Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac / Barbara Brundage.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brundage, Barbara (Barbara K.)

Series:

Missing manual

Missing manual Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adobe Photoshop elements.

Image processing--Digital techniques.

Image processing.

Photography--Digital techniques.

Photography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (560 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol, California : Pogue Press/O'Reilly, 2008.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

After more than two years, Adobe has finally released a new version of Photoshop Elements for the Mac. Version 6 packs a lot more editing firepower than iPhoto, and this Missing Manual puts every feature into a clear, easy-to-understand context -- something that no other book on Elements does! Photoshop Elements 6 is perfect for scrapbooking, making fancy photo collages, and creating Web galleries. It has lots of new features such as Guided Edit for performing basic editing tasks, an improved Photomerge feature, a handy Quick Selection Tool, and much more. But knowing what to

Contents:

The Palette binSpecial palettes; Getting Help; Escape Routes; Undo History palette; The one rule of Elements; Getting Started in a Hurry; 2. Importing, Managing, and Saving Your Photos; Opening Photos in Elements; Setting file associations; Customizing your Bridge workspace; Opening Stored Images; Sending Images from Other Programs; Working with PDF Files; Scanning Photos; Capturing Video Frames; Creating a New File; Choosing Resolution; Choosing a Color Mode; Choosing Your File&s Background Contents; The Many Uses for Bridge; Rating and labeling photos; Keywords; Searching and filtering

Saving Your WorkAbout JPEGs; Changing the File Format; Burning CDs and DVDs; 3. Rotating and Resizing Your Photos; Straightening Individual Photos; Rotating Your Images; Straightening the Contents of Your Image; Free Rotate; Cropping Pictures; Cropping Your Image to an Exact Size; Cropping with the Marquee Tool; Zooming and Repositioning Your View; The Zoom Tool; The Hand Tool; Changing the Size of Your Image; Resizing for Printing; Adding Canvas; II. Elemental Elements; The Quick Fix Control Panel; Different Views: After vs. Before and After; Editing Your Photos; Smart Fix

Adjusting Lighting and ContrastContrast; Shadows and Highlights; Color; Using the Color sliders; Sharpening; Quick Fix Suggested Workflow; Adjusting Skin Tones; 5. Making Selections; Selecting Rectangular and Elliptical Areas; Selecting Irregularly Sized Areas; Selecting with a Brush; The Selection Brush; The Magic Wand; The Lasso Tools; The Magnetic Lasso; The Polygonal Lasso; Removing Objects from an Image&s Background; Changing and Moving Selections; Making a Selection Larger or Smaller; Moving Selections; Saving Selections; 6. Layers: The Heart of Elements; The Background; Creating Layers

Deleting LayersDuplicating a Layer; Copying and Cutting from Layers; Managing Layers; Adjusting Transparency; Locking Layers; Blend Mode; Rearranging Layers; Aligning and Distributing Layers; Grouping and Linking Layers; Grouping layers; Merging and Flattening Layers; Flattening an image; Fill and Adjustment Layers; Layer Masks; Moving Layers Between Images; III. Retouching; Fixing Major Exposure Problems; The Shadows/Highlights Command; Controlling the Colors You See; Choosing a Color Space; Using Levels; Adjusting Levels: The Eyedropper Method; Adjusting Levels: The Slider Controls

Removing Unwanted Color

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780596522223

0596522223

9780596554514

0596554516

OCLC:

609841070