Photoshop Elements The Complete Manual

Your essential guide to mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements! If you are new to Adobe products, cataloguing your photos and digitally manipulating them may seem like a whole new world you have to conquer. Do not worry though, we will guide you through the basics and get you started on your way to becoming a skilled user of the software. With the help of this guide, you can learn to import, tag, organise and edit your photos in no time at all. 100% unofficial.

ADOBE Photoshop Complete Manual

Welcome to Adobe Photoshop • Over the years, Adobe has continually refined and honed the tools available in Photoshop, but at its heart, the basics have always remained the same. You can simply crop a photo, create a complex and multi-layered artwork or anything in between. Let’s take a look at what Photoshop is all about.

Main Interface • This is Photoshop’s graphic user front end

The Toolbar • Let’s take a look at Photoshop’s main editing tools

Menus • One look at the menus and you begin to understand Photoshop’s complexity and versatility

Keyboard Shortcuts • There’s always a quicker way of doing almost everything in Photoshop

Photoshop Preferences Guide • Here are all the preferences and what they do

The Photoshop Home Screen • We show you what the Photoshop user front end has on offer in the latest versions

Your First PSD Document • Let’s start at the very beginning and walk you through the process of making your very first document

Open and Save Your First Image • A quick guide on how to open new photos and images in Photoshop, and then save your edits true Photoshop masterpiece has to start

Placing and Importing Images • Now we will show you how to bring content into your document and make it look amazing

Using Layers • Understanding layers is fundamental to Photoshop editing

Your First Composition • This is when you discover the power of Photoshop

Your First Cut Out • Learn how to cut out parts of one image to use on another

Selection Tools • This fundamental technique allows multiple methods for isolating specific areas of your image

MEGA TIP Front Image Cropping • There is a Crop Tool option that has a very useful function, but you might not have seen it. If you need to match a series of images with the same, cropped sizes and dimensions, then Front Image cropping is for you.

Generative AI • The latest feature to be added to Photoshop is complete AI-powered image generation.

Using Generate Image in Photoshop • The addition of Firefly Generative AI to Photoshop opens up an exciting new world of creativity

Your First Layer Mask • An introduction to one of the key ingredients of Photoshop work

Your First Set of Adjustments • The use of adjustments in Photoshop are another key aspect of non-destructive editing

Your First Type Tool Project • Get to know what the various Type Tool options can do to really lift your artwork

Artwork Compositing • How to incorporate multiple image elements into a unique piece of artwork

MEGA TIP Any Colour From Anywhere • When creating a Photoshop document, you will sometimes need to be able to sample colours to use in your document. Do you know that you can sample any colour on your screen, whether it’s in Photoshop or not? We show you how.

More Photoshop Essentials • As you’ve progressed through this manual, you’ll have become more familiar with how Photoshop works, and should now be ready to take on a few more features that are key to successful image editing. We’ll delve even deeper into the toolbox, learning more about layer-based editing, making selections and cloning.

Non-destructive Enhancement Part 1 • A great way to edit your images...