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This is a list of all the video tutorials on our site, sorted by date. You can also view all of our downloadable PDF tutorials in a similar list, or all of the Web tutorials and articles.

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Bronze Toning Effect

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  September 3rd, 2010

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Matt offers up some great techniques for getting a nice, bronzed effect on your portraits.

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Using Lens Flare as an Artistic Effect

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  August 28th, 2010

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Matt shows you how lens flare — something we often don’t want in our photos — can be a dynamic addition to your photos.

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Adding Whimsical Scribbles to a Photo

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  August 20th, 2010

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Take some simple clip-art “doodles” and add a little bit of whimsy to photos of your kids and grandkids.

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Getting the Orton Effect

By Mike Rodriguez  ·  August 13th, 2010

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The Orton effect is a lovely technique that adds both sharpness and softness to your photos.

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Turn a Dull Shot into a “Moody” Masterpiece

By Mike Rodriguez  ·  August 7th, 2010

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Mike Rodriguez shows you a technique to add a little bit of “mood” to those photos that seem a bit drab.

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Create a Reusable Photo Frame

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  August 6th, 2010

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Matt uses the Magic Extractor tool and some quick layers work to create a cool picture frame from a stock photo.

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Why You Shouldn’t Shoot Raw+JPEG

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  July 30th, 2010

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Matt talks about why it’s more confusing to have two different versions of the same photo, and how you can easily create a batch of JPEGs if you need them for a project.

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Silhouette Art

By Dave Cross  ·  July 23rd, 2010

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Turn a photo into a cool silhouette with Dave’s simple technique.

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Composite Image with Layers

By Corey Barker  ·  July 15th, 2010

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Work on your layer chops and create a cool composite effect with Corey’s technique.

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Fairy-Tale, High-Key Photo Effect

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  July 9th, 2010

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Use the Camera Raw dialog box (even with JPEG images) to achieve a nice, high-key vintage effect on your photos.

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Adding Simple Design Elements to Your Photos

By Corey Barker  ·  July 3rd, 2010

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Corey continues his series on adding fun design accents to your photos by picking a cool “swirly” graphic to use around the edges of the frame.

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Getting the Hipstamatic Look

By Mike Rodriguez  ·  June 28th, 2010

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Hipstamatic is one of the hottest iPhone apps out there, and it gives a very cool cross-processed, funky, ’70s look to your photos. Mike Rodriguez shows you how you can approximate the effect inside Elements quite easily.

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Adding Grain

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  June 21st, 2010

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Here’s a simple technique for adding a variable amount of grain to an image, to give it an old-time film effect.

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Creating a Mosaic Effect as a Design Element

By Corey Barker  ·  June 14th, 2010

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Corey’s latest video illustrates a cool way to create a mosaic effect as an overlay on top of your photos.

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Textured Text with Multiple Type Layers

By Dave Cross  ·  June 7th, 2010

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Dave shows a number of ways to get a textured look to text when working with multiple type layers.

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Add Depth to Your Portraits

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  June 1st, 2010

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Matt offers up two ways to add some depth to a portrait: a targeted method using the Dodge and Burn tools, and an automated alternative using the High Pass and Surface Blur filters.

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Dealing with Bright White Situations

By Matt Kloskowsk  ·  May 24th, 2010

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Follow along as Matt shows you how to deal with areas in your photos where things are a little too bright.

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Create an Aged and Cracked Text Look

By Corey Barker  ·  May 17th, 2010

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Corey takes one texture and creates a design that makes it look like he used several.

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Using the Liquify Filter for Retouching

By Matt Kloskowsk  ·  May 10th, 2010

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The Liquify Filter is great for those little retouching “tweaks” we all need to do from time to time.

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Making Effective Vignettes

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  May 3rd, 2010

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Matt shows you how to add an easy, yet effective vignette to your images.

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