Elements 4 the missing manual

When we published the book, there was no Mac version of the software as there is now , and for various reasons, we've been unable to update this edition to include the Mac version.

Nonetheless, if you're on a Mac, you can use this book. Just substitute Command for Ctrl, and Option for Alt whenever you see keystroke shortcuts, and about 98 percent of the Editor functions will work the same.

The sections on the Organizer only apply to Windows because the Mac version has no Organizer. Apple Books Preview. Publisher Description. Cropping with the Marquee Tool 3. Changing Your View of Your Image 3. Image Views 3. The Zoom Tool 3. The Hand Tool 3. Changing the Size of Your Image 3. Resizing Images for Email and the Web 3. Resizing for Printing 3. Resampling 3. Adding Canvas 3.

Saving Your Work 3. The File Formats Elements Understands 3. The not-so-common file formats 3. About JPEGs 3. Changing the File Format 3.

Backing up Your Files 3. Organizer Backups 4. The Quick Fix 1. The Quick Fix Window 4. The Quick Fix Toolbox 4. The Quick Fix Control Panel 4. Different Views: After vs. Before and After 4. Editing Your Photos 4. Fixing Red Eye 4. Smart Fix 4. Adjusting Lighting and Contrast 4. Levels 4. Contrast 4. Shadows and Highlights 4. Color 4. Auto Color 4. Using the Color sliders 4.

Sharpening 4. Quick Fix Suggested Workflow 4. Adjusting Skin Tones II. Elemental Elements 5. Making Selections 5. Making Quick Selections 5. Selecting Rectangular and Elliptical Areas 5. Selecting Irregularly Sized Areas 5. Controlling the Selection Tools 5. The Magic Wand 5. The Lasso Tool 5. The basic Lasso tool 5. The Magnetic Lasso 5. The Polygonal Lasso 5. Selecting with a Brush 5.

The Magic Selection Brush 5. The Selection Brush 5. Changing and Moving Selections 5. Inverting a Selection 5. Making a Selection Larger or Smaller 5. Moving Selections 5. The Move tool 5. Saving Selections 5. Making changes to a saved selection 5. Layers: The Heart of Elements 6.

Understanding Layers 6. The Layers Palette 6. The Background 6. Creating Layers 6. Adding a Layer 6. Deleting Layers 6. Duplicating a Layer 6. Copying and Cutting from Layers 6. Managing Layers 6. Making Layers Invisible 6.

Adjusting Transparency 6. Locking Layers 6. Blend Mode 6. Rearranging Layers 6. Grouping and Linking Layers 6. Linking layers 6. Grouping layers 6. Merging and Flattening Layers 6. Merging layers 6. Flattening an image 6. Fill and Adjustment Layers 6. Adding Fill and Adjustment Layers 6. Layer Masks 6. Retouching 7. Basic Image Retouching 7. Fixing Exposure Problems 7. Deciding Which Exposure Fix to Use 7. Fixing Major Exposure Problems 7.

Controlling the Colors You See 7. Calibrating Your Monitor 7. Getting started with calibrating 7. Choosing a Color Space 7. Using Levels 7.

Understanding the Histogram 7. Adjusting Levels: The Eyedropper Method 7. Adjusting Levels: The Slider Controls 7. Removing Unwanted Color 7. Using the Color Cast Tool 7. Using Color Variations 7.

Choosing the Color You Want 7. The Color Picker 7. The Eyedropper Tool 7. The Color Swatches Palette 7. Saving colors in the Swatches palette 7. Sharpening Your Images 7. The Sharpen Filters 7. The Unsharp Mask 7. The High-Pass Filter 7. The Sharpen Tool 8. Elements for Digital Photographers 8. The RAW Converter 8. Using the RAW Converter 8. Adjusting the view 8. White Balance 8. Adjusting Exposure, Shadows, Brightness, and Contrast 8.

Adjusting Sharpness and Reducing Noise 8. Choosing bit depth: 8 or 16 bits? Converting to DNG 8. Photo Filter 8. Processing Multiple Files 8. Choose Your Files 8. File Renaming 8. Changing Image Size and File Type 8. Applying Quick Fix Commands 8. Attaching Labels 8. Watermarks 8. Adding captions 9. Retouching Fine-Tuning Your Images 9. Fixing Blemishes 9.

The Clone Stamp 9. Applying Patterns 9. The Healing Brush 9. The Pattern Stamp 9. Making Your Colors More Vibrant 9. Adjusting Saturation with the Sponge Tool 9. Changing the Color of an Object 9. Using an Adjustment Layer 9. Replacing Specific Colors 9. Using a Brush to Replace Colors 9. Making Color Photos Black and White 9. Creating Spot Color 9. Erasing Colors from a Duplicate Layer 9. Using Selections and the Remove Color Command 9. Using a Layer Mask and the Saturation Slider 9.

Editing a layer mask 9. Colorizing a Black-and-White Photo 9. Tinting an Entire Photo 9. Using a Layer style 9. There's also live online events, interactive content, certification prep materials, and more. So far, everything in this book has been about what you can do with Elements right out of the box. You can add new brush shapes, Layer styles, and fancy filters. And many of the tools are especially designed to make Elements behave more like Photoshop.

This chapter looks at some of these extras, how to manage the stuff you collect, and how to know when you really do need the full version of Photoshop instead.

Author Barbara Brundage tells readers which features work well, which don't, and why--all with wit and good humor. She avoids unnecessary technical jargon and delivers straightforward guidance and instruction. There are useful tutorials throughout the book with more than a dozen downloadable files for practicing. In full color, this entertaining and informative guide brims with beginning-to-advanced tools, tips, and techniques.

A perfect text for courses on Photoshop Elements 4, it includes:.