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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.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
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View menu

The tools that are found inside the View menu are used principally to line up, arrange, enlarge, or reduce the image size that you're currently viewing. Note that none of these overlay helpers, such as Grid, Rulers, or Guides, will show once the images are printed or uploaded to the internet. They are merely there in order to assist your page layout and design:

  • View>Zoom In - A handy command to enlarge the image on the main screen. Learn the keyboard shortcuts for this as they will streamline your workload immeasurably (Ctrl/Cmd + =).
  • View>Zoom Out - The opposite to the previous action (Ctrl/Cmd + -).
  • View>Fit on Screen - another excellent shortcut to learn (Ctrl/Cmd + 0).
  • View>Actual Pixels - Enlarges the image to pixel level (Ctrl/Cmd + 1).
  • View>Print Size
  • View>Selection - Hides the selection line temporarily (Ctrl/Cmd + H—a handy shortcut to learn and use when you're working with selections...