Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Icons Used in This Book 2 Beyond the Book 3 Where to Go from Here 3 Part 1: Getting Started with Photoshop Elements 2022 5 Chapter 1: Getting Started with Image Editing 7 Getting Familiar with the Home Screen 7 Launching the Photo Editor 9 Making Basic Edits in Quick Mode 10 Sharing a Photo 12 Retracing Your Steps 14 Using the History panel 14 Reverting to the last save 15 Getting a Helping Hand 16 Saving Files with Purpose 17 Using the Save/Save As dialog box 17 Saving files for the web 19 Chapter 2: Basic Image-Editing Concepts 21 Grappling with the Ubiquitous Pixels 22 Understanding resolution 22 Understanding image dimensions 25 The Art of Resampling 25 Choosing a Resolution for Print or Onscreen 28 Working with File Formats 29 JPEG (*.jpg, *.jpeg, *.jpe) 29 PNG (*.png) 30 TIFF (*.tif, *.tiff) 30 Getting Familiar with Color 31 Getting Color Right 33 Color the easy way 33 Calibrating your monitor 33 Choosing a color workspace 34 Understanding how profiles work 35 Chapter 3: Exploring the Photo Editor 37 Examining the Photo Editor 37 Examining the image window 41 Uncovering the contextual menus 45 Selecting the tools 45 Selecting from the Tool Options 48 Playing with panels 48 Using the Photo Bin 51 Creating different views of an image 51 Viewing filenames 52 Using Photo Bin Actions 52 Using Some Creative Features 52 Using Guided Edits 53 Moving Objects and Moving Photos 54 Controlling the Editing Environment 55 Launching and navigating Preferences 55 Checking out all the Preferences panes 57 Perusing preset libraries 59 PART 2: MANAGING MEDIA 61 Chapter 4: Navigating the Organizer 63 Organizing Photos and Media on a Hard Drive 64 Adding Images to the Organizer 66 Adding files from folders and removable media 66 Downloading camera images with the Elements Downloader 68 Importing additional photos from folders 70 Navigating the Media Browser 71 Using a Scanner 73 Understanding image requirements 73 Using scanner plug-ins (Windows) 74 Scanning on the Mac 75 Scanning many photos at a time 76 Phoning in Your Images 77 Setting Organizer Preferences 79 Chapter 5: Organizing Your Pictures 81 Touring the Organizer 81 Organizing Groups of Images with Tags 84 Creating and viewing a tag 85 Adding icons to tags 87 Working with custom tags 88 Working with default tags 89 Working with sub-categories 90 Sorting photos according to tags 91 Auto Generating Tags 91 Working with Auto Creations 91 Adding new Events 92 Rating Images with Stars 93 Adding Images to an Album 94 Creating an album 94 Using albums for temporary work 96 Editing an album 96 Finding out more about sharing your albums 97 Adding People in the Media Browser 97 Placing Pictures on Maps 99 Working with Events 101 Chapter 6: Viewing and Finding Your Images 103 Cataloging Files 103 Using the Catalog Manager 104 Working with catalogs 105 Backing up your catalog 106 Backing up photos and files 107 Switching to a Different View 108 Viewing Photos in Memories (Slideshow) 109 Searching for Photos 111 Using Search 111 Searching for untagged items 113 Searching captions and notes 113 Searching by history 114 Searching metadata 114 Searching similarities 116 Grouping Files That Get in the Way 117 Marking files as hidden 117 Stackin'' ''em up 118 Creating versions 119 Part 3: Selecting and Correcting Photos 121 Chapter 7: Editing Camera Raw Images 123 Launching the Camera Raw Editor 124 Understanding Camera Raw 125 Learning Raw file format attributes 126 Opening images in the Camera Raw Editor 127 Getting Familiar with the Raw Editor 128 Getting Familiar with the Panels 132 Using the Basic panel 132 Sharpening and reducing noise 135 Using the Calibration panel 138 Working with Filmstrips 138 Working with Profiles 140 Looking at the Adobe Camera Raw profiles 140 Managing profiles 141 Creating a Favorites list 142 Opening Non-Raw Images in the Camera Raw Editor 143 Changing Image Defaults 143 Working with XML Files and Preferences 144 Changing program defaults 144 