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How To Apply a Sepia Tone to a Photo in Photoshop Elements
Step-by-step instructions tell you how to apply a sepia tone to a photo in Photoshop Elements. A sepia tone can gives a picture a warm, antique feeling and it's not at all hard to do!
How To Convert an Image to GIF Format
Learn how to convert images to GIF format for use on the Web with these step-by-step instructions.
How to Quickly Select Many Photos in iOS
If you've ever wanted to select multiple photos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, you may have been frustrated by having to tap on each and every photo that you wanted to select. Here's a little tip for to save time when you want to select multiple photos in iOS.
How To Add Custom Patterns and Save Them as a Set in Photoshop 6 and Up
How to add your own patterns and save custom pattern sets and other presets using the Preset Manager in Photoshop 6 and higher.
How To Email Optimized Pictures From Windows XP
When sending pictures by email, it's important to reduce the size of your pictures so they transfer faster and are more viewable on the recipient's screen. Windows XP has an automated function that will resize, optimize, and email a group of pictures without altering your originals.
How To Draw Dotted Lines With Photoshop - Stroke a Path Method
Many advanced options are hidden in Photoshop's Brushes palette. By adjusting the spacing we can create a custom brush to make dotted lines. This method uses a path and the paintbrush tool.
How To Create Text That Fills a Shape in CorelDRAW
How to create text that flows to fill a shape in CorelDRAW.
How to View EXIF Data with XnView
Learn how to view detailed EXIF information with XnView to see what information your camera stores in your picture files.
How To Capture a Screen Shot with Mac OS X
The Macintosh operating system has always made it easy to capture a screen shot (an image of your computer desktop or an active window). Here's a summary of all the shortcuts you can use to capture your screen using Mac OS X.
How To Capture a Screen Shot with the Snipping Tool in Windows Vista / Windows 7
Before Windows Vista, if you wanted a screen shot you had to use the less than intuitive method of pressing the print screen key and pasting the screen shot into a graphics program to add markup and save it. With Windows Vista, Microsoft has included a utility called the Snipping Tool to make capturing screen shots easier.
How To Fix Many Problems With Photoshop, ImageReady and Elements
Is Photoshop, Elements, or ImageReady doing something strange that you just can't figure out? Then it may be time to trash your preferences! This simple procedure cures a good portion of Photoshop problems.
How To Enhance A Portrait with a Soft Focus "Glamour" Effect in Photoshop
This technique mimics a soft focus or diffusion lens filter, softening the photo, reducing harsh lines and wrinkles, and intensifying the colors. It's great for glamour portraits and also works well for reducing JPEG artifacts.
How To Frame a Photo Like a Polaroid
Download a ready-to-use Polaroid frame template for quickly adding a Polaroid frame to any photo without having to create the Polaroid frame from scratch. You should be able to use the Polaroid frame template in any photo-editing software with layers capability and support for PSD or PNG file types.
How To Copy Images or Text From a PDF File
A simple how to on copying graphics or text from an Adobe Acrobat PDF file.
How to Reveal Secret Messages in Photoshop
Easter Eggs are hidden program features, purposely included by the developers. They often reveal secret screens and messages. Here's how to reveal secret messages in Photoshop.
How to Reveal the Beta Splash Screen in Photoshop
Easter Eggs are hidden program features, purposely included by the developers. They often reveal secret screens and messages. Here's how to reveal the beta splash screen in Photoshop.
How To Reveal Merlin the Little Wizard in Photoshop (Easter Egg)
How to reveal Merlin the wizard, a hidden easter egg in Photoshop.
How To Capture a Screen Shot of your Desktop or the Active Window in Windows
Learn how to capture a screen shot of your desktop or an active window to an image in Windows without installing additional software.
How to Cut a Picture into a Shape with Paint Shop Pro
Here's a quick and easy way to cut a picture into a shape using the preset shapes in Paint Shop Pro X2.
How To Create a Custom Brush in Photoshop
Learn how to define a custom brush in Photoshop (any version) and get tips for using and working with custom brushes.
How To Email Optimized Pictures From Windows Vista
When sending pictures by email, it's important to reduce the size of your pictures so they transfer faster and are more viewable on the recipient's screen. Windows Vista has an automated function that will resize, optimize, and email a group of pictures without altering your originals.
How To Turn Color Clip Art into Line Art with Photoshop or Photoshop Elements
Have you ever wanted to take a color illustration and only print the black lines in it? This is a technique that works great for turning color clip art into coloring pages for kids, or for saving your color ink when you need to print something.
How To Fix Red Eye with Picasa
Picasa is a popular free digital photo organizer. It includes a tool for red eye removal that helps you quickly remove the glowing red pupils from your snapshot photos.
How To Email Photos with XnView
When sending pictures by email, it's important to reduce the size of your pictures so they transfer faster and are more viewable on the recipient's screen. The free image viewer XnView has an automated function that will resize, optimize, and email a group of pictures without altering your originals.
How To Compare Multiple Images with XnView
The free image viewer XnView is a great tool for reviewing and culling photos from your digital camera. It offers a nice full screen view, red eye correction, slide shows, and a utility for comparing up to 4 photos side-by-side. This tutorial will show you how to use the compare feature. This is useful when you have several similar pictures and you're deciding which versions to keep and which to cull.