How to create your own planets using panoramas: Oh wow - this is one of the funnest little tuts I’ve ever done. I will have to play with this one more! Use a panorama photo to create exaggerated little worlds. (Credits for example below: Original photo by Stahlkocher, under GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2.)

Design your own Christmas Cards: Found this referenced on photoshopsupport.com. Wish I had seen this a few weeks ago! Drat - too late for Christmas for me this year. But not for Birthday and Christmas thank yous! For those of us whose handwriting is awful, this may be the saving grace for getting the dreaded task done. I took a simpler route than they presented - a simple photo that I modified and used as a thank you and you get that personalized feel.

Cut Out Objects Using Channels:Very nice and quick alternative to the trace it with the lasso tool. I used the idea and chose the white area instead of the black for my cutout.

original image

cutout sample

–Avlor