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
How to Use Content-Aware Fill
Not every image needs something. Sometimes people just like to fiddle and it's like what can I do? What can I do to this image? So in this case, I was thinking how can I find some way to show you how Content Aware Fill works. And the reality is, sometimes when you've got an image and you were envisioning it a certain way in your mind, and then the reality didn't quite line up. Maybe you were framing your shot and just as you went to take the picture a person walks into the frame. Or a bird flies through the corner. Or something funny happens. Those are all little things that aren't really blemishes, they're not imperfections, but it's something that you could, if you wanted to, you could go ahead and re-touch that. So in this example, we're gonna just pretend that maybe we don't want to see this bird over here. Maybe we just wanna get rid of this little one sittin' down here and we want all the focus to be on this bird that has his wings extended. I've been working with a brand new rel...
ease of Elements and I think when I installed one of the updates that my Preferences file got a little bit messed up. If you are ever working with Photoshop or Elements or any of the products, the different Adobe products, if it ever starts not responding, or acting weird, or being really super slow, and just all around a pain in the you-know-what, one of the best things that you can do to try to fix that is to trash your Preferences file. For whatever reason when it acts silly a lot, it seems like the problems are related to your preferences. So what we did to fix the problem in this case was we re-booted the computer, closed all the software and everything, and then the way that you can easily trash your preferences, even if your computer is not being entirely cooperative, is with the software closed, I went down to my dock, my taskbar down here, and the software was closed, and I held down Command, Option and Shift. Or Control, Alt, Delete I guess on a--or, Control, Alt, Shift on a PC. And I held all of that down while I launched the program, and it opened and then a little message came up and said do you wanna re-set all of your preferences or re-set your Photoshop Elements? And I clicked yes. And then it instantly got a lot faster. So that's what you need to do, or at least try that if you find yourself in a similar situation. So we'll give this another go. We're gonna try to re-touch this bird over here. So I'm gonna zoom in, Control or Command, Space bar. Draw a box around it and zoom on in so we can see what we're doing. There's a lot of different ways that you can approach these retouching projects. And in this case what I'm gonna show you is something called Content Aware Fill. So you have to evaluate the image that you're working on to get an idea about which approach might work best. In this case, removing this bird is not something that we're gonna do with the Eraser tool. If I grab the Eraser tool and try to erase this bird, essentially what I'm doing is painting with this background swatch, right? Because I'm erasing the picture and I'm revealing the background, or if you think of it in the real world, I would be like revealing the paper backing. And in this case it's white because that's what's over here in my Swatches panel. So that's obviously not gonna work. I can't just erase this because then we're left with a hole and Photoshop doesn't know what to put here, and that's not the approach that we wanna take. So instead I'm gonna grab the Lasso tool. There's three members of this family. We saw this the other day. We're gonna stick with this Freehand Lasso and I'm just gonna draw a not-very-careful selection around this bird. Just something like that. So I'm selecting the bird but I'm also getting some of this background. And what we're gonna do is tell Photoshop to replace the contents of this selection with whatever it thinks belongs there. So we're gonna let Photoshop do the work for us. So if I come up to the Edit menu and I choose Fill, so Edit Fill, and I get the option here to fill, fill the layer or fill this selection with a number of different things. So this is a great way if you wanna just do a quick fill with a foreground color or a background color and you can't remember the keyboard shortcuts, this is one place that you can accomplish the same thing. You'll notice then that one of the options is Content Aware. So we'll leave it set to that. I'm gonna ignore everything else and just click okay. And this is when you do like a little cross your fingers move, and you think, you ask Photoshop please work, please work, please do it. And look at that. It's filled it in with this mossy, grassy pattern, and I think it actually did a great job. I'm gonna get rid of the marching ants so we can see by pressing Command or Control D to deselect. You could also deselect by coming up to the menu up here, the Select menu, and choosing Deselect. So that's pretty awesome. I mean, where was that bird again? He's gone. He is so outta there. So now we're left with this image, which I like, that we just have the one bird.
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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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