September 2006
Beginner
574 pages
24h 23m
English
Content preview from Photoshop Elements 5: The Missing Manual
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8 Photoshop Elements 5: The Missing Manual
Introduction
Retouching
Having Elements is like having a darkroom on your computer. In Chapter 7, you’ll
learn how to make basic corrections, such as exposure, color adjustments, sharp-
ening, and removing dust and scratches. Chapter 8 covers topics unique to people
who use digital cameras, like RAW conversion and batch processing your photos.
In Chapter 9, you’ll move on to some more sophisticated fixes, like changing the
light, using the clone stamp to make repairs, making your photos more lively with
hue/saturation, and changing the colors in an image. Chapter 10 covers convert-
ing your photos to black and white, and tinting and recoloring black and white
photos. Chapter 11 helps you to use Elements’ Photomerge feature to create multi-
photo panoramas and to make perspective corrections to your images.
Artistic elements
This part covers the fun stuff—painting on your photos and drawing shapes
(Chapter 12), using filters and effects to create a more artistic look (Chapter 13),
and adding type to your images (Chapter 14).
Sharing your images
Once you’ve created a great image in Elements, you’ll want to share it, so this part
is about how to get the most out of your printer (Chapter 15), how to create
images for the Web and email (Chapter 17), how to make slideshows and Web
Galleries with your photos (Chapter 18), and all the fun projects you can create ...
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