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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

Photo Spotlight

This week's tutorial is the direct result of the wonderful forums and user galleries over at ElementsVillage. The place is chock full of digital photographers, scrapbookers, and creative types of all kinds who just love sharing their work (I'd be hard-pressed to find a friendlier group of complete strangers). The owners of the site also put out a wonderfully informative newsletter called Elements Techniques. If you haven't subscribed yet, just do it.

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Fun with Blend Modes Pick a New Picker
Retouching People Learning to Love Levels
The magic of iris enhancement Eyes of the Otherworld Portrait Popper
How to Create Your Very Own Warp Trail Retaining a photo's aspect ratio while cropping Zoom Crop
How to add Lab Pop Intensifying Color Tips for Better Text, Pt. 1
The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 2 Cookie Cutter tool + Custom Shapes = fun photo frames Swirls of Summer
Demystifying Blending Modes A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 1 How to create a grayscale image with just a touch of color Selective Color
How to add vector art to photos Easy Embellishments Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 1
Digital Plastic Surgery Placing an image within an image Simulating Pictures, Part 1: Flat Screens
Creating duotones with Elements' QuickFix mode Delicious Duotones Warp speed color cast correction Color Cast Be Gone!
The No-Name Photo Effect How to fix an out-of-focus photo Filters To the Rescue!
How to sharpen individual channels Get Sharp! Use your local library
Black and white photos with just a touch of color Partial Color Using the Color Replacement brush to zap stubborn red-eye Serious Red-Eye Fixer Upper
Using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to change hair color Digital Beauty Shop Creative Photo Frames, Pt. 1
Custom Twitter Background in Photoshop Build a Custom Twitter Background in Photoshop Let Your Graphics Do the Talking
How to repaint an object using the Hue mode Quick Color Change Creative Combinations, Pt. 1
The magic of selective blurring Softening Freckles Upsizing an Image with Minimal Quality Loss
Color Shifting Made Easy Color Shifting Made Easy How to make a drive-free Desktop
Secret Layer Masks Oversharpening trick makes retouching eyes a snap Super Sparkling Eyes
Scanning Secrets Using blend modes and masking to lighten shadows Lighten Up!
Fun with Elements Effects Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 2
How to create black teeth, red eyes, and green skin Halloween Fun with Elements Fade to White
Tips for Better Text, Pt. 2 Say hello to advanced red-eye and retouching tools
Mastering Multiply A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 2 How to make your text see-through Hollow Text
Posterizing your way to creativity Creating Cartoon Art Finding Photoshop's hidden cropping grid Cropping to the Rule of Thirds

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