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Photoshop Elements 5: The Missing Manual
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Photoshop Elements 5: The Missing Manual

by Barbara Brundage
September 2006
Beginner
574 pages
24h 23m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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508 Photoshop Elements 5: The Missing Manual
Enhance Menu
Enhance Menu
The Enhance menu contains the commands you use to adjust the color and light-
ing of your images. The top part of the menu contains the commands that apply
automatically, and the bottom half includes the changes you can adjust.
Auto Smart Fix
The Auto Smart Fix adjusts lighting and color at the same time. See page 97. Key-
board shortcut: Alt+Ctrl+M.
Auto Levels
Auto Levels adjusts the individual color channels of your image. See page 99. Key-
board shortcut: Shift+Ctrl+L.
Auto Contrast
Auto Contrast adjusts the brightness and darkness of your image without chang-
ing the colors. It’s explained on page 100. Keyboard shortcut: Alt+Shift+Ctrl+L.
Auto Color Correction
The Auto Color Correction adjusts your color similarly to the way Levels does, but
it looks at different information in your photo to make its decisions. See page 102.
Keyboard shortcut: Shift+Ctrl+B.
Auto Sharpen
The Auto Sharpen command applies the same one-click sharpening you get when
you use the Auto Sharpen button in the Quick Fix. See page 104.
Auto Red Eye Fix
Auto Red Eye Fix applies the same auto red-eye correction found in the Orga-
nizer. See page 95. Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+R.
Adjust Smart Fix
Adjust Smart Fix is the same as the Auto Smart Fix, but you get a slider to adjust
the degree of change it makes to your photo. Keyboard shortcut: Shift+Ctrl+M.
Adjust Lighting ...
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