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Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements

You're reading from   Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements Bring out the best in your images using Adobe Photoshop Elements 2024

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835469385
Length 544 pages
Edition 6th Edition
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Robin Nichols Robin Nichols
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Preface 1. Color keys
2. Chapter 1: Photoshop Elements Features Overview FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Setting Up Photoshop Elements from Scratch 4. Chapter 3: The Basics of Image Editing 5. Chapter 4: Getting Started with Simple Solutions 6. Chapter 5: Easy Creative Projects 7. Chapter 6: Advanced Techniques: Transformations, Layers, Masking, and Blend Modes 8. Chapter 7: Advanced Techniques: Retouching, Selections, and Text 9. Chapter 8: Additional Tools and Features 10. Chapter 9: Advanced Drawing, Painting and Illustration Techniques 11. Chapter 10: Exporting Work, Sharpening, and Plug-ins 12. Chapter 11: Troubleshooting and Additional Techniques 13. Chapter 12: Feature Appendix 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

I want to move a person/object to make a better composition

  • Guided > Basics > Move and Scale Object. A powerful feature for selecting, then cutting out part of an image, before moving and pasting it to another part of the picture. The space left by the cutting out action is automatically filled in. This process works really well, especially if the person/object is not too close to the main subject.
  • Advanced > Select > Subject. Like most auto select features, this works well if the subject is clearly delineated. Elements selects the subject which can then be moved (using the Move Tool) and/or have its size changed (a process called Transformation—see Chapter 6, Advanced Techniques: Transformations, Layers, Masking, and Blend Modes).
  • Guided > Special Edits > Recompose. Includes a step-by-step demo on how to stretch the background to change or improve the composition.
  • Advanced > Tool Bar > Recompose...
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