Have you ever had a photo that wasn't good enough to go in your portfolio, yet not good enough to throw away? This week I take you through a few steps that will help you turn those ordinary photos into an extraordinary and dramatic work of art.

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Also be sure to check out my new DVD Photoshop Quicktips: Special Effects & Quick Fixes. The DVD will ship December 1st but you can pre-order from now to then and receive a $5 discount. Just click the link on the left to pre-order!

Tired of all those color halos you get when sharpening your images? In this epsiode I take you through how to eliminate this issue and better sharpen your images using the LAB color mode. There are countless methods of sharpening an image but I think you will find the LAB technique to be one of the easiest, and I promise you'll love the end result.

In this episode of Quicktips you will learn how to use the LAB color mode to add  better contrast and saturation to a flat photograph. This was a tutorial shown by Dave Cross during his Photoshop Finishing Touches class at Photoshop World, Las Vegas. Thanks Dave!

This episode of Quicktips shows you how to automatically crop and straighten your photographs using the automation feature in Photoshop CS2.

In this episode of Photoshop Quicktips I take you through a tutorial that will allow you to create a moveable spotlight effect using the lighting effects filter. This is a very useful technique that can be applied to many other circumstances.

In this episode I take you through a great photo finishing technique that shows you how to make your images appear as if they were painted onto the background layer.

This tutorial comes straight off the request lines. In this episode I show you how to extract hair from a multi-color background, and how to have a little fun with it once you've done so.

All of the remastered episodes are nearly complete. Thanks for your patience!

In this edition of Quicktips I show you how to take an ordinary photo and transform it into an eye-catching and edgy design for use in ads or web banners.

This week I take you step-by-step through a tutorial on how to create the Andy Warhol pop art effect on your images. This tutorial is very easy and yeilds tremendously eye catching results. Enjoy!

Episode 6 shows you how to use selective color and a special photo finishing technique to add some serious drama and POP to your digital photos.