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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

Creative Photo Frames, Pt. 1

As I was perusing a recent issue of Elements Techniques -- a fantastic little magazine I started writing for over the winter -- I came across an article by Janee Aronoff on how to use Elements' Cookie Cutter shapes to frame a photo. It was a very different technique that I hadn't seen before and it looked really scrapbooky.

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How to design business cards in Photoshop QuickTip: preparing t-shirt artwork in Illustrator
Simple steps to get you back to original color Warp Speed Color Correction Pinching Flabby Chins Photoshopping People
Gradient Map Your Way to a Beautiful Sunrise Enhancing the Sunrise Fast uploading
Upsizing an Image with Minimal Quality Loss Oversharpening trick makes retouching eyes a snap Super Sparkling Eyes
Tips for Better Text, Pt. 2 Printing color separations in Photoshop
Creating a beautiful fade from original color to grayscale Fading Color Black and white photos with just a touch of color Partial Color
Cookie Cutter tool + Custom Shapes = fun photo frames Swirls of Summer The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 1
How to change the color of drop shadows Shadow Dancing How to Crop and Straighten Multiple Photos Get it Straight!
The Skinny on Scanning Getting "Smart" with GoLive
Tips for Better Text, Pt. 1 The secret to losing 5 pounds--digitally! The Basics of Retouching People, Part 1
Fixing the animal version of red-eye How to Fix Animal White-Eye, Part 1 Removing antennas and power lines Spot Healing Brush to the Rescue!
Creating a collage with Linear Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 4 Tips for creating small web graphics Wrangling Web Graphics, Pt. 1
How to create a blurry background Post Selective Focus Creating duotones with Elements' QuickFix mode Delicious Duotones
Digital Plastic Surgery Sensational Serigraphs, Pt. 1
Contemplating Color Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 3 Using another photo to create texture for your type Gettin' Grungy With It
Finding Photoshop's hidden cropping grid Cropping to the Rule of Thirds Painted Edges in Elements
Creating a watermark action Protecting Your Photos Online, Pt. 2 How to instantly reverse color Fun with Adjustment Layers
How to Create Your Very Own Warp Trail Goin' Borderless!
Portrait Popper Holiday Cards
Placing an image within an image Simulating Pictures, Part 1: Flat Screens Say hello to advanced red-eye and retouching tools
Stacked paper background Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 2 Creating Favicons
Crop City! Fall Leaf Photo Frame
How to add Lab Pop Intensifying Color Five Fast Photo Effects Photo Favorites
The No-Name Photo Effect Fabulous Fades
Zapping contrary color casts with Hue/Saturation Gettin' the Red Out Use the Extract Filter for complex selections Selecting Frizzy Hair

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