January 2009

The Perfect Photoshop Elements Workflow – Part 2, Lighting

January 29, 2009

Lighting and exposing photographs correctly is the fist step in getting a perfect shot. But it just doesn’t happen on the camera all the time. Never fear – there are several tricks for fixing a too dark or too light image using Photoshop Elements. Always start with an one-layer image. If the image has more than one [...]

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Photoshop Elements Tutorial – CoffeeShop Vivid 2 Action

January 24, 2009

Install and Run CoffeeShop Vivid 2 Action in Photoshop Elements If you don’t already have the CoffeeShop Vivid 2 free action, download it. See these instructions for installing actions in Photoshop Elements 4, 5, 6 & 7 on Vista and XP if you need help. Make sure you are in the Full Edit workspace. [...]

The Perfect Photoshop Elements Workflow – Part 1, Reading a Histogram

January 22, 2009

Reading a Histogram in Photoshop Elements Getting the correct lighting and exposure is critical to taking a great picture. The Levels histogram is a tool provided by PSE to let you analyze and adjust the distribution of the pixels in your image among shadows, midtones and highlights. Adjusting the levels of pixels among these areas [...]

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Selection Mask Trick

January 7, 2009

Selection Mask in Photoshop Elements I got so excited about my last post regarding the red Layer Mask Overlay in Photoshop Elements that I decided to share a similar tip about selections. When you are making a complicated selection, switch over to the Selection Brush Tool (if you’re not using it already). It is hiding in [...]

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HUGE Layer Mask Tip

January 4, 2009

Ok, I just learned something new that has made layer masks in Photoshop Elements much easier for me. I can’t believe I haven’t been using this all along. . . . Sometimes you have to look very closely to see where you’ve placed subtle edits using a layer mask. But this trick makes it completely obvious where [...]

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