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Guided Edit: Tilt Shift

Lesson 15 from: Learn How to Use Photoshop Elements

Khara Plicanic

Guided Edit: Tilt Shift

Lesson 15 from: Learn How to Use Photoshop Elements

Khara Plicanic

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Lesson Info

15. Guided Edit: Tilt Shift

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Class Trailer
1

Class Introduction

02:57
2

Understand How Elements Works

05:53
3

Importing Images

11:31
4

Workspace Basics: Organizer

14:47
5

Workspace Basics: Editor

16:12
6

Tonal Adjustments in Quick Fix

09:59
7

Color Adjustments in Quick Fix

07:58
8

Apply Black & White Filters

04:01
9

Sharpen an Image

03:33
10

Fix Red Eye & Pet Eye

03:05
11

Straighten an Image in Quick Fix

03:01
12

Explanation of Photoshop Elements

08:23
13

Basic Cropping in Quick Fix

14:13
14

Guided Edit Overview

02:46
15

Guided Edit: Tilt Shift

04:07
16

Ways to Save Files

14:37
17

Layers & Simple Selections

20:47
18

Combine Images with Layers

15:34
19

How to Use Layer Styles

15:11
20

Make Selections with Layers

11:05
21

Make Selection with Lasso

10:43
22

Compositing with Multiple Images

17:11
23

Refine Edge Selection on Image

19:52
24

Use Refine Edge on Images

12:40
25

Create Gradient in Image

02:35
26

Gradient Map Differences

42:38
27

Options for Saving

11:40
28

Brushes Overview

15:12
29

Creatively Use Brushes

07:19
30

How to Change Brush Settings

07:17
31

Use Shape Tool with Brushes

08:22
32

Work with Multiple Shape Layers

08:53
33

Finish Image with Custom Shape Tool

03:21
34

How to Load Brushes into Elements

04:59
35

Add Layer Style to Image

04:46
36

Clip Image to Shape & Use as Template

05:49
37

Retouching Overview

04:11
38

How to Use Content-Aware Fill

05:47
39

How to Use Content-Aware Move Tool

09:38
40

Spot Healing Brush on Blemishes

08:53
41

Remove Frown Lines with Retouching

05:51
42

How to Remove Tattoos

20:32
43

Remove a Gap in Teeth

03:52
44

How to Whiten Teeth

07:17
45

Adjust Facial Features

03:29
46

Working with Type Overview

23:17
47

Match Type for Image

12:11
48

How to Manipulate Type Layers

08:02
49

Create Postcard with Type

16:08
50

Add Type on a Path

16:59
51

Organizing Images in Elements

16:03
52

Add Keywords to Images

19:49
53

Smart Tags Overview

07:51
54

Using Albums in Elements

24:52
55

Places Workspace Overview

06:20
56

Use Event Tags on Images

04:56
57

Timeline for Image Organization

02:45
58

Recommended Workflow

07:26

Lesson 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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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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