Adobe Photoshop Elements 9: Maximum Performance: Unleash the hidden performance of Elements

✍ Scribed by Mark Galer M.Ed., Abhijit Chattaraj

• Publisher: Focal Press
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 364
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Let Mark Galer guide you through the most powerful photo editing tools and techniques that Elements has to offer! A unique cominbtion of step-by-step projects, movie tutorials and sample images will have you creating stunning images in no time at all. Whether you want to enhance your images for maximum impact, optimize your photos for perfect print quality, or creating impressive, seamless montages, Maximum Performance will give you the skills and know-how to create professional quality results, enabling you get maximum performance from this credit crunch approved software. The package is completed with an astonishingly supportive website packed with over 7 hours of movie tutorials, 100+ sample images, multimedia content and stock photography as well as automated actions to get even more out of the software.* Get Photoshop-quality results with Elements-priced software * Create stunning images using powerful, little-known techniques * Companion website packed full of additional content; hours of tutorial movies, practise images and giving you even more content to show you how to push your skills to the limit!

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Title: Adobe Photoshop Elements 9: Maximum Perfomance - Unleash the hidden performance of Elements......Page 3
ISBN 9780240522425......Page 4
Dedication......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 14
Calibrate your monitor......Page 16
Memory......Page 17
Keyboard shortcuts......Page 18
Accessing the support images and movies......Page 19
Part 1: Optimize......Page 21
Project 1: Adobe Camera
Raw......Page 22
Adobe Camera Raw – A non-destructive workspace......Page 25
Done, Cancel or Open Image......Page 26
Managing your screen real-estate......Page 28
1. Adjusting exposure in Adobe Camera Raw......Page 30
2. Correcting a low-contrast image......Page 33
3. Brightness and contrast......Page 36
4. Straightening an image......Page 37
5. Highlight recovery......Page 38
6. Shadow recovery......Page 39
7. Gamut control and white balance......Page 41
8. Correcting the white balance across a batch of images......Page 42
9. Creative use of white balance to tone an image......Page 46
10. Clarity......Page 47
11. Vibrance......Page 48
12. Detail tab (sharpening and noise reduction)......Page 49
13. Sharpening multiple files......Page 52
14. Cropping......Page 54
15. Processing files that have been optimized......Page 55
Project 2:
Basic Retouching......Page 56
Color settings......Page 58
Project 3: Working
Spaces......Page 68
Project 4: Gradients &
Vignettes......Page 80
Project 5: Preparing for
Print......Page 90
Project 6:
Curves......Page 104
The revised Brightness/Contrast adjustment feature......Page 106
Resolving the problem......Page 107
Project 7: Black &
White......Page 116
The conversion from color to black and white......Page 118
Project 8:
Sharpening......Page 126
The art of advanced sharpening......Page 128
Part 2: Enhance......Page 137
Project 1: Depth of
Field......Page 138
Project 2: Shafts of
Light......Page 148
Project 3: Toning......Page 160
Project 4: Character
Portrait......Page 172
Preparing the image......Page 174
Project 5:
Glamor Portrait......Page 186
Project 6: Tonal Mapping
(Faux HDR)......Page 198
Project 7: Faux
Holga......Page 208
Project 8: Low
Key......Page 220
Exposure for low-key images......Page 222
Project 9:
Channels......Page 228
Part 1 – Extracting the red channel......Page 230
Part 2 – Channel masking......Page 233
Not convinced?......Page 237
Part 3: Composites......Page 239
Project 1: Creative
Montage......Page 240
Project 2: Replacing a
Sky......Page 252
Project 3:
Decisive Moments......Page 260
Project 4:Faux
Renaissance......Page 270
Project 5:
Layer Blending......Page 280
Project 6: Need for
Speed......Page 288
Project 7: Preserving Shadows......Page 296
Project 8:
Displacement......Page 308
Project 9:
Photomerge......Page 322
Project 10: Hair
Transplant......Page 338
Jargon Buster......Page 350
Shortcuts......Page 354
Index......Page 358