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Using filters and other techniques to add photographic-style effects to your images.

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Toning With Gradient Maps

By Mike Rodriguez  ·  May 14th, 2013

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Using Gradient Maps, Mike demonstrates how to create soft and luscious tones for all types of images.

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The Tilt Shift Effect

By Karen Brockney  ·  April 24th, 2013

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Inside the Elements Guided Edit tab, Karen introduces you to the Tilt Shift Lens effect and how easy it is to use!

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The Action Panel in Elements 11

By Karen Brockney  ·  December 27th, 2012

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The brand new Actions panel in Elements 11 makes loading and using actions easier than before. Karen walks you through how this panel works and what the pre-made actions do!

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Photo Effects and Styles in Elements 11

By Karen Brockney  ·  November 2nd, 2012

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What do you do with all those leftover Halloween photos? Karen walks you through how to add a ‘zombie’ effect to your spooky images using the new Elements 11.

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Experimenting with Layer Masks

By Dave Cross  ·  September 17th, 2012

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Dave takes two unrelated photos and experiments with layer masks to get a few extremely interesting effects.

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It’s a Small World

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  August 29th, 2012

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Make landscapes and cityscapes look like miniature-scale models
with this selective-blur technique.

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Using the Action Player

By Karen Brockney  ·  August 20th, 2012

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An action is a recorded sequence of command created in Photoshop that you can apply to your images in Photoshop Elements. Karen shows you how to download actions, how to add them to Elements and then how to put them to good use!

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Working With Displacement Maps

By Dave Cross  ·  August 10th, 2012

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Using the Displace filter and Displacement Maps, Dave shows you how to make a texture follow the contours of another object.

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Seeking Shadows

By Diana Day  ·  July 1st, 2012

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Capture the mystery and beauty of silhouettes.

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Links: July/August 2012 issue

By Kelly Turner  ·  June 25th, 2012

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This is a list of Web links mentioned in the July/August 2012 issue of Photoshop Elements Techniques magazine.

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Vintage Color

By Liz Ness  ·  June 18th, 2012

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Liz demonstrates how to give your photos a classic look with a Levels adjustment layer, as seen in the May/June 2012 issue.

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Reusable Photo Effects

By Karen Brockney  ·  June 1st, 2012

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Karen demonstrates how to add an “Aged Aqua” effect to any photo, then shows you how to save that effect to use on other photos at another time.

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Vintage Color

By Liz Ness  ·  May 25th, 2012

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Learn how to use Levels adjustments to give photos a classic color twist.

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Star Effects

By Karen Brockney  ·  April 27th, 2012

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Karen shows you how to create your own star brushes, then apply them to any of your photos.

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Download: Nicole’s Instant Film Presets (Perfect Effects)

By Rick LePage  ·  April 27th, 2012

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This is a free set of presets for use with the Perfect Effects plug-in for Photoshop Elements, published by onOne Software.

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Reusable Border Effects, Part 2

By Dave Cross  ·  April 19th, 2012

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In the second part of his Reusable Border Effects series, Dave shows you how to create a unique edge effect using layer masks and the Brush tool.

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Links: May/June 2012 issue

By Kelly Turner  ·  April 17th, 2012

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Get the look of a silhouette by downloading third-party silhouette brushes.

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Download: Vintage Color

By Kelly  ·  April 17th, 2012

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This is the sample file to follow along with “Vintage Color” from the May/June 2012 issue of Photoshop Elements Techniques.

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The Instagram Effect, Part 2

By Elizabeth LePage  ·  April 2nd, 2012

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In this 2nd Instagram-inspired video, Elizabeth shows you how to recreate one of the most popular filters, “Earlybird.”

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Adding Motion Effects with Radial Blur

By Karen Brockney  ·  March 27th, 2012

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Karen shows you how to add a “spin” or “zoom” motion to your images with the Radial Blur inside of Elements.

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