sketch Stacked paper background Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 2

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