Photoshop elements 9 : top 100 simplified tips & tricks / Rob Sheppard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sheppard, Rob W.

Series:

Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adobe Photoshop elements.

Photography--Digital techniques.

Photography.

Computer graphics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis, Ind. : Visual : Wiley Pub., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A visual guide to innovative techniques with Photoshop Elements 9 Photographers who are familiar with the basics of using Photoshop Elements 9 will love this collection of 100 tips and tricks to getting more from the software. Highly visual two-page tutorials and step-by-step screen shots make it easy to see and follow the directions, enabling you to coax even more functionality from this top-selling image-editing software. This guide ventures into the bells and whistles of Photoshop Elements, showing you all the cool effects you can achieve.Photoshop Elements is the leading a

Contents:

Photoshop® Elements 9: Top 100 Simplified® Tips & Tricks; Table of Contents; Chapter 1: Organize and Prepare Photos for Processing; Set up a WORKFLOW; IMPORT your images; VIEW PHOTOS with full-screen mode; SORT the good pictures from the bad; STACK your images; CREATE ALBUMS to group your pictures; USE KEYWORDS to tag your images; TAG PHOTOS with face recognition; CHANGE THE ORGANIZER interface as needed; BACK UP YOUR PICTURES to protect them; Chapter 2: Start Adjusting Your Images in Photoshop Elements; Open pictures and USE SAVE AS; MAKE THE EDITOR INTERFACE your own

SET PREFERENCES to make Editor work for youYOU CANNOT HURT your pictures; CROP YOUR PHOTOS for tighter shots; FIX AND ROTATE crooked pictures; USE GUIDED EDIT to help you learn the program; USE GUIDED EDIT for special effects; SET BLACKS AND WHITES with Levels; ADJUST YOUR MIDTONES with Levels; ADJUST YOUR MIDTONES with Color Curves; QUICKLY ADJUST dark shadows and bright highlights; CORRECT COLOR to remove color casts; ENHANCE COLOR with Hue/Saturation; USE QUICK EDIT to work fast; Chapter 3: Work with RAW Photos in Photoshop Elements; Change images NONDESTRUCTIVELY

CROP YOUR PHOTOS to start your processingADJUST BLACKS AND WHITES to give a photo strength; ADJUST MIDTONES to make tonalities light or dark; CORRECT COLOR to clean up color casts; USE VIBRANCE AND CLARITY to intensify images; SHARPEN PHOTOS with precision; CONTROL NOISE in your photo; Apply adjustments to MULTIPLE PHOTOS; MOVE YOUR PICTURE to Photoshop Elements; Chapter 4: Choose Local Control Features; CREATE AND USE a selection; USE MARQUEE TOOLS for specific shapes; USE LASSO TOOLS to follow picture elements; USE AUTOMATED TOOLS for easy selections; EXPAND OR CONTRACT your selection

SELECT WHAT IS EASY and invertBLEND EDGES by feathering; USE SELECTIONS FOR traditional edge darkening; USE THE SMART BRUSH for specific area fixes; Chapter 5: Create Adjustment Layers for Nondestructive Changes; Understand HOW LAYERS WORK; Understand how ADJUSTMENT LAYERS WORK; WORK BLACKS AND WHITES with a Levels adjustment layer; WORK MIDTONES with a Levels adjustment layer; CORRECT COLOR with an adjustment layer; ENHANCE COLOR with an adjustment layer; FIX PROBLEM EXPOSURES with layer blending modes; Understand HOW LAYER MASKS WORK; COMBINE TWO PHOTOS with layer masks

REMOVE ADJUSTMENTS with blackADD ADJUSTMENTS using black and then white; COMBINE LAYER MASKS with selections; BALANCE COLORS AND TONES in a picture; BRING OUT SHADOW DETAIL in specific areas; DARKEN HIGHLIGHT DETAIL in specific areas; FLATTEN LAYERS when done; Chapter 6: Solve Photo Problems; CLONE OUT problems; REMOVE PEOPLE FROM A SCENE with Photomerge Scene Cleaner; REMOVE UNWANTED OBJECTS with Content-Aware Spot Healing; Fix problems due to LENS DISTORTION; FIX PERSPECTIVE PROBLEMS with building photographs; REMOVE DEAD SPACE with Recompose; Make an OUT-OF-FOCUS BACKGROUND

Remove DISTRACTING COLORS

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-118-03643-3

1-282-88418-2

9786612884184

1-118-01612-2

OCLC:

700700634