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Quick Nostalgia

By Liz Ness  ·  July 12th, 2011

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A two-step method for achieving a soft, nostalgic look for your photos.

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Another Quick Vintage Technique

By Liz Ness  ·  July 28th, 2011

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Vintage treatments tug and Liz’s heartstrings in a way she can’t explain, but she can share how to get the look in this web tutorial!

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Understanding and Using Levels, Part 2

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  November 4th, 2005

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The ins and outs of using Levels to adjust your photos.

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Save the Day

By Mike Rodriguez  ·  April 9th, 2011

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An inside look at the options and formats in Elements’ Save As and Save For Web dialog boxes.

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Rescure A Flawed Photo With Smudge Painting

By Mark Clarkson  ·  March 1st, 2005

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Smudge painting is one of my favorite techniques, using Photoshop Elements to turn a photo, even a blurry, noisy, or badly lit photo into a lovely digital painting.

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Hone Your Photo Skills

By Derrick Story  ·  March 1st, 2011

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Feeling a little uninspired behind the camera? We’ve got five photo challenges that will help you master your camera and infuse your shots with new energy.

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September/October extras posted

By Rick LePage  ·  August 24th, 2011

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The September/October issue of PET will start mailing to subscribers this week, and US subscribers should see their issues arriving in the next one to two weeks.

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October “From the Editor” newsletter posted

By Rick LePage  ·  October 1st, 2011

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The October edition of our “From the Editor” email was sent yesterday; subscribers should be seeing it in their inboxes over the next 24 hours, but it’s also available online.

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Noise Reduction Techniques

By Elizabeth LePage  ·  February 3rd, 2012

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Elizabeth shows you two noise reduction techniques – one inside of the Camera Raw dialog and another inside of Elements.

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Faking a Panorama Look

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  December 28th, 2009

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Matt shows you a neat composition technique to make a landscape image look like a panoramic shot.

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Hue Adjustment for Black & White? You Bet!

By Liz Ness  ·  February 3rd, 2011

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An unexpected delight arises from combining two very different tools for different purposes to make a black and white photograph.

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Edge Mask Sharpening in Camera Raw

By Mike Rodriguez  ·  December 8th, 2011

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Use the Masking slider inside Camera Raw’s Sharpening tab get the best possible sharpening–via an edge mask–before bringing your photo into Elements.

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Applying Multiple Effects to a Dingbat Graphic

By Diana Day  ·  January 20th, 2011

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This companion to Diana’s “Get Creative With Dingbats” article shows you how to apply effects to a dingbat to get a beautiful decorative object for cards and other projects.

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Creative Text Effects

By Wendy Williams  ·  May 25th, 2009

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Over the last few months I have been experimenting with using filters to make creative text effects and thought that I would share some of them with you. This tutorial is just a starting point—there are many ways that you…

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2011 calendar templates online!

By Rick LePage  ·  October 15th, 2010

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Happy Friday! If you’re looking for 2011 templates for our calendar article, look no more — they’re now online, along with new CD case templates.

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Creative Scanning

By Liz Ness  ·  August 9th, 2011

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Brush the dust off of your flatbed scanner and put it to work scanning everyday objects like flowers, coins, toys, and more.

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Making Brads

By Wendy Williams  ·  August 14th, 2008

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Brads, or eyelets, are something that we use a lot in scrapbooking so I thought that I would do a tutorial showing you how to make a simple brad and two more complex ones.

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Get Better Prints

By Ben Long  ·  October 16th, 2010

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Isn’t it time you got your favorite photos off the computer and on your wall?

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Digging deeper on the Orton technique

By Rick LePage  ·  January 16th, 2009

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Here’s a bit more info on Michael Orton, as well as some links to discussions regarding the technique and sample photos.

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Round Up Those Pixels With The Lasso Tools

By Jeff Carlson  ·  November 5th, 2008

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While there are many ways to select pixels, let’s start with the original selection tool: the Lasso.

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