http://www.graphicreporter.com Step by step creative tutorials on Adobe Photoshop CS3, Photoshop Elements, digital photography, LightRoom, iPhoto, presentations, and graphic design. en-us Copyright 2008 Lesa Snider King http://graphicreporter.com/ Whee! My first Photoshop Elements training class just went live over at KelbyTraining.com called Practical Photoshop Elements. It features 23, short QuickTime movies on some of the most practical techniques you could ever learn like... more http://graphicreporter.com/tutorials/elements_fireytext.html So many filters, so little time. Oh sure, you may have perused The Almighty Filter Menu from time to time, but do you really understand their power and the plethora of special effects they unlock? Of course you don't. Nobody really does. Aside texturizing text and creating cool edge effects, you can use filters to create realistic fire (three of them to be exact)... more http://graphicreporter.com/tutorials/elements_shiny.html Last night I had the pleasure of doing a little ditty on photography and Elements for the Danbury Area Computer Society, and consequently meeting up with Your Mac Life listener, John Leko and his lovely mom Judy. John's wife Mayra couldn't make it so we took a photo to commemorate the gloriously geeky event (though she couldn't be there, she sent brownies--what a woman!). I took a peek at the photo and unfortunately, both John and I suffered from an acute case of shiny skin. You know, those hot spots that are a touch overexposed and leave you looking as if you're glistening when you've got no cause to be... more