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Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements 2023

Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements 2023

By : Robin Nichols
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Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements 2023

Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements 2023

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By: Robin Nichols
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Overview of this book

Produce impressive, high-quality pictures to influence your audience, grow your brand, and market your products and services. With its impressive range of sophisticated creative capabilities, Adobe Photoshop Elements 2023 is all you need to create photos you’ll love to share. Elements 2023 extends its AI capabilities by simplifying complex editing processes. Learn to stitch widescreen panoramas, remove people from backgrounds, de-focus backgrounds, re-compose images, and even create a range of calendars and greeting cards for your friends and family. The fifth edition of this widely acclaimed series will help you master photo-editing from scratch. Start by learning basic edits such as auto tone correction, image resizing and cropping, then master contrast, color, sharpness, and clarity. Take your prowess to the next level by learning how to correct optical distortion, re-shape images, exploit layers, layer masking, and sharpening techniques—create the perfect picture or imaginative fantasy illustration. You’ll also learn the online realms of animation, video creation, and third-party plug-ins. By the end of this book, you'll learn how to leverage the incredible features of Photoshop Elements 2023 with complete confidence. Note: All the images featured in the book can be easily downloaded via a direct link or from the GitHub repository link specified in the Preface.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
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Preface
Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
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Color keys
Color keys
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Chapter 1: Photoshop Elements Features Overview
Chapter 1: Photoshop Elements Features Overview
What's New in Photoshop Elements 2023?
How Elements is designed to work
A typical workflow example
How I like to edit images
The five faces of Adobe Photoshop Elements 2023
The Home screen
The Organizer
The Catalog
Photo Editor: Quick Edit mode
Photo Editor: Guided Edit mode
Photo Editor: Expert Edit mode
Working with panels and the Panel Bin
Panel Functions
The Create and Share menus
The Enhance Menu
Working with video and Premiere Elements
Create menu features
Summary
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Chapter 2: Setting Up Photoshop Elements from Scratch
Chapter 2: Setting Up Photoshop Elements from Scratch
Setting up a photo editing computer
Importing media into the Elements Organizer
Reviewing the media
Media backup
Organizing your work: Star rating photos
Organizing your work: Picture search using Metadata
Organizing your work: Keyword Tagging
Organizing your work: Places
Organizing your work: Events
Organizing your work: People
Understanding JPEG and RAW file formats
Saving Files
Saving Version Sets
Managing catalogs
Digitizing Photos with a Scanner
Digitizing Photos with a Camera
Color management: Understanding color spaces
Color management: Color settings
Color Management: Screen and printer calibration
Organizer keyboard shortcuts
Summary
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Chapter 3: The Basics of Image Editing
Chapter 3: The Basics of Image Editing
The editing workflow and best practices
Overview: editing RAW files
Editing Raw files: the Basic tab
Editing RAW files: the Detail (sharpening) tab
Editing Raw files: Noise Reduction
Editing Raw files: Other Features
10 ways to open a photo for editing
Understanding picture resolution
Cropping for better composition
The Straighten tool
Increasing or decreasing file size: Resampling
Instant photo-fixing in the Organizer
Using Auto Correction tools
Mastering contrast: using Levels
Mastering contrast: Shadows/Highlights
Mastering color: using Hue/Saturation
Simple retouching: Smooth skin feature
Simple retouching: manual spot removal
Additional resources
Summary
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Chapter 4: Getting Started with Simple Solutions
Chapter 4: Getting Started with Simple Solutions
What's that strange-looking graph?
How do I make a dull-looking photo appear better?
My contrast looks 'greyish', what's wrong?
My colors look weak or 'desaturated'
My photo looks boring – how can I add interest?
I want to make my complexion look better
I look a bit overweight in photos. Help!
My kid looks too serious in family photos. Help!
I want to remove people from my picture
I want to move a person/object to make a better composition
My picture looks 'messy'—how can I clean it up?
My pictures never look 100% level
My photo needs cutting (cropping)
My background looks too clear (sharp)
How can I add a person from another picture?
My picture doesn't look sharp
My picture looks great on screen but dark once printed
How can I make my scans look perfect?
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Chapter 5: Easy Creative Projects
Chapter 5: Easy Creative Projects
Simple visual effects: using Filters
