PhotoShop Elements 2 Solutions

Adobe's original version of Photoshop Elements quickly became a huge software hit, bringing the power of Photoshop to anyone with a computer. The first version of this book became an instant classic, too, using inspiring images and real-world examples to show readers how to get the most out of the program. With Photoshop Elements 2 Solutions, noted photographer, web producer, and author Mikkel Aaland has thoroughly updated his best-seller to include all the smart new features in the latest version of the program. Whether creating digital images is a hobby or part of your livelihood, this book is an invaluable guide for turning your ordinary images into extraordinary images.

Inside, Aaland shows you the ins and outs of both Photoshop Elements 2 and the original Photoshop Elements including:
Getting Photoshop Elements up and running
Sharpening out-of-focus pictures
Touching up faces and fixing red-eye
Making standout product shots
Enhancing outdoor and real-estate shots
Fusing photos into amazing panoramics
Combining images into realistic-looking composites
Optimizing photos for the web and e-mail transmission
Creating PDF slide shows and professional-looking picture packages
And more...

Featured on the CD
The enclosed CD comes with more than 100 practice images from the book, plus utilities to make your work easier, tryout versions of fun and useful plug-ins, and a demo of Sybex's Photoshop 6 Learning Studio software.

Chapter 2 • Your Images:Global Solutions and Considerations
Deciding Which Tasks Come First
Cropping to the Essential Parts
Straightening Crooked Scans
Making Dull Images Shine
Correcting Color Casts
Tinting an Image
Eliminating or Diminishing Dust, Scratches, and Electronic Noise
Converting Color Images to Black-and-White
Sharpening
Resizing
Framing Your Image

Chapter 3 • Better Faces
What Comes First
Intensifying and Changing Eyes
Working on Lips
Whitening and Fixing Teeth
Selectively Reducing Wrinkles
Diminishing and Straightening the Nose
Making People Glow
Creating a Grainy 35mm Black-and-White Look
Using Digital Fill Flash
Making Distorted Faces Normal
Fixing Hair
Getting Rid of Glasses Glare

Chapter 4 • Better Outside Shots
Intensifying the Sky
Changing the Time of Day
Working with the Midday Sun
Adding Lighting Effects
Making a Bluer Pond and Greener Grass
Removing Unwanted Objects
Adding Selective Focus
Using Statue Fill Flash

Chapter 5 • Better Product Shots
Separating a Product from Its Background
Changing a Product's Color
Changing a Product's Texture
Adding Motion Blur
Changing Scale and Perspective
Fixing Keystoning
Improving the Background
Adding Depth
Creating Lighting Effects
Softening Highlights and Glare
Adding a New Label
Making a Product Smile
Simplifying a Product Shot

Chapter 6 • Making Photo-Realistic Composites
Adding Yourself (or Anyone) to a Group Shot
Swapping Kids
Expanding Your Image
Seamlessly Pasting
Pre-visualizing a Hotel

Chapter 7 • Better Real Estate Shots
Straightening a Slanted Looking Building
Transforming a Kitchen
Removing a Construction Sign
Smart-Blurring a Background
Balancing the Light
Removing Wires

Chapter 8 • Creating Panoramics with Photomerge
Photomerge Dos and Don'ts
Creating a Priceless View
Creating an Interior Panoramic
Creating an Epic Panoramic
Making Handheld Panoramics
Making Vertical Panoramics
Showing Baseball's Big Picture
Photomerging a Collage

Chapter 9 • Taking Type Further
Adding a Photo Credit
Making Headline Type
Making Type More Readable
Using Shape Tools to Accent Type
Warping Type
Filling Type with an Image
Making Volcano Type
Adding Effects to Type
Applying Liquify to Type

Chapter 10 • Working with the Web in Mind
Choosing GIF or JPEG
Making GIFs
Building Web Page Backgrounds
Creating Navigational Graphics
Creating Web Type
Making a Web Photo Gallery

Chapter 11 • Making Great JPEGs
Understanding the JPEG Format
Saving JPEGs
JPEGing Specifically for E-mail Transmission
Using the Attach to E-mail Command
Optimizing a Digital Image for JPEG Compression
Converting GIFs to JPEGs

Chapter 12 • Sharing and Processing Images
Using Desktop Printers
Using Online Photography Services
Using Picture Package
Using Batch Processing
Creating PDF Slide Shows for PCs and PDAs

Appendix A • Reference to the Tools and Features of Photoshop Elements
All about Layers
Effects
Selection Tools
Viewing and Navigation Tools
Brushes
Filters
Liquify Filter