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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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The five faces of Adobe Photoshop Elements 2024

Here's a brief overview of the five main parts of Photoshop Elements that you'll encounter when working on your images—the Home Screen, Organizer, Quick Edit, Guided Edit, and Advanced Edit. Generally, you might use just one or two of these windows—for example, the Organizer and the Advanced Edit mode. But of course, you can freely swap between the editor and the Organizer, depending on your requirements—and skill level.

This is the Home Screen, the first panel you'll see when Elements starts. Use it to gain inspiration from the range of auto creations shown, and as a source of instruction (from the web links), or simply as a gateway to the other parts of Elements: the Organizer and the Quick, Guided, and Advanced Edit modes.

This is the Organizer. Use this part of Elements to import and view all your pictures, Photoshop Elements projects, videos, and music...