Digital Imaging Tutorials

Photoshop Elements 2 How To Palette

Photoshop Elements 2 How To Palette Instruction for commonly performed tasksDefault location is in the palette we …

Photoshop Elements 2 Undo History

Photoshop Elements 2 Undo History Records most editing steps for multiple undoDefault location is fifth from the …

Photoshop Elements 2 Color Swatches

Photoshop Elements 2 Color Swatches For storing and organizing color swatchesDefault location is fourth from the …

Photoshop Elements 2 Layers Palette

Photoshop Elements 2 Layers Palette Used for creating and controlling layersDefault location is open, and grouped with …

Photoshop Elements 2 Layer Styles

Photoshop Elements 2 Layer Styles Adds special effects a selected layerDefault location is open, a …

Photoshop Elements 2 Filters

Photoshop Elements 2 Filters Shows thumbnail samples of all filtersDefault location is second from left in the we …

Photoshop Elements 2 Effects

Photoshop Elements 2 Effects Selection of preset actionsDefault location is third from the left in the well …

Photoshop Elements 2 Search Results

Photoshop Elements 2 Search Results Shows search results in How To and HelpDefault location is closed u …

Why Layers?

[The Ctrl-J shortcut for duplicating a layer or selection contents to a new layer is disabled in Elements 2. U …

Why Layers (page 2)?

After stepping back in History, and with the rectangular selection active once again, I clicked the New Layer button at the botto …

Why Layers (page 3)?

For the next part of this lesson, I used the photograph of a rose, shown below. You may use this if you like, …

Why Layers (page 4)?

Since I was happy with the Levels adjustment I had, and the clone corrections looked good, I wanted to merge t …

Why Layers (page 5)?

To sharpen images, the Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask should always be your first choice. The sharpen t …

Holes

I get email all the time asking how to make one photo show through a hole or shape in another image. You should be able to figure this …

Photoshop Elements Fade In

This is a continuation of the Holes tutorial. Though both use the same editing technique, that probably isn …

Playing With Styles - Part 1