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By Barry J. Ewell

Photoshop Elements for GenealogistsPart 5

Topics Covered• Touch Up Quick Fixes

Changing to black and white• Changing to black and white• Panoramas• Hue and saturation• Filter adjustments

Touch Up Quick Fixes

Touch Up Quick Fixes

• Touch Up Quick Fixes provide options for performing tasks such as whitening teeth and brightening dull skies

Touch Up Quick Fixes

• The Make Dull Skies Blue tool applies the effect to everything in the selection

• This can result in clouds taking on a bluish tinge

Lightening dull skies

• Open an image with a sky you want to brighten

Lightening dull skies

• Click on the Make Dull Skies Blue tool

Lightening dull skies

• Drag the tool over the area of the sky you want to brighten

• As you drag, the area will become selected and automatically brightened

Whitening teeth

• Everyone likes to see white teeth in a photo and with the teeth whitening tool this is possible tor anyone

Whitening teeth

• Open an image and click on the Whiten Teeth tool

Whitening teeth

• Click on the Zoom tool

Whitening teeth

• Drag the Zoom tool around the teeth area

Whitening teeth

• Click here to select a brush size for the Whiten Teeth tool

Whitening teeth

• Drag the Whiten Teeth tool over the teeth

Whitening teeth

• The teeth area is selected and whitened in one operation

Touch Up Quick Fixes tip

• Apply the Whiten Teeth effect more than once if you want to get really sparkling teeth

Changing to black and white

Changing to black and white

• Most digital cameras and scanners are capable of converting color images into black and white at the point of capture

• However, it is also possible to use Elements to convert existing color images into black and white ones

Changing to black and white

• When creating black and white images, make a copy of the original first

• Use the copy to create the new image

Changing to black and white

• Open a color image

Changing to black and white

• Select Enhance> Convert to Black and White from the Menu bar

Changing to black and white

• The Convert to Black and White dialog box has various options for how the image is converted

Changing to black and white

• Select the type of black and white effect to be applied, depending on the subject in the image

Changing to black and white

Infrared Effect

Original

Changing to black and white

Newspaper

Original

Infrared Effect

Changing to black and white

Portraits

Original

Infrared Effect

Newspaper

Changing to black and white

Scenic Landscape

Original

Infrared Effect

Newspaper

Portraits

Changing to black and white

Urban/Snapshots

Original

Infrared Effect

Newspaper

Portraits

Scenic Landscape

Changing to black and white

Vivid Landscapes

Original

Infrared Effect

Newspaper Urban/Snapshots

Portraits

Scenic Landscape

Changing to black and white

• Drag these sliders to specify the intensity of the effect to be applied for different elements

Changing to black and white

• Click on the OK button

Changing to black and white

• The image is converted into black and white, according to the settings that have been selected

Changing to black and white

• A similar effect can be achieved by selecting Enhance>Adjust Color> Remove Color from the Menu bar

Panoramas

Creating panoramas

• For anyone who takes landscape pictures, the desire to create a panorama occurs sooner or later

• With film-based cameras, this usually involves sticking several photographs together to create the panorama, albeit a rather patchwork one

Creating panoramas

• With digital images the end result can look a lot more professional and Elements has a dedicated function tor achieving this: Photomerge

Creating panoramas

• When creating a panorama there are a few rules to follow

Creating panoramas

• If possible, use a tripod to ensure that your camera stays at the same level for all of the shots

Creating panoramas

• Keep the same exposure settings for all images

Creating panoramas

• Make sure that there is a reasonable overlap between images (about 20%)

• Some cameras enable you to align the correct overlap between the images

Creating panoramas

• Keep the same distance between yourself and the object you arc capturing

• Otherwise the end result will look out of perspective

Creating panoramas

• To create a panorama, Select File>New>Photomerge Panorama from the Menu bar

Creating panoramas

• Select an option for the type of panorama image that you want to create

Creating panoramas

• Click on the Browse button to locate images you want to use on your computer

Creating panoramas

• Or, click on the Add Open Files button to use images that are already open

Creating panoramas

• If you Browse for images, select them from your computer

Creating panoramas tip

• Click on the OK button

Creating panoramas tip

• In some instances the final image may need some additional editing.

• One common problem is the appearance of diagonal lines across the image, particularly in the sky region

Creating panoramas tip

• Panoramas can usually be improved by applying color correction such as Brightness/Contrast and Shadows/ Hlighlights

• They can also be cropped to straighten the borders

Creating panoramas tip

• An unwanted line in a panorama can be removed by cloning from a nearby area or by selecting it and applying color correction until it is the same tone as the rest of the image

• Some trial and error may be needed to achieve exactly the right look

Creating panoramas

• Panoramas do not just have to be of landscapes

• They can also be used for items, such as a row of buildings or crowds at a sporting event

Hue and saturation

Hue and saturation

• The hue and saturation command can be used to edit the color elements of an image

• However, it works slightly differently from commands such as those for the brightness and contrast

• There are three areas that are covered by the hue and saturation command: color, color strength and lightness

Hue and saturation

• Hue is used to describe the color of a particular pixel or an image

Hue and saturation

• The Lightness option is similar to adjusting image brightness

Hue and saturation

• To adjust the hue and saturation of an image, open an image

Hue and saturation

• Select Enhance> AdjustColor>Adjust Hue/Saturation

Hue and saturation

• Drag this slider to adjust the hue of the image, i.e. change the colors in the image

Hue and saturation

• Drag this slider to adjust the saturation, i.e. the intensity of colors in the image

Hue and saturation

• Check on the Colorize box to color the image with the hue of the currently selected foreground color in the Color Picker, which is located at the bottom of the Toolbox

Hue and saturation

• Click on the OK button to apply any changes that have been made

Hue and saturation tip

• By altering the hue of an image some interesting abstract color effects can be created

• This can be very effective if you are producing several versions of the same image, such as for an artistic poster

Filter adjustments

Filter adjustments

• There are numerous special effects within the Artworks and Filters palette

• However, there are also some filter effects that can be used to alter the color in the image

• These are known as filter adjustment effects

Filter adjustments

• Open an image

Filter adjustments

• Select Filter>Adjustmentsfrom the Menu bar

Filter adjustments

• Select either Equalize, Invert or Posterize

Filter adjustments

• The Equalize filter redistributes the brightness values of the pixels in an image so that they more evenly represent the entire range of brightness levels

Filter adjustments

• The Invert filter inverts the colors in an image

Filter adjustments

• The Posterize filter lets you specify the number of tonal levels (or brightness values) for each channel in an image and then maps pixels to the closest matching level

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