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Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements 2023 - Fifth Edition

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Product type Book
Published in Dec 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803248455
Pages 510 pages
Edition 5th Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Robin Nichols Robin Nichols
Profile icon Robin Nichols

Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Preface Color keys
Chapter 1: Photoshop Elements Features Overview Chapter 2: Setting Up Photoshop Elements from Scratch Chapter 3: The Basics of Image Editing Chapter 4: Getting Started with Simple Solutions Chapter 5: Easy Creative Projects Chapter 6: Advanced Techniques: Transformations, Layers, Masking, and Blend Modes Chapter 7: Advanced Techniques: Retouching, Selections, and Text Chapter 8: Additional Tools and Features Chapter 9: Advanced Drawing, Painting and Illustration Techniques Chapter 10: Exporting Work, Sharpening, and Plug-ins Chapter 11: Troubleshooting, Additional Techniques Chapter 12: Feature Appendix Other Books You May Enjoy

Advanced Techniques: Transformations, Layers, Masking, and Blend Modes

This is the chapter where you'll move up a notch, from practicing the basics of good, but essentially fairly simple image editing, to learning the art of greater creative control over your work output in Elements' Expert Edit mode.

That said, for many grappling with the concept of Layers and Masks, this might seem counter-intuitive. Indeed, when I first started to learn Photoshop Elements, it took me months of self-persuasion before I was ready to make an assault on the concept of Layers, such was its perceived complexity.

I was lucky in that, at that point, I had always worked in photography—from commercial audio-visual production to printing in a pro lab—so the concepts of dodging, burning in, masking, and exposure were all familiar.

Even so, I still found Layers a little bit tricky, but after a few weeks of messing about, it became one of my all-time favorite features simply because...

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