Photoshop® Elements 11 Top 100 Simplified® Tips & Tricks

Table of Contents

Import and Organize Photos

#1 IMPORT your images

Importing from a Digital Camera or Memory Card

Advanced Importing from a Digital Camera or Memory Card

#2 Use the ORGANIZER INTERFACE

#3 SORT THE GOOD PICTURES from the bad

Set Up Your View of the Photos

Delete Photos You Do Not Want

#4 STACK your images

#5 BACK UP YOUR PICTURES to protect them

Back Up to an External Hard Drive

Use Backup Software

#6 Use INSTANT FIX

#7 CREATE ALBUMS to group your pictures

#8 Work with PEOPLE VIEW

#9 Work with PLACES VIEW

#10 Work with EVENTS VIEW

#11 USE KEYWORDS to tag your images

Using Keyword Tags

Using Keywords

Start Adjusting Your Images in Photoshop Elements

#12 Open pictures and USE SAVE AS

#13 SET PREFERENCES to make Editor work for you

#14 YOU CANNOT HURT your pictures

Reverse Adjustments

Reset a Dialog Box

Use History

#15 CROP YOUR PHOTOS for tighter shots

#16 FIX AND ROTATE crooked pictures

Use the Straighten Tool

Straighten with the Crop Tool

#17 USE GUIDED EDIT to help you learn the program

Use Lighten or Darken

Use Enhance Colors

#18 SET BLACKS AND WHITES with levels

#19 ADJUST YOUR MIDTONES with Levels

#20 ADJUST YOUR MIDTONES with Color Curves

#21 QUICKLY ADJUST dark shadows and bright highlights

#22 CORRECT COLOR to remove color casts

#23 ENHANCE COLOR with Hue/Saturation

#24 USE QUICK EDIT to work fast

Work with RAW Photos in Photoshop Elements

#25 Change images nondestructively

#26 CROP YOUR PHOTOS to start your processing

#27 ADJUST BLACKS AND WHITES to give a photo strength

#28 ADJUST MIDTONES to make tonalities light or dark

#29 CORRECT COLOR to clean up color casts

#30 USE VIBRANCE AND CLARITY to intensify images

#31 SHARPEN PHOTOS with precision

#32 CONTROL NOISE in your photo

#33 Apply adjustments to MULTIPLE PHOTOS

#34 MOVE YOUR PICTURE to Photoshop Elements

Move Your Picture to Photoshop Elements

Save Your Picture as a DNG File

Choose Local Control Features

#35 CREATE AND USE a selection

#36 USE MARQUEE TOOLS for specific shapes

Use the Rectangular Marquee Tool

Use the Elliptical Marquee Tool

#37 USE LASSO TOOLS to follow picture elements

#38 USE AUTOMATED TOOLS for easy selections

#39 EXPAND OR CONTRACT your selection

#40 SELECT WHAT IS EASY and invert

#41 BLEND EDGES by feathering

#42 REFINE EDGES for more selection control

#43 USE THE SMART BRUSH for specific area fixes

Create Adjustment Layers for Nondestructive Changes

#44 Understand HOW LAYERS WORK

#45 Understand HOW ADJUSTMENT LAYERS WORK

Use the Menu to Add an Adjustment Layer

Use the Icon to Add an Adjustment Layer

Apply an Adjustment Layer

#46 WORK BLACKS AND WHITES with a levels adjustment layer

#47 WORK MIDTONES with a levels adjustment layer

#48 CORRECT COLOR with an adjustment layer

#49 ENHANCE COLOR with an adjustment layer

#50 FIX PROBLEM EXPOSURES with layer blending modes

Fix a Too-Bright Photograph

Fix a Too-Dark Photograph

#51 Understand HOW LAYER MASKS WORK

#52 COMBINE TWO PHOTOS with layer masks

#53 REMOVE ADJUSTMENTS with black

#54 ADD ADJUSTMENTS using black and then white

Identify the Problem

Add Black

Work with White

#55 COMBINE LAYER MASKS with selections

#56 BALANCE COLORS AND TONES in a picture

#57 BRING OUT SHADOW DETAIL in specific areas

#58 DARKEN HIGHLIGHT DETAIL in specific areas

#59 FLATTEN LAYERS when done

Use the Menu to Flatten

Use the Panel Menu to Flatten

