Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements 2022: Boost your image-editing skills using the latest Adobe Photoshop Elements tools and techniques

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Become an accomplished photo editor, image retoucher, or creative artist with this well-illustrated, easy-to-understand, and end-to-end guide

Key Features

  • Updated to the latest version of Photoshop Elements 2022 with focused coverage of Adobe's latest AI technology
  • Organize, search, and manage an ever-increasing number of images, videos, and multimedia using expert practices
  • Find solutions to a wide range of photographic and image-editing problems

Book Description

Managing thousands of images while producing perfectly edited results has now become a must-have skill for bloggers, influencers, all social media users, and photography enthusiasts.

Photoshop Elements 2022 has all the right tools to help you manage your growing multimedia assets and significantly boost your creative output.

This fourth edition is updated with Elements 2022's latest features, including Adobe's AI-powered tools that perfectly complement its entire creative workflow. Each chapter is designed to help you get the most from your image files in a simple, easy-to-follow way. You'll find out how to add significant visual improvements to your projects using brilliant AI-driven single-click edits or through more complex manual adjustments, all depending on your skill level and requirements. The book is packed with clear instructions to guide you effortlessly through the hundreds of processes, tools, and features in Photoshop Elements 2022. You'll cover everything from developing your organizational skills through to creating remarkable images using photos, text, graphics, downloadable content, animation, and a range of fantastic AI-driven features.

By the end of this Photoshop Elements book, you'll have learned how to leverage the impressive tools available in Photoshop Elements 2022 with confidence.

What you will learn

  • Identify the five parts of Elements and set up your computer, camera, and color monitor for best results
  • Import, organize, and keep track of your imported media library
  • Add impressive visual effects to your work in seconds
  • Develop advanced picture retouching skills
  • Discover how to add text and graphic elements
  • Cultivate your understanding of multi-image and multi-layered editing techniques
  • Develop illustrative skills using the many drawing and design tools
  • Find out how to troubleshoot your work when things don't come out the way you hoped they would

Who this book is for

This Photoshop Elements book is for creative and enthusiastic photographers who have elementary experience in photo editing. If you are looking to organize your picture collection, make simple yet effective edits, and take control of post-processing requirements, you'll find this book useful.

Table of Contents

  1. Photoshop Elements Features Overview
  2. Setting Up Photoshop Elements from Scratch
  3. The Basics of Image Editing
  4. Easy Creative Projects
  5. Advanced Techniques: Layers and Masking
  6. Advanced Techniques: Retouching, Selections, and Text
  7. Additional Tools and Features
  8. Advanced Drawing and Painting Techniques
  9. Exporting the Finished Work
  10. Troubleshooting
  11. Feature Appendix

Author(s): Robin Nichols
Edition: 4
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Year: 2021

Language: English
Pages: 420

Preface
Chapter 1: Photoshop Elements Features Overview
What's New in Photoshop Elements 2022?
How Elements is designed to work
A typical workflow example
How I edit images
The five faces of Adobe Photoshop Elements 2022
The Home screen
The Organizer
The catalog
Photo Editor – the Quick Edit mode
Photo Editor: the Guided Edit mode
Photo Editor: the Expert Edit mode

