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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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Keyboard shortcuts

As with most editing, you can lose sight of the image-making process and become too immersed in the more complex editing functions. Keyboard shortcuts are there to help spread the load, reduce RSI, and generally speed up your workflow. I use the first three of the following list repeatedly. It's beneficial to memorize some of the tool access keys (single letters) to make it easier to jump from process to process. Some of these are shown in the following list:

  • Duplicate the (active) layer: Ctrl/Cmd + J.
  • Use this to deselect or remove any active selection: Ctrl/Cmd + D.
  • Use this to transform objects on the active layer: Ctrl/Cmd + T.
  • Merge down: Ctrl/Cmd + E.
  • Merge (all) visible layers: Shift + Ctrl/Cmd + E.
  • Burn, Dodge, and Sponge tools: O.
  • Selection brushes (Quick Selection, Selection Brush, Magic Wand, Refine Selection, and Auto Selection): A.
  • Lasso tools (Freehand Lasso, Polygonal Lasso, and Magnetic Lasso...