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. …

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 …

Photoshop Elements 2 Marquee Tools

Photoshop Elements 2 Marquee Tools

 
Used for selecting rectangular and elliptical areasFound at #1 in t …

Photoshop Elements 2 Lasso

Photoshop Elements 2 Lasso

 
Used for making selectionsFound at #2 in the Toolbar diagram at left

& …

Photoshop Elements 2 Magnetic Lasso

Photoshop Elements 2 Magnetic Lasso

 
Used for selecting areasFound at #2 in the Toolbar diagram at left …

Photoshop Elements 2 Selection brush

Photoshop Elements 2 Selection brush

 
Used for making selections Found at #3 in the Toolbar diagram at left
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Photoshop Elements 2 Custom Shape

Photoshop Elements 2 Custom Shape

 
Used for creating custom shape objectsFound at #4 in the Toolbar diagram …

Photoshop Elements Shapes Tools

Photoshop Elements Shapes Tools

 
Used for creating shape objectsFound at #4 in the Toolbar diagram at …

Photoshop Elements 2 Line Tool

Photoshop Elements 2  Line Tool

 
Used for drawing straight lines and arrowsFound at #4 in the Toolbar …

Photoshop Elements 2 Shape Selection

Photoshop Elements 2 Shape Selection

 
Used for selecting shapes created with the shape toolFound at #4 …

Photoshop Elements 2 Paint Bucket

Photoshop Elements 2 Paint Bucket

 
Used for adding and changing fill colorFound at #5 in the Toolbar di …

Photoshop Elements 2 Brush

Photoshop Elements 2 Brush

 
Used for paintingFound at #6 in the Toolbar diagram at left

 
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Photoshop Elements 2 Eraser

Photoshop Elements 2 Eraser

 
Used for removing portions of an imageFound at #7 in the Toolbar diagram at lef …

Photoshop Elements 2 Background Eraser

Photoshop Elements 2 Background Eraser

 
Used for removing portions of an imageFound at #7 in the Toolba …

Photoshop Elements 2 Magic Eraser

Photoshop Elements 2 Magic Eraser

Used for removing portions of imagesFound at #7 in the Toolbar diagram at l …

Photoshop Elements 2 Blur Tool

Photoshop Elements 2 Blur Tool

Used to apply blurring with a brushFound at #8 in the Toolbar diagram at left

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