Retouching Photos in Photoshop Elements 4

While Photoshop offers a host of professional-level image editing and color features, sometimes all users want to do is create a polished, improved photo. This slim, full-color volume is for anyone who simply wants to get from start to finish fast, and doesn't need to know every single Photoshop feature, but just the ones they'll use to accomplish their goals.

Nolan Hester has written more than a dozen books for Peachpit, including the best-selling previous edition to this Visual QuickProject, and Creating a Web Page in Dreamweaver: Visual QuickProject Guide. A photographer since he was 16, his beloved trove of 35mm Nikons has been gathering dust since he switched to a digital camera.

introduction

vii

you'll create

viii

how this book works

x

the next step

xii

getting ready

1

(16)

Welcome screen

2

(1)

Elements Editor

3

(1)

Elements Organizer

4

(2)

arrange work space

6

(3)

set & calibrate monitor

9

(1)

get from Organizer

10

(1)

get from camera

11

(2)

get from scanner

13

(1)

reformat photos

14

(1)

extra bits

15

(2)

make quick fixes

17

(20)

rotate photo

18

(1)

fix flash red eye

19

(3)

crop photo

22

(2)

use Smart Fix

24

(3)

match the light

27

(1)

fix lighting

28

(3)

fix colors

31

(1)

fix skin tones

32

(1)

sharpen automatically

33

(2)

extra bits

35

(2)

correct exposures

37

(24)

undo multiple changes

38

(1)

lighten shadows

39

(2)

darken highlights

41

(1)

adjust midtones

42

(1)

read the histogram

43

(3)

reduce contrast

46

(2)

use levels

48

(2)

fix levels with layers

50

(2)

fix flashed-out areas

52

(2)

add fill flash

54

(5)

extra bits

59

(2)

adjust colors

61

(20)

set color management

62

(1)

learn color basics

63

(2)

adjust with variations

65

(2)

fix hue with layer

67

(2)

fix skin tone with mask

69

(4)

remove color cast

73

(1)

remove color noise

74

(2)

warm or cool colors

76

(2)

convert colors

78

(2)

extra bits

80

(1)

repair & transform photos

81

(34)

remove dust & scratches

82

(2)

fix blemishes

84

(1)

repair areas

85

(3)

restore missing areas

88

(5)

select part of photo

93

(3)

modify selection

96

(2)

remove objects

98

(3)

extract & defringe objects

101

(4)

combine photos

105

(6)

create a panorama

111

(3)

extra bits

114

(1)

share photos

115

(15)

print photos

116

(2)

set email preference

118

(2)

send as attachments

120

(1)

use Adobe service

121

(4)

save for the web

125

(4)

extra bits

129

(1)

index

130

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