Book description
ARE YOU READY FOR AN ELEMENTS BOOK THAT BREAKS ALL THE RULES?
This book breaks new ground by doing something for digital photographers that’s never been done before–it cuts through the bull and shows you exactly “how to do it.” It’s not a bunch of theory; it doesn’t challenge you to come up with your own settings or figure things out on your own. Instead, it does something that virtually no other Elements book has ever done–it tells you flat-out which settings to use, when to use them, and why.
If you’re looking for one of those “tell-me-everything-about-the-Unsharp-Mask-filter” books, this isn’t it. You can grab any other Elements book on the shelf, because they all do that. Instead, this book gives you the inside tips and tricks of the trade for organizing, correcting, editing, sharpening, retouching, and printing your photos like a pro. You’ll be absolutely amazed at how easy and effective these techniques are–once you know the secrets.
LEARN HOW THE PROS DO IT
Each year Scott trains thousands of digital photographers and, almost without exception, they have the same questions and face the same problems–that’s exactly what he covers in this book. You’ll learn:
How to unlock the power of layers (you’ll be amazed at how easy it is!)
How to use Camera Raw for processing not only RAW photos, but JPEGs, TIFFs, and PSDs too! (And you’ll learn why so many pros like it best–because it’s faster and easier)
The sharpening techniques the pros really use (there’s an entire chapter just on this!)
How to deal with common digital camera image problems, including brightening people in dark shadows and getting the best color possible
The most requested photographic special effects, and much more!
THE BOOK’S SECRET WEAPON
Although Elements 2020 offers some digital photography features that Photoshop doesn’t offer, there are plenty of features that Photoshop has that Elements 2020 doesn’t (like channels, HDR, etc.). But in this book, you’ll learn some slick workarounds, cheats, and fairly ingenious ways to replicate many of those Photoshop features right within Elements. Plus, you can download many of the images used in the book, so you can follow right along with the techniques.
Since this book is designed for photographers, it doesn’t waste your time talking about what a pixel is, how to frame a shot or set your exposure, etc., and there’s no talk about which camera or printer to buy. It’s all Elements, step by step, cover to cover, in the only book of its kind, and you’re gonna love it!
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Acknowledgments
- Other Books by Scott Kelby
- About the Author
- Contents
- Ten Things You’ll Wish You Had Known Before Reading This Book
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Chapter 1. The Organizer: Managing Photos Using the Organizer
- Importing Your Photos
- Backing Up Your Photos to a Hard Drive
- Importing Photos from Your Scanner
- Changing the Size of Your Photo Thumbnails
- Seeing Full-Screen Previews
- Sorting Photos by Date and Viewing Filenames
- Change the Time & Date of Your Photos (Great, If You Travel)
- Finding Photos Fast by Their Month & Year
- Smart Tags and Enhanced Searching
- Tagging Your Photos (with Keyword Tags)
- Tagging Multiple Photos
- Assigning Multiple Tags to One Photo
- Tagging People in Photos and Videos
- Albums: It’s How You Put Photos in Order One by One
- Choosing Your Own Icons for Keyword Tags
- Deleting Keyword Tags or Albums
- Seeing Your Photo’s Metadata (EXIF Info)
- Adding Your Own Info to Photos
- Finding Photos
- Finding Duplicate Photos
- Creating a Slide Show
- Reducing Clutter by Stacking Your Photos
- Places: Viewing Your Photos on a Map
- Sharing Your Photos
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Chapter 2. Raw and Un-Kutt: The Essentials of Camera Raw
- Opening Your Photos into Camera Raw
- My Camera Raw Editing Cheat Sheet
- If You Shoot in RAW, You Need to Start Here
- Setting the White Balance
- Seeing a Before/After in Camera Raw
- Letting Camera Raw Auto-Correct Your Photos
- Expanding Your Tonal Range by Setting Your White and Black Points
- Controlling Overall Brightness (Exposure)
- My Power Trio: Combining Whites + Blacks + Exposure
- Adding Contrast (Important Stuff!)
- Dealing with Highlight Problems (Clipping)
- Fixing Backlit Photos and Opening Up Dark Areas
- Clarity: Camera Raw’s Detail Enhancer
- Making Your Colors More Vibrant
- Putting It All Together (Here’s the Order I Use for My Own Editing)
- Chapter 3. Beyond the Reach: Camera Raw—Beyond the Basics
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Chapter 4. Scream of the Crop: How to Resize and Crop Photos
- Basic Cropping
- Auto-Cropping to Standard Sizes
- Cropping to an Exact Custom Size
- Cropping into a Shape
- Fixing Problems with Perspective Crop
- Using the Crop Tool to Add More Canvas Area
- Auto-Cropping Gang-Scanned Photos
- Straightening Photos with the Straighten Tool
- Resizing Photos
- Resizing and How to Reach Those Hidden Free Transform Handles
- Making Your Photos Smaller (Downsizing)
- Automated Saving and Resizing
- Resizing Just Parts of Your Image Using the Recompose Tool
- Chapter 5. Radio Edit: Which Mode Do I Use: Quick, Guided, or Expert?
- Chapter 6. Layers of Light: Working with Layers
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Chapter 7. Problem Child: Fixing Common Problems
- Adjusting Flesh Tones
- Smoothing Skin Like a Pro
- Using the Smart Brush Tool to Select and Enhance Skies at the Same Time
- Adding Contrast and Drama to Cloudy Skies
- Removing Digital Noise
- Focusing Light with Dodging and Burning
- Removing Haze from Your Photos
- Opening Up Shadow Areas That Are Too Dark
- Fixing Areas That Are Too Bright
- When Your Subject Is Too Dark
- Automatic Red-Eye Removal
- Instant Red-Eye Removal
- Fixing Problems Caused by Your Camera’s Lens
- Saving Blurry Photos Using the Shake Reduction Filter
- Opening Closed Eyes
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Chapter 8. Natural Selection: Selection Techniques
- Selecting Square, Rectangular, or Round Areas
- Auto Selecting Things in Your Image
- Saving Your Selections
- Softening Those Harsh Edges
- Easier Selections with the Quick Selection Tool
- Making Really Tricky Selections, Like Hair (and Some Cool Compositing Tricks, Too!)
- Putting Your Subject on a New Background in Guided Mode
- Chapter 9. Remove: Removing Unwanted Objects
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Chapter 10. Special Edition: Special Effects for Photographers
- Effects and Presets Galore in Quick Edit Mode
- Creating a Picture Stack Effect
- Putting a Photo Inside Text
- Creating an Effects Collage
- Enhancing Depth of Field (or Faking That 85mm f/1.4 Look)
- Trendy Desaturated Skin Look
- High-Contrast Portrait Look
- Converting to Black and White
- Panoramas Made Crazy Easy
- Burned-In Edge Effect (Vignetting)
- Creating the Selective Color Effect
- Neutral Density Gradient Filter
- Getting the Instagram Look
- Duotone Effect
- Double Exposure Effect
- Colorizing Your Photos
- Chapter 11. Sharp Tale: Sharpening Techniques
- Chapter 12. Print: Printing, Color Management, and My Elements 2020 Workflow
- Index
Product information
- Title: The Photoshop Elements 2020 Book for Digital Photographers
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2019
- Publisher(s): New Riders
- ISBN: 9780135302002
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