Wiley Photoshop Elements 9: Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks 978-0-470-91960-6 User Manual

Product codes
978-0-470-91960-6
Page of 8
252
Index
  A
Action Player, 45
Adams, Ansel
darkroom work, 99
edge darkening, 98
enhancing photographs, 82
toning images, 194
Add Noise dialog box, 165
Adjust Color Curves dialog box, 36, 50, 192
Adjust Color for Skin Tone control, 55
Adjust Color option, Enhance menu, 55
Adjust Layer Opacity button, Guided Edit panel, 45
Adjust Sharpness feature, 182–183
adjusting images
applying adjustments to multiple photos, 78–79
in black-and-white, 192–195
bright highlights, 52–53
color
correcting to remove color casts, 54–55
enhancing with Hue/Saturation, 56–57
Color Curves feature, 50–51
Crop tool
straightening photos, 41
tighter shots, 38–39
dark shadows, 52–53
Editor
customizing interface, 32–33
setting preferences, 34–35
Guided Edit feature
Crop Photo option, 42
Enhance Colors option, 43
special effects, 44–45
Levels
adjusting midtones, 48–49
setting blacks and whites, 46–47
opening pictures, 30–31
Quick Edit, 58–59
RAW photos
adjusting midtones to modify tonalities, 68–69
blacks and whites, 66–67
resetting adjustments, 36
reversing adjustments, 36
Save As feature, 30–31
Straighten tool, 40
Undo History panel, 37
adjustment layers
adding adjustments using black and white, 128–131
Adjustment Layer icon, 107
applying, 108–109
balancing colors and tones, 134–135
bringing out shadow detail, 136–137
color
correcting, 114–115
enhancing, 116–117
darkening highlight detail, 138–139
fixing exposure problems with layer blending modes, 118–119
flattening layers, 140–141
layer masks
combining two photos, 122–125
combining with selections, 132–133
overview, 120–121
Levels adjustment layer
blacks and whites, 110–111
midtones, 112–113
New Layer dialog box, 106
overview, 104–105
Adjustments panel, 101
Adobe
DNG file, 81
white balance settings, 71
Adobe Partner Services, 237
AdobeRGB color space option, 35
advanced importing, 8–9
Advanced Options panel, 9
Album Details panel, 16
Album Settings window, 242
albums, 16–17, 241
Alien Skin Software
Bokeh, 228–229
Eye Candy, 233
Snap Art 2, 232–233
Aligned option, Clone Stamp tool, 145
Allow Floating Documents in Full Edit Mode, Editor, 34
Also Delete Selected Item(s) option, Hard Disk check box, 13
altering reality, 157
Alt/Option button
accessing tools, 199
adjusting background, 169
with black and white sliders, 46–47, 66–67, 111, 192
Camera Raw, sharpening image, 75
cloning out problems, 144
with Layer mask icon, 137, 187
removing selections, 93
Always Optimize for Printing option, Edit menu, 35
Amount slider
Adjust Sharpness, 183
Bokeh, 229
Camera Raw, 74
Quick Edit, 58
Unsharp Mask, 180
Angle icon, Correct Camera Distortion window, 154
Aperture controls, Bokeh, 229
Apply Metadata section, Photo Downloader dialog box, 9
architectural photography
perspective problems, 154
selections and, 84
sharpening photo, 181
artifacts, 146, 181
Auto Select Layer option, Move tool, 214–215
auto white balance, 54, 70
automated tools, 90–91
Automatic Download check box, Photo Downloader dialog box, 7
automatic exposure, 207
Automatic setting, Photomerge Exposure, 204
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