These are the two sample files needed to follow along with Mike Rodriguez’s “Rise to the Surface,” from the July/August 2011 issue of Photoshop Elements Techniques.
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This is the sample image needed to follow along with Diana Day’s “Break Out of the Box,” from the July/August 2011 issue of Photoshop Elements Techniques.
Presenting some of the best recent work created by our readers. (Includes results of the “Shadows” and “Morning” Photo Challenge.)
You don’t have to travel far to take part in this month’s Photo Challenge. The perfect photo may be right in front of you.
Dave shows you how to combine two images with adjusted exposure via Camera Raw.
One of my favorite projects is to create custom wrappers for candy bars. They can be used for holidays, birthday parties, showers and weddings.
Let’s continue exploring the remaining blend modes: contrast, comparison and composite.
Using filters, blend modes, and brushes, you can easily take a photo and make it pop with clean lines and solid color.
Follow along with Dave as he shows us how to experiment with the Lighting Effects filter.
Dave shows you several techniques for adding splashes of color to a black-and-white photo.
Last month I showed you how to make a scrapbook template out of a favourite layout; this month I will show you how to use that template to make a new page.
In Part 3 of a 3-part series, Matt takes you through how to use the last of the most important blend modes: Overlay and Soft Light.
In Part 1 of a 3-part series, Matt takes you through how to use one of the most important blend modes: Multiply.
Hipstamatic is one of the hottest iPhone apps out there, and it gives a very cool cross-processed, funky, ’70s look to your photos. Mike Rodriguez shows you how you can approximate the effect inside Elements quite easily.
The foundation of Photoshop Elements is the layer, so a good grasp of what they are and how they work is vital for taking that next leap in your Elements education.
The photographer Michael Orton developed an inventive landscape technique in the 1980s using slide film, but it has become a popular digital effect as well, and it’s easy to create inside Photoshop Elements.
Dave shows us how to use Adjustment Layers (Threshold) to experiment with effects without modifying the original image.
In part two of our series on the RAW format, we’re going to look at Photoshop Elements’ raw tools, and learn how to use them to process raw files from your camera.
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