Teach Yourself VISUALLY™ Photoshop® Elements 12

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Teach Yourself VISUALLY™ Photoshop® Elements 12

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Getting Started

Introducing Photoshop Elements 12

Understanding Digital Images

Start Photoshop Elements

Explore the Editor Workspace

Tour the Organizer Workspace

Switch between the Organizer and the Editor

Introducing the Photoshop Elements Tools

Switch Editor Modes

Work with Tools

Work with Panels

Set Program Preferences

View Rulers and Guides

Chapter 2: Importing and Opening Digital Images

Get Photos for Your Projects

Import Photos from a Digital Camera or Card Reader

Import Photos from a Scanner

Import or Search for Photos from a Folder

Open a Photo

Create a Blank Image

Save a Photo

Duplicate a Photo

Close a Photo

Chapter 3: Organizing Your Photos

Introducing the Organizer

Open the Organizer

Create a Catalog

View Photos in the Media Browser

View Photos in Full Screen

Display a Slide Show in Full Screen

View Photo Information

Add a Caption

Work with Albums

Find Photos

Rate Photos

View Versions of a Photo

Remove a Photo from the Organizer

Chapter 4: Using Advanced Organizing Tools

Perform an Advanced Search

Work with Keyword Tags

Define People in Photos

Define Places

View Places

Define Events

Using Smart Events

Work with People, Place, and Event Tags

Apply an Instant Fix

Stack Photos

Find by Visual Similarity

Chapter 5: Applying Basic Image Edits

Manage Open Images

Magnify with the Zoom Tool

Adjust the Image View

Change the On-Screen Image Size

Change the Image Print Size

Change the Image Canvas Size

Work in Quick Mode

Apply an Effect in Quick Mode

Add a Frame in Quick Mode

Crop an Image

Rotate an Image

Undo Changes to an Image

Revert an Image

Chapter 6: Making Selections

Select an Area with the Marquee

Select an Area with the Lasso

Select an Area with the Magic Wand

Select an Area with the Quick Selection Tool

Select an Area with the Selection Brush

Save and Load a Selection

Invert a Selection

Deselect a Selection

Chapter 7: Manipulating Selections

Add to or Subtract from a Selection

Move a Selection

Apply the Content-Aware Move Tool

Duplicate a Selection

Delete a Selection

Rotate a Selection

Scale a Selection

Skew or Distort a Selection

Refine the Edge of a Selection

Feather the Border of a Selection

Chapter 8: Using Layers

Introducing Layers

Create and Add to a Layer

Hide a Layer

Move a Layer

Duplicate a Layer

Delete a Layer

Reorder Layers

Change the Opacity of a Layer

Link Layers

Merge Layers

Rename a Layer

Create a Fill Layer

Create an Adjustment Layer

Blend Layers

Add a Layer Mask

Edit a Layer Mask

Chapter 9: Enhancing and Retouching Photos

Quickly Fix a Photo

Remove Red Eye

Retouch with the Clone Stamp Tool

Remove a Spot

Sharpen an Image

Merge Group Shots

Recompose a Photo

Create a Photo Panorama

Fix Keystone Distortion

Chapter 10: Enhancing Lighting and Color

Adjust Levels

Adjust Shadows and Highlights

Change Brightness and Contrast

Using the Dodge and Burn Tools

Fix Exposure

Using the Blur and Sharpen Tools

Adjust Skin Color

Adjust Color with the Sponge Tool

Replace a Color

Turn a Color Photo into Black and White

Add Color to a Black-and-White Photo

Adjust Colors by Using Color Curves

Apply the Auto Smart Tone Tool

Chapter 11: Apply Guided Edits

Restore an Old Photo

Improve a Portrait

Shift Colors

Apply a Lomo Camera Effect

Add Motion with Zoom Burst

Miniaturize Objects with Tilt Shift

Turn a Photo into a Puzzle

Apply a Reflection

Put an Object Out of Bounds

Apply a Low Key Effect

Chapter 12: Painting and Drawing on Photos

Set the Foreground and Background Colors

Add Color with the Brush Tool

Change Brush Styles

Using a Brush to Replace a Color

Adjust Colors with the Smart Brush

Draw a Shape

Draw a Line

Apply the Eraser

Apply a Gradient

Add Content from the Graphics Panel

