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When confronted by the many editing choices available in Photoshop Elements it can be a little overwhelming knowing where to start. This seminar shows you the 10 best steps towards a better workflow.
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The Accented Edges filter searches out the edges within a picture and then highlights them with a line. The size of the line is controlled by the Edge Width slider (1) in the filter's dialog. The dark or...
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The Layers feature is great for creating pictures that are made up of a variety of parts. Each section is stored on its own layer and can be easily altered independent of the rest of the photograph. But the way in...
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Many photographers like to replicate the look of film grain in their digital photographs. The grittiness provides a texture that is reminiscent of fast (high ISO), big grain films. Using the Add Noise filter is...
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An image can be dramatically altered by replacing a sky.
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Use these steps to replace the sky in your image.
01To replace the sky in a picture start by making a selection of just the...
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Adding captions is part of a solution to managing your photos.
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Use these steps to add captions to your photos.
01Multi-select images in the Photo Browser workspace and then...
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Use these steps to add noise to your photo.
01Select the Add Noise filter from the Noise section of the Filter menu. Adjust the thumbnail preview to a view of 100% and tick the Preview option....
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The Adjust Color Curves option provides another way that you can alter the brightness and contrast in your photo. Unlike the very basic Brightness/Contrast control, Adjust Color Curves provides separate...
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Brightness can be adjusted in several ways using Photoshop Element. Using the Adjust Color Curves feature is one way to brighten an image.
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01The Adjust Color Curves feature provides...
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A new color control was introduced in early versions of Photoshop Elements that was designed specifically to allow you to adjust the skin tones within your picture. Making changes with this feature is a two-step...
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The new Adjust Sharpness feature provides all the control that we are familiar with in the Unsharp Mask dialog plus better edge detection abilities, which leads to better results and in particular less apparent...
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Use these steps to adjust sharpness.
01Select Enhance > Adjust Sharpness. Adjust the Amount slider to control the strength of the filter.
02Adjust the Radius slider to...
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A new color control was introduced in Elements 4.0 that was designed specifically to allow you to adjust the skin tones within your picture. Making changes with this feature is a two-step process. When the...
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A new color control was introduced in Elements 4.0 that was designed specifically to allow you to adjust the skin tones within your picture. Making changes with this feature is a two-step process. When the...
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The Adjust Smart Fix version of the Auto Smart Fix feature provides the same control over color, shadow and highlight detail but with the addition of a slider control that determines the strength of the enhancement...
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Contrast can be adjusted in several ways using Photoshop Element. The Levels control provides the most precise way to adjust the tones in your image and is a great tool for altering contrast.
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In version 4.0 of Elements Adobe completely revamped the color-management system to make it easier to understand and more logical to use. The controls and settings use two different ICC profiles (or color spaces)...
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The Advanced Blending option in the Photomerge workspace provides an automatic approach to balancing the color and tone of sequential pictures in a composition. The feature is designed to even out slight...
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Even though the lettering system in Photoshop Elements is based on smooth-edged (vector) technology, when type layers are flattened into the background, or the PSD file is saved in the JPEG format, the type is...
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The Align option is one of three new arrangement features contained on the Move tool's options bar (1). Each of the options is designed to work with the contents of layers. After multi-selecting several...
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Photoshop Elements has no less than five gradient types for you to play with. All the gradient options gradually change color and tone from one point in the picture to another.
The Angle gradient gradually...
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One of the strengths of Photoshop Elements as a drawing package is the flexibility of its brush engine. Rather than just supplying a series of pre-made brushes Adobe includes the ability to create and save custom...
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The Arrange option is one of three new layer organization features contained on the Move tool's options bar. Unlike the Align and Distribute features, Arrange moves a selected layer (or group of layers) up or...
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The Line tool is one of the vector-based or sharp-edged shape tools in Elements. Along with settings for color, weight and style the Line tool's option bar also contains a drop-down menu with controls for creating...
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The Artwork and Effects palette (1) replaces the Style and Effects palette of version 4.0 and is the central place for the storage of a variety of design components that can be used to enhance the look of your...
