Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements 2023 - Fifth Edition

Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements 2023 - Fifth Edition

by Robin Nichols
Released December 2022
Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
ISBN: 9781803248455

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Book description

Take complete control of all your image-editing ambitions using this beautifully illustrated, easy-to-understand, jargon-free guide Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format

Key Features

  • Fifth edition of the bestselling, widely acclaimed Photoshop Elements series
  • Clear instructions, downloadable color images, hundreds of examples to demonstrate features in Adobe Elements 2023
  • Fully updated to include advanced Layer Masking and Retouching techniques, Photo Bashing, scrapbooking, plug-ins and a range of impressive features driven by Adobe Sensei AI technology

Book Description

Produce impressive, high-quality pictures to influence your audience, grow your brand, and market your products and services.

With its impressive range of sophisticated creative capabilities, Adobe Photoshop Elements 2023 is all you need to create photos you’ll love to share. Elements 2023 extends its AI capabilities by simplifying complex editing processes. Learn to stitch widescreen panoramas, remove people from backgrounds, de-focus backgrounds, re-compose images, and even create a range of calendars and greeting cards for your friends and family.

The fifth edition of this widely acclaimed series will help you master photo-editing from scratch. Start by learning basic edits such as auto tone correction, image resizing and cropping, then master contrast, color, sharpness, and clarity.

Take your prowess to the next level by learning how to correct optical distortion, re-shape images, exploit layers, layer masking, and sharpening techniques—create the perfect picture or imaginative fantasy illustration. You’ll also learn the online realms of animation, video creation, and third-party plug-ins.

By the end of this book, you'll learn how to leverage the incredible features of Photoshop Elements 2023 with complete confidence.

Note: All the images featured in the book can be easily downloaded via a direct link or from the GitHub repository link specified in the Preface.

What you will learn

  • How to retouch images professionally, replace backgrounds, remove people, and resize your images
  • Animate parts of your photos to create memes to wow your social media fans
  • Showcase your photos and videos with all-new collage and slideshow templates
  • Use image overlays to create unique depth of field effects
  • Discover advanced layer techniques designed to create immersive and powerful illustrations
  • Take your selection skills to the next level for the ultimate in image control
  • Develop your illustration skills using the power of Elements' huge range of graphics tools and features
  • Easily create wonderful effects using Adobe's awesome AI technology

Who this book is for

This Photoshop Elements book is for creative and enthusiastic photographers who have elementary experience in photo editing. If you are looking to organize your picture collection, make simple yet effective edits, and take control of post-processing requirements, this is the book for you

