Photoshop Elements Tutorials

Artistic Filtering - Page 5

Artistic Filtering Here are two possible methods for altering a male portrait to “depersonalize” it, or make it into a generic …

Symmetrical Flowers - Part I

Symmetrical Flowers [Written for Elements 1. Users of version 2, please note that the command to flip a layer is now found at Image &g …

Symmetrical Flowers - Part II

Symmetrical Flowers With the top, newly merged layer selected in the Layers palette, use the rectangular marquee tool to once again dr …

Simulated Alpha Channels - Part I

Simulated Alpha Channels [Please note: Elements 2 allows the saving of selections as alphas. However, since you can’t see or edit them …

Simulated Alpha Channels - Part II

Simulated Alpha Channels Before attempting to paint close to the flower’s edges, zoom way in so you can see exactly what you̵ …

Simulated Alpha Channels - Part III

Simulated Alpha Channels With the mask corrected, and the flower layer’s visibility turned back on, the image looked as shown bel …

Layer Masks - Part I

Layer Masks Elements 2 users, you can’t use the shortcut key method that worked in Elements 1, but you can easily add a layer mas …

Layer Masks - Part II

Layer Masks Here we are, then. All set with our mask on the layer where we need it. A lot of trouble, but you’ll see, when you w …

Curves Are an Abomination

Curves Are an Abomination Curves Are an Abomination …and so is the Shadows/Highlights command. Unless, of course, you want to create …

Gotcha

There are a lot of little things in Elements and Photoshop that can really ruin your day. Here’s a list of the most common ones. …

Gotcha (Mac only)

[Mac only] When you move something with the move tool, it always snaps back to where it was before.Change your color picker from Apple …

Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 Pre-Beginner I.I

If you barely know how to turn on your computer, are nervous and unhappy the entire time you’re using it, break out in a cold swe …

Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 Pre-Beginner I.II

Now that you’ve survived a basic picture edit, I’ll circle back and cover some of the useful, but slightly more complicated …

Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 Pre-Beginner II.I

The first Pre-Beginner tutorial walked you through a very simple image edit sequence and skimmed over other important features. This le …

Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 Pre-Beginner II.I ...

If you are going to be using Elements for anything more than quick edits of snapshots, you’re going to n …

Photoshop Elements 2 Toolbar

Photoshop Elements 2 Toolbar 1) Rectangular marquee 1a) Elliptical&nb …

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