Photoshop Elements 10 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks. Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks
John Wiley and Sons Ltd, December 2011, Pages: 272
A visual guide to getting the most out of Photoshop Elements 10
If you understand the basics of Photoshop Elements, you'll love this collection of 100 must-know tips and tricks. Two-page tutorials, full-color screen shots, and step-by-step instructions make it easy to see and follow the directions, helping you to get the very most from this top-selling image-editing software. This guide catches you up on Photoshop Elements 10, covers features you may not have known about, and alerts you to a slew of cool effects and techniques.
- Explains techniques, best practices, and creative ways to transform your digital images from everyday to extraordinary
- Includes beautiful photos and tips from an experienced photographer and author who shares his secrets on how to create images that wow viewers
- Features step-by-step instruction in a series of two-page, highly visual tutorials, with helpful, full-color screen shots on every page
- Perfect for visual learners who are migrating from older versions of the software or who already have a comfort level with Photoshop Elements and want to move to a new skill level
Take your image editing and Photoshop Elements skills beyond the essentials with this practical guide.
1 Organize and Prepare Photos for Processing
---1 Set Up a Workflow 4
---2 Import Your Images 6
---3 View Photos with Full-Screen Mode 10
---4 Sort the Good Pictures from the Bad 12
---5 Stack Your Images 14
---6 Create Albums to Group Your Pictures 16
---7 Use Keywords to Tag Your Images 18
---8 Post Pictures to Facebook with the Organizer 22
---9 Change the Organizer Interface As Needed 26
---10 Back Up Your Pictures to Protect Them 28
2 Start Adjusting Your Images in Photoshop Elements
---11 Open Pictures and Use Save As 32
---12 Make the Editor Interface Your Own 34
---13 Set Preferences to Make Editor Work for You 36
---14 You Cannot Hurt Your Pictures 38
---15 Crop Your Photos for Tighter Shots 40
---16 Fix and Rotate Crooked Pictures 42
---17 Use Guided Edit to Help You Learn the Program 44
---18 Use Guided Edit for Special Effects 46
---19 Use Guided Edit for Photo Play 48
---20 Set Blacks and Whites with Levels 50
---21 Adjust Your Midtones with Levels 52
---22 Adjust Your Midtones with Color Curves 54
---23 Quickly Adjust Dark Shadows and Bright Highlights 56
---24 Correct Color to Remove Color Casts 58
---25 Enhance Color with Hue/Saturation 60
---26 Use Quick Edit to Work Fast 62
3 Work with RAW Photos in Photoshop Elements
---27 Change Images Nondestructively 66
---28 Crop Your Photos to Start Your Processing 68
---29 Adjust Blacks and Whites to Give a Photo Strength 70
---30 Adjust Midtones to Make Tonalities Light or Dark 72
---31 Correct Color to Clean Up Color Casts 74
---32 Use Vibrance and Clarity to Intensify Images 76
---33 Sharpen Photos with Precision 78
---34 Control Noise in Your Photo 80
---35 Apply Adjustments to Multiple Photos 82
---36 Move Your Picture to Photoshop Elements 84
4 Choose Local Control Features
---37 Create and Use a Selection 88
---38 Use Marquee Tools for Specific Shapes 90
---39 Use Lasso Tools to Follow Picture Elements 92
---40 Use Automated Tools for Easy Selections 94
---41 Expand or Contract Your Selection 96
---42 Select What Is Easy and Invert 98
---43 Blend Edges by Feathering 100
---44 Use Selections for Traditional Edge Darkening 102
---45 Use the Smart Brush for Specific Area Fixes 104
5 Create Adjustment Layers for Nondestructive Changes
---46 Understand How Layers Work 108
---47 Understand How Adjustment Layers Work 110
---48 Work Blacks and Whites with a Levels Adjustment Layer 114
---49 Work Midtones with a Levels Adjustment Layer 116
---50 Correct Color with an Adjustment Layer 118
---51 Enhance Color with an Adjustment Layer 120
---52 Fix Problem Exposures with Layer Blending Modes 122
---53 Understand How Layer Masks Work 124
---54 Combine Two Photos with Layer Masks 126
---55 Remove Adjustments with Black 130
---56 Add Adjustments Using Black and Then White 132
---57 Combine Layer Masks with Selections 136
---58 Balance Colors and Tones in a Picture 138
---59 Bring Out Shadow Detail in Specific Areas 140
---60 Darken Highlight Detail in Specific Areas 142
---61 Flatten Layers When Done 144
6 Solve Photo Problems
---62 Clone Out Problems 148
---63 Remove People from a Scene with Photomerge Scene Cleaner 152
---64 Remove Unwanted Objects with Enhanced Spot Healing 154
---65 Fix Problems Due to Lens Distortion 156
---66 Fix Perspective Problems with Building Photographs 158
---67 Remove Dead Space with Recompose 160
---68 Make an Out-of-Focus Background 162
---69 Remove Distracting Colors 164
---70 Improve Blank Skies 166
---71 Create the Focus with Gaussian Blur 170
---72 Add a New Background for Your Subject 172
7 Size and Sharpen Photos
---73 Basic Workflow for Image Sizing 178
---74 Size Photos for Printing 180
---75 Size Photos for E-Mail 182
---76 Sharpen Photos with Unsharp Mask 184
---77 Sharpen Photos with Adjust Sharpness 186
---78 Sharpen Photos When You Have Layers 188
---79 Selectively Sharpen Parts of Your Photo 190
8 Go Beyond the Basics
---80 Convert Color Photos to Black-and-White 194
---81 Adjust Your Photos in Black-and-White 196
---82 Create Toned Images 198
---83 Use the Smart Brush for Creative Effects 200
---84 Create Out-Of-Bounds Effects with Guided Edit 202
---85 Add Text to a
Page 206
---86 Photograph a Scene to Get More Exposure Detail 208
---87 Merge Photos for More Photo Detail 210
---88 Photograph a Scene for a Panoramic Image 212
---89 Merge Photos for a Panoramic Image 214
---90 Transfer Styles between Photos 218
9 Software Plug-ins Make Work Easier
---91 Use Viveza for Quick Creative Adjustments 222
---92 Use Color Efex Pro for Efficient Photo Work 224
---93 Remove Noise with Dfine 226
---94 Get Dramatic Black-and-White with Silver Efex Pro 228
---95 Use Bokeh for Easy Depth-of-Field Effects 230
---96 Try PhotoTune for Fast Color and Tonal Adjustments 232
---97 Use Snap Art for Creative Effects 234
10 Get Photos out of Photoshop Elements
---98 Protect Your Photos with Online Backup 238
---99 Share Your Organizer Albums Online 240
---100 Access Your Photos Anywhere Internet Service Is Available 242
---101 Share Your Photos Online 244
---102 Print Your Photos 246
---103 Print a Calendar 250
---104 Print a Photo Book 252
---105 Add a Border Effect to Your Pictures
Rob Sheppard is the author/photographer of over 30 photography books, a well-known speaker and workshop leader, and editor-at-large for the prestigious Outdoor Photographer magazine. As author/photographer, Sheppard has written hundreds of articles about digital photography, plus books ranging from guides to photography such as Digital Photography: Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks, 4th Edition to books about Photoshop Elements and Lightroom including Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 for Digital Photographers Only and Photoshop Elements 9: Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks. His website is at www.robsheppardphoto.com and his blog is at www.natureandphotography.com.
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