By Wendy Williams  ·  May 4th, 2007

Here’s a great tutorial for combining two perfect objects: babies and flowers!

By Corey Barker  ·  April 29th, 2007

Corey shows you a Photoshop Layer Masking workaround called a Clipping Mask in Elements 5.0.

By Nancy Marti  ·  April 6th, 2007

I wanted to capture a fairy tale air to my niece’s homecoming photo to make it look like they were holding a memoir of their very special evening.

By William J. Meyer  ·  January 6th, 2007

Here’s how I fashioned dionaea muscipula britannia from a series of digital photos, eventually turning my friend into a hapless victim of a giant carnivorous plant!

By Chad Neuman  ·  August 31st, 2006

Combining certain elements of two photos can enhance the message you want to get across, whether it’s for an advertisement or a humorous mash-up for a digital art contest.

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  July 22nd, 2006

Recently at my cousin’s wedding, my grandmother wanted a picture with all her grandchildren. Luckily, we took two. In one photo, the star (grandma) was looking down–she would be mortified if that was the shot I went with.

By Wendy Williams  ·  May 21st, 2006

We all have those photographs where the person looks fine but the background isn’t great; here’s a way to add a simple, textured background to a portrait.

By Wendy Williams  ·  May 12th, 2006

The displacement map is a a wonderful tool inside Elements that lets you superimpose one image (like a texture or a flag) on parts of another.

By Dave Cross  ·  April 28th, 2006

Dave shows you how to make more difficult selections.

By Larry Becker  ·  February 12th, 2006

Selection tools and the Select menu, part 2

By Larry Becker  ·  January 3rd, 2006

Selection Tools are a critical part of photographic editing because they allow you to isolate a portion of your image for retouching without affecting any other part of your image.

By Dave Cross  ·  January 2nd, 2006

Here’s an effective way to add a person (or object) into a photo, placing it behind other people (or things) in the image. The most important aspect of this technique is to make accurate selections of both the person and the location where you want that person to appear.

By Taz Tally  ·  October 1st, 2005

Just about any image-editing project begins with a selection, and the quality and look of your editing results are greatly affected by the quality of your selections. In prior issues, you?e learned about the magic wand and the rectangular marquee tools. Here you?l expand your selection tool repertoire and skill set.

By Dave Huss  ·  October 1st, 2005

While the title of this article may sound a lot like the title of a Dungeons & Dragon instruction book, it is, in fact, all about how to get the most out of the Magic Extractor feature.

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  September 1st, 2005

Mastering selection tools is one of the most essential and powerful aspects of Photoshop Elements.

By Dave Huss  ·  May 1st, 2005

Build a crazy composite image that is literally out of this world.

By Mark Clarkson  ·  April 1st, 2005

Great snapshots are often spoiled by distracting backgrounds. Let’s see how to use a clipping layer to quickly de-emphasize, and even completely replace, a troublesome background.

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  February 18th, 2005

Using the Lasso tool to make fine selections