Photoshop Elements is a nice program to edit your photos.
In this video, we will learn to use Photoshop Elements 2022.
Now, of course, you can purchase or use the free trial, but I won't waste your time by
showing you all that. We will jump into the good stuff straight away. So, let's get into it.
When you open the tool, this is what you see. This is a sort of introduction screen
where you can open both Photoshop and Premiere Elements. Let's click here to open the software.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is Photoshop Elements. It uses primary navigation with options on the top
and a toolbox on the left. If you find your interface different, then I don't care! Just
kidding, Go to this windows option and click on the reset panels option, and you are good to go.
Also, you can enable and disable specific panels here, although I don't think that is necessary.
You can create a blank file or open a file in the files menu. The blank file displays this window.
Here we can set the document name, size and dimensions, colour mode, and background contents.
Of course, we have those options to get that perfect photo size.
Also, the image size here changes as we change those. Let's open a few photos.
All right; Photoshop Elements has three main interfaces: quick, guided, and expert, not export,
expert. The quick panel comes with simple tools on the left. Those include zoom,
hand, eye correction, white teeth, text and a few more. As you click on a tool,
you get to see the sub-tools down below. To see your photos, click on this "Photo Bin" option.
Like any other program, Elements uses some shortcuts. You can use the alt key with the
mouse wheel to zoom in and out. Holding spacing and clicking and moving the mouse moves the image.
You also have tool shortcuts. For example, the selection tool can be enabled by pressing A
and the crop tool with the button C. You can also hold ctrl
and press the key z to undo the last edit or ctrl plus y to redo the undone edit.
To the right, we have the adjustments. Those options use AI to make your photo look better.
Under each, you find this slider and some options.
You can choose one of those or click on this auto button for the AI to work its magic.
Now let's go to the guided mode. The guided panel is where you learn to use this tool
because you see lots of tutorials categorised above. Each tutorial represents a specific
feature of this program. With the mouse, you can see what we can expect from a tutorial.
Clicking on one allows you to apply the tutorial edit by following the simple steps.
Once you are done with those steps, click on this next button to save
the image or share it on social media. Hopefully, you will get some more likes.
The expert mode is where you take control of everything. It's like shifting the plane
from auto mode to manual mode. The tool adapts the look of Photoshop but in a more sophisticated way.
You also see two colours here. One is for the background, and one's for the foreground. In this
mode, we also have layers, filters, and styles options. The layers are basically edits. You get
to see each edit as a layer to edit photos like a pro. You can enable and disable them, move them
around, and delete them if you like. I won't go through each tool, but the next few seconds will
show you all the available tools in Photoshop Elements. You can skip this part if you like.
The filters option has a few filters. Each filter comes with its own set of options.
Styles are just some frame type things to give your photos a distinguished look.
You can try one by clicking on it.
All right, the next part is exploring some other options. Down the bottom,
you have options, such as rotating the image, opening Adobe Organiser,
changing the software layout, and opening the home screen. To the right,
we have some effects to apply. Each effect comes with this intensity option to adjust the effect.
On the top here, you can create your own stuff. These include creating a slideshow, photo book,
collage, DVD label and more. Of course, clicking on each opens a new interface with its own set of
tools. At any time, this dropdown allows comparing the original photo with the edited photo.
Just like adjustments, the tool uses AI to select the subject. Under select,
if you click on the select subject option, the program will find the subject.
You can then apply the adjustments from here that only affect the subject.
You can also quickly select the subject or anything else by choosing the quick selection tool
under the selection options and using your mouse with the left button ticked. This gives
you more power while selecting. To deselect a selection, right-click and click on deselect.
Anyhow, let's talk about saving the photo. You can go to the File menu and click on the save option.
This will open up the save dialogue with the format down the bottom.
If you choose the photoshop file, the saved file can be opened in Photoshop Elements
as well as Photoshop. You can also save the file for the web.
This compresses the file so that you can upload it on social media or your website.
All right, thanks for watching. Please share your thoughts in the comments,
and thumbs up if the video helped. I will catch you later. Until then, take care.