Lifting Shadows from the Background in Photoshop Elements
David Asch demonstrates how to separate an object and its original shadows from their background in Elements, in order to place them on a new background. [More]
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Creating the Sin City Effect with Photoshop Elements
Call it hackneyed, call it cliché; the spot colour effect may well have had its day, but it can still look stunning when used with the right image. In this tutorial we’ll pay tribute to the [More]
Taming your Photoshop Presets
Do you suffer from unsightly, bulging panels? Are your pickers bursting at the seams? Would you like to shed a few hundred items but still be able to enjoy a healthy choice of custom presets? [More]
Back From the Brink: The Awesome Power of Lightroom 4.
We all have photographic mishaps from time to time; many of them are only minor, thankfully. Sometimes, however, they can be real howlers and that can be frustrating, especially if they were shots that are not easy to recapture.
In this article we’re going to be looking at an example of a very underexposed image, that, ordinarily we would consign to the trash without a second thought. Before we stab at the delete key, however, let’s see what we can do in the Develop module of Lightroom 4; you will be pleasantly surprised! [More]
The Midas Touch: Beyond the Basics of the Levels Adjustment in Photoshop Elements
When we talk about the Levels dialog in Elements, we generally stick to the default mode of adjusting the shadows, midtones and highlights of the overall image in order to correct and boost the existing tones. There is far more to the Levels adjustment, however, as we’ll find out in the following tutorial. [More]
Creating a Rubber Stamp Brush Preset in Photoshop Elements.
In this tutorial we’ll firstly be creating the effect of a slightly worn out rubber stamp. Once we’ve created our stamp, we’ll be converting it to a brush preset that can be used over and over [More]
Photoshop Elements Books Winner
No nonsense guide to getting the most out of your images using Photoshop Elements. Save time with invaluable shortcuts and tips to cut through unnecessary steps, helping you to work faster and [More]
Using actions in Photoshop Elements
If you haven’t used the full version of Photoshop, you might not be familiar with the concept of actions. Essentially, they are sequences of commands designed to quickly reproduce a particular effect on an image. They range from simple enhancements to extremely complex manipulation operations and are designed primarily to save you time by doing all the repetitive parts of a technique at speed.
Although you can’t actually create your own actions from within Elements, you can install and run them. [More]
Creating a Rustic Painterly Effect Using Photoshop Elements.
In this month’s tutorial we’ll take a look at creating a rustic painterly effect in Elements. We’ll do this by merging a photograph and a wood panel texture together using a combination of [More]
Warhol-Style Pop-Art Effect with Photoshop Elements
In this tutorial we’ll use Photoshop Elements to create an effect similar to Andy Warhol’s iconic pictures of Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor et al. We’ll use layers and blend modes to build up the effect, making it easy to correct mistakes or change the look at a later stage. [More]
Creating a Soft Vintage Photo Effect in Adobe Lightroom 3
In this tutorial I’m taking a break from my usual Photoshop Elements techniques and instead, switching to Lightroom 3; where I’ll be demonstrating how to convert a modern colour image into a low-quality vintage photo.
We’ll be using a variety of features found in the Develop module to desaturate and soften the image, add grain and a rounded border, and finally create a preset enabling us to apply the effect on different images with the click of a mouse. [More]
Creating a Faux Lomo/Plastic Camera Effect with Photoshop Elements
There has recently been an explosion of smartphone apps that create all kinds of faux vintage camera effects; particularly those of the somewhat unpredictable Lomo and other poorly constructed [More]
Creating a Lensbaby Effect with Photoshop Elements
If you’re not familiar with the Lensbaby range, they are a set of lenses you can buy to attach to your SLR or DSLR camera. They are manual focus and designed especially to produce random and [More]
Scattered Photo Portraits in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements
I was browsing through Flickr the other day when I came across this image by DanleyC. I thought it would make an interesting and fun Elements (or Photoshop) project; so here it is. The image concept [More]
Mimicking Long Exposure Cloudscapes with Photoshop Elements
When used it produces ethereal clouds that spread across the sky. It can be very tricky to achieve, however, especially during the day, as the shutter speed needs to be fairly long; a tripod is a [More]