Advanced Editing
The tutorials in this section cover some of the most frequently used advanced editing techniques, those particularly useful to novice and intermediate digital camera users. Go beyond the basics and learn to correct, enhance and bring out the very best in your digital photos.
Magic Eraser tool
Two features of Photoshop – layers and a tool called the Magic Eraser – make teleportation a reality, albeit a virtual reality.
Introduction to Adjustment Layers
An Adjustment Layer is a powerful editing feature that allows you to apply color and tonal adjustments to an image while preserving the original file.
Converting color images to black and white
The simplest way to convert a color image to black and white is to desaturate the color or change the mode to grayscale. However, this method frequently produces inadequate results.
Introduction to High Dynamic Range Photography
Many a debate has been waged among photographers as to the value of overly tone mapped images, which can give a photo a surreal look. Look and see what you think about this sometimes controversial editing process.
Photoshop Elements 7 vs. Photoshop CS4
Is Photoshop CS 4 worth the $500 or so more than it’s little brother, Photoshop Elements 7? Here’s the low-down to help you decide.
Adjusting shadows and highlights in digital photos
When it’s beyond your digital camera’s capacity to capture the full tonal range in a scene, the Shadows/Highlight feature found in many photo editing programs can come to the rescue.
Selective Color Correction image enhancement
Discover the Selective Color Correction tool and how to correct a primary color in a digital photo without changing others.
Unsharp Mask
How to use the Unsharp Mask filter to effectively sharpening images taken with a digital camera.