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Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020 - Second Edition

By : Robin Nichols
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Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020 - Second Edition

By: Robin Nichols

Overview of this book

Adobe Photoshop Elements is a raster graphics editor for entry-level photographers, image editors, and hobbyists. Updated and improved to cover the latest features of Photoshop Elements 2020, this second edition includes focused coverage of Adobe's new AI-powered features that are designed to make the editing process more efficient, creative and fun. This book takes you through the complexities of image editing in easy-to-follow, bite-sized chunks, helping you to quickly recognize the editing challenge at hand and use suitable tools and techniques to overcome it. You’ll start by learning how to import, organize, manage, edit, and use your pictures in a format that’s designed for creative photography projects. Throughout this Adobe Photoshop Elements book, you'll discover how to fix different photographic problems using an extensive repertoire of commonly applied solutions. Common processes such as applying artistic effects to creative projects, custom image makeovers, processing images for social media, and other file export methods will also be covered. By the end of this book, you’ll have learned about the impressive tools available in Photoshop Elements 2020, and how it is designed not only for photographers who’d like to dip their toes into the editing world, but also for those wanting simple but effective ideas on how to expand their creativity while remaining time-efficient.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Finding inspiration on the Home Page

How many times have we opened Elements, let's say, from a recent trip, and just stared at the page not knowing where to start?

This type of editing block happens for a number of reasons: we shoot a lot of images and are often overwhelmed by the sheer volume of visual information collected, and sometimes we just don't have the experience to come up with new ideas about how to use them creatively.

This is the Home Page. Initially, it might not look very interesting, but take a closer look. The thumbnails along the top of this panel refer to web-based sources of inspiration, much the same as the eLive page did in Elements 2018. The three buttons in the lower right-hand side are shortcuts to open Organizer, Photo Editor, and Video Editor, and below that, there's links to recently opened files. In Elements 2020, you'll see a couple of additions in the Auto Creations area (lower, left). The following screenshot is one of five...