Lessons
Class Introduction
02:57 2Understand How Elements Works
05:53 3Importing Images
11:31 4Workspace Basics: Organizer
14:47 5Workspace Basics: Editor
16:12 6Tonal Adjustments in Quick Fix
09:59 7Color Adjustments in Quick Fix
07:58 8Apply Black & White Filters
04:01Sharpen an Image
03:33 10Fix Red Eye & Pet Eye
03:05 11Straighten an Image in Quick Fix
03:01 12Explanation of Photoshop Elements
08:23 13Basic Cropping in Quick Fix
14:13 14Guided Edit Overview
02:46 15Guided Edit: Tilt Shift
04:07 16Ways to Save Files
14:37 17Layers & Simple Selections
20:47 18Combine Images with Layers
15:34 19How to Use Layer Styles
15:11 20Make Selections with Layers
11:05 21Make Selection with Lasso
10:43 22Compositing with Multiple Images
17:11 23Refine Edge Selection on Image
19:52 24Use Refine Edge on Images
12:40 25Create Gradient in Image
02:35 26Gradient Map Differences
42:38 27Options for Saving
11:40 28Brushes Overview
15:12 29Creatively Use Brushes
07:19 30How to Change Brush Settings
07:17 31Use Shape Tool with Brushes
08:22 32Work with Multiple Shape Layers
08:53 33Finish Image with Custom Shape Tool
03:21 34How to Load Brushes into Elements
04:59 35Add Layer Style to Image
04:46 36Clip Image to Shape & Use as Template
05:49 37Retouching Overview
04:11 38How to Use Content-Aware Fill
05:47 39How to Use Content-Aware Move Tool
09:38 40Spot Healing Brush on Blemishes
08:53 41Remove Frown Lines with Retouching
05:51 42How to Remove Tattoos
20:32 43Remove a Gap in Teeth
03:52 44How to Whiten Teeth
07:17 45Adjust Facial Features
03:29 46Working with Type Overview
23:17 47Match Type for Image
12:11 48How to Manipulate Type Layers
08:02 49Create Postcard with Type
16:08 50Add Type on a Path
16:59 51Organizing Images in Elements
16:03 52Add Keywords to Images
19:49 53Smart Tags Overview
07:51 54Using Albums in Elements
24:52 55Places Workspace Overview
06:20 56Use Event Tags on Images
04:56 57Timeline for Image Organization
02:45 58Recommended Workflow
07:26Lesson Info
Guided Edit: Tilt Shift
So let's go back to our organizer for a moment and let's get another picture to practice with. We are gonna do a tilt shift edit. And we'll try it on a couple of photos. So maybe like the ski trip and then I think this picture which I think is already open, so we'll see. So we can select them here in our bin and then I'm gonna go to special edits and we're gonna walk through one called tilt shift. This, if you've never seen tilt shift before it creates this miniature look. So it makes it look like, depending on what you're shooting, it can make it look like you're shooting a toy model of the scene, it's kind of a funny effect. So let's click on that and we'll try it here first with this scenic photo that I have. So you'll notice when you're in guided edit you start with that screen we were just on where you pick an effect, you pick something that you want to be guided through. And then over here on the right it tells you exactly what you need to do to accomplish that. So you literally ...
just read and click. So step one, click add tilt shift to give the image a default tilt shift effect. So we'll say okay, add tilt shift. And there Photoshop renders a default effect. So what has happened is this area up here towards the top of the screen, this is blurred. This area across here is not blurred and the area here is again blurred. So it sort of creates like a false shallow depth of field that creates this weird miniature effect. So if I want to edit this I'll continue to step two where it says click the modify focus area button below and then click and drag on your image to manually specify the area of focus. So we'll click here, then I'm gonna come over on the image and I need to tell Photoshop what I want to keep in focus so let's say I want, maybe I want the effect to be moved a little bit downwards. So I'll click here and drag down like this and then I let go and it rerenders the effect. It can take some practice, the nice thing is you can redo this as many times as you need to. You kind of have to just feel it out. I think it's hard to predict where to click and where to drag just off the top of your head. But the longer of a line that you drag the more gradual the effect would be. So if you want a really extreme effect you would drag a shorter line. So maybe, so I think that looks kind of, that is good, I think. Now optional down here you can refine the effect by getting access to some sliders. So if we click on that we can scroll down further, we can adjust how blurry this blur is gonna be. I think the more extreme that we make it the more, you know, totally unreal and fake it looks. So we want to keep that pretty small. We can adjust the contrast of the image and we can adjust the overall saturation to just make the effect how we want it. So when we're happy with it we go ahead and click next and then it's gonna ask us, you know, to save it and if you wanna continue editing in quick mode or in expert mode.
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Ratings and Reviews
Patricia
Just watching this class live. It's my first class with Khara; she is a wonderful teacher, moving at a steady speed but always being careful to let us know what she's doing in the moment. I would classify myself as intermediate in terms of PSE but I've learned lots of little things that will make further use even easier and more fun. I really appreciated her descriptions of the difference between PS and PSE and her encouragement in using Photoshop Elements and all that it can do.
Lilygram
I have only been able to watch portions of this class but every single part that I have watched has been technically clear and inspiring to me. Based on this experience and the thorough, 58 item list of lessons, I will surely be buying this class soon! Thank you Khara and Creativelive for making a class on this topic and making it be super!!
Ven S
Great course. You can tell she knows the programme inside out.
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