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Too much Fill will brighten, but lighter areas won’t become overexposed. When using Fill L L Fill Fill light ight because it’s analogous to firing a really big fill flash into your scene. ight identifies areas in your image that are shadows, and brightens them. It’s called Fill One problem with Saturation is that it can immediately make skin tones look fake. Saturation increases thesaturation ofcolorsinyour image,makingthembrighter The lastthree slidersdomore thansimpletoneadjustments.Clarityisasubtle Finally, Contrast letsyou increase orreduce thecontrast inyour scene.You can use Brightness brightensthemidtonevalues inyour image.Ifyour imagehasdarkened The Blackssliderdarkens thedarker tonesinyour image(unlike dragging the L ight works like the Adjust L ighting > Shadows/ H ighlights command in Elements. 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Then I load the images into Helicon every and it works its magic (www.heliconsoft.com) Focus Helicon Soft’s into one blending only the sharp elements of each frame by image with impossible depth of field. Orchid with 70-200mm (above) with 70-200mm (above) Orchid and with Canon 500D Close-up Lens (below). Laurie leads wildlife photography safaris in North America Throughand is anLife instructor training extravaganzas. with the Digital She is Landscape also the WorkshopPhoto EquipmentSeries, Photoshop Advice Desk World, Guru and forCruising Check NAPP. out her website, www.laurieexcell.com. 16 adobe photoshop elements techniques understanding a d n a b s u h y m t h g u o b I yea terminology andexploring therelationship betweenresolution andpixels. graphic basic covering by start quality.I’ll losing without images resize easily to how you a cluewhatitmeansorwhenmatters,blesshisheart! his images never result, make it out into the wild. He’s heard of resolution but havedoesn’t computer. 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The loosely packed granules you started with are together (they have a higher resolution) within the physical confines of the mea same number of granules (which are like pixels), they’re just packed more tightly ules firmly into the cup, the sugar only reaches the ½-cup line. You still have the a measuring cup, the sugar reaches the 1-cup line. But after you pack the gran something in the real world. small—it’s easier to understand if you can relate it to can’t see resolution on-screen—the pixels are way too closely the pixels are packed together. Since you Think of resolution as density; specifically, how It’s like brown sugar. Really. Increasing image resolution means packing the pixels more tightly tightly more pixels the packing means resolution image Increasing For example, pretend you’re baking cookies. When you pour brown sugar into D fo 0 5 r Ch images when resizing n ri g n i k r e d i n s a s e l Y B stmas a few few a stmas i th th i t. - - - adobe photoshop elements techniques 1717 www.photoshopelementsuser.com www.photoshopelementsuser.com for more digital editing techniques for more digital editing techniques - - - - nt ri p r a fo a r ame c tal tal i g i on d i r esolut r om you om r xels and and xels i ng p ng i ng a photo f photo a ng i n z i i The secret to changing resolution without changing image quality is to turn turn to is quality image changing without resolution changing to secret The As you can see in the Image Size dialog box (shown on the top right), the the right), top the on (shown box dialog Size Image the in see can you As Printers are one of the few devices that can really do anything with the resolu the with anything do really can that devices few the of one are Printers Technically, pixels have no predetermined size; they can be any size at all. 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Image > Resize > 18 adobe photoshop elements techniques Feature M the Image Size dialog, not the Document Size. There, you want to change the numbers in the Pixel Dimensions area of option turned on: in those cases you really do want to lower the file size.for email or posting on a Web site, though, leave the Resample Image something you don’t want to do when printing. If you’re resizing an image in” for height). Enter the appropriate resolution, such as 240 ppi or 300and the unit of measurement (for example, enter “5 in” for width and “7 of your screen (shown at left). Enter the dimensions of the desired print same time by using the Crop tool. Of course, you can also resize an image and change its resolution at the Res the “Crop to Fit Print Proportions” box underneath the Print Size pop-up.If your image won’t fit