Working with panels and the Panel Bin

Panel Functions
The Create and Share menus

Enhance menu
Working with video and Premiere Elements
Summary

Chapter 2: Setting Up Photoshop Elements from Scratch
Setting up a photo editing computer
Importing media into the Elements Organizer
Reviewing the media
Media backup
Star rating photos
Searching for pictures using Metadata
Organizing your work – Keyword Tags
Organizing your work – Places
Organizing your work – Events
Organizing your work – People
File formats: JPEG and RAW
File format characteristics
Managing catalogs
Color spaces
Color management options
Screen and printer calibration
Organizer keyboard shortcuts
Summary
Chapter 3: The Basics of Image Editing
The editing workflow and best practices
Overview: editing RAW files
Editing Raw files: the Basic tab
Editing RAW files: the Detail (sharpening) tab
Editing Raw files: Noise Reduction
Editing Raw files: Other Features
10 ways to open a photo for editing
Understanding picture resolution
Cropping for better composition
Resampling
The Straighten tool
Instant photo-fixing in the Organizer
Saving Files
Version sets
File Formats
Using Auto Correction tools
Mastering contrast with Levels
Shadows/Highlights
Adjusting color using Hue/Saturation
Smooth Skin
Simple retouching – spot removal
Additional resources
Summary
Chapter 4: Easy Creative Projects
Simple visual effects: using Filters
Instant Artistic Effects
Colorize: AI-driven creativity
Photomerge Panorama
Making a multi-deck panorama
Photomerge Scene Cleaner
Photomerge Faces
Slideshows
Creating Photo Calendars
Simple greeting cards
Lomo Camera Effect
Effects Collage
Create menu features
Summary
Chapter 5: Advanced Techniques: Layers and Masking
Introduction to Layers
Other features on the Layer panel
Layer opacity
Merging layers
Adjustment Layers
Adjustment Layer Masking
Layer masking
Transformations: Pictures in a Picture
Smart Objects
Transformations: Correcting perspective
Warp Transformations: Creating a 3D Shadow
Warp Overview
Blend Modes
Keyboard shortcuts
Summary
Chapter 6: Advanced Techniques: Retouching, Selections, and Text
Retouching: Spot Healing Brush and Clone Stamp Tools
The Smooth Skin feature
The Object Removal tool
Retouching: the Burn, Dodge, and Sponge Tools
Blur, Sharpen, and Smudge brushes
Simple selections: Subject Selection
Advanced Selections: Selection Modifiers
Saving a selection
Feathering selections
The Refine Selection Brush tool
The Refine Edge tool
Advanced selections: the Marquee and Lasso tools
Advanced selections: the Magic Wand tool
The Quick Selection tool
The Selection Brush tool
The Auto Selection tool
Adding text basics
Adding text with the Type tool
Text styles and special effects
Custom fonts
Keyboard shortcuts
Summary
Chapter 7: Additional Tools and Features
Image Modes
Adjust Color Curves
Eraser tools
Smart Brush
The Paint Bucket tool
Gradient tool
The Haze Removal tool
The Content-aware Move tool
Recompose tool
Extend Background feature
Move & Scale Object
Moving Photos
Quote Graphic
Convert to Black and White
Duotone Effect
B&W Color Pop
Old Fashioned Photo
Perfect Landscape
Perfect Portrait
Perfect Pet
Adjust Facial Features
Adjust Facial Features – Face Tilt
Open Closed Eyes
Using plugins
Keyboard shortcuts
Summary
Chapter 8: Advanced Drawing and Painting Techniques
The View menu
Controlling Brush behavior
Brush and Pencil tools
Color Replacement brush
Basic drawing techniques
Working with graphic elements
Text graphics
The Cookie Cutter tool
Impressionist Brush
Custom brushes
Adobe vectors
Custom vector illustrations
Using a graphics tablet
Keyboard shortcuts
Summary
Chapter 9: Exporting the Finished Work
Online – web and blogging
Facebook
Instagram
Flickr
Print resolution
Local printing
Page Setup
Save for Web
Unsharp Mask
The Shake Reduction tool
High Pass sharpening
General sharpen filters
Export as New Files
Process Multiple Files
Keyboard shortcuts
Summary
Chapter 10: Troubleshooting
File-saving issues
Finding lost or disconnected files
Using the Find menu
Adjusting dates for different time zones
Reinstating your catalog
Resolution issues: adding pixels
Fixing Skin Tones
Remove Color Cast
The Liquify filter
Using the Help Menu
Summary
Feature Appendix
Home Screen
Organizer – Import
Organizer – its five view spaces
Quick Edit mode: Tool bar
Quick Edit: Adjustments
Guided Edit mode
Basics
Color
Black and White
Special Edits
Photomerge
Expert Edit mode: Tool bar
VIEW tools
SELECT tools
ENHANCE tools
DRAW tools
MODIFY tools
COLOR Picker
Drop-down menus
File menu
Edit menu
Image menu
Enhance menu
Layer menu
Select menu
Filter menu
View menu
Window menu
Help menu
The Panels (Quick and Expert Edit Modes)
Layers panel
Effects panel
Filters panel
Styles panel
Graphics panel
Actions panel
Color swatches
More tabs
Histogram panel
History panel
Favorites panel
Navigator panel
Info panel
Create Menu
Slideshow
Photo Collage
Photo Prints
Quote Graphic
Photo Book
Greeting Card
Photo Calendar
Instant Movie
Video Story
Video Collage
DVD with Menu, CD Jacket, DVD Jacket, and CD/DVD Label
Share menu
Email
Twitter
Flickr
Vimeo and YouTube
Burn Video DVD
PDF Slideshow
Index
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