Using Save Options 146 Using sidecar files 146 Chapter 8: Making and Modifying Selections 149 Defining Selections 149 Creating Rectangular and Elliptical Selections 150 Perfecting squares and circles with Shift and Alt (Option on the Mac) 151 Applying Marquee options 152 Making Freeform Selections with the Lasso Tools 154 Selecting with the Lasso tool 155 Getting straight with the Polygonal Lasso tool 157 Snapping with the Magnetic Lasso tool 157 Working Wizardry with the Magic Wand 160 Talking about Tolerance 161 Wielding the Wand to select 161 Modifying Your Selections 164 Adding to, subtracting from, and intersecting a selection 164 Avoiding key collisions 165 Painting with the Selection Brush 165 Painting with the Quick Selection Tool 167 Selecting with the Auto Selection Tool 169 Selecting Your Subject 171 Fine-Tuning with the Refine Selection Brush 172 Working with the Cookie Cutter Tool 174 Eliminating with the Eraser Tools 176 The Eraser tool 176 The Background Eraser tool 177 The Magic Eraser tool 179 Using the Select Menu 179 Selecting all or nothing 179 Reselecting a selection 180 Inversing a selection 180 Feathering a selection 180 Refining the edges of a selection 181 Using the Modify commands 182 Applying the Grow and Similar commands 183 Saving and loading selections 183 Chapter 9: Working with Layers 185 Getting to Know Layers 185 Converting a background to a layer 186 Anatomy of the Layers panel 187 Using the Layer and Select menus 190 Working with Different Layer Types 192 Image layers 192 Adjustment layers 193 Fill layers 195 Shape layers 196 Type layers 197 Tackling Layer Basics 197 Creating a new layer from scratch 198 Using Layer via Copy and Layer via Cut 199 Duplicating layers 199 Dragging and dropping layers 200 Using the Paste into Selection command 201 Moving a Layer''s Content 202 Transforming Layers 203 Adding Layer Masks 204 Flattening and Merging Layers 206 Flattening layers 206 Merging layers 207 Chapter 10: Simple Image Makeovers 209 Cropping and Straightening Images 209 Cutting away with the Crop tool 210 Fixing distortion with the Perspective Crop tool 212 Cropping with a selection border 214 Straightening images 214 Recomposing Images 215 Employing One-Step Auto Fixes 218 Auto Smart Fix 218 Auto Smart Tone 218 Auto Levels 220 Auto Contrast 221 Auto Haze Removal 221 Auto Color Correction 221 Auto Shake Reduction 222 Auto Sharpen 223 Auto Red Eye Fix 223 Editing in Quick Mode 225 Fixing Small Imperfections with Tools 229 Cloning with the Clone Stamp tool 229 Retouching with the Healing Brush 231 Zeroing in with the Spot Healing Brush 234 Repositioning with the Content-Aware Move tool 236 Lightening and darkening with Dodge and Burn tools 238 Smudging away rough spots 239 Softening with the Blur tool 241 Focusing with the Sharpen tool 242 Sponging color on and off 243 Replacing one color with another 244 Chapter 11: Correcting Contrast, Color, and Clarity 247 Editing Your Photos Using a Logical Workflow 248 Adjusting Lighting 249 Fixing lighting with Shadows/Highlights 249 Using Brightness/Contrast 250 Pinpointing proper contrast with Levels 251 Adjusting Color 254 Removing color casts automatically 254 Adjusting with Hue/Saturation 255 Eliminating color with Remove Color 257 Switching colors with Replace Color 258 Correcting with Color Curves 259 Adjusting skin tones 261 Defringing layers 263 Eliminating haze 264 Adjusting color temperature with photo filters 265 Mapping your colors 266 Adjusting Clarity 267 Removing noise, artifacts, dust, and scratches 268 Blurring when you need to 269 Sharpening for better focus 272 Opening closed eyes 275 Colorizing a photo 276 Smoothing skin 277 Adjusting facial features 278 Reducing shake 279 Moving Overlays 281 Moving Photos 282 Working Intelligently with the Smart Brush Tools 283 Part 4: Exploring your Inner Artist 287 Chapter 12: Playing with Filters, Effects, Styles, and More 289 Having Fun with Filters 289 Applying filters 290 Corrective or destructive filters 291 One-step or.