The Eraser Tool in Photoshop Elements – Instructions

The Eraser Tool in Photoshop Elements - Instructions: A picture of a user applying the background color by using the Eraser Tool in Photoshop Elements.
The Eraser Tool in Photoshop Elements: Overview             The Eraser tool in Photoshop Elements applies the background color to an image. Contrary to what its name implies, this tool does not make pixels transparent in an image. Instead, it applies the background color, versus the foreground color. To use the Eraser Tool in Photoshop Elements,
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The Pencil Tool in Photoshop Elements – Instructions

The Pencil Tool in Photoshop Elements - Instructions: A picture of a user drawing a line by using the Pencil Tool in Photoshop Elements.
The Pencil Tool in Photoshop Elements: Overview             The Pencil Tool in Photoshop Elements draws hard-edged lines in photos. Click the Pencil Tool button in the Toolbox to use it. Then click and drag in your image to create lines and apply color to the pixels in the selected layer. The Pencil Tool has many
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Apply Fills in Photoshop Elements – Instructions

Apply Fills in Photoshop Elements - Instructions: A picture of the “Fill Layer” dialog box in Photoshop Elements.
Apply Fills in Photoshop Elements: Overview             You can apply fills in Photoshop Elements to fill selections and layers you create with colors, gradients and patterns. One of the most common fills is filling the currently selected background or foreground color into a selection. To do this, select the desired background and foreground colors. Then
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Create a Clipping Group in Photoshop Elements – Instructions and Video

Create a Clipping Group in Photoshop Elements: A picture of a clipping group within the Layers Panel in Photoshop Elements.
Create a Clipping Group in Photoshop Elements: Overview             When you create a clipping group in Photoshop Elements, you make a grouped set of two or more layers. In a clipping group, the content within the bottom layer acts as a mask for the content in the layers above it. The bottom layer will “clip”
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Duplicate a Layer in Photoshop Elements – Instructions

Duplicate a Layer in Photoshop Elements - Instructions: A picture of a user duplicating a layer in Photoshop Elements.
Duplicate a Layer in Photoshop Elements: Overview             You can quickly duplicate a layer in Photoshop Elements. Doing this then creates another copy of the layer’s content in the same image or within a different image file. You can also duplicate a layer within an image file that has a different pixel resolution. However, doing
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Layer Colors in Photoshop Elements – Instructions

Layer Colors in Photoshop Elements: A picture of a user removing a layer color from a layer group in the Layers panel within Photoshop Elements.
Layer Colors in Photoshop Elements – Overview             You use layer colors in Photoshop Elements to assign color tags to layers to better organize them. For example, you could color all adjustment layers using the “Red” color, so you can then easily spot adjustment layers in the Layers panel. This lets you organize layers using
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The Stroke Command in Photoshop Elements- Instructions

The Stroke Command in Photoshop Elements- Instructions: A picture of the “Stroke” dialog box in Photoshop Elements.
The Stroke Command in Photoshop Elements: Overview             The Stroke command in Photoshop Elements lets you paint a colored border around a selection or layer in Elements. This applies an outline to your image selection or selected layer in Photoshop Elements. To perform the Stroke command in Photoshop Elements, first make a selection to stroke
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The Sponge Tool in Photoshop Elements – Instructions

The Sponge Tool in Photoshop Elements - Instructions: A picture of a user increasing color saturation in a photo by using the Sponge Tool in Photoshop Elements.
The Sponge Tool in Photoshop Elements: Overview             You use the Sponge Tool in Photoshop Elements to make subtle changes to the color saturation of an area. To use the Sponge Tool in Photoshop Elements, select that button from the Toolbox and Tool Options Bar. Note that the Sponge Tool shares the same button in the
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