Description
Better photos are a breeze with the latest version of Photoshop Elements and Dummies
Amateur photographers and photo enthusiasts turn to Photoshop Elements for a powerful but simpler way to edit and retouch their snapshots. Photoshop Elements 11 For Dummies is the perfect guide for helping every shutterbug add a touch of creativity to their images. Learn how to find your way around the Elements interface and its new features; create, edit, fix, and organize your photos; add type and interesting effects to your images; and share them with the world. Full color pages bring the techniques to life and make taking great photos fun and easy.
- Introduces you to the tools, menus, options, and work area
- Shows you how to import and upload images
- Reviews ways to view, find, organize, and manage your photos
- Details how to modify your photos to your specifications
- Distills working with layers, contrast, color, clarity, filter, effects, styles, and type
- Explains how to print your creations, create a slide show, and optimize images for the web
Whatever you want your images to be, the sky's the limit with Photoshop Elements 11 For Dummies close at hand.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part I: Organizing and Editing Images 7
Chapter 1: Getting Your Images 9
Chapter 2: Getting to Know the Editing Work Areas 29
Chapter 3: Getting Ready to Edit 59
Chapter 4: Working with Resolutions, Color Modes, and File Formats 71
Part II: Managing Media 97
Chapter 5: Tagging Photos and Creating Albums 99
Chapter 6: Viewing and Finding Your Images 117
Part III: Selecting and Correcting Photos 141
Chapter 7: Making and Modifying Selections 143
Chapter 8: Working with Layers 175
Chapter 9: Simple Image Makeovers 197
Chapter 10: Correcting Contrast, Color, and Clarity 225
Part IV: Exploring Your Inner Artist 255
Chapter 11: Playing with Filters, Effects, Styles, and More 257
Chapter 12: Drawing and Painting 293
Chapter 13: Working with Type 319
Part V: Printing, Creating, and Sharing 337
Chapter 14: Getting It on Paper 339
Chapter 15: Sharing Your Work 357
Chapter 16: Making Creations 373
Part VI: The Part of Tens 385
Chapter 17: Ten Tips for Composing Better Photos 387
Chapter 18: Ten More Project Ideas 393
Index 399
