Photoshop Elements 7 E-Book

Rob Sheppard

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Serie: Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 288

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2011

Beschreibung

You already know Photoshop Elements 7 basics. Now you'd like to gobeyond with shortcuts, tricks, and tips that let you work smarterand faster. And because you learn more easily when someone showsyou how, this is the book for you. Inside, you'll find clear,illustrated instructions for 100 tasks that reveal cool secrets,teach timesaving tricks, and explain great tips guaranteed to makeyou more productive with Photoshop Elements 7.How easy is it?* Look for these symbols marking the difficulty of each task.* Demonstrates a new spin on a common task* Introduces a new skill or a new task* Combines multiple skills requiring in-depth knowledge* Requires extensive skill and may involve other technologies

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Photoshop® Elements 7: Top 100 Simplified® Tips & Tricks

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Organize and Prepare Photos for Processing

#1 Develop a Workflow

#2 Import Your Images

#3 Sort the Good Pictures from the Bad

#4 Create Albums to Group Your Pictures

#5 Use Keywords to Tag Your Images

#6 Change the Organizer Interface As Needed

#7 Set Preferences to Make Organizer Work for You

#8 Back Up Your Pictures to Protect Them

Chapter 2: Start Adjusting Your Images in Photoshop Elements

#9 Open Pictures and Use Save As

#10 Make the Editor Interface Your Own

#11 Set Preferences to Make Editor Work for You

#12 Experiment to Learn More about Controls

#13 You Cannot Hurt Your Pictures

#14 Crop Your Photos for Tighter Shots

#15 Fix and Rotate Crooked Pictures

#16 Use Guided Edit to Help You Learn the Program

#17 Set Blacks and Whites with Levels

#18 Adjust Your Midtones with Levels

#19 Adjust Your Midtones with Color Curves

#20 Quickly Adjust Dark Shadows and Bright Highlights

#21 Correct Color to Remove Color Casts

#22 Enhance Color with Hue/Saturation

#23 Use Quick Edit to Work Fast

Chapter 3: Work with RAW Photos in Photoshop Elements

#24 Change Images Nondestructively

#25 Crop Your Photos to Start Your Processing

#26 Adjust Blacks and Whites to Give a Photo Strength

#27 Adjust Midtones to Make Tonalities Light or Dark

#28 Correct Color to Clean Up Color Casts

#29 Use Vibrance and Clarity to Intensify Images

#30 Sharpen Photos with Precision

#31 Control Noise in Your Photo

#32 Apply Adjustments to Multiple Photos

#33 Move Your Picture to Photoshop Elements

Chapter 4: Choose Local Control Features

#34 Create and Use a Selection

#35 Use Marquee Tools for Specific Shapes

#36 Use Lasso Tools to Follow Picture Elements

#37 Use Automated Tools for Easy Selections

#38 Expand or Contract Your Selection

#39 Select What Is Easy and Invert

#40 Blend Edges by Feathering

#41 Use Selections for Traditional Edge Darkening

#42 Use the Smart Brush for Specific Area Fixes

Chapter 5: Create Adjustment Layers for Nondestructive Changes

#43 Understand How Layers Work

#44 Understand How Adjustment Layers Work

#45 Work Blacks and Whites with a Levels Adjustment Layer

#46 Work Midtones with a Levels Adjustment Layer

#47 Correct Color with an Adjustment Layer

#48 Enhance Color with an Adjustment Layer

#49 Fix Problem Exposures with Layer Blending Modes

#50 Understand How Layer Masks Work

#51 Remove Adjustments with Black

#52 Add Adjustments Using Black and Then White

#53 Combine Layer Masks with Selections

#54 Balance Colors and Tones in a Picture

#55 Bring Out Shadow Detail in Specific Areas

#56 Darken Highlight Detail in Specific Areas

#57 Add a Graduated Filter Effect

#58 Flatten Layers When Done

Chapter 6: Solve Photo Problems

#59 Clone Out Problems

#60 Remove People from a Scene with Photomerge

#61 Fix Problems Due to Lens Distortion

#62 Fix Perspective Problems with Building Photographs

#63 Make an Out-of-Focus Background

#64 Remove Distracting Colors

#65 Improve Blank Skies

#66 Concentrate Attention with Gaussian Blur

#67 Add a New Background for Your Subject

Chapter 7: Size and Sharpen Photos

#68 Basic Workflow for Image Sizing

#69 Size Photos for Printing

#70 Size Photos for E-mail

#71 Sharpen Photos with Unsharp Mask

#72 Sharpen Photos with Adjust Sharpness

#73 Sharpen Photos When You Have Layers

#74 Selectively Sharpen Parts of Your Photo

Chapter 8: Go Beyond the Basics

#75 Convert Color Photos to Black-and-White

#76 Adjust Your Photos in Black-and-White

#77 Create Toned Images

