Teach Yourself VISUALLY Photoshop Elements 9 E-Book

Mike Wooldridge

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Serie: Teach Yourself VISUALLY (Tech)
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 314

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2011

Beschreibung

Learn to use the bestselling photo editing software the visualway!Photoshop Elements offers professional-quality photo editingtools in a reasonably priced software package with user-friendlyfeatures. This book shows you how to use those features, with easy,step-by-step instructions illustrated with full-color screen shots.If you prefer to learn by seeing how things are done, this is thebook you need to get up and running with the newest version ofPhotoshop Elements.* Photoshop Elements offers hobbyists as well as professionalphotographers top-quality image editing tools at a reasonableprice; previous editions of this visual guide to the software havesold more than 85,000 copies* Designed for visual learners, this book explains dozens ofcommon tasks with step-by-step instructions and full-color screenshots* Covers importing photos from cameras and scanners, retouchingand repair, compositing, enhancing, changing print size andresolution, editing images for the Web, creating online photogalleries, incorporating graphics into desktop publishing projects,and much moreWith Teach Yourself VISUALLY Photoshop Elements, you willsee how things are done and quickly learn to edit and enhance yourdigital images like a pro.

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Teach Yourself Visually™ Photoshop® Elements 9

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Getting Started

Introducing Photoshop Elements 9

Understanding Digital Images

Start Photoshop Elements

Explore the Editor Workspace

Tour the Organizer Workspace

Switch Between the Editor and the Organizer

Anatomy of the Photoshop Elements Toolbox

Work with Toolbox Tools

Work with Panels

Set Program Preferences

View Rulers and Guides

Chapter 2: Importing and Opening Digital Images

Get Photos for Your Projects

Import Photos from a Digital Camera or Card Reader

Import Photos from a Scanner

Import Photos from a Folder

Watch a Folder for New Images

Open a Photo

Create a Blank Image

Save a Photo

Duplicate a Photo

Close a Photo

Chapter 3: Organizing Your Photos

Introducing the Organizer

Open the Organizer

Create a Catalog

View Photos in the Media Browser

View Photos in Full Screen

Display a Slide Show in Full Screen

View Photo Properties

Add a Caption

Work with Albums

View Photos by Date

Find Photos

Rate Photos

Chapter 4: Using Advanced Organizing Tools

Create a Smart Album

Work with Keyword Tags

View a Tag Cloud

Tag Faces

Map a Photo

Apply Photo Fixes in Full Screen

Stack Photos

Chapter 5: Applying Basic Image Edits

Manage Open Images

Magnify with the Zoom Tool

Adjust the Image View

Change the On-Screen Image Size

Change the Image Print Size

Change the Image Resolution

Change the Image Canvas Size

Crop an Image

Rotate an Image

Undo Changes to an Image

Revert an Image

Chapter 6: Making Selections

Select an Area with the Marquee

Select an Area with the Lasso

Select an Area with the Magic Wand

Select an Area with the Quick Selection Tool

Select an Area with the Selection Brush

Save and Load a Selection

Invert a Selection

Deselect a Selection

Chapter 7: Manipulating Selections

Add to or Subtract from a Selection

Move a Selection

Duplicate a Selection

Delete a Selection

Rotate a Selection

Scale a Selection

Skew or Distort a Selection

Feather the Border of a Selection

Chapter 8: Working with Layers

Introducing Layers

Create and Add to a Layer

Hide a Layer

Move a Layer

Duplicate a Layer

Delete a Layer

Reorder Layers

Change the Opacity of a Layer

Link Layers

Merge Layers

Rename a Layer

Create a Fill Layer

Create an Adjustment Layer

Blend Layers

Add a Layer Mask

Edit a Layer Mask

Chapter 9: Enhancing and Retouching Photos

Retouch with Guided Edit

Quick Fix a Photo

Improve Colors with Quick Fix

Remove Red Eye

Retouch with the Clone Stamp Tool

Remove a Spot

Sharpen an Image

Extract an Object from a Background

Merge Group Shots

Combine Faces

Recompose a Photo

Fix Keystone Distortion

Chapter 10: Improving Lighting and Exposure

Enhance Lighting with Guided Edit

Adjust Levels

Adjust Shadows and Highlights

Change Brightness and Contrast

Lighten Areas with the Dodge Tool

Darken Areas with the Burn Tool

Add a Spotlight

Fix Exposure

Using the Blur and Sharpen Tools

Chapter 11: Enhancing Colors

Enhance Colors with Guided Edit

Adjust Skin Color

Adjust Color with the Sponge Tool

Correct Color with Color Variations

Replace a Color

Turn a Color Photo into Black and White

Add Color to a Black-and-White Photo

Adjust Color by Using Color Curves

Chapter 12: Painting and Drawing on Photos

Set the Foreground and Background Colors

Add Color with the Brush Tool

Change Brush Styles

Add Color with the Paint Bucket Tool

Using a Brush to Replace a Color

Adjust Colors with the Smart Brush

Draw a Shape

Draw a Line

Apply the Eraser

Apply a Gradient

Chapter 13: Applying Filters

Blur an Image

Distort an Image

Turn an Image into a Painting

Turn an Image into a Sketch

Add Noise to an Image

Pixelate an Image

Emboss an Image

Apply Multiple Filters

Chapter 14: Adding Text Elements

Add Text

Change the Formatting of Text

