November 2008

Smart Brush Tips for Photoshop Elements 7 or Any Other Version of PSE!

November 5, 2008

Last week, I posted a general how-to on using the new Smart Brush in Photoshop Elements 7, and today’s post continues with tips and tricks on using the Smart Brush and how to duplicate its effects in any version of PSE, even if you didn’t upgrade to PSE 7. Smart Brush Effects Categories The PSE [...]

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Make Skies Bluer in Photoshop Elements

November 4, 2008

This effect produces the blue skies that we unprofessional photographyer moms long for on sunny days and rarely capture in our pictures unaided.  It also works great in some water shots!  This brush has a nice way of working only on the blue tone in the sky, so if colors closer to the horizon are [...]

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Enhance Sunsets in Photoshop Elements

November 4, 2008

This one can make for a truly beautiful picture! Select the area that you want the sunset effect to appear in. Add a Gradient Layer by clicking on the half-black half-white circle near the top of the Layers Palette.  (The Gradient Adjustment is not the same as the Gradient Map Adjustment. Ok, take a deep [...]

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Enhance Greenery in Photoshop Elements

November 4, 2008

This effect does make for some bright greens.  You might or might not like it, depending on how you like your grass or foliage.  I included a tip below that I think helps a lot with grass, but Adobe didn’t include it with the Photoshop Elements Smart Brush! Select the area of your shot in [...]

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Enhance Clouds in Photoshop Elements

November 4, 2008

This effect deepens blues in a sky and darkens clouds a bit.  It really needs to have blue sky showing through to work well  When applied to water, it gives an almost completely night time or wine-dark look to the blues in the water. Select the area of sky that you want to improve. Add [...]

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Darken Skies in Photoshop Elements

November 4, 2008

This tutorial produces an effect which varies from picture to picture.  In some shots that I took late in the day, the darker skies made it look just a bit closer to sunset.  It other shots, the darker skies looked as if I had taken them with a polarizing filter.  I like this one with [...]

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