HowTos Index

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 Make Text Stand Out on any Background in Photoshop Elements
You can make text stand out on a photo better by placing a solid color behind it that subtly fades into the background. This is easy to do in Photoshop using the outer glow layer style effect, but since Photoshop Elements does not give you as much control over layer effects, it is something you will have to do manually.

How To Restore a Discolored Photo with Photoshop Elements
If you've got old photographs in your family album that have faded, you may wish to scan them in and then repair them using Photoshop Elements. It couldn't be simpler to restore a discolored photo.

How To Create a Vignette Effect Non-Destructively in Photoshop Elements
Learn how to create a vignette, or soft fade effect in Photoshop Elements without altering any of the original photo's pixels. This is a popular photo effect where the photo gradually fades into the background, usually in an oval shape.