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nal spine = 0.640625" The Uncover the inside tips and tricks of the trade for organizing, Scott Kelby is correcting, editing, sharpening, and retouching your photos like a pro Editor and Publisher of the highly acclaimed P Photo shop User maga- zine, and is the head of ho training for KelbyOne, t an online educational os community for photog- raphers around the world. He is co-host of ho the influential weekly photography webcast talk show The Grid, and he teaches digital p photography workshops and seminars around ® ARE YOU READY FOR AN ELEMENTS BOOK THAT BREAKS ALL THE RULES? the world. Scott is an award-winning author of Elements 14 This book breaks new ground by doing something for digital photographers that’s never more than 60 books including The Photoshop been done before—it cuts through the bull and shows you exactly “how to do it.” It’s not Book for Digital Photographers, The Lightroom a bunch of theory; it doesn’t challenge you to come up with your own settings or figure Book for Digital Photographers, and The Digital things out on your own. Instead, it does something that virtually no other Elements book Photography Book (parts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5). has ever done—it tells you flat-out which settings to use, when to use them, and why. For more on Scott, visit his daily blog at If you’re looking for one of those “tell-me-everything-about-the-Unsharp-Mask-filter” books, http://scottkelby.com. this isn’t it. You can grab any other Elements book on the shelf, because they all do that. Instead, this book gives you the inside tips and tricks of the trade for organizing, correcting, editing, sharp ening, retouching, and printing your photos like a pro. You’ll be absolutely amazed at how easy and effective these techniques are—once you know the secrets. LEARN HOW THE PROS DO IT Bo Each year Scott trains thousands of digital photographers and, almost without exception, they have the same questions and ok face the same problems—that’s exactly what he covers in this book. You’ll learn: for Digital Digital for How to unlock the power of layers (you’ll be amazed at how easy it is!) How to use Camera Raw for processing not only RAW photos, but JPEGs, TIFFs, and PSDs too! (And you’ll learn why so many pros like it best—because it’s faster and easier.) The sharpening techniques the pros really use (there’s an entire chapter just on this!) How to deal with common digital camera image problems, including brightening people in dark shadows and getting the Phot best color possible The most requested photographic special effects, and much more! THE BOOK’S SECRET WEAPON o Although Elements 14 offers some digital photography features that Photoshop CC doesn’t offer, there are plenty of features that Photoshop CC has that Elements 14 doesn’t gr (like channels, HDR, etc.). But in this book, you’ll learn some slick work arounds, cheats, and fairly ingenious ways to replicate many of those Photo shop features right within Elements. ap Plus, you can download a bonus chapter on portrait retouching and all the images used COVERS: Photoshop Elements 14 for Mac OS and Windows in the book from the book’s companion webpage. he CATEGORY: Digital Photography/Graphics/ Since this book is designed for photographers, it doesn’t waste your time talking about Design/Photo Editing what a pixel is, how to frame a shot or set your exposure, etc., and there’s no talk about rs USER LEVEL: Beginner–Intermediate which camera or printer to buy. It’s all Elements, step by step, cover to cover, in the only book of its kind, and you’re gonna love it! $49.99 USA / $61.99 CAN KELBY www.newriders.com www.kelbyone.com Scott Kelby 9780134290898_PSElements14BkKEL_Cvr.indd 1 11/23/15 1:06 PM Scott Kelby THE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 14 BOOK FOR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHERS The Photoshop Published by Elements 14 New Riders Book for Digital Photographers Team ©2016 by Scott Kelby MANAGING EDITOR Kim Doty All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any TECHNICAL EDITOR information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher, Cindy Snyder except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review. ART DIRECTOR Jessica Maldonado Composed in Avenir, Myriad Pro, and Helvetica by Kelby Media Group, Inc. PHOTOGRAPHY BY Trademarks Scott Kelby All terms mentioned in this book that are known to be trademarks or service marks have been appropriately capitalized. New Riders cannot attest to the accuracy of this information. Use of a term in the book should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark. Photoshop Elements is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Inc. Warning and Disclaimer This book is designed to provide information about Photoshop Elements for digital photog- raphers. Every effort has been made to make this book as complete and as accurate as pos- sible, but no warranty of fitness is implied. The information is provided on an as-is basis. The authors and New Riders shall have neither the liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damages arising from the information contained in this book or from the use of the discs, electronic files, or programs that may accompany it. THIS PRODUCT IS NOT ENDORSED OR SPONSORED BY ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED, PUBLISHER OF ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 14. ISBN 13: 978-0-134-29089-8 ISBN 10: 0-134-29089-5 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 www.kelbyone.com www.newriders.com This book is dedicated to my longtime Publisher and friend at Peachpit Press, Nancy Aldrich-Ruenzel. It was an honor to get to work with you, and your wisdom, advice, direction, and insights will never be forgotten, by me or our readers. While we’ll miss you terribly in your retirement, know that we’ll honor your legacy of always “doing right by the reader,” and we’ll continue to work hard to create the kind of books that would make you proud. The Photoshop Elements 14 Book for Digital Photographers ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I start the acknowledgments for every book I’ve ever written the same way—by thanking my amazing wife, Kalebra. If you knew what an incredible woman she is, you’d totally understand why. This is going to sound silly, but if we go grocery shopping together, and she sends me off to a different aisle to get milk, when I return with the milk and she sees me coming back down the aisle, she gives me the warmest, most wonderful smile. It’s not because she’s happy that I found the milk; I get that same smile every time I see her, even if we’ve only been apart for 60 seconds. It’s a smile that says, “There’s the man I love.” If you got that smile, dozens of times a day, for nearly 26 years of marriage, you’d feel like the luckiest guy in the world, and believe me—I do. To this day, just seeing her puts a song in my heart and makes it skip a beat. When you go through life like this, it makes you one incredibly happy and grateful guy, and I truly am. So, thank you, my love. Thanks for your kindness, your hugs, your understanding, your advice, your patience, your generosity, and for being such a caring and compassionate mother and wife. I love you. Secondly, a big thanks to my son, Jordan. I wrote my first book when my wife was pregnant with him (20 years ago), and he has literally grown up around my writing. It has been a blast watching him grow up into such a wonderful young man, with his mother’s tender and loving heart and compassion way beyond his years. I can’t believe he’s already off to college (out-of-state no less—sniff, sniff), but I know he knows that his dad just could not be prouder or more excited for him (though he may not realize just how much I miss seeing his big smile every morning before school and at the dinner table every night). Throughout his life, he has touched so many people, in so many different ways, and even though he’s so young, he has already inspired so many, and I just cannot wait to see the amazing adventure, and the love and laughter this life has in store for him. Hey, little buddy, this world needs more “yous!” Thanks to our wonderful daughter, Kira, for being the answer to our prayers, for being such a blessing to your older brother, and for proving once again that miracles happen every day. You are a little clone of your mother, and believe me, there is no greater compliment I could give you. It is such a blessing to get to see such a happy, hilarious, clever, creative, and just awesome little force of nature running around the house each day—she just has no idea how happy and proud she makes us. She is awesomeness wrapped in a layer of chocolate with sprinkles. It doesn’t get much better than that. A special thanks to my big brother, Jeff.