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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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Creating simple Greeting Cards

To make a greeting card, the process is almost identical to that of the calendar, except that you are making one page, not 12. Image placement and proportions are controlled through the menu.

Step one: To make a greeting card, arrange a few images into an Organizer Album.

Step two: Select one, two, or three images from this album (depending on how many you'd like to put into the card) and choose Greeting Card from the Create menu.

Step three: From the tiny theme menu that opens (outlined in red), choose a style and click OK. The graphic downloads and you then click, or drag, an image from the Photo Bin into the card art. Note that, on the right-hand side of the Greeting Card window is a panel of design layouts, which includes the ability to choose how many images are to be displayed on each page.

Working tips:

I have a few problems with using this particular utility—to begin, it's only designed for single...