Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements 2022: Boost your image-editing skills using the latest Adobe Photoshop Elements tools and techniques, 4th Edition

981 Pages·2021·144.342 MB·English

by  Robin Nichols

Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements 2022
Fourth Edition

Boost your image-editing skills using the latest Adobe
Photoshop Elements tools and techniques

Robin Nichols

BIRMINGHAM—MUMBAI
Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements 2022
Fourth Edition
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To my wonderful wife, Natalie, whose great love of life has continued to be an immense source of
encouragement to me while working on this new book...
– Robin Nichols, Sydney, 2021
Contributors
About the author
Born in the UK, Robin Nichols has always had a great love for recording the world with a camera. After
finishing school, he studied fine art, before moving on to study at Nottingham Trent University, where he
gained a degree in creative photography. He subsequently worked in the advertising industry for several
years, before emigrating to Australia in 1985. Robin has always worked in photography: as a black and
white printer, a cameraman, a stock photographer, and a freelance photographer.
During the 1990s, Robin contributed to several photo-centric publications in Australia, New Zealand,
Singapore, and the UK. This led to a full-time position as the editor of the Sydney-based Commercial
Photography magazine, and later, Australian Photography magazine, a post that he held for 5 years.
In 1997, he founded the critically acclaimed Digital Photography and Design magazine. During this
period, he also authored books for Focal Press and Octopus Press, lectured at seminars in Sydney,
Melbourne, and Brisbane, as well as in Seattle and Chicago, and ran highly successful photographic
workshops in Dubai for 7 years.
In 2000, he started his own publishing business, launching what became Australia's best-selling specialist
photo publication: Better Digital Magazine. With this publication, he pursued the goal of presenting
clear, well-illustrated information written in jargon-free English.
Two years later, he launched a second magazine, also a first: Better Photoshop Techniques. As a
publisher during this period, Robin was lucky enough to interview some of the biggest names in
photography, including Elliott Erwitt, David Doubilet, Joe McNally, Gregory Heisler, David Hobby, and
even keen photographer and jazz legend Don Burrows, on one occasion.
Both magazines ran for more than 10 years, but as distribution and paper costs spiraled and access to free
information on the internet exploded, he made the move into teaching. Robin now concentrates on
teaching everything photographic, both locally through Sydney University's Center for Continuing
Education as well as through several online institutions, including Udemy, Skillshare, and Eduonix.
Pandemic permissable, Robin plans, organizes, and conducts specialist small-group photographic tours at
a wide range of photogenic locations, locally in Australia and internationally in places such as South
Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Oman, Japan, Iceland, Bali, Sri Lanka, Madagascar,
and Cuba.
About the reviewers
David Asch is from Haywards Heath, England. He works as a content designer and is also an artist with
a passion for digital art and technology.
David has been working with digital imaging tools for over 20 years. In that time, he has authored several
titles on Adobe Photoshop Elements and Adobe Muse, as well as numerous articles for digital
photography publications and online resources. He is an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop CC and
teaches Photoshop and Photoshop Elements.
Authored publications:
Creative Web Design with Adobe Muse (Focal Press)
How to Cheat in Photoshop Elements (Focal Press)
Focus on Photoshop Elements (Focal Press)
Digital Photo Doctor (co-authored) (Reader's Digest)
Liz Staley is a visual artist and blogger who loves horses, animation, comics, and true crime. She began
her digital art journey using Adobe Photoshop, but in recent years has started using Clip Studio Paint.
She is the author of Mastering Manga Studio 5, Manga Studio EX5 Cookbook, and Learn Clip Studio
Paint. When she isn't creating art, she can be found in a barn taking care of, riding, and training horses.
She currently lives in Pennsylvania, USA, with her husband.
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Photoshop Elements Features Overview
What's New in Photoshop Elements 2022?
How Elements is designed to work
A typical workflow example
How I edit images
The five faces of Adobe Photoshop Elements 2022
The Home screen
The Organizer
The catalog
Photo Editor – the Quick Edit mode
Photo Editor: the Guided Edit mode
Photo Editor: the Expert Edit mode
Working with panels and the Panel Bin
Panel Functions
The Create and Share menus
Enhance menu
Working with video and Premiere Elements
Summary