Adobe Elements Creating Incredible Photographs
Posted on 01. Feb, 2010 by admin in Adobe Elements
If you are looking for an easy to learn photo editing software program you can’t go wrong with Adobe Elements. It is simply one of the most user friendly photo editing programs on the market today and allows you to edit your digital photos quickly and easily. Regardless if you are loking to do either a full photo fix or a quick job you can do it all with this great program.
Many people who use software editing programs are unaware of the fact that when they are manipulating their photos they are, basically, playing around with the pixels that make up your image. Pixels are the smallest components in your photo and when put together create the image that you see. The tools that are included inside Photoshop Elements enable you to change the different shades and colors of the individual pixels and even remove any unwanted pixels. For instance, if you want to remove a background, including shadows, you can simply change the color of the pixels within the shadow image. You can decide to remove the pixels completely or you can choose to change the color so that the item you want to remove blends in with other parts of the photo.
There are also tools which can manipulate the pixels including the smudge, blur and sharpening tools. Using these tools you can fix any over-exposure or under-exposure problems by adjusting the pixels so they blend in with surrounding pixels. The sharpen tool allows you fix blurred images, in essence increasing the number of pixels which will enable the photo to become clearer.
Another great tool is the burn tool which allows you to play with the color of the pixels. You may want to do this in order to change the appearance by giving your image better color tones. Typically this is used if your photo has been over exposed, i.e. if the photo has parts that are too light, you can use the burn tool to even out the tones. On the flip side, if your image is too dark you can use the dodge tool which will reduce the tone of the pixels in the targeted area to a lighter one.
It is important to know that while it appears that you are manipulating the photo as a whole what you are doing is editing each individual pixel that your the photo is made up of. Depending on how many mega-pixels your camera shoots at you may have hundreds of thousands of pixels in your image. By editing the individual pixels you are creating a unique photo out of an ordinary one. The nice thing is that using Adobe Elements you can edit your photos like the pro’s do without needing all the complicated training that other programs require. So go ahead, play with pixels the Elements way.
Adobe Elements – Software To Adjust Tilted Photos
Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by admin in Adobe Elements
How many of your photos have ended up in the trash bin simply because they appeared to be off center or crooked? Instead of tossing your photos use Adobe Elements to not only straighten them out but crop and do other editing tasks as well. Read further to see how you can use Adobe Elements to fix your photos.
To adjust your lopsided photo you will want to use the measure tool and the crop tool. The measure tool is used to define the level of the photo and then straighten it. You can do this by clicking on the measure tool from the menu and then clicking on the background of your photo then dragging it in a straight line to the other end. This process is basically setting the level of your photo. If you need to adjust other items that should be horizontal, such as roof lines, you can use this tool as well. Your image should now be a bit skewed so you want to click on the rotate canvas option to rotate the image and fix it on the canvas. One thing that should be happening here is that your canvas should be resizing itself to fit your photo size. Lastly you will use the crop tool to remove the extra unwanted edges.
The crop tool gives you the opportunity to both crop and straighten at the same time. When you use the crop tool you will want to select it from your tools area then click and hold your mouse, dragging a rectangle around the part of the photo that you wish to keep. You will want to position the horizontal edge on the horizontal line to set the level of the image. You can also use this to align any item horizontally as I mentioned above. Next drag the marquee so that its edge merges with the horizon line. This is done to align the edge to a horizontal position.
To align the rest of the edges simply repeat the same steps. Understand that if you want to fix vertical lines on your image you do not want to align them with vertical borders. To correct vertical lines you need to use the ‘perspective’ option available in the option bar. The perspective option allows you to correct the vertical lines by fixing the corners of the boundary meant to be cropped to the right perspective. Make sure to keep all the corners aligned as well.
To find the perspective tool you need to activate it by converting the chosen background into a layer by double clicking on the background. Even though we are no longer using film cameras we don’t have to waste our cameras batteries and memory stick with repeated photos. Crooked photos generally happen when the photographer clicks the shutter while keeping the camera straight and looking at the back screen. This has the tendency to distort the photo by making it disproportionate. With these tips you no longer need to take 4-5 of the same shots of the same subject. Rid yourself of tilted photos with the amazing tools included inside Adobe Elements.
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