The Photoshop Elements 9 Book for Digital Photographers

TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 9
CHAPTER 1 Organized Chaos: Managing Photos Using the Organizer......Page 18
Importing Your Photos......Page 19
Backing Up Your Photos to a Disc or Hard Drive......Page 23
Importing Photos from Your Scanner......Page 25
Automating the Importing of Photos by Using Watched Folders......Page 26
Changing the Size of Your Photo Thumbnails......Page 27
Seeing Full-Screen Previews......Page 28
Sorting Photos by Date and Viewing Filenames......Page 30
Adding Scanned Photos? Enter the Right Time and Date......Page 31
Finding Photos Fast by Their Month and Year......Page 32
Tagging Your Photos (with Keyword Tags)......Page 33
Auto Tagging with Smart Tags......Page 37
Tagging Multiple Photos......Page 39
Assigning Multiple Tags to One Photo......Page 40
Tagging Images of People......Page 41
Combining (Merging) Keyword Tags......Page 43
Sharing Your Keyword Tags with Others......Page 44
Albums: It’s How You Put Photos in Order One by One......Page 45
Using Smart Albums for Automatic Organization......Page 46
Choosing Your Own Icons for Keyword Tags......Page 48
Deleting Keyword Tags or Albums......Page 49
Seeing Your Photo’s Metadata (EXIF Info)......Page 50
Adding Your Own Info to Photos......Page 51
Finding Photos......Page 52
Finding Photos Using the Date View......Page 55
Seeing an Instant Slide Show......Page 57
Comparing Photos......Page 60
Comparing Photos by Zooming and Panning......Page 62
Reducing Clutter by Stacking Your Photos......Page 64
Putting Your Photos on a Map......Page 66
Sharing Your Photos......Page 71
CHAPTER 2 Raw Justice: Processing Your Images Using Camera Raw......Page 76
Opening RAW, JPEG, and TIFF Photos into Camera Raw......Page 77
Miss the JPEG Look? Try Applying a Camera Profile......Page 79
The Essential Adjustments: White Balance......Page 81
The Essential Adjustments #2: Exposure......Page 85
Letting Camera Raw Auto Correct Your Photos......Page 91
The Fix for Shadow Problems: Fill Light......Page 92
Adding “Snap” (or Softening) to Your Images Using the Clarity Slider......Page 94
Making Your Colors More Vibrant......Page 96
Cropping and Straightening......Page 97
Editing Multiple Photos at Once......Page 101
Saving RAW Files in Adobe’s Digital Negative (DNG) Format......Page 103
Sharpening in Camera Raw......Page 104
Camera Raw’s Noise Reduction......Page 109
Removing Red Eye in Camera Raw......Page 110
The Trick for Expanding the Range of Your Photos......Page 112
Black & White Conversions in Camera Raw......Page 116
CHAPTER 3 Scream of the Crop: How to Resize and Crop Photos......Page 120
Cropping Photos......Page 121
Cropping Using the “Rule of Thirds”......Page 124
Auto-Cropping to Standard Sizes......Page 127
Cropping to an Exact Custom Size......Page 129
Cropping into a Shape......Page 132
Using the Crop Tool to Add More Canvas Area......Page 135
Auto-Cropping Gang-Scanned Photos......Page 137
Straightening Photos with the Straighten Tool......Page 138
Resizing Digital Camera Photos......Page 140
Resizing and How to Reach Those Hidden Free Transform Handles......Page 143
Making Your Photos Smaller (Downsizing)......Page 144
Automated Saving and Resizing......Page 146
Resizing Just Parts of Your Image Using the Recompose Tool......Page 148
CHAPTER 4 Jonas Sees in Color: Color Correction Secrets......Page 156
Before You Color Correct Anything, Do This First!......Page 157
The Advantages of Adjustment Layers......Page 159
Photo Quick Fix......Page 163
Getting a Visual Readout (Histogram) of Your Corrections......Page 168
Color Correcting Digital Camera Images......Page 169
Dave’s Amazing Trick for Finding a Neutral Gray......Page 177
Studio Photo Correction Made Simple......Page 179
Drag-and-Drop Instant Color Correction......Page 181
Adjusting Flesh Tones......Page 184
