This group meets monthly at Mount Pleasant on the first Monday in the month from 2-4. We are using Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.
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There are some useful tutorials available at http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/tutorial_pages/elements_basic/elements_tutorial.html See blogroll.
Features of Photoshop we have covered so far. Have you mastered them all?
·disable the automatic downloader
·get your photos into My Pictures
·arrange the workspace to your taste
·zoom in and out of your image and make it fill the workspace
·use all features of the crop tool, including rotation
· use the clone stamp tool to copy from one part of a picture to another and remove unwanted features
·choose soft and hard-edged brushes and change their size [square brackets]
·use the healing brush to effect repairs (but not near edges)
·use the spot healing brush (if you have it)
·levels to correct exposure, increase tonal range etc. (ctrl+l)
·use these in colour channels as well as master
·hue/saturation to enhance colour, change hue, change lightness etc. (ctrl+u)
·change these in colour channels as well as master
·colorize, exploring hue/saturation/lightness
·change colour with variations
·(enhance>adjust colour>adjust colour variations) using all features
·make selections with the magic wand
· open two pictures simultaneously (to make a greetings card)
· drag one onto the other to form a new layer
· transform it to fit, wherever you want it
· add text on another layer
· flatten and save the layered image
· convert landscape to snow scene :
· add falling snow
· use the rectangular and elliptical marquee tools to select, also feather, inverse selection & cut selection
· use lasso tool, polygonal lasso tool and magnetic lasso tool, to move and cut
Here is useful guidance and information from the U3A for all digital photographers. It certainly looks good to me:
Photographic Groups: Click here to learn how to take and edit digital photographs using visual tutorials that emphasize concept over procedure, independent of specific digital camera or lens. Topics range from basic camera tips to advanced techniques. (Thank you Brian Spilsbury – U3A Australia).
