Photoshop Elements Tutorial – Adobe Elements Versus iPhoto
Posted on 10. Nov, 2009 by admin in Elements Tutorials, free photoshop elements tutorials, online photoshop elements tutorials, photoshop elements tutorials
Adobe Elements, as the name suggests is in the product line of Adobe and is image editing software. iPhoto is from Apple Inc. and is for Mac Operating Systems. This also is an image organizing software.
Elements and iPhoto are not comparable programs though they share some common features like the photo organizer, basic color correction and image correction features.
iPhoto is basically a photo organizer but Adobe elements is far more advanced and is an image editing software itself. Moving through the huge album of photos and making corrections to them is far easier in Adobe Elements than in iPhoto. Using elements, you can composite the various images you have and combine them to form one, or transform it to an entirely new one. If you just want to do the basic image correction tasks, then iPhoto comes in handy. You can even use Adobe elements and iPhoto together. In this case, using Adobe elements as your editor will be a better choice. You can import the photos into iPhoto and edit it using Adobe elements. For this you will have to set the option to ‘Edit’ in External Editor in the iPhoto menu. iPhoto is not that an expert tool for editing your photos. And if you are a professional working with editing images, Adobe Elements is the right choice.
Adobe Elements has much more editing options that iPhoto as it is an editing software and iPhoto has more organizing options. The organizing features of iPhoto are keywords and non destructive editing. It is easy to use books and calendars in iPhoto. Whereas the benefit of using Adobe Elements is that there are three ways of editing images. The latest in the line, Adobe Elements 6 for Mac stands up to the expectations of the users. It is aimed at both professional as well as amateur users. And it is possible to use iPhoto along with Adobe Elements 6. Nowadays in some packages you can purchase the iPhoto along with the Elements. In the package charge, you will find that iPhoto is provided free of cost. This package can include Adobe Bridge and a raw image converter also.
Apart from editing images, Elements provide lot of options in adding effects to the images. This is not possible in iPhoto. Along with Elements comes the Bridge that helps you to assign the metadata keywords to the images. In iPhoto you can add only the proprietary keywords. Using Elements, apart from organizing your photos, you can also share it by creating scrapbooks, online albums, and in many more creative ways. Another drawback of iPhoto is that when you start using it, it sometimes changes the folder structures you have created.
Also you cannot use Adobe Bridge and iPhoto together on the same images. This is because the keywords and the metadata of the photos crash the iPhoto when viewing these images using the program. And when you export the photos from the iPhoto, the program writes the keywords and titles corresponding to the images in the respective IPTC fields.
Photoshop Elements Tutorial – How To Make A Jigsaw Picture
Posted on 12. Oct, 2009 by admin in Elements Tutorials, Elements Video Tutorials, free photoshop elements tutorials, online photoshop elements tutorials, photoshop elements tutorials
Myriad tools and elements of the most easy-to-use photo editing software, Adobe elements, have upgraded the canvas of photography to a full-time profession from a mere hobby. Its vast features allow you to conduct all possible enhancement techniques to beautify your casual looking picture to a gorgeous and larger than life picture. One of the recent techniques that have gained immense popularity among photographers is the feature of creating a jigsaw picture from your existing picture using Adobe elements.
Check out this Photoshop Elements tutorial on how to create a jig saw picture out of your original picture:
1.Open your current picture in the editing program. Click on to the option, "Filter" to select Texturise and click on the option of load texture on the list. You will find the option of puzzle texture from the parent load texture option. This will open a texture editing box with your original picture transformed into the jigsaw format. Now, you can increase or decrease the percentage of scaling to accordingly adjust the pieces. Increasing makes the pieces bigger which helps you to easily carry changes in the picture. It is advisable to set your scaling percentage at 150 % to create more manageable pieces.
2.Now click, Control +A to select the entire image. Cut and copy that image to a new layer by clicking on the icon layers palette and paste. You will see that a new layer has appeared with your picture on it on a new white background.
3.Now increase the canvas size by 20 %- 30 % so that a huge canvas gets spread around on a large layer. This can be done by clicking on image, then on resize option and then on canvas size. Change the size accordingly.
4.Now pull the image from the edges to change it to the shape of a jigsaw. This can be done by clicking on the option of Select image, then transform and then skew to adjust the picture.
5.Next, draw several pieces on the jigsaw picture using Magnetic Lasso. Now cut and paste each selection in a new layer. Then, directly move each piece out of the jigsaw using Move tool. Rotate these pieces so that they give a scattered appeal. This new picture that you get is almost complete unless you want to enhance its appeal by adding a human element to it.
6.To add a personal or human touch to the picture, click your hand with your thumb and index finger positioned in way that it looks like you’re holding something. Shoot this picture on a background with a neutral color. Cut and copy this picture.
7.Paste this picture on your jigsaw and resize it accordingly so that it looks like natural puzzle. Using an eraser, rub the background encompassing your hand. Use the brushes to remove the edges and make it a look more smooth and easy to flow.
8.Now take a picture of a jigsaw and place it in between your thumb and index finger. Rub out the extra background and edges. Regroup the hand and the layer of puzzle piece using move tool.
Free Photoshop Elements Tutorials – Tool Box Tricks
Posted on 21. Sep, 2009 by admin in Elements Tutorials, Elements Video Tutorials, adobe photoshop elements tutorials, free photoshop elements tutorials, photo shop elements tutorials, photoshop elements tutorials
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