Adobe ADBCD17648MC Manuel D’Utilisation
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USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 8
Cropping, resizing, retouching, and transforming photos
Cropping, resizing, retouching, and transforming photos
Last updated 7/26/2011
Before Recompose (left) and after Recompose
If you want to preserve or remove specific areas when scaling an image, Recompose enables you to intelligently protect
content during resizing.
content during resizing.
A. Photo selected for Recompose B. Areas marked for protection (green) and for removal (red) C. Photo after Recompose
Recompose a photo in Guided Edit
1
Open a photo in the project bin that you want to resize, and select Edit Guided.
2
In the Guided Edit panel, Expand Basic Photo Edits, and select Recompose Photo.
3
Click Recompose tool.
4
Mark the areas you want to protect using the Protect brush
. Right-click the photo, and select one of the
following modes:
Use Normal Highlight
This mode is similar to painting. Mark all the regions that require protection. For example,
protecting a circle using Normal Highlight requires marking or painting the entire circle.
Use Quick Highlight
You can quickly highlight the required regions for protection. Encircle the subject to highlight
the required regions. For example, to highlight the area within a circle, trace the boundary of the circle. Quick
Highlight ensures that the area within the circle is marked for protection.
Highlight ensures that the area within the circle is marked for protection.
You can specify the size of the brush and the photo.
Green indicates the areas marked for protection.
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Do one of the following to erase portions of unwanted marked areas (green):
•
Erase using the green Eraser tool
.
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