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Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020

You're reading from   Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020 Supercharge your image editing using the latest features and techniques in Photoshop Elements

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800204201
Length 544 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Robin Nichols Robin Nichols
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Photoshop Elements Features Overview 2. Chapter 2: Setting Up Photoshop Elements from Scratch FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: The Basics of Image Editing 4. Chapter 4: Image Makeover 5. Chapter 5: Easy Creative Projects 6. Chapter 6: Advanced Techniques – Layers and Masking 7. Chapter 7: Advanced Techniques: Retouching, Selections, and Text 8. Chapter 8: Advanced Drawing and Painting Techniques 9. Chapter 9: Exporting the Finished Work 10. Chapter 10: Best Practices 11. Chapter 11: Feature Appendix 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

Makeover example three

Example three takes on the task of perfecting the color of an image, along with a slight brightness and contrast tweak.

Problem: Oftentimes, once an image's brightness has been improved, the contrast looks a bit flat, and so that too requires attention. But in this example, it's the color cast that's the most unflattering aspect of the image.

Solution: We shall use the White Balance tools to fix the inaccurate color, as well as the contrast-fixing capabilities of the Levels tool.

Outcome: Recreate the lighting and the color to give the image a more natural feel.

Skin Tone Fixing: The following is a press shot of Dr Angela Merkel, one of the world's most recognizable global leaders, sourced from Wikimedia. The color is wrong; it has a green-cyan color cast:

I'm not sure if this is the photographer's fault (perhaps the White Balance is set incorrectly), but this is unlikely if you have the credentials...

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