Table of contents

  1. Preface
    1. Who this book is for
    2. What this book covers
    3. To get the most out of this book
    4. Get in touch
  2. Color keys
  3. Chapter 1: Photoshop Elements Features Overview
    1. What's New in Photoshop Elements 2023?
    2. How Elements is designed to work
    3. A typical workflow example
    4. How I like to edit images
    5. The five faces of Adobe Photoshop Elements 2023
    6. The Home screen
    7. The Organizer
    8. The Catalog
    9. Photo Editor: Quick Edit mode
    10. Photo Editor: Guided Edit mode
    11. Photo Editor: Expert Edit mode
    12. Working with panels and the Panel Bin
    13. Panel Functions
    14. The Create and Share menus
    15. The Enhance Menu
    16. Working with video and Premiere Elements
    17. Create menu features
    18. Summary
  4. Chapter 2: Setting Up Photoshop Elements from Scratch
    1. Setting up a photo editing computer
    2. Importing media into the Elements Organizer
    3. Reviewing the media
    4. Media backup
    5. Organizing your work: Star rating photos
    6. Organizing your work: Picture search using Metadata
    7. Organizing your work: Keyword Tagging
    8. Organizing your work: Places
    9. Organizing your work: Events
    10. Organizing your work: People
    11. Understanding JPEG and RAW file formats
    12. Saving Files
    13. Saving Version Sets
    14. Managing catalogs
    15. Digitizing Photos with a Scanner
    16. Digitizing Photos with a Camera
    17. Color management: Understanding color spaces
    18. Color management: Color settings
    19. Color Management: Screen and printer calibration
    20. Organizer keyboard shortcuts
    21. Summary
  5. Chapter 3: The Basics of Image Editing
    1. The editing workflow and best practices
    2. Overview: editing RAW files
    3. Editing Raw files: the Basic tab
    4. Editing RAW files: the Detail (sharpening) tab
    5. Editing Raw files: Noise Reduction
    6. Editing Raw files: Other Features
    7. 10 ways to open a photo for editing
    8. Understanding picture resolution
    9. Cropping for better composition
    10. The Straighten tool
    11. Increasing or decreasing file size: Resampling
    12. Instant photo-fixing in the Organizer
    13. Using Auto Correction tools
    14. Mastering contrast: using Levels
    15. Mastering contrast: Shadows/Highlights
    16. Mastering color: using Hue/Saturation
    17. Simple retouching: Smooth skin feature
    18. Simple retouching: manual spot removal
    19. Additional resources
    20. Summary
  6. Chapter 4: Getting Started with Simple Solutions
    1. What's that strange-looking graph?
    2. How do I make a dull-looking photo appear better?
    3. My contrast looks 'greyish', what's wrong?
    4. My colors look weak or 'desaturated'
    5. My photo looks boring – how can I add interest?
    6. I want to make my complexion look better
    7. I look a bit overweight in photos. Help!
    8. My kid looks too serious in family photos. Help!
    9. I want to remove people from my picture
    10. I want to move a person/object to make a better composition
    11. My picture looks 'messy'—how can I clean it up?
    12. My pictures never look 100% level
    13. My photo needs cutting (cropping)
    14. My background looks too clear (sharp)
    15. How can I add a person from another picture?
    16. My picture doesn't look sharp
    17. My picture looks great on screen but dark once printed
    18. How can I make my scans look perfect?
    19. Summary
  7. Chapter 5: Easy Creative Projects
    1. Simple visual effects: using Filters
    2. Instant Artistic Effects
    3. Lomo Camera Effect
    4. Effects Collage
    5. Colorize: AI-driven creativity
    6. Photomerge Panorama
    7. Making a multi-deck panorama
    8. Photomerge Scene Cleaner
    9. Photomerge Faces
    10. Creating Slideshows
    11. Creating Photo Calendars
    12. Creating simple greeting cards
    13. Summary
  8. Chapter 6: Advanced Techniques: Transformations, Layers, Masking, and Blend Modes
    1. Transformations: Correcting perspective
    2. Transformations: Pictures in a Picture
    3. Transformations: Warping shapes for a 3D Shadow
    4. Transformations: Warping text
    5. Introduction to Layers
    6. Other features on the Layers panel
    7. Layer opacity
    8. Merging layers
    9. Pseudo Layer Masking
    10. Layer Masking: Adjustment Layers
    11. Layer Masking: the basics
    12. Layer Masking: advanced techniques
    13. Blend Modes
    14. Tool Blend Modes
    15. Layers: Smart Objects
    16. Keyboard shortcuts
    17. Summary
  9. Chapter 7: Advanced Techniques: Retouching, Selections, and Text
    1. Retouching: Spot Healing Brush and Clone Stamp Tools
    2. Advanced Retouching techniques
    3. Retouching: the Object Removal tool
    4. Local Retouching: the Burn, Dodge, and Sponge Tools
    5. Local Retouching: the Blur, Sharpen, and Smudge brushes
    6. Simple selections: Subject Selection
