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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

Playful Panoramas

So this morning I'm brainstorming tutorial ideas when a friend of mine iChats me (curious how a software name can morph into an action verb). I tell him I'm busy writing and he says, "Oh I have a great tutorial idea for you. Show me how to stitch these photos together," he says and forwards these three rather uninspiring photos from a recent trip to Toronto:

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Replacing Backgrounds with Photoshop's Background Eraser Say hello to advanced red-eye and retouching tools
Scanning Secrets How to Create a Layer Mask in Elements
Upsizing an Image with Minimal Quality Loss How to recreate the effect of a popular new lens Blurry Background a la Lensbabies
How to instantly reverse color Fun with Adjustment Layers Fabulous Feathers, Pt. 2
The magic of iris enhancement Eyes of the Otherworld Creating a beautiful fade from original color to grayscale Fading Color
Using the Crop tool to increase canvas size Burn baby burn!
Stacked paper background Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 2 Channel your way to a perfect silhouette Super Silhouettes
Soft Edges Learning to Love Levels
Blur Baby Blur! Retouching People
Cookie Cutter tool + Custom Shapes = fun photo frames Swirls of Summer Pixel Super Sleuthing
Turning sub-par images into an emotional piece of art From Photo to Pencil Sketch Retaining a photo's aspect ratio while cropping Zoom Crop
Top 11 Keyboard Shortcuts Shallow depth of field Shallow depth of field
Simple steps to get you back to original color Warp Speed Color Correction Correcting shadows and highlights
How to Crop and Straighten Multiple Photos Get it Straight! Creative Combinations, Pt. 1
Using another photo to create texture for your type Gettin' Grungy With It Removing lens glare with the Clone Stamp Tool Glare o' the Glasses
Printing color separations in Photoshop Demystifying Blending Modes A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 1
How to add vector art to photos Easy Embellishments Filtering away edge haloes or fringe Fixing Fringe
The magic of selective blurring Softening Freckles Combine Images Creatively in Photoshop Combine Images Creatively in Photoshop
Rotating individual letters and intersecting text Type Tricks Changing the color of hair Digital Beauty Shop
The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 2 Using Channels to produce eye-popping contrast Goin' Grayscale
Managing Photos with Bridge CS4, Part 2 Lesa's Top 10 Search Engine Optimization Tips
Painted Edges in Elements Fun with Elements Effects
Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 1 Digital Camera Belly Ring The Making of a Digital Camera Belly Ring
Making a macabre collage with Darker Color A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 5 Fabulous Feathers
Mastering Multiply A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 2 Gradient Map Your Way to a Beautiful Sunrise Enhancing the Sunrise

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