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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.

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Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 1

The leaves are turning, the weather is cooling (at least in some areas), and the Internet is just brimming with cute and fun holiday artwork. Take these cute Halloween, clip-arty illustrations I found over at iStockphoto.com. They practically *scream* digital scrapbooking.

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Removing antennas and power lines Spot Healing Brush to the Rescue! How to turn friends and loved ones to stone (or a zombie--you pick) Simply Statues
How to create black teeth, red eyes, and green skin Halloween Fun with Elements Creating a beautiful fade from original color to grayscale Fading Color
Tips for Better Text, Pt. 2 How to use filters to age a photo in Photoshop Elements Turning New into Old
Use your local library Recreating Apple's iWeb photo reflection effect Realistic Reflections
Polaroid in a Picture Making a macabre collage with Darker Color A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 5
Finding Photoshop's hidden cropping grid Cropping to the Rule of Thirds Pick a New Picker
Using the Brush tool to create grunge type Weathered Words Photoshop CS2 Survival Guide
Using another photo to create texture for your type Gettin' Grungy With It Filter your way to a flurry of snowflakes Let It Snow!
Replacing Backgrounds with Photoshop's Background Eraser Filtering away edge haloes or fringe Fixing Fringe
How to create sparkles in Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Super Sparkles Classic Colorizing
Rotating individual letters and intersecting text Type Tricks Use the Extract Filter for complex selections Selecting Frizzy Hair
Classy Thumbnails Turning a photo into an illustration or watercolor Fall Painterly Effect
How to Create a Layer Mask in Elements Pixel Super Sleuthing
How to Crop and Straighten Multiple Photos Get it Straight! Banishing bags 'n blemishes The Basics of Retouching People, Part 2
Creating duotones with Elements' QuickFix mode Delicious Duotones Tips for Better Text, Pt. 1
Oversharpening trick makes retouching eyes a snap Super Sparkling Eyes How to recreate the effect of a popular new lens Blurry Background a la Lensbabies
Let Your Graphics Do the Talking Lesa's Top 10 Search Engine Optimization Tips
Color Shifting Made Easy Color Shifting Made Easy Soft Edges
How to make your text see-through Hollow Text How to add vector art to photos Easy Embellishments
Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 2 Say hello to advanced red-eye and retouching tools
Fun with Elements Effects Creating Favicons
Stacked paper background Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 2 Fabulous Feathers, Pt. 2
Gradient Map Your Way to a Beautiful Sunrise Enhancing the Sunrise How to create a partial color photo in just two steps! Selective Color Photo Effect
Fixing the animal version of red-eye How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 1 Custom Twitter Background in Photoshop Build a Custom Twitter Background in Photoshop
Posterizing your way to creativity Creating Cartoon Art Upsizing an Image with Minimal Quality Loss

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