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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

Use your local library

A library is a place to hold frequently used elements. This could include things like horizontal and vertical rules used as design elements, pre-formatted picture box holders for headshots and ads, a pre-formatted table... just anything that you use over and over within a document.

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The Skinny on Scanning The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Pt. 3
Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 1 How to instantly reverse color Fun with Adjustment Layers
Contemplating Color Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 3 How to smash a photo into pieces Break it up!
How to add vector art to photos Easy Embellishments The magic of the Background Eraser Tough Selections, Part 1
Fire It Up! Photo Spotlight
How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 2 Finding Photoshop's hidden cropping grid Cropping to the Rule of Thirds
The Che-Guevara Effect How to make a drive-free Desktop
How to sharpen individual channels Get Sharp! Using another photo to create texture for your type Gettin' Grungy With It
Pixel Super Sleuthing How to create a partial color photo in just two steps! Selective Color Photo Effect
Super Funky Edges Fabulous Feathers, Pt. 2
Photo-Type How to design business cards in Photoshop
Creating a watermark action Protecting Your Photos Online, Pt. 2 Five Fast Photo Effects Photo Favorites
Mastering Multiply A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 2 Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 2
How to add Lab Pop Intensifying Color Fabulous Fades
Fabulous Feathers Turning a photo into an illustration or watercolor Fall Painterly Effect
Banishing bags 'n blemishes The Basics of Retouching People, Part 2 Placing an image within an image Simulating Pictures, Part 1: Flat Screens
How to fix an out-of-focus photo Filters To the Rescue! Quick Creative Collage Combining Images
Use the Extract Filter for complex selections Selecting Frizzy Hair How to create a blurry background Post Selective Focus
Channel your way to a perfect silhouette Super Silhouettes Learning to Love Levels
Lines of All Kinds The Basics of Design
Blur Baby Blur! Holiday Cards
The secret to losing 5 pounds--digitally! The Basics of Retouching People, Part 1 Fun with Blend Modes
Classy Thumbnails Fast uploading
Tips for creating small web graphics Wrangling Web Graphics, Pt. 1 How to turn a photo into a blueprint Paint it Blue
Using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to change hair color Digital Beauty Shop Custom Twitter Background in Photoshop Build a Custom Twitter Background in Photoshop

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