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Step by step tutorials

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

Use your local library

A library is a place to hold frequently used elements. This could include things like horizontal and vertical rules used as design elements, pre-formatted picture box holders for headshots and ads, a pre-formatted table... just anything that you use over and over within a document.

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Filter your way to a flurry of snowflakes Let It Snow! Printing color separations in Photoshop
Using the Color Replacement brush to zap stubborn red-eye Serious Red-Eye Fixer Upper QuickTip: preparing t-shirt artwork in Illustrator
Playful Panoramas Using the Brush tool to create grunge type Weathered Words
Using the Crop tool to make a 10-second frame Quick Polaroid Frame Use your local library
How to add soft or hard round edges to your photo The Secret to Round Edges Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 1
Photo Spotlight The secret to losing 5 pounds--digitally! The Basics of Retouching People, Part 1
Give Your Photos an Edge Creative Photo Frames, Pt. 1
Scanning Secrets The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Pt. 3
Posterizing your way to creativity Creating Cartoon Art Using the Crop tool to increase canvas size
Finding Photoshop's hidden cropping grid Cropping to the Rule of Thirds Contemplating Color Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 3
Color Shifting Made Easy Color Shifting Made Easy How to Create a Layer Mask in Elements
How to turn a photo into a blueprint Paint it Blue How to make your text see-through Hollow Text
Fabulous Fades Tips for Better Text, Pt. 2
Tips for creating small web graphics Wrangling Web Graphics, Pt. 1 Fun with Elements Effects
Creative Combinations, Pt. 2 Fixing the animal version of red-eye How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 1
Demystifying Blending Modes A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 1 Frame your photo with a Smart Object Ornamental Vector Grunge Frame
Fun with Blend Modes Upsizing an Image with Minimal Quality Loss
Filtering away edge haloes or fringe Fixing Fringe Banishing bags 'n blemishes The Basics of Retouching People, Part 2
Fabulous Feathers Using another photo to create texture for your type Gettin' Grungy With It
Creative Combinations, Pt. 1 Creating a collage with Linear Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 4
How to create an animated 3D gif Creating a beautiful fade from original color to grayscale Fading Color
Retaining a photo's aspect ratio while cropping Zoom Crop Learning to Love Levels
Goin' Borderless! Joys of Optimizing JPEGs
Creating duotones with Elements' QuickFix mode Delicious Duotones Say hello to advanced red-eye and retouching tools
Holiday Cards Classic Colorizing

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