Chapter 4: Image Makeover

One of the most important aspects of good picture editing is also very simple: you need to have a plan. And to have a plan, you need to have an idea or a vision of how you want your picture to look after it has been edited. Having a logical plan, therefore, is almost as important as knowing how to execute that plan in order to create great results. Not surprisingly, this requires some forward thinking and a reasonable knowledge of the tools at your disposal.

At a basic level, this plan might simply be to see your picture appear brighter and more colorful than the underwhelming drab-looking RAW file that you see in Photoshop Elements's Camera RAW window.

Because of its relative simplicity, this kind of plan is relatively ...

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