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Photoshop Elements Tutorial: Portrait Retouching Workflow

June 3, 2011

After my MCP Mini Fusion Photoshop Elements tutorial last week, several people asked about softening skin and applying lipstick in Elements. It didn’t seem right to write a tutorial about those techniques without giving you my entire portrait workflow. These are the basic steps I use on any close up portrait. Depending on the subject, [...]

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Photoshop Elements Workflow Order

May 27, 2011

Workflow order in Photoshop Elements causes many people stress. Too much stress, in my opinion. Last week, I wrote about Lightroom workflow and suggested that the order of your edits isn’t all that important. Lightroom works differently from Elements, and I wouldn’t go so far as to say that workflow is unimportant in Elements, but [...]

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Workflow Order – Don’t Sweat It!

May 18, 2011

Workflow order is the topic that I get asked about most often in my classes, whether it’s the Lightroom or the Elements class. People worry that there is one and only one order that post processing work should be done in, and that not knowing this order is going to ruin their photos. Put your [...]

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New Photoshop Elements Action – MCP Fusion: One Click Workflow, Infinite Possibilities

March 1, 2011

MCP has just released the Fusion action set for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements and it is absolutely incredible. With this set, you might not need to do anything else to your pictures! Fusion combines the most versatile and user-friendly workflow actions with beautiful color black & white conversions. Because of this set’s unique structure (it’s [...]

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Actions for Elements – MCP Complete Workflow Plus a Freebie!

May 13, 2010

2 new actions for Photoshop Elements are waiting for you to download! The first is MCP’s latest freebie for Elements – Touch of Light/Touch of Darkness. It’s similar to Dodge and Burn, but easier and more effective. This action will pull a face out of the shadows or calm down a bright spot. And the [...]

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Photoshop Elements and Photography Tutorials for You from Texas Chicks Blogs and Pics

March 31, 2010

For those of you new to Texas Chicks, here is a list of my “Greatest Hits” as an introduction to everything this website has to offer. I look forward to getting to know you and welcome any suggestions you have for future tutorials! Free Actions Oh, the Drama Perfect Workflow Reflection Action Drop Shadow Lab [...]

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The Perfect Photoshop Elements Workflow – Final Step, Sharpening

February 22, 2009

At last, we’ve made it to the final step of the Perfect Photoshop Elements Workflow – Sharpening. To recap, here are the workflow steps so far: Reading a Histogram Lighting Defog and Noise Reduction Blemish Removal Levels The Most Important Workflow Step Actions in Photoshop Elements Vignettes There are countless ways to Sharpen in Photoshop [...]

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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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