The Photoshop Elements 2020 Book for Digital Photographers by Kelby, Scott -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Page Acknowledgments Other Books by Scott Kelby About the Author Contents Ten Things You’ll Wish You Had Known Before Reading This Book Chapter 1. The Organizer: Managing Photos Using the Organizer

Importing Your Photos Backing Up Your Photos to a Hard Drive Importing Photos from Your Scanner Changing the Size of Your Photo Thumbnails Seeing Full-Screen Previews Sorting Photos by Date and Viewing Filenames Change the Time & Date of Your Photos (Great, If You Travel) Finding Photos Fast by Their Month & Year Smart Tags and Enhanced Searching Tagging Your Photos (with Keyword Tags) Tagging Multiple Photos Assigning Multiple Tags to One Photo Tagging People in Photos and Videos Albums: It’s How You Put Photos in Order One by One Choosing Your Own Icons for Keyword Tags Deleting Keyword Tags or Albums Seeing Your Photo’s Metadata (EXIF Info) Adding Your Own Info to Photos Finding Photos Finding Duplicate Photos Creating a Slide Show Reducing Clutter by Stacking Your Photos Places: Viewing Your Photos on a Map Sharing Your Photos

Chapter 2. Raw and Un-Kutt: The Essentials of Camera Raw

Opening Your Photos into Camera Raw My Camera Raw Editing Cheat Sheet If You Shoot in RAW, You Need to Start Here Setting the White Balance Seeing a Before/After in Camera Raw Letting Camera Raw Auto-Correct Your Photos Expanding Your Tonal Range by Setting Your White and Black Points Controlling Overall Brightness (Exposure) My Power Trio: Combining Whites + Blacks + Exposure Adding Contrast (Important Stuff!) Dealing with Highlight Problems (Clipping) Fixing Backlit Photos and Opening Up Dark Areas Clarity: Camera Raw’s Detail Enhancer Making Your Colors More Vibrant Putting It All Together (Here’s the Order I Use for My Own Editing)

Chapter 3. Beyond the Reach: Camera Raw—Beyond the Basics

Editing Multiple Photos at Once Sharpening in Camera Raw Reducing Noise in Noisy Photos Removing Red Eye in Camera Raw The Trick for Expanding the Range of Your Photos Black & White Conversions in Camera Raw Cropping and Straightening Converting RAW Photos to the Adobe DNG Format

Chapter 4. Scream of the Crop: How to Resize and Crop Photos

Basic Cropping Auto-Cropping to Standard Sizes Cropping to an Exact Custom Size Cropping into a Shape Fixing Problems with Perspective Crop Using the Crop Tool to Add More Canvas Area Auto-Cropping Gang-Scanned Photos Straightening Photos with the Straighten Tool Resizing Photos Resizing and How to Reach Those Hidden Free Transform Handles Making Your Photos Smaller (Downsizing) Automated Saving and Resizing Resizing Just Parts of Your Image Using the Recompose Tool

Chapter 5. Radio Edit: Which Mode Do I Use: Quick, Guided, or Expert?

Using Instant Fix to Quickly Edit Your Photos Photo Quick Fix in Quick Mode Let Guided Mode Walk You Through It A Quick Look at Expert Mode (It’s Not Just for Experts!)

Chapter 6. Layers of Light: Working with Layers

Layer Basics Using Multiple Layers Everything Else About Layers Layer Blend Modes for Photographers The Power of Layer Masks

Chapter 7. Problem Child: Fixing Common Problems

Adjusting Flesh Tones Smoothing Skin Like a Pro Using the Smart Brush Tool to Select and Enhance Skies at the Same Time Adding Contrast and Drama to Cloudy Skies Removing Digital Noise Focusing Light with Dodging and Burning Removing Haze from Your Photos Opening Up Shadow Areas That Are Too Dark Fixing Areas That Are Too Bright When Your Subject Is Too Dark Automatic Red-Eye Removal Instant Red-Eye Removal Fixing Problems Caused by Your Camera’s Lens Saving Blurry Photos Using the Shake Reduction Filter Opening Closed Eyes

Chapter 8. Natural Selection: Selection Techniques

Selecting Square, Rectangular, or Round Areas Auto Selecting Things in Your Image Saving Your Selections Softening Those Harsh Edges Easier Selections with the Quick Selection Tool Making Really Tricky Selections, Like Hair (and Some Cool Compositing Tricks, Too!) Putting Your Subject on a New Background in Guided Mode

Chapter 9. Remove: Removing Unwanted Objects

Chapter 10. Special Edition: Special Effects for Photographers

Effects and Presets Galore in Quick Edit Mode Creating a Picture Stack Effect Putting a Photo Inside Text Creating an Effects Collage Enhancing Depth of Field (or Faking That 85mm f/1.4 Look) Trendy Desaturated Skin Look High-Contrast Portrait Look Converting to Black and White Panoramas Made Crazy Easy Burned-In Edge Effect (Vignetting) Creating the Selective Color Effect Neutral Density Gradient Filter Getting the Instagram Look Duotone Effect Double Exposure Effect Colorizing Your Photos

Chapter 11. Sharp Tale: Sharpening Techniques

Basic Sharpening Creating Extraordinary Sharpening Edge Sharpening Technique The Most Advanced Sharpening in Elements Advanced Sharpening Using Adjust Sharpness

Chapter 12. Print: Printing, Color Management, and My Elements 2020 Workflow

Setting Up Your Color Management You Have to Calibrate Your Monitor Before You Go Any Further Getting Pro-Quality Prints That Match Your Screen Sharpening for Printing Making the Print What to Do If the Print Still Doesn’t Match Your Screen My Elements 2020 Photography Workflow

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