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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 2. Setting Up Photoshop Elements from Scratch FREE CHAPTER 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

Makeover example three

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

Problem: Often, 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.

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 a more natural state:

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:

Makeover example three

I'm not sure if this is the photographer's fault (White Balance set incorrectly?), but this is unlikely if you have the credentials to be so close to someone so important. It's more likely a result of environmental color...

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