Save the Flattened Image

Solve Photo Problems

#60 CLONE OUT problems

#61 Remove people from a scene with PHOTOMERGE SCENE CLEANER

#62 Remove unwanted objects with ENHANCED SPOT HEALING

#63 Fix problems due to LENS DISTORTION

#64 FIX PERSPECTIVE PROBLEMS with building photographs

#65 Remove dead space with RECOMPOSE

#66 Make an OUT-OF-FOCUS BACKGROUND

#67 Remove DISTRACTING COLORS

#68 Improve BLANK SKIES

#69 Control the focus with TILT-SHIFT EFFECTS

#70 ADD A NEW BACKGROUND for your subject

Size and Sharpen Photos

#71 BASIC WORKFLOW for image sizing

#72 Size photos FOR PRINTING

#73 Size photos FOR E-MAIL

#74 Sharpen photos with UNSHARP MASK

#75 Sharpen photos with ADJUST SHARPNESS

#76 Sharpen photos when you have layers

#77 SELECTIVELY SHARPEN parts of your photo

Go Beyond the Basics

#78 Convert color photos to BLACK-AND-WHITE

#79 Adjust your photos in BLACK-AND-WHITE

#80 Create TONED IMAGES

#81 TRY FILTERS for creative effects

#82 Create a GRAPHIC NOVEL LOOK

#83 USE THE SMART BRUSH for creative effects

#84 Create pop art effects with GUIDED EDIT

#85 ADD TEXT to a page

#86 Photograph a scene to GET MORE EXPOSURE DETAIL

#87 MERGE PHOTOS for more photo detail

#88 Photograph a scene for a PANORAMIC IMAGE

#89 MERGE PHOTOS for a panoramic image

Open Photos

Merge Photos

#90 TRANSFER STYLES between photos

Software Plug-ins Make Work Easier

#91 USE VIVEZA for quick creative adjustments

#92 USE COLOR EFEX pro for efficient photo work

#93 REMOVE NOISE with Dfine

#94 Get dramatic black-and-white WITH SILVER EFEX PRO

#95 USE SNAP ART for creative effects

Get Photos out of Photoshop Elements

#96 CALIBRATE your monitor

#97 PRINT your photos

#98 PRINT a calendar

#99 PRINT a photo book

#100 ADD A BORDER EFFECT to your pictures

#101 Make a GREETING CARD

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Chapter 1

Import and Organize Photos

Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 brings a radical change to the Photoshop Elements interface. It is quite different from anything seen in earlier versions of the program. Do not let the changes alarm you, however. Photoshop Elements has been made even more accessible and photographer friendly. The folks at Adobe wanted this version of the program to get full attention on making it as simple to use as possible, and that meant a whole new interface design. They had two principles in mind: clear and immersive. Clear meant that Photoshop Elements would have a clear experience for you, the user, so that how you would work with the program would be clear and direct. Immersive meant that you would be able to immerse yourself in whatever is needed as you need it to make something happen in the program.

Photoshop Elements is still a superb image-processing program, and is certainly one of the best values for the money on the market. Photoshop Elements uses the exact same processing algorithms that Photoshop does, but the interface is now even simpler and set up to make it more intuitive for use. In addition, the Windows and Mac versions of Photoshop Elements Editor are essentially the same, and the tips in this book work the same with either platform except for occasional keyboard commands. Ctrl/maccmd+click, for example, shows the Windows key and then the Mac key to use as you click the mouse.

#1 Import Your Images

Difficulty Level:

#2 Use the Organizer Interface

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