Frequently photos will not have an accurate white balance and that will push colors either warmer or cooler than they should be. There are several different ways to adjust the color and white balance in an image using Adobe Photoshop … Continue reading
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Here is a basic technique with loads of applications and well worth learning. Using Clipping Masks in Adobe Photoshop Elements you can add a photo into practically any shape you want, whether it is a basic photo frame or a … Continue reading
One of the most useful techniques to master in Adobe Photoshop Elements is how to separate a foreground subject from the background. This will allow you to change the background or do other special effects with the image. Here is … Continue reading
There are several basic techniques that you need to understand in order to do high quality photo retouching in Adobe Photoshop Elements. Using the Dodge and Burn tools effectively are one of those basic techniques. Dodge and Burn work particularly … Continue reading
Adobe Photoshop Elements comes with loads of included graphic and clipart. One of the under used sections is graphic shapes, mostly because they are black in the menu and don’t look interesting. In this video I show you how to … Continue reading
Here is a quick intro into how to use Camera RAW in Adobe Photoshop Elements. PSE cannot directly work with RAW but it does have a great companion Camera RAW editor which launches right from inside Photoshop Elements and which … Continue reading
One of the most common questions I am asked about Photoshop Elements is how to resize or change the resolution on an image. So, here is a YouTube video that demonstrates the process. Check out my YouTube channel for more … Continue reading
Digital images come with a method of adding in additional information called Metadata. This allows you to add such things as copyright notices, model release info, description and caption, publication and location info and loads more. All of this is … Continue reading
Teeth in photos have a bad habit of looking dingy or yellowed. This isn’t necessarily due to bad teeth but due more to lighting and shadowing caused by the lips. Here is how you can fix this common photo problem … Continue reading
One of the most commonly needed techniques in Photoshop Elements is to fix a soft focus image. There are several ways to improve the focus and sharpness of a photo and which you use depends on the photograph. Here is … Continue reading