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Take a look at some of the new features in Photoshop Elements 8!

With the introduction of Photoshop Elements 8 for Macintosh and Windows, Adobe has added a slew of fun new features, and upgraded the look of the program. In these videos, Photoshop Elements Techniques' Mike Rodriguez walks you through some of the high points. Click the images below to play the videos.

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Elements 8: The New Look One of the big enhancements in Version 8 is a redesigned look (inherited from Photoshop CS4), including the new tabbed document feature.	The New Look, Part 2 Elements 8 has some other changes to its look; among them new ways to rearrange your panels (formerly known as palettes).	The Updated Organizer (Windows) Adobe didn't forget about managing your pictures: they pumped up the Organizer with some great new features as well.
The Recompose Tool Elements new Recompose tool lets you resize and adjust the orientation of your photos without distorting the important stuff!	Photomerge Exposure This feature easily lets you blend multiple versions of the same scene into one properly exposed photo.

 

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Video Tutorials

Tips for Dealing with Hair and Backgrounds by Dave Cross Dave shows you how to make a hair brush to ease the transition of edges.	Add Detail to Overly Bright Images by Matt Kloskowski We show you how to use the Shadow & Highlight commands to add detail to bright areas in a photo.	Designing With Shapes by Corey Barker Masking layers and the Twirl filter can make a very eye-catching composite photograph.
Fixing Glasses Glare by Dave Cross Here are a few nifty tricks for removing lens glare from someone wearing glasses.	Magazine/Newspaper Clipping Effect by Dave Cross This is a great technique for adding some pizazz to your scrapbook pages.	Shed Five Pounds in Two Easy Steps by Matt Kloskowski Matt shows you a quick use of Free Transform to make your people photos more svelte.

PDF Tutorials

Here are three free, printable PDFs of recent articles in the magazine:

Layers 101: The Foundation of Elements by Mike Rodriguez If you want to move beyond the basics of editing photos in Elements, you need to familiarize yourself with layers. We show you the types of layers available and how to manipulate them, with lots of tips and tricks along the way.

Creating the Painterly Orton Effect by Rick LePage The photographer Michael Orton developed an inventive landscape technique using slide film, but it has become a popular effect, and it's easy to create inside Photoshop Elements. We'll show you how.

Getting the Most out of the Organizer by Jeff Carlson We tend to focus on the editing aspects of Photoshop Elements, but it's well worth your time to become familiar with the Organizer—or Bridge and iPhoto on the Mac.