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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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Quote Graphic feature

One feature I never expected to appear in Elements is this: Quote Graphic. But then, Quote Graphic is appropriate because it makes working with text both easy and very creative - especially when compared to the rather trickier-to-use Type Tool that's been in Elements since forever.

The idea behind this new feature is to make the job of working with text a little easier. You can work this a couple of ways: choose an image and add the text, graphics, and animations to it, or start from scratch and work with vector graphics and type on their own.

If you already have an image open, you can choose

Start with a Photo and it opens in the special Quote Graphic window, as seen above.

There are plenty of possible artwork combinations here, from standard print sizes (vertical, square, horizontal) to the usual social media format options. Use your own images or one supplied by Adobe then simply double-click in the text and type in...