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Hi, I’m Rick LePage, and I’m editor in chief of the Photoshop Elements Techniques magazine and website. Below, you’ll find a number of free videos and tutorials to get you going with Elements.
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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.
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.
More great ways to learn Photoshop Elements!
When you subscribe, you also get exclusive access to our private, subscriber-only area, which has more than 1,000 videos and tutorials produced by some of the most-renowned experts in the business. Below is a sampling of some of the great stuff you’ll find on our Web site:
Video Tutorials
Dealing with Hair and Backgrounds
Dave shows you how to make a hair brush to ease the transition of edges.
Add Detail to Overly Bright Images
We show you how to use the Shadow & Highlight commands to add detail to bright areas in a photo.
Designing with Shapes
Masking layers and the Twirl filter can make a very eye-catching composite photograph.
PDF Tutorials
Here are three free, printable PDFs of recent articles in the magazine:
Layers 101: The Foundation of Elements
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
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
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.
If you're looking for the quickest way to get up to speed with Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 (or earlier versions), be sure to check out our "Getting Started" series. These videos will take you inside all aspects of Elements, for both the Mac and Windows versions:
