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1. Create a Dreamy/Handtinted Look on a Photo

Today you’ll add a cool dream-i-fied/handtinted look to a photo, like this:   Cool, huh? But wait, here was my original, totally unedited except scaling and saving for web:   And I need to mention that I adapted these instructions from a...

Tuesday, 24 June 2008 | 17657 hits | Print | PDF |  Email | Read more

2. Making Eyes Pop

We’re going to talk about photos today. And I’ll share a little eye-popping secret. :) I received portions of this information from a tutorial over at NOBS photo. Thanks to them. :) Making Eyes Pop. *clearing throat* The eyes are the windows...

Tuesday, 24 June 2008 | 15892 hits | Print | PDF |  Email | Read more

3. Adventures in Black and White (and Sepia, too!)

This tutorial is useful, functional, foolproof, and easy. How many things in life can you say THAT about, huh? We are going to have an adventure in Black and White, as well as in Sepia. And basically this means you’ll learn a great method for...

Tuesday, 24 June 2008 | 7739 hits | Print | PDF |  Email | Read more

4. Creating a Circle Photo Collage with 4 sections

This tutorial will show you how to create this cool 4-square circular photo block.

Tuesday, 24 June 2008 | 10239 hits | Print | PDF |  Email | Read more

5. Bringing Color Back to a Black and White Photo

This tutorial shows how to convert a photo to black-and-white, then use the eraser tool to reveal portions of the color photo layer underneath, like this:

Tuesday, 24 June 2008 | 7473 hits | Print | PDF |  Email | Read more

6. Soft Focus

This is a pretty simple photo editing technique that will give a photo a nice soft focus. Here is the image we’ll end up with:  

Monday, 23 June 2008 | 7746 hits | Print | PDF |  Email | Read more

7. Crop a Photo at an Angle

You can use your Crop tool to add interest and movement to a photo. The technique itself is very short, but it can give you great results, like this:

Monday, 23 June 2008 | 10160 hits | Print | PDF |  Email | Read more

8. Convert a Photo to Black and White

This tutorial shows you how to convert a photo to black and white. This week’s technique is super quick and simple: Black and white conversion. I know I’ve covered this in a past PSF, but I’m officially retiring the Gradient Map method of...

Thursday, 24 May 2007 | 5730 hits | Print | PDF |  Email | Read more

9. Cropping a Photo Using a Custom Shape

This shows you how to crop a photo using a custom shape. I'm excited about this one. I think it turned out cool, and best of all it was really EASY. HA! My favorite thing. � If you're going to do this technique exactly, you'll need 5 photos. I...

Thursday, 24 May 2007 | 7771 hits | Print | PDF |  Email | Read more

10. Getting Text OFF the Straight and Narrow

My Confession  I can’t hide it.  This Elements girl has had her nose pressed to the glass, so to speak, as she’s watched Photoshop users create every text path imaginable.  On a swirl, in a circle, in the shape of the letter “T”, around...

Thursday, 30 July 2009 | 6893 hits | Print | PDF |  Email | Read more