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Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements - Sixth Edition

By : Robin Nichols
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Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements - Sixth Edition

By: Robin Nichols

Overview of this book

Dive into the world of digital photo editing with this latest edition, crafted by a seasoned photographer and digital imaging expert, and harness the full potential of the latest Photoshop Elements 2024. With a unique blend of in-depth tutorials and practical applications, this book is an essential resource for photographers at all levels. Alongside introducing new features like Dark Mode, Match Color, and Photo Reels, as well as advanced techniques like layering and artistic effects, this book addresses common user feedback from previous editions, ensuring a refined and user-friendly experience. With the help of this guide, you’ll learn how to leverage AI to stitch widescreen panoramas, remove people from backgrounds, defocus backgrounds, recompose images, and even create a range of calendars and greeting cards for your friends and family. You’ll take your prowess to the next level by learning how to correct optical distortion, reshape images, exploit layers, layer masking, and get to grips with sharpening techniques to create the perfect picture or imaginative fantasy illustration. The online realms of animation, video creation, and third-party plugins will also be covered. By the end of this book, you'll know how to leverage the incredible features of Photoshop Elements 2024 with complete confidence.
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Vector Graphics: Custom Shape Tool

Elements' graphics are all vectors, which means that they are made up from a mathematical formula rather than pixels. Because of this it means they are infinitely scalable, compared to a pixel-based image that can only be enlarged by around 50% before it begins to look soft.

Copyright stamp: Here's the perfect example of how a simple Custom Shape graphic can be used. Here, I chose the copyright stamp. Use this stamp when posting your work in the public domain to deter theft or if submitting work to a potential new client. The copyright symbol was added to a separate blank layer (panel inset, main pic above) then saved as a Photoshop file, thus preserving the two layers. To send this to a client, I'd save the file as a JPEG, in which case, Elements automatically flattens all layers into one background layer, making it impossible to remove the stamp.