#78 Use the Smart Brush for Creative Effects

#79 Create a Hand-Colored Look

#80 Photograph a Scene for a Panoramic Image

#81 Merge Photos for a Panoramic Picture

Chapter 9: Software Plug-Ins Make Work Easier

#82 Use Color Efex for Quick Creative Adjustments

#83 Use Color Efex for Efficient Photo Work

#84 Sharpen Effectively with Sharpener Pro

#85 Remove Noise with Dfine

#86 Get Dramatic Black-and-White with Silver Efex

#87 Use FocalPoint for Easy Depth-of-Field Effects

#88 Use Enlarge It for Making Big Prints

Chapter 10: Get Photos out of Photoshop Elements

#89 Gain More Options with Photoshop.com

#90 Protect Your Photos with Online Backup

#91 Access Your Photos Anywhere Internet Service Is Available

#92 Create Online Photo Albums

#93 Share Your Photos Online

#94 Print Your Photos

#95 Print a Group of Photos

#96 Make a Photo Greeting Card

#97 Create Photo Collages

#98 Add Frame Effects to Your Pictures

#99 Make a Slide Show

#100 Put Your Photos on a DVD or CD

#101 Make Labels for CD/DVD Discs

Photoshop® Elements 7: Top 100 Simplified® Tips & Tricks

by Rob Sheppard

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Rob Sheppard is the author/photographer of more than 25 books, a well-known speaker and workshop leader, and is editor-at-large and columnist for the prestigious Outdoor Photographer magazine. As author/photographer, Sheppard has written hundreds of articles about photography and nature, plus books ranging from guides to photography such as Digital Photography: Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks, 3rd edition, to books about Photoshop including Adobe Camera Raw for Digital Photographers Only and Outdoor Photographer Landscape and Nature Photography with Photoshop CS2. His Web site is at www.robsheppardphoto.com and his blog is at www.photodigitary.com.

How To Use This Book

Photoshop® Elements 7: Top 100 Simplified® Tips & Tricks includes 100 tasks that reveal cool secrets, teach timesaving tricks, and explain great tips guaranteed to make you more productive with Elements. The easy-to-use layout lets you work through all the tasks from beginning to end or jump in at random.

Who is this book for?

You already know Elements basics. Now you’d like to go beyond, with shortcuts, tricks and tips that let you work smarter and faster. And because you learn more easily when someone shows you how, this is the book for you.

Conventions Used In This Book

Steps

This book uses step-by-step instructions to guide you easily through each task. Numbered callouts on every screen shot show you exactly how to perform each task, step by step.

Tips

Practical tips provide insights to save you time and trouble, caution you about hazards to avoid, and reveal how to do things in Elements that you never thought possible!

Task Numbers

Task numbers from 1 to 100 indicate which lesson you are working on.

Difficulty Levels

For quick reference, the symbols below mark the difficulty level of each task.

Demonstrates a new spin on a common task

Introduces a new skill or a new task

Combines multiple skills requiring in-depth knowledge

Requires extensive skill and may involve other technologies

Chapter 1: Organize and Prepare Photos for Processing

Photoshop Elements may be Photoshop’s smaller sibling, but it is no second-rate program. Elements uses the same processing engine that Photoshop uses to make your work with photos efficient and effective — it is simpler and directly geared to photographers.

Photoshop Elements is a complete program that allows you to import images, organize them, and sort the good from the bad as well as make changes to optimize individual photos. The order of this book follows a workflow that you can use to work efficiently in Photoshop Elements.

In this chapter, you learn what it means to develop a workflow right from the start. You can quickly import, sort, and organize your pictures so that you can find them more easily in the future. You can customize your workspace to fit your needs and interests and help you work more efficiently. You can also set preferences so that your program works its best. Do not skip over these seemingly mundane tasks because they can really help you speed up your work. However, the best way to work faster in Photoshop Elements is to spend some time with it. Once you have practiced and learned the core controls of the program, you will find that you can work very quickly with Photoshop Elements.

#1Develop a Workflow

#2Import Your Images

#3Sort the Good Pictures from the Bad

#4Create Albums to Group Your Pictures

#5Use Keywords to Tag Your Images