I have enjoyed learning how to use various graphics programs -- Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop, and now DAZ Studio.  On this page, I hope to share with you my joy of making graphics with these tutorials that I have written.

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Photoshop Tutorials

If you just opened your Photoshop, read these tutorials first:

Interface for Photoshop (BASICS)

  Editing Gradients (BASICS/CS 2)

Fonts in Photoshop (BASICS)

 Font Properties (BASICS)

Optimize Image Ready (BASICS)

Plugin Filters--Installing (beginner)

Seamless Patterns (BASICS)

Setting up Image Ready for Animation (BASICS)

 

These tutorials assume you know where the tools are located:

 Accountant Tag (Beginner/CS 2)

Actions

Adding Animation to Background Image or Tube (Animation)

Adding Text to GIF or Animation

Animated Locket (Beginner/ Animation)

Arch (Beginner)

Arch Frame (Intermediate)

Autumn Frame Tag (Beginner/CS 3)

Balloon Fill Tag (Beginner/CS 3)

Basket (Beginner/CS 2)

Beating Heart (Beginner)

Blinded By You Tag (Beginner Animation)

 Blinky 1--Making Template

  Blinky 1--Using Template

Blinky 2 (Template & Use)

Blue Eyes Tag (Beginner/ CS 2)

Bountiful Tag  (Beginner/CS 2)

 Boxed Lines Tag (Beginner)

Breathe Tag (Beginner Animation)

 Broken Oval Frame (Beginner)

The Cage (beginner)

Camera Tag (beginner)

 Camouflage Tag (Beginner)

Celebration Tag (Beginner/CS3)

Champagne Time Tag (Beginner/CS3)

 Chasing Lights Tag--Animated (beginner)

Checkerboard Background (beginner)

  Christmas Ornament (Beginner/CS 2)

Clocks Tag (Beginner/CS 2)

NEW Color Flare Effect  (Beginner/CS 3)

Coloring Outlines (Beginner/CS 3)

Constellations (Beginner Animation)

 Cornucopia (beginner)

Correction:  Color Casting with Photo Filters (Beginner/CS 2)

Correction:  Noise Reduction (Beginner/CS 2)

 Correction:  One-Click Color Cast Correction (Beginner/CS 2)

Correction:  Smile! (Beginner/CS 3)

Crime Scene Tag (Beginner/CS 2)

NEW Crumpled Papers (Beginner/CS 3)

Daisy Eye Blend (Beginner/CS 3)

Diamond Background Webset (Beginner/CS 2)

Double Gold Heart Tag (beginner)

Draped Glitter Tag (Beginner/CS 3)

Eggs (Beginner/CS 2)

 Extraction 1 (beginner)

Fairy Dust Tag (Beginner/Animation)

Falling Snow (Beginner/Animation)

NEW Fiber Papers Background (Beginner/CS 3)

Fish--coloring (Beginner Shading/CS 2)

Fish Tank (Beginner Shading/CS 2)

Flatline Tag (Beginner Animation/CS 3)

Floral Lace Frame (Beginner/CS 2)

Flowers by Vectors (Beginner)

Flutter (Beginner/Animation)

Gaussian Mist Tag (Beginner)

 Glass Heart Tag (Beginner)

Glitter Name (beginner)

 Glitter Tree (Beginner/CS 2)

Globe Animation (beginner)

 Gold Mesh Tag (Beginner)

Grapevine Wreath (beginner)

Grapevine Wreath--Decorating

Grid Blur Tag (Beginner/CS 3)

Half Wrap Weave (Beginner/CS 2)

Halloween Moon (Beginner/CS 3)

Hanging Spider Ani (Beginner/Animation)

Heart Scroll Frame (Beginner/ CS 2)

Heart Shower Tag (Beginner/CS 3)

Holiday Elegance Card (Beginner/CS3)

 Holly Leaf Shape (Beginner/CS3)

Hue Frame (Beginner/CS 2)

Jack-O-Lanterns (beginner)

