PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4 JUST THE STEPS
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER ONE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 3 UPDATED FEATURES AVAILABLE 3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 7 HOW TO EXIT PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 12 CREATING PHOTO PROJECT 13 DESIGNING CD AND DVD LABELS 16 DESIGNING PHOTO CALANDARS 18 DESIGNING CD AND DVD JACKETS 20 DESIGNING GREETING CARD 22 CHAPTER TWO FIXING AND ENHANCING PHOTOS 24 RESIZE AN IMAGE 24 CROPPING 31 COOKIE CUTTER TOOL 36 PROCESS VERSIONS 44 IMAGE OR BACKGROUND CLONING 54 SHADOWS AND LIGHT MODIFICATION 57 SMART BRUSH TOOLS 61 RETOUCH AND CORRECT PHOTOS 64 REMOVE STAINS AND TINY DEFECTS 72 CORRECT MAJOR FLAWS 73 ADJUSTING FOR LENS DISTORTION 75 ELIMINATE FOGGING 78 MANUALLY REMOVE HAZE 79 CHAPTER THREE WORKSPACE AND ENVIRONMENT 80 HOME SCREEN 80 SEARCH BAR 84 PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS WINDOW ELIVE 88 PANELS AND BINS 97 WORKSPACE FOR BEGINNERS 101 LAUNCH A FILE 107 MULTIPLE FILES 112 ENHANCED QUICK MODE 118 FILE INFORMATION 123 SAVE OR DELETE METADATA TEMPLATES 128 LAUNCH A LIBRARY 133 SCRATCH DISKS PLUGS INS AND APPLICATION UPDATES 135 VIEWING IMAGES 146 CHAPTER FOUR GUIDED EDITS EFFECTS AND FILTERS 151 GUIDED MODE AND GUIDED EDITS 151 ELIMINATING A COLOR CAST 153 BLACK AND WHITE 154 BLACK AND WHITE 154 HIGH KEY GUIDED EDIT 155 B W SELECTION 157 LOW KEY 161 LINE DRAWING 162 FUN EDITS 162 MEME MARKER 164 DUOTONE EFFECT 166 DOUBLE EXPOSURE 167 PATTERN BRUSH 168 PAINTERLY 170 REFLECTION 179 PUZZLE EFFECT 180 ZOOM BURST 187 SPECIAL EDITS 190 PHOTOMERGE 204 CHAPTER FIVE UTILIZING COLORS 226 HSB MODEL 226 MODIFYING SATURATION AND HUE 227 RGB MODEL 231 BITMAP MODE 243 RGB COLOR MODE 252 CHAPTER SIX SELECTIONS 254 SELECTION TOOLS 254 HOW TO SAVE A SELECTION 265 MOVING AND COPYING SELECTIONS 269 COPYING A SELECTIONS 271 ANTI ALIASING AND FEATHERING 273 1 INTRODUCTION PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 2022 IS BEING MARKETED AS AN EASY TO USE ALTERNATIVE TO PHOTOSHOP THE FIRST VERSION OF ADOBE PHOTOSHOP WAS JUST A SIMPLE PROGRAM FOR FIXING PHOTOS OVER THE YEARS IT HAS CHANGED INTO THE MUCH MORE COMPLEX AND SOPHISTICATED PHOTOSHOP CC CREATIVE CLOUD WHICH IS FULL OF TOOLS AND MENU COMMANDS THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF ANIMATORS WEB DESIGNERS AND EVEN 3D MODELERS FOR AN AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER THE FULL VERSION OF PHOTOSHOP IS SCARY AND TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO LEARN ESPECIALLY IF ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS CHANGE THE COLOR TONE AND COMPOSITION OF THEIR PHOTOS BEFORE POSTING THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA THEY MIGHT ALSO PREFER TO BUY A PHOTO EDITING APP INSTEAD OF PAYING 9 99 OR 9 98 PER MONTH FOR PHOTOSHOP CC AS PART OF THE ADOBE PHOTOGRAPHY PLAN PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 2022 WHICH IS MORE FOCUSED ON FIXING PHOTOS CAN BE BOUGHT FOR A ONE TIME FEE THAT IS MUCH LOWER THAN AN ADOBE PHOTOGRAPHY PLAN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION IF YOU ALREADY OWN AN EARLIER VERSION YOU CAN UPGRADE FOR AN EVEN LOWER PRICE LIKE ITS PREDECESSORS PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 2022 IS MADE TO HELP PHOTOGRAPHERS MAKE PICTURES THAT STAND OUT WITH AS LITTLE WORK AS POSSIBLE IT GETS RIGHT TO THE POINT BY SHOWING HOW TO FIX COMMON