Photoshop Elements 12 in easy steps

by Nick Vandome

Overview

Adobe's best-selling Photoshop Elements for editing images is updated with even more features to enhance pictures. And Photoshop Elements 12 in easy steps reveals all the key features on offer for you to perfect your photos. It'll help you to quickly master Elements' interface then show you how to:

Transfer your images from your camera and keep them organized on your computer by people, events or places
Enhance colours, eliminate undesired blemishes and unwanted objects to perfect your photos
Merge your photos to create a new image and add clever effects to highlight selected aspects of your snap. Add a personal note or create your own pop art. Then share your unique photo through Facebook, Flickr or Adobe's Private Web Album app. Or simply print and frame your work of art!

Photoshop Elements 12 in easy steps covers versions for both PC and Mac users and demonstrates both the fun and the functionality of image editing which makes Photoshop Elements 12 the perfect image editing program for any photography enthusiast.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781840786187
Publisher:	In Easy Steps Limited
Publication date:	03/04/2014
Series:	In Easy Steps
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Nick Vandome is an IT writer and trainer who specializes in digital imaging and web authoring subjects. In addition to his writing, he also works designing websites and runs training courses. Before he started working with computers he wrote books about working and traveling abroad.

An established In Easy Steps author with several successful guides to his credit, Vandome is based in the U.K.

Table of Contents

1 Introducing Elements 7

About Elements 8

Welcome Screen 9

Photo Editor Workspace 10

Quick Edit Mode 12

Guided Edit Mode 13

Expert Edit Mode 14

Menu Bar 18

Preferences 19

Organizer Workspace 20

Create Mode 22

Share Mode 23

Getting Help 24

2 Organizing Images 25

Obtaining Images 26

Media View 28

Stacks 32

Version Sets 33

People View 34

Places View 36

Events View 38

Tagging Images

Searching for Images 42

Albums 46

Folders 42

Opening and Saving Images 48

Working with Video 49

3 First Digital Steps 51

Color Enhancements 52

Cropping 55

Cloning 58

Pattern Cloning 59

Healing Brush 60

Spot Healing Brush 61

Uncluttering a Photo 62

Rotating 64

Transforming 65

Magnification 66

Eraser 68

4 Quick Wins 69

Removing Red-eye 70

Content-Aware Editing 72

Changing to Black and White 74

Quick Edit Mode Options 76

Quick Edit Toolbox 77

Quick Edit Adjustments 78

Enhancing with Quick Edits 30

Using Guided Edit Mode 82

Photomerge Effects 84

Panoramas 86

5 Beyond the Basics 89

Hue and Saturation 90

Histogram 92

Levels 94

Quick and Guided Levels 96

Unsharp Mask 97

Importing RAW Images 98

Image Size 100

Resampling Images 102

6 Selecting Areas 103

About Selections 104

Marquee Tools 105

Lasso Tools 106

Magic Wand Tool 108

Selection Brush Tool 109

Quick Selection Tool 110

Smart Brush Tool 111

Inverting a Selection 112

Feathering 113

Editing Selections 114

7 Layers 115

Layering Images 116

Layers Panel 117

Adding Layers 118

Fill and Adjustment Layers 119

Working with Layers 121

Layer Masks 122

Opacity 12S

Saving Layers 126

8 Text and Drawing Tools 127

Adding and Formatting Text 128

Customizing Text 130

Distorting Text 134

Text and Shape Masks 135

Adding Shapes 137

Paint Bucket Tool 138

Gradient Tool 139

Brush and Pencil Tools 141

Impressionist Brush Tool 142

Working with Color 143

9 Artistic Effects 145

About Graphics and Effects 146

Adding Filters 148

Zoom Burst 150

Depth of Field 152

Line Drawings 154

Photo Puzzles 156

Out of Bounds 158

Pop Art 162

Reflections 164

10 Share and Creating 167

About Share Mode 168

Mobile Sharing 170

Sharing with Adobe Revel 172

About Create Mode 173

Editing Creations 177

11 Printing Images 179

Print Size 180

Print Functions 181

Print Layouts 183

Online Prints 185

Creating PDF Files 186

Index 187