Photoshop Elements 11: The Missing Manual

by Barbara Brundage

Overview

Whether you’re a photographer, scrapbooker, or aspiring graphic artist, Photoshop Elements is an ideal image-editing tool—once you know your way around. This bestselling book removes the guesswork. With candid, jargon-free advice and step-by-step guidance, you’ll get the most out of Elements for everything from sharing and touching-up photos to fun print and online projects.

The important stuff you need to know:

• Get to work right away. Import, organize, and make quick fixes with ease.
• Retouch any image. Repair and restore old and damaged photos.
• Add pizzazz. Use dozens of filters, layer styles, and special effects.
• Share photos. Create online albums, email-ready slideshows, and web-ready files.
• Find your artistic flair. Use tools to draw, paint, work with blend modes, and more.
• Use your words. Make text flow along a curved path or around an object or shape.
• Unleash your creativity. Design photo books, greeting cards, calendars, and collages.
• Make yourself comfortable. Customize Elements to fit your working style.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781449316136
Publisher:	O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date:	10/02/2012
Pages:	658
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Barbara Brundage has been teaching people how to use Photoshop Elements since it first came out in 2001. She's been the author of Photoshop Elements: The Missing Manual since Elements 3, is an Adobe Community Expert, and has been a member of Adobe's prerelease groups since Elements 3. Barbara started using Elements to create graphics for use in her day job as a harpist, music publisher, and arranger. Along the way, she joined the large group of people finding a renewed interest in photography thanks to digital cameras. If she can learn to use Elements, you can, too!

Table of Contents

The Missing Credits;
About the Author;
About the Creative Team;
Acknowledgments;
The Missing Manual Series;
Introduction;
Why Photoshop Elements?;
What You Can Do with Elements 11;
What’s New in Elements 11;
Elements vs. Photoshop;
The Key to Learning Elements;
About This Book;
About the Online Resources;
Safari® Books Online;
Part 1: Introduction to Elements;
Chapter 1: Finding Your Way Around Elements;
1.1 Getting Started;
1.2 Organizing Your Photos;
1.3 Editing Your Photos;
1.4 Getting Started in a Hurry;
Chapter 2: Importing, Managing, and Saving Photos;
2.1 Importing from Cameras;
2.2 Opening Stored Images;
2.3 Capturing Video Frames;
2.4 Creating a New File;
2.5 Using the Organizer;
2.6 Searching for Photos;
2.7 Saving Your Work;
2.8 Backing Up Files;
Chapter 3: Rotating and Resizing Photos;
3.1 Straightening Scanned Photos;
3.2 Rotating Images;
3.3 Straightening the Contents of an Image;
3.4 Cropping Pictures;
3.5 Zooming and Repositioning Your View;
3.6 Changing the Size of an Image;
3.7 Resizing Images for Email and the Web;
Part 2: Elemental Elements;
Chapter 4: The Quick Fix;
4.1 The Quick Fix Window;
4.2 Editing Your Photos;
4.3 Adjusting Skin Tones;
Chapter 5: Making Selections;
5.1 Selecting Everything;
5.2 Selecting Rectangular and Elliptical Areas;
5.3 Selecting Irregularly Sized Areas;
5.4 Selecting with a Brush;
5.5 Extracting Objects from Images;
5.6 Changing and Moving Selections;
Chapter 6: Layers: The Heart of Elements;
6.1 Understanding Layers;
6.2 Creating Layers;
6.3 Managing Layers;
6.4 Adjustment and Fill Layers;
6.5 Moving Objects Between Images;
Part 3: Retouching;
Chapter 7: Basic Image Retouching;
7.1 Fixing Exposure Problems;
7.2 Controlling the Colors You See;
7.3 Using Levels;
7.4 Removing Unwanted Color;
7.5 Choosing Colors;
7.6 Sharpening Images;
Chapter 8: Elements for Digital Photographers;
8.1 The Raw Converter;
8.2 Blending Exposures;
8.3 Photo Filter;
8.4 Processing Multiple Files;
Chapter 9: Retouching: Fine-Tuning Images;
9.1 Fixing Blemishes;
9.2 Applying Patterns;
9.3 Recomposing Photos;
9.4 Color Curves: Enhancing Tone and Contrast;
9.5 Making Colors More Vibrant;
9.6 Changing an Object’s Color;
9.7 Special Effects;
Chapter 10: Removing and Adding Color;
10.1 Method One: Making Color Photos Black and White;
10.2 Method Two: Removing Color from a Photo;
10.3 Creating Spot Color;
10.4 Colorizing Black-and-White Photos;
Chapter 11: Photomerge: Creating Panoramas, Group Shots, and More;
11.1 Creating Panoramas;
11.2 Merging Different Faces;
11.3 Arranging a Group Shot;
11.4 Tidying Up with Scene Cleaner;
11.5 Merging Styles;
11.6 Correcting Lens Distortion;
11.7 Transforming Images;
Part 4: Artistic Elements;
Chapter 12: Drawing with Brushes, Shapes, and Other Tools;
12.1 Picking and Using a Basic Brush;
12.2 Special Brushes;
12.3 The Impressionist Brush;
12.4 The Pencil Tool;
12.5 The Paint Bucket;
12.6 Dodging and Burning;
12.7 Blending and Smudging;
12.8 The Eraser Tools;
12.9 Drawing with Shapes;
12.10 The Cookie Cutter Tool;
Chapter 13: Filters, Actions, Layer Styles, and Gradients;
13.1 Using Filters;
13.2 Applying Actions and Effects;
13.3 Adding Layer Styles;
13.4 Applying Gradients;
13.5 Gradient Maps;
Chapter 14: Text in Elements;
14.1 Adding Text to an Image;
14.2 Warping Text;
14.3 Adding Special Effects;
14.4 Type Masks: Setting an Image in Text;
14.5 Artistic Text;
Part 5: Sharing Images;
Chapter 15: Creating Projects;
15.1 Photo Collages;
15.2 Photo Books;
15.3 Greeting Cards;
15.4 Photo Calendars;
15.5 CD/DVD Jackets;
15.6 CD/DVD Labels;
15.7 Working with the Graphics and Favorites Panels;
Chapter 16: Printing Photos;
16.1 Getting Ready to Print;
16.2 Ordering Prints;
16.3 Printing at Home;
16.4 Printing Multiple Images (Windows);
16.5 Printing Multiple Images (Mac);
Chapter 17: Email and the Web;
17.1 Image Formats and the Web;
17.2 Saving Images for the Web or Email;
17.3 Creating Animated GIFs;
17.4 Emailing Photos;
Chapter 18: Online Albums and Slideshows;
18.1 Online Albums;
18.2 Slideshows;
18.3 A Few More Ways to Share;
Part 6: Additional Elements;
Chapter 19: Beyond the Basics;
19.1 Graphics Tablets;
19.2 Stuff from the Internet;
19.3 Beyond This Book;
Part 7: Appendixes;
Installation and Troubleshooting;
Installing Elements in Windows;
Installing Elements on a Mac;
Activation;
Scratch Disks;
Troubleshooting;