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Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements

You're reading from   Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements Excel in digital photography and image editing for print and web using Photoshop Elements 2019

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2019
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ISBN-13 9781789808155
Length 502 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Robin Nichols Robin Nichols
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Preface 1. Photoshop Elements Features Overview FREE CHAPTER 2. Setting Up Photoshop Elements from Scratch 3. The Basics of Image Editing 4. Image Makeover 5. Easy Creative Projects 6. Advanced Editing Techniques 7. Advanced Drawing and Painting Techniques 8. Exporting the Finished Work 9. Best Practices A. Common Feature Other Books You May Enjoy Index

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It's a sad fact that all image editing is virtually worthless if the monitor on which you make all your creative decisions doesn't actually represent the correct color, brightness, and contrast accurately. Color management—the process of making sure that what you see onscreen is both accurate to life and will be correctly reproduced online and in print—is I think, an unnecessarily complex operation. Although Elements' calibration is not nearly as controllable as that found in Photoshop, it's presented in a reasonably easy format that should work well in most situations. And if you are sending your work into a commercial print environment, you can always let them handle the finer complexities of color reproduction, which allows you to pay more attention to the editing process.

Color Management options

One area where Photoshop Elements really cannot compete with Photoshop CC is in serious color...

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