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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 picture doesn't look sharp

Sharpness has a lot to do with contrast so, if you increase the image contrast (see the contrast enhancing techniques earlier in this section) you'll most likely see the photo looking sharper and clearer. But Elements does have a great range of sharpening tools that work well providing the picture is not hopelessly out of focus:

  • Quick/Advanced > Enhance > Auto Sharpen. If it doesn't sharpen enough, try repeating it.
  • Quick/Advanced > Adjustments > Sharpen. Use the slider (or click one of the nine thumbnails) to add your required degree of sharpening. Don't add too much!
  • Quick/ >Enhance> Shake Reduction. This feature is designed specifically to 'save' a slightly blurred-looking picture, but it also works on normal images.
  • Quick/Advanced > Enhance > Adjust Sharpness. A more complex tool for those wanting more control over the process.
  • Quick...