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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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Exporting work: Process Multiple Files

I don't think Actions (pre-recorded edit processes that can be played on a batch of other files) in Photoshop Elements is a very strong feature, because every action recorded originates from Photoshop CC (you cannot record actions in Elements). The ones that come with Elements work (there are 20 in all) but if you download any of the thousands available online, they might not work because its toolset is quite different. Have a look for yourself—you'll find the Actions panel under the Window menu (as shown in the following screenshot).

Process Multiple Files, on the other hand, works brilliantly for many automated editing operations. For example, you can use it to change the file format, reduce the file size, and add unique names to files. And, as its name might suggest, you can use it to process a couple of files, or a few hundred in one go. Provided that it's set up correctly from the outset, you'll find that...