Photoshop Elements 2019 Tips, Tricks & Shortcuts in easy steps

by Nick Vandome

Overview

Photoshop Elements 2019 Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts in easy steps not only offers a comprehensive guide to getting up and running with the software, but goes further: providing a wealth of detail in ways to progress to more advanced photo-editing and also find some of the hidden secrets of the software.

Although the book looks at some of the ways you can expand your photo-editing exploits, it does not forget new users or anyone who wants to brush up on the basics.

Photoshop Elements 2019 Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts in easy steps covers versions for both PC and Mac users, and has something for everyone: an in depth introduction for new users, and a range of options for those who want to take their photo-editing to the next level. Throughout, there are hundreds of tips and handy hints so that the reader will feel like an Elements expert in no time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781840788525
Publisher:	In Easy Steps Limited
Publication date:	04/25/2019
Series:	In Easy Steps
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	7.20(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.

Table of Contents

1 Introducing Elements 7

About Elements 8

Home Screen 9

Photo Editor Workspace 12

Quick Edit Mode 14

Guided Edit Mode 15

Expert Edit Mode 16

Tool Options Bar 20

Menu Bar 22

Preferences 23

Organizer Workspace 24

Create Mode 26

Share Mode 28

Getting Help 30

2 Organizing Images 31

Obtaining Images 32

Media View 36

Stacks 40

Version Sets 41

People View 42

Places View 44

Events View 46

Tagging Images 48

Searching for Images 50

Albums 54

Folders 55

Auto Curate 56

Opening and Saving Images 57

Working with Video 58

3 First Digital Steps 59

Color Enhancements 60

Cropping 63

Healing Brush 65

Cloning 66

Pattern Cloning 67

Rotating 68

Transforming 69

Magnification 70

Eraser 72

4 Quick Wins 73

Removing Red-Eye 74

Changing to Black and White 75

Quickly Removing Items 76

Moving Items in a Photo 78

Improving Expressions 80

Removing Haze 81

Opening Closed Eyes 82

Auto Creations 84

Quick Edit Mode Options 88

Quick Edit Toolbox 89

Quick Edit Adjustments 90

Adding Filters 92

Adding Graphics 93

Using Guided Edit Mode 94

Photomerge Effects 96

Creating Panoramas 97

5 Artistic Effects 99

Meme Maker 100

Multi-Photo Text 102

Text and Border Overlay 104

Painterly Effect 105

Speed Pan 106

Frame Creator 107

Artistic Overlays 108

Effects Collage 110

6 Beyond Basic Color Editing 111

Hue and Saturation 112

Histogram 114

Levels 116

Adjustments with Levels 118

Color Curves 120

Remove Color Cast 122

7 Working With Selections 123

About Selections 124

Marquee Tools 125

Lasso Tools 126

Magic Wand Tool 128

Selection Brush Tool 129

Quick Selection Tool 130

Smart Brush Tool 131

Auto Selections 132

Feathering 133

Refining Selections 134

Editing Selections 136

8 Layers 137

Layering Images 138

Layers Panel 139

Adding Layers 140

Fill and Adjustment Layers 141

Working with Layers 143

Layer Masks 144

Opacity 147

Saving Layers 148

9 Text and Drawing Tools 149

Adding and Formatting Text 150

Customizing Text 152

Distorting Text 156

Text and Shape Masks 157

Paint Bucket Tool 159

Gradient Tool 160

Brush Tool Settings 162

Working with Color 164

10 Becoming an Elements Expert 165

Importing RAW Images 166

Editing Multiple Images 168

Applying Actions 171

Managing Catalogs 172

Viewing File Info 174

Save for Web 175

Image Size 176

Resampling Images 178

11 Printing Images 179

Print Size 180

Print Functions 182

Print Layouts 184

Creating PDF Files 186

Index 187