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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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Photomerge Panorama

Everyone likes a panorama—which is why smartphones and compact cameras have an inbuilt fully automated panorama feature. These usually work well—I find myself using my iPhone for this all the time because it's so convenient. But if you only ever look at the results produced by a smartphone, and its small screen, you'll never get to fully appreciate what a bunch of high-resolution images and Elements' Photomerge Panorama can offer a serious photographer.

Save a file and display it on a large screen, and you'll begin to appreciate how much better multiple high-resolution sections assembled using Photomerge can be. It's a powerful feature.

We all visit beautiful places on our travels, many of which are too large or too majestic to warrant just one snap. A panorama is the perfect answer. Above: Ait Ben Haddhu, Morocco. This shows a five-frame panorama, complete with a black border and Arabic-style text. Architecture...