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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

Tips for Better Text, Pt. 1

With so much time spent focusing on photo manipulation, I thought I'd spend a little time on text, and explore a very important option living deep inside the Character palette: kerning. Those of you skilled in the art of page-layout using Quark and InDesign know all about kerning, but did you know you can do it in Photoshop? Before I show you how, let's define this odd little word.

What the heck is kerning?

Simply put, kerning is tightening the space between letters. For example, note the distances between the letters circled in this screenshot.

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Tips for Better Text, Pt. 1 Placing Text Behind an Object
Crop City! Digital Plastic Surgery
How to turn friends and loved ones to stone (or a zombie--you pick) Simply Statues Warp speed color cast correction Color Cast Be Gone!
Frame your photo with a Smart Object Ornamental Vector Grunge Frame Two-step pro portrait studio effect Fast Photo Spotlight
Place a photo inside text Easy Clipping Groups How to smash a photo into pieces Break it up!
How to create sparkles in Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Super Sparkles Secret Layer Masks
How to instantly reverse color Fun with Adjustment Layers Tips & Tricks for making photos look old Aging Photos
Polaroid in a Picture Give your photo a film strip edge Festive Photo Frames
Retaining a photo's aspect ratio while cropping Zoom Crop Let Your Graphics Do the Talking
Gradient Map Your Way to a Beautiful Sunrise Enhancing the Sunrise Pinching Flabby Chins Photoshopping People
Custom Twitter Background in Photoshop Build a Custom Twitter Background in Photoshop Printing color separations in Photoshop
Painted Edges in Elements How to whiten teeth The Basics of Retouching People, Part 3
Creating a collage with Linear Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 4 Changing the color of hair Digital Beauty Shop
The No-Name Photo Effect Classy Thumbnails
Creating a Circuit Board Face Correcting shadows and highlights
Channel your way to a perfect silhouette Super Silhouettes Using the Crop tool to make a 10-second frame Quick Polaroid Frame
How to sharpen individual channels Get Sharp! Tips for Better Text, Pt. 2
Using the Color Replacement brush to zap stubborn red-eye Serious Red-Eye Fixer Upper Turning a photo into an illustration or watercolor Fall Painterly Effect
Use your local library Creative Combinations, Pt. 2
Soft Edges Getting "Smart" with GoLive
Replacing Backgrounds with Photoshop's Background Eraser Goin' Borderless!
Say hello to advanced red-eye and retouching tools Creative Photo Frames, Pt. 1
Repainting Cabinets in Photoshop and Elements Fun with Elements Effects
Playful Panoramas Joys of Optimizing JPEGs
Using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to change hair color Digital Beauty Shop Cookie Cutter tool + Custom Shapes = fun photo frames Swirls of Summer

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