the dimensions of the paper you’re choosing, clickand pick the same paper size for your image, such as a borderless 8" x 10".of the dialog (shown above). Remember to use the Page Setup button > Print and pick a size from the Print Size pop-up menu towards the top 7", you can have Elements change the resolution for you. Just choose FileLuckily, if you want to print a photo at a common size like 8" x 10" or 5" x ak Press C to select the Crop tool and go to the Options bar at the top i z i i ng ng and E lements do c hang i pixel density (which means photo quality), option turned on, you’re altering the photo’s quality. However, with the Resample Image cows come home and you won’t alter the image option, you can tweak the resolution ‘til the As long as you uncheck the Resample Image only revealed by the Image Size dialog box. screen image won’t change a bit; the truth is therefore image quality, didn’t change). of the dialog (another clue that the pixel data, andall, either; it’s still 28.8 MB, as evidenced at morethe top tightly together. 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Why would you want to get rid of the bounding box? That If portions of your images always have a bounding box around them (the boxes with the dashed lines and the square handles theat corners), and you find it annoying to look at or deal withthere it, is an easy way to get rid of it. Select the Move tool go(V) to the and Options bar to turn off the Show Bounding Box checkbox. Now you’ll only see it when you use one of the transformfunctions from the Image menu. box should really just be there only if I’m resizing or transforming something—not all the time. For me, it gets in the way. Make the bounding box disappear the bounding box Make Magnetic Lasso tool and need switch change the tools. To Lasso Magnetic the to back tool, simply release the and key Option) (Mac: Alt If you’re workingIf you’re with the to access the LassoPolygonal tool, hold down the Alt key (Mac: Option) and click to click again. Changing Lasso types types Lasso Changing in mid-selection… in 22 adobe photoshop elements techniques the power of three triptychs: creating with HERE’S ONE HERE’S ART,RELIGIOUSMEDIEVALUS IN ROOTED ISTRIPTYCH THE Digital Editing Digital d o R e k i M Y B Step by Step by Step of

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©ISTOCKPHOTO/LAWRENCE FREYTAG adobe photoshop elements techniques 2323 www.photoshopelementsuser.com for more digital editing techniques Drag the handle down one square. Drag - - With the ShapeWith Selection With the far right shape still STEP FIVE: selected, go to Image > Rotate > Flip Layer Horizontal to create a mirror image of the transformed rectangle. Using the Shape Selection tool, click on the middle rectangle and resize its height—by click ing on the rectangle’s center handle—to match the inner sides of the two trans formed shapes. Press Enter (Mac: Return) to commit the transformation, then, using the Move tool (V), position all the shapes as desired on your image. tool still active, duplicate the transformed rectangle in the same that way you did in down Ctrl-Alt-Shift,Step Two—hold click right far the to it drag and rectangle the on side of the image one grid square away from the middle rectangle, or whatever distance you chose andEnter press (Mac: Return) to OK the Our move. example we’ll OK; that’s but canvas, the off extends fix it in a moment. STEP FOUR:STEP Right-Click the Shape tool THREE: Right-Click the Shape STEP and choose the (Mac: Command-Click) the bottom of the Shape Selection tool at rectangle the first pop-up menu. Click on and go to Image > Transform drew, you mouse your Position Shape > Perspective. corner of on the handle in the top-right the handle rectangle and drag that first The bottom-right down one grid square. should simultane- corner of the rectangle Click Enter up one square. ously move the transformation. to save (Mac: Return) 24 adobe photoshop elements techniques Step by Step by Step around each of the shapes. Press OK. around eachoftheshapes. Press OK. click theStroke checkbox toplacealine on theShapelayer. Inthedialogbox, icon) click theLayer Stylesymbol (the‘fx’ Soft Edge).OntheLayers palette,double- double-click toapplythestyle(Ichose the menu.Chooseadrop and shadow button andchooseDrop from Shadows the Effects palette.ClicktheLayer Style in theLayers paletteandthengoto STEP EIGHT: ClickontheShapelayer rectangle. right the for thing same the do set, side left the got you’ve Once right.) or left to movements the constrain will shape the dragging while Shift (Holding keys. arrow the using or dragging by either rectangle middle