Chapter 1. Make Your Subject Stand Out

Put your subject in a whole new setting by manipulating the background or changing it altogether.

Tools: Photoshop Elements

Materials: Your photo

Make Your Subject Stand Out

A fun and easy way to make sure that your subject is the focal point of your photo is to use Photoshop Elements’ Selection Brush tool (Make Your Subject Stand Out). This tool allows you to select and separate your subject from the background so you can edit it or change it completely.

  1. Get started. Open the image you want to edit in Photoshop Elements.

  2. Zoom in on your subject. Using the Zoom tool ( ...

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