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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

Photoshop CS2 Survival Guide

Photoshop can certainly be a processor hog, though with CS2 the word "hog" just doesn't quite give the devil its due. If you're lucky enough to have installed this behemoth and you find it's running as fast as molasses doesn't, here are five tips and tweaks to rev things back up.

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Use the Extract Filter for complex selections Selecting Frizzy Hair How to whiten teeth The Basics of Retouching People, Part 3
How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 2 Web navigation tips
Scanning Secrets Replacing Backgrounds with Photoshop's Background Eraser
Using the Minimum filter to fix edges Zapping Edge Haloes Frame your photo with a Smart Object Ornamental Vector Grunge Frame
Burn baby burn! Lines of All Kinds
Placing Text Behind an Object Creating a painted look with an edge mask Faux Finished Photo Edges
Digital Plastic Surgery Creative Combinations, Pt. 1
Goin' Borderless! Using the Color Replacement brush to zap stubborn red-eye Serious Red-Eye Fixer Upper
Creating Coloring Book Art Polaroid in a Picture
Turning a photo into an illustration or watercolor Fall Painterly Effect Picking the Perfect Palette
Getting "Smart" with GoLive The magic of the Background Eraser Tough Selections, Part 1
Playful Panoramas How to fix an out-of-focus photo Filters To the Rescue!
Creating a Circuit Board Face How to turn friends and loved ones to stone (or a zombie--you pick) Simply Statues
Creating duotones with Elements' QuickFix mode Delicious Duotones The No-Name Photo Effect
Contemplating Color Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 3 Fade to White
Rotating individual letters and intersecting text Type Tricks Creating a beautiful fade from original color to grayscale Fading Color
Tips for Better Text, Pt. 2 Creating Favicons
Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 1 How to create sparkles in Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Super Sparkles
Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 2 How to sharpen individual channels Get Sharp!
How to create an animated 3D gif Creating a watermark action Protecting Your Photos Online, Pt. 2
Give your photo a film strip edge Festive Photo Frames How to change the color of drop shadows Shadow Dancing
The Skinny on Scanning How to use filters to age a photo in Photoshop Elements Turning New into Old
Fire It Up! Demystifying Blending Modes A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 1
Use your local library Digital Camera Belly Ring The Making of a Digital Camera Belly Ring
Banishing bags 'n blemishes The Basics of Retouching People, Part 2 Pinching Flabby Chins Photoshopping People

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