By Mike Rodriguez  ·  September 2nd, 2009

Mike shows you how to create a great cut-out photo effect, using the skills taught in our Layers 101 article in the May/June issue.

By Rick LePage  ·  April 7th, 2010

Welcome everyone to the new Web site. We’ve been working on it for a while now, and we hope that you’ll find it an improvement over the old site.

By RC Concepcion  ·  April 6th, 2007

Converting images to black and white.

By Corey Barker  ·  December 2nd, 2007

Add a cool spotlight-like effect to your text.

By Corey Barker  ·  December 1st, 2008

Corey shows you an easy way to make your photos a bit more jazzy.

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  November 22nd, 2006

Illuminate parts of your image by painting in light.

By Dave Cross  ·  July 14th, 2006

Dave shows another example image where shadows can be removed from an otherwise great shot.

By Dave Cross  ·  March 31st, 2006

Dave Cross shows you how to add gallery-like finishing touches to your photographs.

By Susan Hobbs  ·  May 21st, 2007

Before the days of panoramic technology, if you wanted to show the big picture, you had to take multiple photos and then try to paste them together; let’s turn it around and reverse the process to create an eye-catching bulletin board effect.

By Wendy Williams  ·  June 16th, 2009

There are lots of different ways that you can use word art and I thought it would be great to share some of the ways that you can create it. It is not too difficult, and once you have mastered…

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  November 2nd, 2009

Matt walks us through how to correct vertical and horizontal distortion.

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  July 20th, 2009

Matt shows you how to make a subtle change to an otherwise somber image.

By Wendy Williams  ·  September 11th, 2008

I think that making your own invitations is a really fun thing to do, they are so much more personal than buying them ready made and actually are really simple to make.

By Linda Sattgast  ·  February 20th, 2006

Here is a quick and easy way to create an old-style key for use in your scrapbook pages.

By Corey Barker  ·  November 9th, 2007

Corey shows you how to pull off a complex-looking design using very simple techniques.

By RC Concepcion  ·  October 30th, 2007

R.C. goes in-depth on correcting photos using Adjustment Layers.

By Mike Rodriguez  ·  November 5th, 2008

If you usually rely on someone else’s holiday card design, how about trying your hand at designing your own this year? It’s easy!

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  April 6th, 2007

Matt shows you some simple techniques for creating a layout. Use these basics to become inspired to make your own.

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  June 9th, 2006

Create a 3D image from virtually any kind of object.

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  July 8th, 2005

Create a wedding template you can add to any photo.