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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

Top 11 Keyboard Shortcuts

Thanks to Marc Rizzolo for asking about keyboard shortcuts, and thus giving me the idea to post a few of my favorites from Photoshop and Elements. The terrific thing is that most of these apply to all Adobe apps. Gotta love that!

And if these shortcuts don't light your fire, I'm going to show you how to make Photoshop build you a web page of *all* of them... all by itself. Here we go:

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How to add vector art to photos Easy Embellishments How to recreate the effect of a popular new lens Blurry Background a la Lensbabies
How to whiten teeth The Basics of Retouching People, Part 3 How to change the default email client in Tiger
How to add a page curl using Free Transform in Warp Mode Creative Curls The secret to losing 5 pounds--digitally! The Basics of Retouching People, Part 1
Banishing bags 'n blemishes The Basics of Retouching People, Part 2 How to make a drive-free Desktop
Zapping contrary color casts with Hue/Saturation Gettin' the Red Out Creative Photo Frames, Pt. 1
Custom Twitter Background in Photoshop Build a Custom Twitter Background in Photoshop Creating a collage with Linear Burn A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 4
Replacing Backgrounds with Photoshop's Background Eraser How to create a blurry background Post Selective Focus
Making a macabre collage with Darker Color A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 5 Retouching People
Creating a beautiful fade from original color to grayscale Fading Color Warp speed color cast correction Color Cast Be Gone!
Mysteries of Unsharp Mask Photo-Type
The Che-Guevara Effect Burn baby burn!
How to Create Your Very Own Warp Trail Digital Camera Belly Ring The Making of a Digital Camera Belly Ring
How to use filters to age a photo in Photoshop Elements Turning New into Old Shallow depth of field Shallow depth of field
How to design business cards in Photoshop The Beginner's Guide to Image Editing, Part 1
Pick a New Picker Getting "Smart" with GoLive
Goin' Borderless! How to add Lab Pop Intensifying Color
Tips for creating small web graphics Wrangling Web Graphics, Pt. 1 Web navigation tips
Five Fast Photo Effects Photo Favorites Give your photo a film strip edge Festive Photo Frames
Tips for Better Text, Pt. 1 Fire It Up!
Mastering Multiply A Stroll Down Blend Mode Lane, Pt. 2 How to add soft or hard round edges to your photo The Secret to Round Edges
Give Your Photos an Edge How to smash a photo into pieces Break it up!
Using the Color Replacement brush to zap stubborn red-eye Serious Red-Eye Fixer Upper Fall Digital Scrapbooking Fun, Part 1
How to create a partial color photo in just two steps! Selective Color Photo Effect Fabulous Feathers, Pt. 2
Photoshop CS2 Survival Guide Creating a watermark action Protecting Your Photos Online, Pt. 2
Removing lens glare with the Clone Stamp Tool Glare o' the Glasses Placing an image within an image Simulating Pictures, Part 1: Flat Screens

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