Jack-O-Rama Tag (Beginner)

 Lace Side Border for Web set or Stationary (Beginner/CS 2)

  Lace Silhouette Tag (Beginner/CS 2)

Lacy Screen (Beginner/CS 2)

Lacy Tile (Beginner/CS 3)

Lattice Tag (Beginner/CS 2)

Let It Snow (Beginner Animation/ CS 2)

 Lights Up Tag (Animation/ CS 2)

Mardi Gras Mask Tag (beginner)

Minimum Frame (Beginner)

  Miss You Blinds Tag (Intermediate/CS 2)

Mosaic Mist Tag (beginner)

Mosaic Twirl Tag (Intermediate/CS 2)

Motion Blur Tag (beginner)

 Needlepoint Stocking (beginner)

New Year Blend (Beginner/CS 2)

Offset Frame (Beginner/CS 2)

Ommadawn Blur Tag (beginner)

NEW Oval Blur  Tag (Beginner/CS 3)

Patchwork Heart Tag (beginner)

Photo Corners Tag (Beginner/CS 2)

Pumpkin Bouquet Tag (Beginner/CS 2)

Pixie Twirl Tag (Beginner/CS 2)

Polaroid Memory Tag (beginner)

  Pom Pom Christmas Bear (Beginner/CS 2)

 Pom Pom Wreath or Tree (Beginner/ CS 2)

Postage Stamp (Beginner/CS 2)

  Pouring Champagne Tag (Beginner/CS 2)

Quill Animation (Intermediate/Animation)

NEW Removing Background: Fur (Beginner/CS 3)

Ripple Reflect Tag (Beginner Animation with Sqirlz Reflect)

Scanlines Tag (Beginner/CS 2)

Seamless Image Background Tiles (beginner)

Seamless Textured Background Tiles (beginner)

Shadow Tag (beginner)

Shamrock Frame (Beginner/CS 2)

Shamrock Shape (Beginner)

  Shamrocks Tag (Beginner)

Sierpinski Frame (Beginner / CS 2)

 

  Skating Animation (Beginner)

Skylines Tag (Beginner/CS 2)

Slatted Tag (Beginner/CS 2)

Slatted Tag without a Plugin (Beginner/CS 2)

  Snowflake Tag (Intermediate/ CS 2)

Snowflakes N Bows Tag (Beginner/CS 2)

NEW Soft Spotlight Tut (Beginner/CS 3)

Solid Radiance (Beginner/CS 2)

Speckled Trimmed Heart (beginner)

Speed Tag (Beginner/Animation)

Spider Name (Beginner/Animation)

Squeeze Me Text (Beginner/Animation)

Stained Glass Sig Tag (beginner)

Stamp Tag (Beginner/ CS 2)

Stocking Vectors (beginner)

Strawberry and Cream Tag (beginner)

Super Blade Pro Plugin

Table Reflections Tag (beginner)

 Teardrop Wreath (Beginner/CS 2)

Text Flag (Beginner/Animation)

Text Shapes (Beginner/ CS 2)

Transmission Weave Tag (Beginner/ CS 2)

Turkey Dinner (Beginner/CS 2)

 Type Mask Cutouts (Beginner/CS 2)

Unfinished Jigsaw (Beginner/CS 3)

Valentine's Bear (Beginner/CS 2)

 Video Clip (Beginner/Animation)

Wallpaper (Beginner/CS3)

Water Blur Tag (beginner)

Watermark Stamp (Beginner/CS 3)

 Wavy Flag (Beginner/Animation)

Weave Blend (Beginner/CS 2)

Weave Frame (Beginner/CS 2)

Web Text (Beginner/Animation)

Windows Tag (Beginner/Animation)

Wind Text Tag (Beginner/CS 2)

Wire Frame Wreath (Beginner/CS 2)

 Witch Trail Tag (Animation/CS 2)

Yearbook Template Page

Here is my first poser model created with DAZ Studio:
 
 
 

Enjoy!

Please check back.  There are more to come!  

 


 

          

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