Instant Artistic Effects
Lomo Camera Effect
Effects Collage
Colorize: AI-driven creativity
Photomerge Panorama
Making a multi-deck panorama
Photomerge Scene Cleaner
Photomerge Faces
Creating Slideshows
Creating Photo Calendars
Creating simple greeting cards
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Chapter 6: Advanced Techniques: Transformations, Layers, Masking, and Blend Modes
Chapter 6: Advanced Techniques: Transformations, Layers, Masking, and Blend Modes
Transformations: Correcting perspective
Transformations: Pictures in a Picture
Transformations: Warping shapes for a 3D Shadow
Transformations: Warping text
Introduction to Layers
Other features on the Layers panel
Layer opacity
Merging layers
Pseudo Layer Masking
Layer Masking: Adjustment Layers
Layer Masking: the basics
Layer Masking: advanced techniques
Blend Modes
Tool Blend Modes
Layers: Smart Objects
Keyboard shortcuts
Summary
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Chapter 7: Advanced Techniques: Retouching, Selections, and Text
Chapter 7: Advanced Techniques: Retouching, Selections, and Text
Retouching: Spot Healing Brush and Clone Stamp Tools
Advanced Retouching techniques
Retouching: the Object Removal tool
Local Retouching: the Burn, Dodge, and Sponge Tools
Local Retouching: the Blur, Sharpen, and Smudge brushes
Simple selections: Subject Selection
Advanced Selections: Selection features
Saving selections
Advanced Selections: Feathering
Advanced Selections: The Refine Selection Brush tool
Advanced Selections: The Refine Edge tool
Advanced selections: the Marquee and Lasso tools
Advanced selections: the Magic Wand tool
Simple Selections: The Quick Selection tool
The Selection Brush tool
The Auto Selection tool
Basic Text: Text Styles
Basic Text: The Type tool
Basic Text: Styles and effects
Advanced Text: Custom Text
Keyboard shortcuts
Summary
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Chapter 8: Additional Tools and Features
Chapter 8: Additional Tools and Features
Image Modes
Adjust Color Curves
The Smart Brush
The Paint Bucket tool
The Gradient tool
The Haze Removal tool
The Content-Aware Move tool
The Recompose tool
Extend Background feature
Move & Scale Object feature
Moving Photos feature
Quote Graphic feature
Convert to Black and White feature
Duotone Effect filter
B&W Color Pop filter
Old Fashioned Photo filter
Perfect Landscape feature
Perfect Portrait feature
Perfect Pet feature
Adjust Facial Features
Adjust Facial Features – Face Tilt
Open Closed Eyes feature
Keyboard shortcuts
Summary
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Chapter 9: Advanced Drawing, Painting and Illustration Techniques
Chapter 9: Advanced Drawing, Painting and Illustration Techniques
The View menu
The Eraser tools
Using Brushes: Controlling Brush behavior
Brush and Pencil tools
The Cookie Cutter tool
Color Replacement brush
The Impressionist Brush
Basic drawing techniques
Working with Vector Graphics
Text graphics
Adobe Vectors: greeting card project
Custom vector illustrations
Filter FX: Texturizing & Artistic Effects
Scrapbooking techniques
Collages: Auto Page Layout
Custom brushes
Technique: Photobashing
Using a graphics tablet
Keyboard shortcuts
Summary
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Chapter 10: Exporting Work, Sharpening, and Plug-ins
Chapter 10: Exporting Work, Sharpening, and Plug-ins
Posting online: web and blogging
Posting online: Facebook
Posting online: Instagram and Flickr
Inkjet printing: general features
Inkjet printing: Page Setup
Images online: Save for Web
The Sharpen tools: Unsharp Mask
The Sharpen tools: Shake Reduction
The Sharpen tools: High Pass sharpening
The Sharpen tools: Sharpen filters
How a plug-in works:
Exporting work: Export as New Files
Exporting work: Process Multiple Files
Keyboard shortcuts
Summary
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Chapter 11: Troubleshooting, Additional Techniques
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Chapter 11: Troubleshooting, Additional Techniques
File-saving issues
Finding lost or disconnected files
Using the Find menu
Adjusting dates for different time zones
Reinstating your catalog
Resolution issues: adding pixels
Remove Color Cast
Fixing Skin Tones
Altered reality: Adding lens flare
Altered Reality: Correcting lens distortion
Altered reality: Creating depth of field FX
Altered reality: Changing Eye Color
The Liquify filter
Using the Help Menu
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Chapter 12: Feature Appendix
Chapter 12: Feature Appendix
Home Screen
Organizer – Import
Organizer—its five view spaces
Quick Edit mode: Tool bar
Quick Edit: Adjustments
Guided Edit mode
Expert Edit mode: Tool bar
Drop-down menus
Edit menu
Image menu
Enhance menu
Layer menu
Select menu
Filter menu
View menu
Window menu
Help menu
(Quick and Expert Modes)
More tabs
Create Menu
Share menu
Glossary
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Top: Open the image and duplicate the layer. Choose Filter>Blur>Lens Blur and add the desired amount of blur to the layer. The amount might need a bit of trial and error to get right. Once done, take the Eraser Brush Tool, set it to a soft tip, and an opacity of around 20%, and erase the (soft) pixels from the areas you want to look sharp. To add a greater depth of authenticity, fade the erasing action off towards the edges of the sharp bits so there's a gradual shifting from soft to sharp detail, as...

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