    7. Advanced Selections: Selection features
    8. Saving selections
    9. Advanced Selections: Feathering
    10. Advanced Selections: The Refine Selection Brush tool
    11. Advanced Selections: The Refine Edge tool
    12. Advanced selections: the Marquee and Lasso tools
    13. Advanced selections: the Magic Wand tool
    14. Simple Selections: The Quick Selection tool
    15. The Selection Brush tool
    16. The Auto Selection tool
    17. Basic Text: Text Styles
    18. Basic Text: The Type tool
    19. Basic Text: Styles and effects
    20. Advanced Text: Custom Text
    21. Keyboard shortcuts
    22. Summary
  10. Chapter 8: Additional Tools and Features
    1. Image Modes
    2. Adjust Color Curves
    3. The Smart Brush
    4. The Paint Bucket tool
    5. The Gradient tool
    6. The Haze Removal tool
    7. The Content-Aware Move tool
    8. The Recompose tool
    9. Extend Background feature
    10. Move & Scale Object feature
    11. Moving Photos feature
    12. Quote Graphic feature
    13. Convert to Black and White feature
    14. Duotone Effect filter
    15. B&W Color Pop filter
    16. Old Fashioned Photo filter
    17. Perfect Landscape feature
    18. Perfect Portrait feature
    19. Perfect Pet feature
    20. Adjust Facial Features
    21. Adjust Facial Features – Face Tilt
    22. Open Closed Eyes feature
    23. Keyboard shortcuts
    24. Summary
  11. Chapter 9: Advanced Drawing, Painting and Illustration Techniques
    1. The View menu
    2. The Eraser tools
    3. Using Brushes: Controlling Brush behavior
    4. Brush and Pencil tools
    5. The Cookie Cutter tool
    6. Color Replacement brush
    7. The Impressionist Brush
    8. Basic drawing techniques
    9. Working with Vector Graphics
    10. Text graphics
    11. Adobe Vectors: greeting card project
    12. Custom vector illustrations
    13. Filter FX: Texturizing & Artistic Effects
    14. Scrapbooking techniques
    15. Collages: Auto Page Layout
    16. Custom brushes
    17. Technique: Photobashing
    18. Using a graphics tablet
    19. Keyboard shortcuts
    20. Summary
  12. Chapter 10: Exporting Work, Sharpening, and Plug-ins
    1. Posting online: web and blogging
    2. Posting online: Facebook
    3. Posting online: Instagram and Flickr
    4. Inkjet printing: general features
    5. Inkjet printing: Page Setup
    6. Images online: Save for Web
    7. The Sharpen tools: Unsharp Mask
    8. The Sharpen tools: Shake Reduction
    9. The Sharpen tools: High Pass sharpening
    10. The Sharpen tools: Sharpen filters
    11. How a plug-in works:
    12. Exporting work: Export as New Files
    13. Exporting work: Process Multiple Files
    14. Keyboard shortcuts
    15. Summary
  13. Chapter 11: Troubleshooting, Additional Techniques
    1. File-saving issues
    2. Finding lost or disconnected files
    3. Using the Find menu
    4. Adjusting dates for different time zones
    5. Reinstating your catalog
    6. Resolution issues: adding pixels
    7. Remove Color Cast
    8. Fixing Skin Tones
    9. Altered reality: Adding lens flare
    10. Altered Reality: Correcting lens distortion
    11. Altered reality: Creating depth of field FX
    12. Altered reality: Changing Eye Color
    13. The Liquify filter
    14. Using the Help Menu
    15. Summary
  14. Chapter 12: Feature Appendix
    1. Home Screen
    2. Organizer – Import
    3. Organizer—its five view spaces
    4. Quick Edit mode: Tool bar
    5. Quick Edit: Adjustments
    6. Guided Edit mode
      1. Basics
      2. Color
      3. Black and White
      4. Fun Edits
      5. Special Edits
      6. Photomerge
    7. Expert Edit mode: Tool bar
      1. VIEW tools
      2. SELECT tools
      3. ENHANCE tools
      4. DRAW tools
      5. MODIFY tools
      6. COLOR Picker
    8. Drop-down menus
      1. File menu
    9. Edit menu
    10. Image menu
    11. Enhance menu
    12. Layer menu
    13. Select menu
    14. Filter menu
    15. View menu
    16. Window menu
    17. Help menu
    18. The Panels
    19. (Quick and Expert Modes)
      1. Layers panel
      2. Effects panel
      3. Filters panel
      4. Styles panel
      5. Graphics panel
      6. Actions panel
      7. Color swatches
    20. More tabs
      1. Histogram panel
      2. History panel
      3. Favorites panel
      4. Navigator panel
      5. Info panel
    21. Create Menu
      1. Slideshow
      2. Photo Collage
      3. Photo Prints
      4. Quote Graphic
      5. Photo Book
      6. Greeting Card
      7. Photo Calendar
      8. Video Story
      9. Video Collage
    22. Share menu
      1. Email
      2. Twitter
      3. Flickr
      4. Facebook
      5. Vimeo and YouTube
      6. PDF Slideshow
    23. Glossary
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Product information

  • Title: Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements 2023 - Fifth Edition
  • Author(s): Robin Nichols
  • Release date: December 2022
  • Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781803248455