Change the Color of Text

Create Warped Text

Create Beveled Text

Add a Shadow to Text

Chapter 15: Applying Styles and Effects

Frame a Photo with a Drop Shadow

Add a Drop Shadow to a Layer

Create a Vintage Photo

Add a Fancy Background

Add an Outline to a Layer

Add an Outer Glow to a Layer

Add a Fancy Covering to a Layer

Add a Watermark

Apply a Photomerge Style

Chapter 16: Presenting Photos Creatively

Create a Slide Show

Create a Photo Book

Create a Flipbook

Create PhotoStamps

Create a Photo Panorama

Chapter 17: Saving and Sharing Your Work

Save a JPEG for the Web

Save a GIF for the Web

Save a PNG for the Web

Convert File Types

E-Mail Images with Photo Mail

Print Photos

Export Photos

Back Up Photos

Sign Up for Online Services

Share a Photo Album Online

Back Up and Synchronize Photos Online

Teach Yourself Visually™ Photoshop® Elements 9

Mike Wooldridge

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About the Author

Mike Wooldridge teaches computers and develops Web sites from his home in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Author’s Acknowledgments

Mike thanks Brianna Stuart and Dave Huss for the use of their beautiful photographs in the examples for the book. He also thanks Brianna for her help in preparing the hundreds of screenshots. He thanks Jade Williams for her project management, Scott Tullis for his copy editing, and Dave Huss for his technical editing. Mike dedicates the book to his ten-year-old son.

How to Use This Book

Who This Book Is For

This book is for the reader who has never used this particular technology or software application. It is also for readers who want to expand their knowledge.

The Conventions in This Book

Steps

This book uses a step-by-step format to guide you easily through each task. Numbered steps are actions you must do; bulleted steps clarify a point, step, or optional feature; and indented steps give you the result.

Notes

Notes give additional information — special conditions that may occur during an operation, a situation that you want to avoid, or a cross reference to a related area of the book.

Icons and Buttons

Icons and buttons show you exactly what you need to click to perform a step.

Tips

Tips offer additional information, including warnings and shortcuts.

Bold

Bold type shows command names, options, and text or numbers you must type.

Italics

Italic type introduces and defines a new term.

Chapter 1: Getting Started

Are you interested in working with digital images on your computer? This chapter introduces you to Adobe Photoshop Elements 9, a popular software application for editing and creating digital images. Photoshop Elements also enables you to organize your collection of digital images so you can easily find what you are looking for.

Introducing Photoshop Elements 9

Understanding Digital Images

Start Photoshop Elements

Explore the Editor Workspace

Tour the Organizer Workspace

Switch Between the Editor and the Organizer

Anatomy of the Photoshop Elements Toolbox

Work with Toolbox Tools

Work with Panels

Set Program Preferences

View Rulers and Guides

Introducing Photoshop Elements 9

Photoshop Elements is a popular photo-editing program you can use to modify, optimize, and organize digital images. You can use the program’s Editor to make imperfect snapshots clearer and more colorful as well as retouch and restore older photos. With layers, you can isolate objects in your images and apply special effects just to those objects or combine multiple images into a collage. You can also use the program’s Organizer to group your photos into albums, assign descriptive keyword tags, and create slide shows, online galleries, and more. When you are done with your images, you can use Photoshop Elements to save them for posting on the Web or print them out.

Manipulate Photos

As its name suggests, Photoshop Elements excels at enabling you to edit elements in your digital photographs. The program includes numerous image-editing tools and commands you can apply to manipulate the look of your photos. Whether you import photos from a digital camera or a scanner, you can apply a wide variety of editing techniques to your images, from subtle adjustments in color to elaborate filters that make your snapshots look like paintings. See Chapter 7 for more on manipulating selected parts of your photos. See Chapter 12 for more on painting and drawing, and see Chapter 13 for more on using filters.

Retouch and Repair

You can use Photoshop Elements to edit new photos to make them look their best as well as retouch and repair older photos that suffer from aging problems. For example, you can restore a faded photo by using saturation controls to make it more vibrant, or you can use the Clone Stamp tool to repair a tear or stain. You can also use the program’s exposure commands to fix lighting problems as well as edit out unwanted objects with the Healing Brush. See Chapter 9 for more on retouching your photos.

Add Decoration

The painting tools in Photoshop Elements make the program a formidable illustration tool as well as a photo editor. You can apply colors or patterns to your images with a variety of brush styles. See Chapter 12 to discover how to paint and draw on your photos. In addition, you can use the application’s typographic tools to integrate stylized letters and words into your images; see Chapter 14 for more on adding text elements.

Create a Digital Collage