Warming Up (or Cooling Down) a Photo......Page 187
Color Correcting One Problem Area Fast!......Page 189
Getting a Better Conversion from Color to Black and White......Page 192
Correcting Color and Contrast Using Color Curves......Page 197
CHAPTER 5 Little Problems: Fixing Common Problems......Page 204
Using the Smart Brush Tool to Select and Fix at the Same Time......Page 205
Removing Digital Noise......Page 210
Focusing Light with Digital Dodging and Burning......Page 212
Opening Up Shadow Areas That Are Too Dark......Page 217
Fixing Areas That Are Too Bright......Page 219
When Your Subject Is Too Dark......Page 221
Automatic Red-Eye Removal......Page 224
Instant Red-Eye Removal......Page 226
Fixing Problems Caused by Your Camera’s Lens......Page 228
The Elements Secret to Fixing Group Shots......Page 232
Blending Multiple Exposures (a.k.a. Pseudo-HDR Technique)......Page 236
CHAPTER 6 Select Start: Selection Techniques......Page 244
Selecting Square, Rectangular, or Round Areas......Page 245
Saving Your Selections......Page 250
Softening Those Harsh Edges......Page 251
Selecting Areas by Their Color......Page 253
Making Selections Using a Brush......Page 255
Selecting Everything on a Layer at Once......Page 256
Getting Elements to Help You Make Tricky Selections......Page 257
Easier Selections with the Quick Selection Tool......Page 258
Removing People (or Objects) from Backgrounds......Page 260
CHAPTER 7 Retouch Me: Retouching Portraits......Page 264
Quick Skin Tone Fix......Page 265
The Power of Layer Masks......Page 267
Removing Blemishes and Hot Spots......Page 272
Lessening Freckles or Facial Acne......Page 274
Removing Dark Circles Under Eyes......Page 277
Removing or Lessening Wrinkles......Page 279
Whitening the Eyes......Page 281
Making Eyes That Sparkle......Page 283
Whitening and Brightening Teeth......Page 286
Digital Nose Jobs Made Easy......Page 289
Transforming a Frown into a Smile......Page 291
Slimming and Trimming......Page 293
Advanced Skin Softening......Page 296
Fixing Reflections in Glasses......Page 305
CHAPTER 8 Clone Wars: Removing Unwanted Objects......Page 312
Cloning Away Distractions......Page 313
Removing Spots and Other Artifacts......Page 318
Removing Distracting Objects (Healing Brush)......Page 320
Removing Distracting Stuff Using Content-Aware Fill......Page 324
Automatically Cleaning Up Your Scenes (a.k.a. The Tourist Remover)......Page 328
CHAPTER 9 Side Effects: Special Effects for Photographers......Page 334
Trendy Desaturated Portrait Look......Page 336
Getting the Grungy, High-Contrast Look Right Within Camera Raw......Page 346
Converting to Black and White......Page 349
Panoramas Made Crazy Easy......Page 351
Creating Drama with a Soft Spotlight......Page 353
Burned-In Edge Effect (Vignetting)......Page 356
Using Color for Emphasis......Page 359
Soft Focus Effect......Page 361
Replacing the Sky......Page 373
Neutral Density Gradient Filter......Page 376
Taming Your Light......Page 382
Creating Photo Montages......Page 384
Scott’s Three-Step Portrait Finishing Technique......Page 388
Fake Duotone......Page 393
CHAPTER 10 Sharpen Your Teeth: Sharpening Techniques......Page 398
Basic Sharpening......Page 399
Creating Extraordinary Sharpening......Page 406
Luminosity Sharpening......Page 409
Edge Sharpening Technique......Page 412
Advanced Sharpening Using Adjust Sharpness......Page 415
CHAPTER 11 Fine Print: Step-by-Step Printing and Color Management......Page 420
Setting Up Your Color Management......Page 421
Calibrating Your Monitor (The Lame Freebie Method)......Page 422
The Right Way to Calibrate Your Monitor (Hardware Calibration)......Page 428
The Other Secret to Getting Pro-Quality Prints That Match Your Screen......Page 431
Making the Print......Page 435
My Elements 9 Workflow from Start to Finish......Page 440
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