Photoshop Elements 13.
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In short,
and
functions related to vectors and graphic manipulation.
When you open the software, a dialog box lets you choose between
and
photos, we won't see it in this video. We will focus on the
Photoshop Elements
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Adobe offers you on this software - from videotutorials to suggestions.
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Then you have three main workspaces:
without going too much in detail.
photos more professionally. The
on each single pixel of the photo, and contains some features of
Photoshop
If you want to go straight to the
We will start with the
the workspace. You can also add more of them, but
photo per time
the bottom left corner and double-click on the file interested. You can click again
on
You have some important tools here below. You can
using your mouse wheel while
hold Space down
Then you have the
The
opens
You also have the
tool that is enabled.
You will also notice a small
showing you the photo
on
how was the photo originally.
Let's see quickly how to adjust a photo. You have two groups of tools: the
quick ones
After adjusting the photo with
you won't want. So activate the
select the parts of the photo you want to save. Then you can edit this selection
area as you like: drag it to
outside to
Options
button
Then you have to adjust the aspect of the photo. You can use
on the right to check how the photo will be. Click to apply or use the bar on top.
If this is not enough, go to the options more at the bottom. Use
Lighting
differently both darker and lighter parts of the image.
Then you need to adjust the color, so go to
Saturation, and Tint. When the photo is okay, you can still enhance it. Use
Sharpen
Use the
include the whole eye inside the rectangle. Use
people's teeth. In any of these tools on the left, you can adjust options at
the bottom as always.
After all these changes, you can see with
Photoshop Elements can make on a picture.
There are other important tools in this software.
selects just parts of the image, just click and drag. Remember:
selected area up, the adjustments will act just on such area, instead of the full
photo
Then you have the
the kind of Text Tool. There is the
such manners. But there are also the
selections with the shape of the selected text. Check them! All of them work in the
same way. Just click and drag to define a
Always make sure that
all text inside.
you will resize the area but
drag to move text fast and rotate it dragging from outside. Then just
The area can be edited easily also after applying.
There are also the
If you are interested in this tool, watch the next video in this guide.
You don't have just the
you can select
one. You can also add
Let's see now the
seen in the
These different categories collect very professional photo adjustments.
So let's see how it works. First of all, use the
need. Then, you must improve the photo, and this is made by the
section
way seen before. Have a look at how is this workspace. Everytime you enable
a tool, its options appear on the right. And to confirm, just click on
To come back and undo all, click on
To improve lightness and contrast, you can use the first tool, and
and
Then you need to adjust hue and saturation, using
After that, reduce noise and smoothness using
Plus you have many others tools quite professional. These are guided,
which means that, on the right, the software helps you with different steps and
instructions, that do include specific tools to be used, for example
Old Photo
In case you are a beginner, it can be very useful using
enhance people's photos. This is completely guided, listing you even the order
of the tools to be used. Check it out!
At this point your photo will be much better than before. But you can try
Photo Effects
These are fully guided as well, just follow the list and the tools suggested.
Photo Play
of your photo.
Once you photo is ready, you have to export it. There are different ways to do so.
You can use the
to print it, make calendars, labels and even slideshows. You can use
to export it on the web and social networks.
If you want to save the picture on your computer, just go to
to
As long as you use the
save the picture as .jpeg or .png, it is the same.
This is all! If you want to discover the
in this guide!