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Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020 - Second Edition

By : Robin Nichols
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Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020 - Second Edition

By: Robin Nichols

Overview of this book

Adobe Photoshop Elements is a raster graphics editor for entry-level photographers, image editors, and hobbyists. Updated and improved to cover the latest features of Photoshop Elements 2020, this second edition includes focused coverage of Adobe's new AI-powered features that are designed to make the editing process more efficient, creative and fun. This book takes you through the complexities of image editing in easy-to-follow, bite-sized chunks, helping you to quickly recognize the editing challenge at hand and use suitable tools and techniques to overcome it. You’ll start by learning how to import, organize, manage, edit, and use your pictures in a format that’s designed for creative photography projects. Throughout this Adobe Photoshop Elements book, you'll discover how to fix different photographic problems using an extensive repertoire of commonly applied solutions. Common processes such as applying artistic effects to creative projects, custom image makeovers, processing images for social media, and other file export methods will also be covered. By the end of this book, you’ll have learned about the impressive tools available in Photoshop Elements 2020, and how it is designed not only for photographers who’d like to dip their toes into the editing world, but also for those wanting simple but effective ideas on how to expand their creativity while remaining time-efficient.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Custom Shape tool

Custom shapes have been in Elements since version 1.0 and are a mix of handy items (such as the copyright symbol) and those that appear less practical. In short, there's something for everyone. To use them, go through the following steps:

  1. First, choose a symbol from the pop-out menu (there are 548 to choose from—all are arranged under different sub-headings, such as animals, arrows, banners, crop shapes, and symbols).
  2. To ensure that the custom shape does not distort while you drag the vector, hold down the Shift key while dragging.

    Click anywhere in the image, hold down the mouse, and drag across the page. This draws the graphic symbol onto a new layer in the document. The further you drag the symbol, the larger it becomes, as shown in the following screenshot:

Cookie Cutter tool

Although not strictly a vector graphic, the Cookie Cutter tool is a cropping tool that uses vectors to create custom shapes instead...