Fixing Lighting, Color, Contrast, and Clarity in Photoshop Elements 12

Auto Fixes Elements provides you with automatic tools that adjust your image’s color, contrast and clarity in one simple command. These are very easy to use and easy to find, as they all appear under “Enhance” on the Menu Bar. While the auto fixes are easy to use, sometimes they don’t always give you the
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Making Selections and Using Selection Tools in Photoshop Elements 12

Selection Basics When you wish to edit part of an image file in Elements, you must first select the region that you wish to change. When you select a part of an image the selected area will be indicated by a dashed selection border called a “selection marquee.” The changes that you then make will
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Manipulating Images in Photoshop Elements 12

Changing the Canvas Size You can use the “Canvas Size” command in the Menu Bar to add or remove workspace around the actual image file. You can also use this command to crop an image by decreasing the canvas size. To use this command, select “Image| Resize| Canvas Size…” from the Menu Bar. In the
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Painting Tools in Photoshop Elements 12

Painting Tools Photoshop Elements has several useful tools that allow you to paint lines and color areas of the images and layers in an Elements file. You can use the Brush Tools and the Pencil Tool to paint and draw pixels in an image. You tend to use the Brush Tools to create softer color
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Painting Tools in Photoshop Elements 11

Elements has several useful tools that allow you to paint lines and color areas of the images and layers in an Elements file. You can use the Brush Tool and the Pencil Tool to paint and draw pixels in an image. These two tools share the same button in the Toolbox. You can access the
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