Hello, welcome to this video on Photoshop Elements 2024,
a fantastic photo editor for beginners and amateurs,
for both Windows and Mac.
This software is part of the Adobe Elements bundle,
under a perpetual license without any subscription plan.
As you open Photoshop Elements its Home Screen appears.
On top use the search bar to find helpful tips,
tutorials, and discover new features.
On the right side,
you get quick links to Organizer for managing your collections
and to Premiere Elements for video editing.
Check out our dedicated tutorial on Premiere Elements to learn more about it!
Click on Photo Editor to start with Photoshop Elements from scratch
or pick any recent PSD document you have listed.
To import photos just click and drag them onto the workspace
or go to Open in the top-left corner to browse for them.
You can also go to File, Search on Adobe Stock
to pick any of the royalty-free photos offered by Adobe.
All imported photos are collected under the Photo Bin panel at the bottom,
where you can click to select and preview any photo.
Photoshop Elements has three main workspaces from the top:
Quick for beginners;
Guided, which provides step-by-step instructions for amazing effects;
and Advanced for a complete customization of your modifications.
Let's start with the Quick workspace!
You can also enable the new dark mode from the top right corner.
At the bottom use the Rotate tools to rotate by 90 degrees
and the Undo-redo buttons to go through your actions made.
Click on Organizer to open Adobe Organizer
and to Home Screen to come back to the startup screen.
On the left you get several editing tools,
each with custom options at the bottom under Tool Options.
Enable the Straighten Tool
and click and drag on the preview to align your photo,
with an automatic crop.
You can easily check your image by zooming in or out with your mouse wheel
with the ALT (or the Option) key down.
Hold down the Space bar key to pan instead.
Enable the Crop Tool to manage the grid that cuts everything outside of it.
Click and drag to move the grid
and drag from its nodes to scale,
holding down the Shift key to maintain the aspect ratio.
Drag from the outside to rotate
and select between Commit or Cancel to approve or undo the crop.
You get several tools to improve your portraits.
With the Eye Tool you can click and drag over red eyes to remove them,
as long as you cover these completely.
Enable the Whiten Tool to brighten teeth with a simple brush.
You can also go to Guided,
Perfect Portrait
to finely manipulate portraits by smoothing skin,
adjusting facial features
or darkening eyebrows with AI support.
You can use the Healing Brush Tool for advanced corrections.
From the Tool Options enable the Spot Healing Brush
to remove small imperfections with one click.
With the Healing Brush Tool you can correct larger portions
by pasting pixels from a designated source point.
Hold the ALT (or the Option) key to set the source point,
then brush over the image.
You can also add text with the Type tools.
Click and drag to create a text box and type your content inside,
with orientation according to the selected tool.
Make sure to enlarge the text box if you do not see text entirely.
Select text to modify its properties and color at the bottom,
and go to Commit to apply.
With the Text on Shape tool you can click and drag to drop a shape
and then click on its border to type on it!
Resize text if it is too large.
Enable the Text on Custom Path tool to draw freehand,
apply the path and click on any point to start typing by following the curve.
You can manage all of these elements with the Move tool.
Click and drag on any element to move it,
use its nodes to scale,
drag from the outside to rotate,
and double-click to edit text content.
On the right you get several panels to apply advanced corrections!
With Quick Actions you can add direct adjustments with a single click,
such as Color Correction and Dehaze.
You can also add blue sky,
colorize black & white photos
and apply amazing filters including lens flare,
vignette,
and several artistic effects!
You can open the Adjustment Panel to get full control over your corrections.
With Exposure and Lighting set exposure and brightness levels
for specific regions like Shadows, Midtones, and Highlights,
With Color you adjust color intensity with Saturation,
color range with Hue,
and vibe with Vibrance.
Switch to Balance to set color filters through Temperature and Tint
and to Sharpen to correct the blurriness level of the photo.
Select Effects to explore more outstanding effects,
for example Color Match to match your image colors with another selected.
Check these out!
Make sure to change the View from the top left corner,
to compare the original photo (Before) with your edited one (After).
You can get more effects from the Enhance tab.
Select Moving elements to add motion to specific regions of the photo
with proper direction;
Moving Overlays to apply very nice particles
and Moving Photos to zoom and pan on the photo.
These effects can be exported as videos in .MP4 format.
Adjustments and brushes are always applied to the entire image,
unless you define regions with the selection tools,
listed in the Tool Options at the bottom.
Enable the Quick Selection tool
to select regions by clicking and dragging on the photo.
Switch to the Selection Brush tool to brush freely on the picture with more precision
and to Auto Selection to select any subject within your selection box.
The Type Mask Tools allow you to select regions by following a text shape.
Use ALT (or the Option) key to subtract regions from a defined one
and hit the Escape button to remove all selections present.
Last but not least,
you can go to the Select tab
and then to any between Subject, Sky or Background
to automatically select these with one click, thanks to AI.
You can switch to the Advanced workspace
to get the most from Photoshop Elements.
Enable the Smudge tool to drag and move pixels
and the Dodge and Burn tools to change the brightness level as you brush.
Use the Sponge tool to increase or decrease the color saturation
and the Brush and the Pencil tool to draw freehand,
with custom size and color at the bottom.
In the Advanced workspace you can work with multiple elements known as layers,
which can be images, text or adjustments
all listed on the Layers panel on the right.
Here, you can hide or show layers,
manage their order if they overlap
and select any layer to edit it with the Move tool.
You can also cut and paste any image by using any selection tool
and pressing CTRL (or CMD) and X or V respectively.
This way you can cut any image and paste it onto another,
with the new image as an independent layer.
If you select part of an image and copy and paste,
you will create checkered areas with no pixels and full transparency.
If you do not want this
you can open the Guided workspace and go to Basics,
Move and Scale Object
to move subjects and selections seamlessly
within images with automatic refilling.
Check this out!
To save your work go to File, Save As,
and choose PSD to save it as a document for future edits on Photoshop Elements.
Select JPG or PNG to render the document as an image,
with PNG saving all your transparent areas.
You can also go to Create to export your project creatively.
For example with Photo Collage
you can craft a collage with all the images from the Photo Bin panel.
Thank you for watching this beginner tutorial!
Make sure to discover more tips and tricks on our channel and our website,
and don't forget to watch our free Premiere Elements tutorial!