Before/After Editing with Matt
Follow along with Matt as he takes you through his complete editing process on a recent image, taken at The Racetrack Playa in Death Valley.
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Related Tags: layers, levels, spot healing brush, Using Camera Raw
Martha
March 2, 2013 at 11:49 am
I can’t find a way to open a jpg in camera raw on Elements.
Tonja
March 2, 2013 at 11:54 am
Use File –> Open As.. and choose your jpg and Open As= Camera Raw.
Mary
March 2, 2013 at 11:57 am
A great tutorial….as usual Matt. Thanks.
Judith
March 2, 2013 at 12:12 pm
Thank you Matt – seeing your edits made sense and helped alot.
Martha
March 2, 2013 at 12:43 pm
There is no “File, Open As, on any version of Elements I have, which is 9, 10, 11.
Martha
March 2, 2013 at 12:50 pm
Ok, I found it on my Mac. File, then click on the image, then change the format on the Open window to Camera Raw – a roundabout way to find it.
Mike
March 3, 2013 at 8:53 pm
Yes, the process is slightly different on a Mac then it is on a PC. On the PC, it’s File > Open As, but on a Mac, as you discovered, it’s just File>Open, then you change the Format menu to Camera Raw.
Michael
March 2, 2013 at 1:16 pm
You touched out the other rocks? WHAT WERE YOU THINKING????
kathy
March 2, 2013 at 1:38 pm
Wowza! Awesome tutorial…amazing what a difference a few extra steps can do to a picture! Thanks for sharing.
Karen
March 2, 2013 at 3:09 pm
Amazing….thanks so much!!!
Francine
March 2, 2013 at 4:07 pm
will there be a cheatsheet!!
Rick
March 3, 2013 at 3:55 pm
Not really, Francine, since this is a more free-form video than our standard tutorials.
Lila
March 2, 2013 at 4:56 pm
Thanks for the info about PET news. I have a topic that I’d like to learn more about. I often create photomerge panoramas and go from lightroom 4 to photoshop elements 9 to do this. When I ‘save as’ the new panorama as a psd, what is the easiest way to import it into lightroom? I noticed that it didn’t work when I had the lightroom import dialog set to convert to DNG. I got an error message saying that it would only convert raw files. It did work when I chose ‘add’. When would I use ‘copy’?. Since so many people use lightroom and elements together, I thought it would be good to know this. also, can I change my import preset to say ‘add’ just for the photoshop elements psd photos and have a different preset for getting photos from my camers’s sd card?
Barbara
March 2, 2013 at 6:20 pm
Great tutorial – which version of Elements did you use?
Eileen
March 2, 2013 at 8:58 pm
Great tutorial! Easy to follow.
Abe
March 3, 2013 at 1:18 am
I’ve read the comments regarding opening Camera Raw. I’m running Elements 10 but the two comments do not help.
First comment File> Open as … I don’t have Open as in the File Drop Down
Second File> Image change format here again I don’t have Image in the File Drop Down
can someone please help me by giving me details on how to open it.
Martha
March 3, 2013 at 6:23 am
Well, I finally figured out with some help, how to open the jpg as Camera Raw. I am using a Mac.
I go to File, Open. The Open window pops up to my documents folder (or whereever I keep my photos, I don’t use Organizer). In this window, click on a photo. At the bottom of that Open window, where it says Format, change the dropdown window to choose Camera Raw. Then click Open.
Abe
March 3, 2013 at 7:24 pm
Thanks Martha
My photos are saved in iPhoto and currently and when I follow you instructions it does not open my iPhoto. I’ve solved the problem for the moment by transfering the photos I want to edit into my documents.
Thanks again
Rick
March 3, 2013 at 3:28 pm
We did put a note with the video about how to open the files on both Macs and Windows — unfortunately, they’re a bit different.
Abe
March 3, 2013 at 7:27 pm
Thanks Martha solved my problem.
Is there a way that when I click on File>open it will open the photos in iPhoto
Martha
March 3, 2013 at 8:07 pm
Well, I don’t know if your Mac is set up the same way as mine, but when I click on File, Open, in Elements, the Open screen comes up, and on the left side is listed in segments: Files, Devices, Media. I scroll down to the Media section and choose Photos, and the iPhoto pics show up. Then choose a picture, and look at the bottom of the Open screen. It says Enable (choose whatever format the pic is in the dropdown menu.) Then below that it says Format: (choose Camera Raw or whatever format you want in that dropdown menu).
If this doesn’t work for you, you might open iPhoto and choose Preferences, then Advanced and set up the photos to open in Elements.
Daniel
March 4, 2013 at 9:57 am
Thanks, Matt. I really appreciate the start to finish tutorials. One could also start in Lightroom and finish in Elements.
judith
March 4, 2013 at 5:48 pm
wow, lots of info – now if I can remember it all… thank you!!
Howard
March 4, 2013 at 6:37 pm
This was a terrific video. I have recently been using Lightroom. Would you care to comment on the workflow differences between Lightroom and Elements for this type of photo?
Sharon
March 6, 2013 at 7:01 am
I don’t take my pictures in Camera Raw, but do like the options for “fixing” them this way. Only question, when the pictures come over as jpegs is there any way to get more than one at a time to edit? I haven’t been able to do that.
Ronald
March 8, 2013 at 1:49 pm
Thank’s for the tutorial….keep them coming!
Steve
March 10, 2013 at 11:54 am
Very helpful, Matt. You make it easy to follow and explain the logic of the sequence. As a relative newcomer here, I’m wondering about the wisdom of shooting RAW all the time. Advantages?
Mike
March 11, 2013 at 5:37 pm
This is why I subscribe to Element User. Matt’s video enables us to enhance and improve our editing skills; thanks for an informative session.
John
March 20, 2013 at 1:14 pm
I was unable to open the video.
Kathy
April 27, 2013 at 2:43 pm
This is a wonderful video. I think it is the best I have ever seen. Love his humor also. Is there a cheatsheet? I want to make sure I don’t miss a step. Keep up the good job, Matt.
JWC
May 6, 2013 at 12:07 pm
Wow! What a difference! Great tutorial Matt, Thank you!
Alfred
June 18, 2013 at 8:21 am
Thank you, another wonderful video explanation of all the things that are mysterious to me..Ben