Missing Manual

Sebastopol : : O'Reilly Media, , 2009.

1 online resource (512 p.)

Description based upon print version of record.. - Photoshop Elements 4: The Missing Manual; The Missing Credits; About the Creative Team; Acknowledgements; The Missing Manual Series; Introduction; What You Can Do with Elements 4; What&s New in Elements 4; Elements vs. Photoshop; The Key to Learning Elements; About This Book; Elemental elements; Retouching; Artistic elements; Sharing your images; Additional elements; The Very Basics; About → These → Arrows; About MissingManuals.com; Safari® Enabled; I. Introductory Elements; 1.2. Organizing Your Photos; 1.3. Editing Your Photos; 1.3.2. Bins and Palettes. - 1.3.3. Getting Help and the How To Palette1.3.4. Escape Routes; 1.3.4.2. Undo History palette; 1.3.4.3. The one rule of Elements; 1.4. Getting Started in a Hurry; 2. Importing and Managing Your Photos; 2.2. Opening Stored Images; 2.3. Scanning Photos; 2.4. Capturing Video Frames; 2.5. Creating a New File; 2.5.2. Choosing Resolution; 2.5.3. Choosing Color Mode; 2.5.4. Choosing Your File&s Contents; 2.6. The Organizer; 2.6.2. Creating Categories and Tags; 2.6.3. Creating Collections; 2.6.4. Searching for Photos; 2.6.4.2. Using tags and categories to find photos; 2.6.5. Searching by Metadata. - 3. Rotating, Resizing, and Saving3.2. Rotating Your Images; 3.3. Straightening the Contents of Your Image; 3.3.2. Free Rotate; 3.4. Cropping Pictures; 3.4.2. Cropping Your Image to an Exact Size; 3.4.3. Cropping with the Marquee Tool; 3.5. Changing Your View of Your Image; 3.5.2. The Zoom Tool; 3.5.3. The Hand Tool; 3.6. Changing the Size of Your Image; 3.6.2. Resizing for Printing; 3.6.3. Adding Canvas; 3.7. Saving Your Work; 3.7.1.2. About JPEGs; 3.7.2. Changing the File Format; 3.8. Backing up Your Files; 3.8.2. Organizer Backups; 4. The Quick Fix; 4.1.2. The Quick Fix Control Panel. - 4.1.3. Different Views: After vs. Before and After4.2. Editing Your Photos; 4.2.2. Smart Fix; 4.2.3. Adjusting Lighting and Contrast; 4.2.3.2. Contrast; 4.2.3.3. Shadows and Highlights; 4.2.4. Color; 4.2.4.2. Using the Color sliders; 4.2.5. Sharpening; 4.2.6. Quick Fix Suggested Workflow; 4.3. Adjusting Skin Tones; II. Elemental Elements; 5.2. Selecting Rectangular and Elliptical Areas; 5.3. Selecting Irregularly Sized Areas; 5.3.2. The Magic Wand; 5.3.3. The Lasso Tool; 5.3.3.2. The Magnetic Lasso; 5.3.3.3. The Polygonal Lasso; 5.4. Selecting with a Brush; 5.4.2. The Selection Brush. - 5.5. Changing and Moving Selections5.5.2. Making a Selection Larger or Smaller; 5.5.3. Moving Selections; 5.5.4. Saving Selections; 5.5.5. Removing an Object from an Image&s Background; 6. Layers: The Heart of Elements; 6.1.2. The Background; 6.2. Creating Layers; 6.2.2. Deleting Layers; 6.2.3. Duplicating a Layer; 6.2.4. Copying and Cutting from Layers; 6.3. Managing Layers; 6.3.2. Adjusting Transparency; 6.3.3. Locking Layers; 6.3.4. Blend Mode; 6.3.5. Rearranging Layers; 6.3.6. Grouping and Linking Layers; 6.3.6.2. Grouping layers; 6.3.7. Merging and Flattening Layers. - 6.3.7.2. Flattening an image. - The popularity of digital cameras continues to grow exponentially. They are now more powerful, feature rich, and affordable--turning digital photography into a mainstream interest. And with Photoshop Elements, Adobe has created the most popular photo-editing program on the planet. Learning how to work Photoshop Elements and manage digital photos can be a challenge for anyone just getting started--from the hobbyist to the pro photographer. With the latest Photoshop Elements 4 update, Adobe delivers a powerful new program that provides photo editing and organizing functionality with imp

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