The Magic Wand Tool in Photoshop Elements – Instructions

A picture of a user making a selection with the Magic Wand Tool in Photoshop Elements.
Overview of How to Use the Magic Wand Tool in Photoshop Elements:             The Magic Wand Tool in Photoshop Elements lets you select a consistently colored area or region in an image without manually tracing its outline by hand. To use the Magic Wand Tool in Photoshop Elements, click the “Magic Wand Tool” button in
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The Magnetic Lasso Tool in Photoshop Elements – Instructions

A picture of a user making a selection with the Magnetic Lasso Tool in Photoshop Elements.
Overview of How to Use the Magnetic Lasso Tool in Photoshop Elements:             The Magnetic Lasso Tool in Photoshop Elements is a great selection tool that lets the selection’s border “snap” to the pixilated edges of an element you trace in an image. This tool helps you select objects with complex, irregular edges set against
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The Polygonal Lasso Tool in Photoshop Elements – Instructions

A picture of a user making a selection with the Polygonal Lasso Tool in Photoshop Elements.
Overview of How to Use the Polygonal Lasso Tool in Photoshop Elements:             The Polygonal Lasso Tool in Photoshop Elements lets you draw straight-edged selections to make irregular polygonal selection shapes. To use the Polygonal Lasso Tool in Photoshop Elements, click the “Lasso Tools” button in the Toolbox. In the Tool Options Bar, be sure
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Layer Colors in Photoshop Elements – Instructions

A picture of a user applying layer colors in Photoshop Elements to a new layer.
Overview of Layer Colors in Photoshop Elements:             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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Remove Color in Photoshop Elements – Instructions

A picture showing how to remove color in Photoshop Elements.
Overview of How to Remove Color in Photoshop Elements:             You can remove color in Photoshop Elements from an image on which you are working. Photoshop Elements gives you the “Remove Color” command to help you remove color from images in Photoshop Elements. This command gives you an easy way to remove color from an
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The Lasso Tool in Photoshop Elements – Instructions

A picture of a user making a selection with the Lasso Tool in Photoshop Elements.
Overview of How to Use the Lasso Tool in Photoshop Elements:             The Lasso Tool in Photoshop Elements lets you draw free-form selections to make curved selections. It shares the same button in the Toolbox with the Polygonal Lasso Tool and the Magnetic Lasso Tool. Because each tool behaves differently, you will have to look at
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Open Images in Photoshop Elements- Instructions

A picture showing how to open images in Photoshop Elements from the recently edited files.
Overview of How to Open Images in Photoshop Elements:             To open images in Photoshop Elements, select “File| Open…” from the Menu Bar. Doing that then launches the “Open” dialog box. Use this system dialog box to navigate to the folder in your computer’s file system within which to look for image files.             Once
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The Stroke Command in Photoshop Elements- Instructions

A picture of a user applying a stroke using the “Stroke” dialog box in Photoshop Elements.
Overview of How to Use the Stroke Command in Photoshop Elements:             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
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