Chapter 13: Applying Filters

Blur an Image

Distort an Image

Turn an Image into a Painting

Turn an Image into a Sketch

Add Noise to an Image

Pixelate an Image

Emboss an Image

Apply Multiple Filters

Chapter 14: Adding Text Elements

Add Text

Change the Formatting of Text

Change the Color of Text

Create Warped Text

Add an Effect to Text

Add Text along a Selection

Add Text in a Shape

Chapter 15: Applying Styles and Effects

Add a Drop Shadow to a Layer

Add a Fancy Background

Add an Outer Glow to a Layer

Add a Fancy Covering to a Layer

Add a Watermark

Apply a Photomerge Style

Apply an Effect with an Action

Add to Favorites

Chapter 16: Saving and Sharing Your Work

Save a Photo for the Web

Convert File Types

E-Mail Images with Photo Mail

Print Photos

Create a Slide Show

Create a Photo Book

Share Photos on Facebook

Share a Photo on Twitter

Export Photos

Export Photos to Adobe Revel

Back Up Photos

Chapter 1

Getting Started

Are you interested in working with digital images on your computer? This chapter introduces you to Adobe Photoshop Elements 12, a popular software application for editing and creating digital images. Photoshop Elements also enables you to organize your collection of digital images so you can easily find what you are looking for.

Introducing Photoshop Elements 12

Understanding Digital Images

Start Photoshop Elements

Explore the Editor Workspace

Tour the Organizer Workspace

Switch between the Organizer and the Editor

Introducing the Photoshop Elements Tools

Switch Editor Modes

Work with Tools

Work with Panels

Set Program Preferences

View Rulers and Guides

Introducing Photoshop Elements 12

Photoshop Elements is a popular photo-editing program you can use to modify, optimize, and organize digital images. You can use the program’s Editor to make imperfect snapshots clearer and more colorful as well as retouch and restore older photos. With layers, you can isolate objects in your images and apply special effects just to those objects or combine multiple images into a collage. You can also use the program’s Organizer to group your photos into albums, assign descriptive keyword tags, discover visually similar images, create slide shows, and more. When you are done with your images, you can use Photoshop Elements to save them for sharing on the web or print them out.

Manipulate Photos

As its name suggests, Photoshop Elements excels at enabling you to edit elements in your digital photographs. The program includes numerous image-editing tools and commands you can apply to manipulate the look of your photos. Whether you import photos from a digital camera or a scanner, you can apply a wide variety of editing techniques to your images, from subtle adjustments in color to elaborate filters that make your snapshots look like paintings. See Chapter 7 for more on manipulating selected parts of your photos. See Chapter 12 for more on painting and drawing, and see Chapter 13 for more on using filters.

Retouch and Repair

You can use Photoshop Elements to edit new photos to make them look their best as well as retouch and repair older photos that suffer from aging problems. For example, you can restore a faded photo by using saturation controls to make it more vibrant, or you can use the Clone Stamp tool to repair a tear or stain. You can also use the program’s exposure commands to fix lighting problems as well as edit out unwanted objects with the Healing Brush. See Chapter 9 for more on retouching your photos.

Add Decoration

The painting and drawing tools in Photoshop Elements make the program a formidable illustration tool as well as a photo editor. You can apply colors or patterns to your images with a variety of brush styles. See Chapter 12 to discover how to paint and draw on your photos. In addition, you can use the application’s typographic tools to integrate stylized letters and words into your images. See for more on adding text elements.

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