Tandridge Photographic Society Workshop on PhotoShop Elements presented by Nick Withers
Introduction Software application for organising and editing picture images and video clips. The workshop concentrates on the basics of organising and editing photos Starting the application gives a choice of ‘Organiser’ or ‘Editor’.
The Organiser Holds a catalogue of pictures and displays them as thumbnail images Catalogues can be created, added to, backed up and pictures printed
File types JPEG (.jpg) - Commonest image file type from digital cameras. Compressed. Camera raw (.crw,.cr2,.nef,.dng etc.) - Image file types from advanced digital cameras. PhotoShop (.psd) - PhotoShop’s own format, saves layers etc.
The Editor Open from ‘Fix’ in the Organiser or independently The screen shows a toolbox on the left The panel bin on the right Typical ‘Windows’ menus at the top
Doing things Straighten Crop Resize. Correct perspective
Doing things Adjust lighting Make black & white Sharpening.
Doing things Clone - copy from one area to another Correct part of a photo.
Doing things Copy / paste
Doing things Make a Panorama
Doing things Open a RAW file.
Doing things Quick Photo Edit