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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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I want to move a person/object to make a better composition

  • Guided > Basics > Move and Scale Object. A powerful feature for selecting, then cutting out part of an image, before moving and pasting it to another part of the picture. The space left by the cutting out action is automatically filled in. This process works really well, especially if the person/object is not too close to the main subject.
  • Advanced > Select > Subject. Like most auto select features, this works well if the subject is clearly delineated. Elements selects the subject which can then be moved (using the Move Tool) and/or have its size changed (a process called Transformation—see Chapter 6, Advanced Techniques: Transformations, Layers, Masking, and Blend Modes).
  • Guided > Special Edits > Recompose. Includes a step-by-step demo on how to stretch the background to change or improve the composition.
  • Advanced > Tool Bar > Recompose...