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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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My pictures never look 100% level

Most people lean slightly when taking a picture, right? You might not be aware that this is the case until you look at the photos on a computer screen. Fixing this slight error is easy. First, check your camera. Many feature an inbuilt digital level originally designed for use on a tripod. Ensure this feature is switched on and keep an eye for it in the viewfinder, or on the LCD screen when shooting. If you still get wonky horizons, it's easy to fix with software.

  • Quick > Tool Bar > Straighten Tool. Click and hold the cursor on the horizon, then drag the cursor across where the horizon should be, and when you release the mouse button, the picture is automatically rotated to make your stretched line the new horizon.

The Straighten Tool (the icon resembles a builder's level) allows you to make a very quick click, drag, and release action that 'tells' Elements that the line you have drawn...