Photoshop Elements 13 All–in–One For Dummies

9 BOOKS IN 1 Getting Started with Elements Organizer Fundamentals Image Essentials Selections Painting, Drawing, and Typing Working with Layers and Masks Filters, Effects, Styles, and Distortions Retouching and Enhancing Creating and Sharing with Elements With this guide by your side, youll be an Elements expert in no time! Want to edit, enhance, and organize your photos, and even turn them into works of art? You can do it with Photoshop Elements, and this colorful reference shows you how. From getting started and learning to use all the tools to working with layers and masks, retouching, adding effects, and creating photo cards and calendars, its all here! Make friends with Elements the first two minibooks show you around the workspace, explain the tools, and get your images organized Color and more learn about color modes, appropriate file formats, and adding artwork to an image Painting and drawing explore the pencil and brush tools and add type to images A little improvement use the auto–fixes, fine–tune images, and get creative with layers, masks, filters, and blend modes Show it off create collages, photo books, slide shows, and greeting cards, and print them or share them online Open the book and find: Simple descriptions of all of Elements tools Quick fixes for lighting and color issues How to organize, sort, and search your images How to apply an artistic touch with special effects The tricks behind using layers to focus your edits Steps for retouching faces and portraits Ideas for photo projects you can share with others How to create and upload Facebook cover and profile images

Barbara Obermeier is principal of Obermeier Design, a California–based design studio, and a faculty member at Brooks Institute. Ted Padova is an internationally recognized authority on Adobe Acrobat, PDF, and digital imaging.