the to closer it move and Command-T) Ctrl-T (Mac: press tool, Selection Shape your onlyintheshapes. imagetoshow create aclippinggroup, whichwillcause to overlapping circles. Clickonthelineto (Mac: Option).Your cursorshouldchange Island andShapelayers andpress Alt your mouseonthelinebetweenBlake visible. OntheLayers palette,position STEP SEVEN:Let’s make thatbackground Option-Delete). that colorby pressing Alt-Backspace (Mac: light gray). Fillthenewblanklayer with backdrop for your triptych (Ichoseavery choose acoloryou’d like touseasthe Color swatchinthePicker and Layers palette.ClickontheForeground and clickingtheNew Layer icononthe layer by pressing Ctrl(Mac:Command) Create anewblanklayer theshape below Shape layer theBlake below Islandlayer. STEP SIX:IntheLayers palette,drag the Select the left rectangle with the the with rectangle left the Select adobe photoshop elements techniques 2525 www.photoshopelementsuser.com for more digital editing techniques - -

.’ .’ You’ll find ■ triptych With the Shape layer still For more ideas, go to elementsvillage. Use two rectangles and an oval, or other combinations. Experiment with the different trans forming options: you can resize your shapes, apply a Free Transform, and move them all around your layout. Try differentTry shapes for emphasis. Use three different pictures; put each rectangle on its own layer and associate a different photo with each rectangle by creating clipping groups. With a Master’s degree in Educational TechnologyPaint Shopand Pro,16 andyears other computerof teaching applications. experience, He also photoshopelementsuser.com,Mike contributes Rodriguez Photoshop currently CS3 and video teachespublishes tutorials classes his to layersmagazine.comstock in photographyAdobe Photoshop on and iStockphoto.com. videos Elements, on Photoshop Elements to com and search for ‘ some great triptychs, including beauti ful examples from members Sepiana, Rubeelou and others. • • • Turn off the Grid (View > Grid), Turn TEN: STEP done! If you and you’re project your save in the .PSD format,save the you’ll preserve other to incorporate making it easy layers, swapping out the image you photos by (in Step Seven). used in the clipping group For some variations, try these options: STEP NINE:STEP selected, add a new layer directly above it by clicking the New Layer button in the Layers palette. This will include the new layer in the clipping group. Go to Edit > Layer and choose 50%from Gray the drop-down menu. Click OK to fill the the layer Move above thegray Blake layer. Island layer and change its blend mode With the Burn toolto (O), Overlay. trace along the joints between the shapes and along bottom edges of the triptych to darken them, giving the effect of some depth and shadows. Doing this on the layer setgray to Overlay makes this move non-destructive, in case you change your mind later. 26 adobe photoshop elements techniques zapping shines and shadows PICTURE, butthey folksLOOKING SWEATIER HowBE? SHOULD THEY THAN D o D G N I K R E D I N S A S E L y B THE PEOPLE IN THE YOUR PEOPLE AN FROM PHOTOS OF CASE ACUTE SKIN, SUFFER SHINY igital igital Step by Step by Step E diting ’re EASY TO GETRIDOF:ALLYOU NEEDISTHECLONE STAMP TOOL ANDAWEEBITO’PATIENCE. THOSE SHADOWED,THOSE about BothRUINCHINS? CAN DOUBLE A those and then lower the tool’s Opacity to 25%. to Darken (so it will darken the shiny spots) Options bar. Change the mode of the tool soft brush from the brush picker in the (S) tool. Select the tool and choose a nice the problem areas using the Clone Stamp need to graft some non-shiny skin onto Step two: you’re making. layer off and on to see how much progress toggle thevisibilityeye oftheduplicate before andafterpreview, sinceyou can Thisalsomakesgetting started. for agreat pressing Ctrl-J(Mac:Command-J)—before to duplicatethebackground layer— by original pixels of the photo, it’s a good idea Step beaffecting the One:Becausewe’ll release the Alt key Alt the release then and point” “sample skin good a set to Click left). the on (shown cross-hair a into turn Your will skin. cursor bad the to sible pos as close as that’s skin good of area an holding the Alt key (Mac: Option) and click by that Do lives. skin good the where Step three: the good skin from. from. skin good the sampling is Elements where know you lets that sign plus little a see You’ll times). multiple click just or drag and click can (you away shine the brush to begin Mouse over to the shiny skin and and skin shiny the to over Mouse OVEREXPOSED AREAS THAT LEAVE To fix the shiny areas, you Now you need to tell Elements -

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