@ a ton of resources.
thanks a bunch.
and, i dun use tutorials that much. sometimes i look at the result, find the effects i wanna laern, and skip the steps etc hehe .
@legend of zelda fans.
hmmmmmm i shall >=D! i got the zelda game for wiii too !! except i havnt played it at all XD. (been a few months since i got that game. [pirated])
@apply curves, and photofilter.
they're found in the halo sig tutorial in assignment #2 for Photoshop.

EDIIIIT:
ahhh i just realised the CURVES and PHOTO FILTERS are in Layer -> New Adjustment Layer! !
so if anyone runs into that, u can telll them hhahaha ^_^