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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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The magic of iris enhancement Eyes of the Otherworld Tips for creating small web graphics Wrangling Web Graphics, Pt. 1
How to repaint an object using the Hue mode Quick Color Change How to add vector art to photos Easy Embellishments
How to Crop and Straighten Multiple Photos Get it Straight! How to turn friends and loved ones to stone (or a zombie--you pick) Simply Statues
Crop City! Using the Minimum filter to fix edges Zapping Edge Haloes
Using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to change hair color Digital Beauty Shop Place a photo inside text Easy Clipping Groups
How to recreate the effect of a popular new lens Blurry Background a la Lensbabies Turning a photo into an illustration or watercolor Fall Painterly Effect
Using the Brush tool to create grunge type Weathered Words Turning sub-par images into an emotional piece of art From Photo to Pencil Sketch
Black and white photos with just a touch of color Partial Color Using another photo to create texture for your type Gettin' Grungy With It
How to add a page curl using Free Transform in Warp Mode Creative Curls Contemplating Color Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 3
Soft Edges Creating a collage with Linear Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 4
Filter your way to a flurry of snowflakes Let It Snow! How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 2
Creating Coloring Book Art Two-step pro portrait studio effect Fast Photo Spotlight
Stacked paper background Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 2 Using Channels to produce eye-popping contrast Goin' Grayscale
Polaroid in a Picture Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 1
Secret Layer Masks Holiday Cards
Using blend modes and masking to lighten shadows Lighten Up! How to fix an out-of-focus photo Filters To the Rescue!
The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 2 Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 1
Goin' Borderless! How to Create Your Very Own Warp Trail
Creating a painted look with an edge mask Faux Finished Photo Edges The magic of the Background Eraser Tough Selections, Part 1
Changing the color of hair Digital Beauty Shop Picking the Perfect Palette
Joys of Optimizing JPEGs Creating a beautiful fade from original color to grayscale Fading Color
How to create sparkles in Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Super Sparkles Removing antennas and power lines Spot Healing Brush to the Rescue!
How to change the default email client in Tiger Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 2
The Skinny on Scanning Placing an image within an image Simulating Pictures, Part 1: Flat Screens
Say hello to advanced red-eye and retouching tools Rotating individual letters and intersecting text Type Tricks

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