| Introduction | p. xii |
| Getting Pictures into Photoshop Elements | p. 1 |
| What You Can Do with Photoshop Elements | p. 3 |
| Alter the Appearance | p. 4 |
| Add New Details | p. 8 |
| Delete Details | p. 12 |
| Before You Get Started | p. 13 |
| Where to Go from Here | p. 15 |
| Load, Align, and Save Images | p. 19 |
| Get Pictures on to Your Computer | p. 19 |
| Find and Open a File | p. 23 |
| Magnify a Picture | p. 27 |
| Fix Crooked Images | p. 28 |
| Save a Picture | p. 33 |
| Where to Go from Here | p. 35 |
| Getting a Picture from the Movies and Other Sources | p. 37 |
| Freeze Frame | p. 39 |
| Picking Pictures off a Web Page | p. 42 |
| Using Stock Photography | p. 44 |
| Grabbing Pictures from PDF Files | p. 45 |
| Where to Go from Here | p. 46 |
| The Basics | p. 49 |
| Quick Fixes for Improving a Picture | p. 51 |
| How Quick Fix Works | p. 52 |
| Correct Color | p. 53 |
| Adjust Brightness | p. 57 |
| Change the Focus | p. 64 |
| Rotate an Image | p. 67 |
| Where to Go from Here | p. 67 |
| Selecting Stuff in a Picture | p. 69 |
| Use the Toolbox | p. 70 |
| Select by Shape | p. 72 |
| Select by Boundaries | p. 74 |
| Select by Color | p. 78 |
| After You Select Something | p. 80 |
| Where to Go from Here | p. 88 |
| Copy and Paste | p. 91 |
| Copy and Paste: The Fast and Easy Way | p. 92 |
| Copy and Paste for Special Effects | p. 95 |
| Copy and Paste for a Natural Look | p. 97 |
| Smudge the Edges | p. 103 |
| Where to Go from Here | p. 106 |
| How to Keep from Screwing Up | p. 109 |
| How to Use the Undo and Redo Commands | p. 110 |
| How to Use Layers | p. 114 |
| Where to Go from Here | p. 120 |
| Fixing Flawed Pictures | p. 123 |
| Trim a Picture | p. 124 |
| Change the Size of a Picture | p. 126 |
| How to Use Adjustment Layers | p. 130 |
| Make the Dark Look Lighter and the Light Look Darker | p. 133 |
| Where to Go from Here | p. 137 |
| Playing with Colors | p. 139 |
| Turn Color into Black and White | p. 140 |
| Tint and Age a Picture | p. 141 |
| Play with the Color Cast | p. 142 |
| Color Large Areas | p. 144 |
| Where to Go from Here | p. 152 |
| Painting and Drawing | p. 155 |
| How to Paint and Draw | p. 156 |
| How to Use the Gradient Tool | p. 161 |
| How to Modify a Painting or Drawing | p. 165 |
| Where to Go from Here | p. 166 |
| Digital Editing Techniques | p. 169 |
| Fixing Flawed Faces and Other Parts of a Picture | p. 171 |
| How to Change Colors with the Red Eye Tool | p. 172 |
| Coloring with the Sponge Tool | p. 178 |
| Smoothing Wrinkles and Other Flaws with the Blur Tool | p. 179 |
| Where to Go from Here | p. 183 |
| Rearranging Faces, Body Parts, and Other Objects | p. 185 |
| Use the Liquify Filter | p. 186 |
| Reshape Objects with the Warp Tool | p. 188 |
| Shrink Items with the Pucker Tool | p. 188 |
| Enlarge Items with the Bloat Tool | p. 190 |
| Have Fun with the Turbulence and Twirl Tools | p. 191 |
| Fix Mistakes with the Reconstruction Tool | p. 192 |
| Alter Images with the Shift Pixels and Reflection Tool | p. 192 |
| View Details with the Zoom Tool | p. 194 |
| Move Pictures with the Hand Tool | p. 195 |
| Where to Go from Here | p. 195 |
| Making People, Places, and Things Disappear | p. 197 |
| How the Clone Stamp Tool Works | p. 198 |
| Use the Clone Stamp Tool | p. 200 |
| Put the Clone Stamp Tool to Work | p. 204 |
| Where to Go from Here | p. 209 |
| Playing with Skies, Lights, and Motion | p. 211 |
| How to Change the Sky | p. 212 |
| Play with Lighting Effects | p. 216 |
| Create the Illusion of Movement with the Motion Blur Filter | p. 222 |
| Where to Go from Here | p. 224 |
| Playing with Collages, Panoramas, and Special Effects | p. 227 |
| How to Create a Panorama | p. 228 |
| How to Create a Collage | p. 232 |
| How to Modify a Picture with Filters and Effects | p. 234 |
| Where to Go from Here | p. 237 |
| Playing with Text | p. 239 |
| How to Add Text to a Picture | p. 240 |
| Twist Text into Different Shapes | p. 244 |
| Apply Effects and Gradients | p. 246 |
| Fill Text with an Image | p. 248 |
| Where to Go from Here | p. 251 |
| Where to Go from Here | p. 253 |
| Publishing Your Pictures | p. 255 |
| How to Print a Single Picture | p. 256 |
| How to Print Thumbnails of Multiple Pictures | p. 259 |
| How to Create and Print a Picture Package | p. 261 |
| Where to Go from Here | p. 264 |
| Sharing Your Pictures Electronically | p. 267 |
| How to E-mail a Picture | p. 268 |
| Put Your Pictures on a Web Page | p. 269 |
| How to Create a Slideshow | p. 272 |
| How to Share Your Pictures with Other Programs | p. 275 |
| Where to Go from Here | p. 277 |
| Tips and Tricks for Dealing with Photoshop Elements | p. 279 |
| Get Used to Layers | p. 280 |
| Use Grids and Rulers | p. 287 |
| Make Shadows | p. 288 |
| Where to Go from Here | p. 290 |
| Index | p. 292 |
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