1. Selecting Open Images – Project Bin or Window Menu
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Selecting Open Images – Project Bin or Window Menu
Note: you can select the image in the Project Bin
below or from the Window menu item at the top.
From the Project Bin: Dbl click the image or drag it
to the Elements desktop.
Note: You display the Project Bin by – Window/Project Bin
QUICK FIX
Note: you can select
The image in the Project
Bin below or from the
Window Menu itt Binem at the top
The Quick Fix mode
Gives access to the basic
auto & manual image
Enhancement options
with a before & after option

2. Special Technique to Cleanup Edging Around Your Selected Object
This is a very powerful technique to enhance or cleanup the edging around your selected object after you have completed the integration of your preferred background, by any of the techniques within this program including:
Layer/new fill layer/solid color - appendix 6
Later new fill layer/gradient - appendix 8B
Using backgrounds from the window/content panel - appendix 8A-3
Using your own custom background – appendix 8A-2
After you have completed the integration of your preferred background from anyone of the appendices mentioned above,
1) do an ALT-Click on the top layer Masking Square which could be: the “color fill” layer or the “color gradient” layer, etc.
This shows the selection mask on your desktop image (a black-and-white silhouette).
2) Now do Filter/Blur/Gaussian Blur ,
3) on the little inner window that pops up, Pan to where any edge of the silhouette is in view
4) pan the image where you see any edge of the select,
5) while watching the edges of the selection mask (silhouette), increase the blur slider around 10 pixels or more
6) Repeat the ALT-Click on the masking square of the top player to return the normal image view to your desktop
7) Set the foreground to black or white (try white first), then
8) Use the brush tool (paintbrush) set to Brush Mode to “overlay” at 100% Opacity and run the brush over the edges of the object and note the cleanup resulting from selection imperfections,
9) If some imperfections don’t get cleaned up, switch the background to black and repeat the brush process over the edges
Edges such as around frizzy hair, reducing the Opacity of the brush before going over the edges could bring out
the softness of hair edges
Very important note: please remember to return the Brush Mode to “Normal” and the opacity to 100%

3. File Types and Saving: See reference in Main slide 23, 24, 25, 27
Cropping: Free Form without dimensional constraints or set dimensions or aspect ratio. Note dimensions in the width and height fields
Movement Tool
Note the handles around the bird.
Object may be resized, stretched,
Repositioned, and rotated.
New Adjustment Layer
Creates a separate Layer specific to the adjustment
Type for basic edits such as Levels, B/C, Hue/Saturation, etc.
Has the advantage of smaller files even with the adjustment layer.

4. OR Photo Filters: these are color correction filters
Filter Gallery: these are artistic filters
Layer
Types
Filter types
Get there from: Filter/Filter Gallery or from the Effects Palette
Effects
Filters OR