Barbara Obermeier (Obermeier Design, Ventura, CA, California Luther, Ted Padova (California Ventura)

Photoshop Elements 2023 For Dummies

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Transform your images from ordinary to extraordinary in Photoshop Elements

Great for non-professional photographers and designers, Adobe's Photoshop Elements is packed with all the photo editing tools you need to turn your images into showstoppers. And with the help of Photoshop Elements 2023 For Dummies, you'll discover the ins and outs of this affordable, beginner-friendly photo editing software. Learn all the tricks for simple, one-click fixes, before leaping into more advanced editing features. Work with layers, brighten colors, add filters, and make your images pop!
_ Learn the basics of Photoshop Elements and quickly improve your photos
_ Enhance color, boost contrast, and sharpen your images
_ Get to know more advanced Photoshop tools like layers
_ Create eye-catching images and improve your designs

This book is for you whether you're new to Photoshop Elements or an experienced user needing a refresh on the latest features. You're in good hands with Dummies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1W119912900
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 287mm x 236mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1020g
• ISBN-13: 9781119912903
• ISBN-10: 1119912903
• Artikelnr.: 66221159

Autorenporträt

Barbara Obermeier is principal of Obermeier Design and the Chair of the Visual Arts Department at California Lutheran University. Ted Padova has written more than 70 computer applications aftermarket books primarily on Adobe Creative Cloud programs.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1

About This Book 1

Icons Used in This Book 2

Beyond the Book 3

Where to Go from Here 3

Part 1: Getting Started with Photoshop Elements 2023 5

Chapter 1: Getting Started with Image Editing 7

Getting Familiar with the Home Screen 7

Launching the Photo Editor 9

Making Basic Edits in Quick Mode 10

Sharing a Photo 12

Retracing Your Steps 14

Using the History panel 14

Reverting to the last save 16

Getting a Helping Hand 16

Saving Files with Purpose 17

Using the Save/Save As dialog box 17

Saving files for the web 19

Chapter 2: Basic Image-Editing Concepts 21

Grappling with the Ubiquitous Pixels 22

Understanding resolution 23

Understanding image dimensions 25

The Art of Resampling 25

Choosing a Resolution for Print or Onscreen 28

Working with File Formats 29

JPEG (*.jpg, *.jpeg, *.jpe) 29

PNG (*.png) 31

TIFF (*.tif, *.tiff) 31

Getting Familiar with Color 32

Getting Color Right 33

Color the easy way 34

Calibrating your monitor 34

Choosing a color workspace 35

Understanding how profiles work 36

Chapter 3: Exploring the Photo Editor 37

Examining the Photo Editor 37

Examining the image window 41

Uncovering the contextual menus 46

Selecting the tools 46

Selecting from the Tool Options 49

Playing with panels 49

Using the Photo Bin 53

Creating different views of an image 53

Viewing filenames 54

Using Photo Bin Actions 54

Using Some Creative Features 55

Using Guided Edits 55

Searching Guided Edits 56

Controlling the Editing Environment 56

Launching and navigating Preferences 57

Checking out all the Preferences panes 58

Perusing preset libraries 60

Part 2: Managing Media 63

Chapter 4: Navigating the Organizer 65

Organizing Photos and Media on a Hard Drive 66

Adding Images to the Organizer 68

Adding files from folders and removable media 68

Downloading camera images with the Elements Downloader 70

Importing additional photos from folders 72

Navigating the Media Browser 73

Using a Scanner 74

Understanding image requirements 75

Using scanner plug-ins (Windows) 75

Scanning on the Mac 77

Scanning many photos at a time 77

Phoning in Your Images 78

Setting Organizer Preferences 80

Chapter 5: Organizing Your Pictures 83

Touring the Organizer 83

Organizing Groups of Images with Tags 87

Creating and viewing a tag 87

Adding icons to tags 90

Working with custom tags 91

Working with default tags 92

Working with sub-categories 93

Sorting photos according to tags 94

Auto Generating Tags 95

Working with Auto Creations 95

Adding new Events 96

Rating Images with Stars 96

Adding Images to an Album 98

Creating an album 98

Using albums for temporary work 100

Editing an album 100

Finding out more about sharing your albums 101

Adding People in the Media Browser 101

Placing Pictures on Maps 103

Working with Events 105

Chapter 6: Viewing and Finding Your Images 107

Cataloging Files 107

Using the Catalog Man