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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

Digital Plastic Surgery

Don't you hate it when you have (what *could* be) a really cute photo, except for you look like you've been awake for a week straight? Or the universe decided to bless you with the galaxy's biggest zit? What a drag. While I hope I'd never be vain enough to go for real plastic surgery (I'm a chicken when it comes to pain), I'm a *huge* fan of digital touchups.

Join me now as we use Photoshop to give this photo a much-needed digital face lift.

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Using the Color Replacement brush to zap stubborn red-eye Serious Red-Eye Fixer Upper The Che-Guevara Effect
Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 1 How to turn a photo into a blueprint Paint it Blue
Use the Extract Filter for complex selections Selecting Frizzy Hair Creating duotones with Elements' QuickFix mode Delicious Duotones
Fade to White Mysteries of Unsharp Mask
Let Your Graphics Do the Talking The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 2
Fun with Blend Modes The magic of iris enhancement Eyes of the Otherworld
QuickTip: preparing t-shirt artwork in Illustrator Photoshop CS2 Survival Guide
Creating Coloring Book Art How to create a partial color photo in just two steps! Selective Color Photo Effect
Changing the color of hair Digital Beauty Shop Secret Layer Masks
Using vector shapes to add a watermark Protecting Your Photos Online, Pt. 1 Rotating individual letters and intersecting text Type Tricks
How to whiten teeth The Basics of Retouching People, Part 3 Fall Leaf Photo Frame
Fabulous Feathers How to turn friends and loved ones to stone (or a zombie--you pick) Simply Statues
Black and white photos with just a touch of color Partial Color Fast uploading
How to create a blurry background Post Selective Focus How to Crop and Straighten Multiple Photos Get it Straight!
Pixel Super Sleuthing Creating a beautiful fade from original color to grayscale Fading Color
Creating a painted look with an edge mask Faux Finished Photo Edges Creative Combinations, Pt. 1
Replacing Backgrounds with Photoshop's Background Eraser Goin' Borderless!
Two-step pro portrait studio effect Fast Photo Spotlight Burn baby burn!
Web navigation tips Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 1
Creating a watermark action Protecting Your Photos Online, Pt. 2 How to change the default email client in Tiger
Upsizing an Image with Minimal Quality Loss Use your local library
Removing lens glare with the Clone Stamp Tool Glare o' the Glasses How to use filters to age a photo in Photoshop Elements Turning New into Old
Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 2 Joys of Optimizing JPEGs
Creative Combinations, Pt. 2 Gradient Map Your Way to a Beautiful Sunrise Enhancing the Sunrise
Placing an image within an image Simulating Pictures, Part 1: Flat Screens How to design business cards in Photoshop

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