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The Artwork section of the Artwork and Effects palette contains backgrounds, picture frames, graphics and shapes that can be added to your photos (1). Backgrounds, graphics and shapes all create their own...
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The Favorites section of the Artwork and Special Effects palette lists all the artwork, effects, themes and styles that you have nominated as favorites. This area is a great place to store the Artwork and Effects...
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The Special Effects section of the Artwork and Special Effects palette groups together filters, layer styles and photo effects (1). The Filters group contains many of the options that are listed under the Filter...
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The Text section of the Artwork and Special Effects contains a variety of text effects that you can apply to the type in your Elements documents. Text effects include bevels, drop shadows, glows and gradients...
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Use these steps to learn how to attach your photos to an e-mail.
01You can elect to use a photo that is currently open in the Editor workspace or select images from inside the Photo Browser....
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The Auto Color Correction feature, first seen in version 2.0 of the program, works in a similar way to tools like Auto Levels and Auto Contrast, providing a one-click fix for most color problems. Unlike these...
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Color casts can be removed in several ways. The Auto Color Correction feature provides one way to correct color cast problems.
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The Auto Color Correction feature provides a...
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This tutorial demonstrates how to fix common photo problems using the auto enhance options found in the Fix Task PAne of the Organizer workspace.
Length: 5.12 mins. Version: 8 Platform: Windows ...
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Photoshop Elements bases many of its drawing, painting and filter effects on two colors - the foreground and background color. The currently selected foreground and background colors are shown at the bottom of...
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An image can only have one background layer. It is the bottom-most layer in the stack. No other layers can be moved or dragged beneath this layer. You cannot adjust this layer's opacity or its blending mode. The...
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An image can only have one background layer. It is the bottom-most layer in the stack. No other layers can be moved or dragged beneath this layer. You cannot adjust this layer's opacity or its blending mode. The...
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Use these steps to seamlessly merge the background of an object with the page color.
01To create a matted web image, choose the web page color and then create a picture with a transparent...
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As well as the traditional save options available in the previous releases of the program, Adobe has also introduced a new Backup feature in the Windows version of Elements 3.0 that is designed for copying your...
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In the Backup Catalog feature it is possible to backup your catalog over a series of CD or DVD discs. Multiple disc options like this are sometimes referred to as 'disc spanning'. In some older versions, the...
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There are several levels of cropping in Photoshop Element.
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Use these steps to do a basic crop in Photoshop Elements.
01To start a new crop select the Crop tool and click-drag a...
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Want to enhance your photos quickly and easily without sacrificing quality? Well watch this recording of the Live E-seminar to see how you can put Photoshop Elements Auto-Editing features to work.
One of the...
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Confusingly the term bitmap images does not refer to the pure black and white pictures that result from converting your photos to Bitmap mode. Instead a bitmap picture is one that is made up of rectangular pixel...
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This tutorial demonstrates how to convert photos to black and white and then restore the color in a portion of the photo. It is a great technique which will add drama to many a picture.
Length: 3.07 mins. Version:...
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If you want to take more control of adjusting the brightness and contrast in your pictures than the auto features allow, open the Levels dialog. Looking very similar to the Histogram, this feature allows you to...
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Along with the extensive range of Blur filters available in Elements, the program also includes a Blur tool. The tool is used like a paintbrush but instead of laying down color on the canvas the image is blurred. The...
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No amount of clever photography or tricky lighting can cover the traces of lack of sleep or overindulgence in the eyes of your model. A set of 'sore red eyes' staring back at you can easily ruin an otherwise...
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The Brightness/Contrast command helps you make basic adjustments to the spread of tones within the image. When opened you are presented with a dialog containing two slider controls. Click-drag the slider to...
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Photoshop Elements is shipped with a wide range of pre-made brushes which are stored in several groups in the Brush Library palette. To access a specific brush from the library...
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Get the low down on these darkroom inspired tools and see how you can darken picture parts with the Burn tool and lighten areas with the Dodge tool. Also find out how to achieve these effects non-destructively so you...
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The Burn tool darkens specific areas of a photograph when the tool tip is clicked and dragged across the picture surface. The tool's attributes are based on the settings in the options bar and the current brush size....
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