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
Work with Multiple Shape Layers
And, let's enhance this a little bit with the brushes. So I wanna start with this shape one layer. So I basically want to be able to add to this by painting. So the easiest way, I think, to communicate this and show you how this works is we're gonna use clipping groups. Clipping groups we've seen already in this course. We clipped, for example, the shadow on the cat yesterday when we put the cat in the basket and then we painted the shadow and then we clipped it so it only appeared on the cat. Where else did we have clipping paths? We've used them a few times in the course. So hopefully this will be just a nice little review but they're super handy for any time that you just want to apply one layer but have it affect only one other layer in your layers panel. So in this case, we're gonna paint and I only want the paint to show up on the little hill that we drew. So, I'm gonna make a new blank layer and before I do anything, I'm gonna clip it to the shape layer one which is the hill. So...
that means, with this layer directly on top of the hill layer, I'm gonna hold down alt or option on my keyboard and when I do that, I can see my cursor turns into this funny square with that downward pointing arrow. And if I click in between the two layers, this layer will get indented and we see that it's now clipped to this. So that means anything I put on this layer, like paint that we're about to do, it will only appear wherever it overlaps this layer. So basically, it allows me to paint inside the lines without even trying. It's really nice. It's kind of like if you're painting the room in your house, it's like taping the trim so you don't paint the trim. We're basically taping the trim with this clipping layer. So, let's take a look at how we do that. Let's pick I guess a color that we want for the texture that we're gonna put on this grass. And I'm thinking, hmmm, we could try like a brown but maybe I think what we'll do is I'm gonna sample. I'm gonna grab the eyedropper tool, grab the eyedropper tool, and click in the image to just sample that color that we picked. And what I want to do is basically have the same kind of color but just darker. So with this active, I can click on that swatch to load it here in my color picker and then all I have to do is pick something lower down and it will be darker but like within the same hue. So maybe something, let's see, like this. And it's showing me, here's my new color that I'm about to choose and here's the color I started with. So I can even compare like that. So we'll go ahead and click OK. So now I've got that color. I'm gonna go back to my brush tool over here and I'm gonna choose from this dropdown. Instead of the default brushes, I'm gonna go to these faux finish brushes. I really like these. Down below, one of my favorite ones is this, what is it called? Comb, I guess, probably. Texture comb three or texture comb one. I like that these ones are slanted although you can edit that so I'll show you how you do that. Let's double click texture comb three to load it and here, in my brush settings, if I click I can also adjust the angle. So if I put my cursor in the screen, you can see that it's at a diagonal and I would like it to be less of a diagonal. So I'm gonna come to that brush settings option and you see what it says angle? I can actually grab this little arrow right here and spin to rotate the brush like this. Oh, that was too much. Now we get to play Goldilocks. Alright, close that, there we go. So that's about what I actually want. And that's all I'm gonna do to change that and then I can come in here and just start painting. And however I wanna do this, maybe I do strokes like this. Photoshop will catch up to me someday. I'll close this panel, get that out of our way. So maybe I just do single strokes, maybe then I change the direction of this brush and come back the other way. So you have a lot of options but you'll notice that as I paint, it's all just showing up within that hillside. So I don't have to worry about trying to stay within the line of the hill. So that creates a really neat texture on the hill. Let's see what we can add to our mountain layers. The mountain layers, there are two of them, so we can try to do this twice or we could do a group. So to group these two layers, I just select one, shift click the other, and then to put them in a folder as a group, I'm gonna press command or control G and that groups them. So I can make another new blank layer and clip that layer to the whole group, again by pressing and holding the alt or option key. Now, instead of having to take this layer and do it twice and group it, clip it once to this mountain and once to this mountain, I can put both mountains in a folder and then use this to clip to the whole thing. So I can like tape off the whole house in one piece of tape basically. So what color should we put on the mountains? Let's do the same thing. Let's get a sample of the gray color that we already have and I'll pull the color picker back up and pick a darker shade of gray. And maybe, instead of that texture comb, let's go back to our brush and we're in those faux finishes. And let's see, some of these, I know in here there's like a rag roll or something. If we hover there's plastic wrap, hmmm, rolled rag, let's try that. What is this gonna look like? I don't remember. So, maybe this one, instead of like clicking and dragging, maybe I stamp with it a little bit. So you can see how you can get this texture in your image. Let's do one more for the cloud. I'll click over here to bring up the cloud and make a new layer right on top of it. So the reason I click on each of these to select it first is because I want that new blank layer to be right above whatever layer that I'm trying to attach it to. So in this case the cloud, we'll go ahead and rename that cloud. So I clicked on the cloud because when you add a new layer, by default, Photoshop will create that layer on top of your current layer. So it just saves me the step of having to rearrange my layers panel. Alright, so again, let's clip these. So I'll hold down the alt or option key to get those grouped together. And maybe we'll do something different here, I don't know. Let's pick that same color. And then let's pick a lighter color to go with that. And let's do a different texture. Ooh, maybe we use one of these. These are mesh brushes. I'm gonna pick this larger mesh brush and if I make it too large, I might get like a pixely kind of a stamp mark on it. So I'm gonna keep it rather small and I can either paint with it and get an effect like that. If I undo this, or I can stamp with it and get an effect like that. So that's kinda fun.
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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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