Thursday, December 22, 2011

How-To Book List Addition: Photoshop Elements

Now that you've bought that new DSLR and taken some amazing shots, you need a simple guide for processing and enhancing those great images.

For photographers using Photoshop Elements (including the brand new Elements 10), this book by pro photographer Jeff Revell will help you conquer the fundamentals of downloading, editing, and enhancing their work to create stunning hang-on-the-wall images.

Revell starts with the basics–from importing images, handling Camera Raw files, making basic fixes and local edits, to creating special effects and fine-tuning. He covers the key software features that affect and improve your image, including: removing blemishes with the Spot Healing Brush, using masks to isolate effects, sharpening with High Pass, darkening blue skies and using gradients, creating black and white images, going wide with a Panorama, and removing people with Photomerge Scene Cleaner.

Photoshop Elements
From Snapshots to Great Shots
by Jeff Revell
Peachpit Press, 2011