User manual ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS

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[. . . ] 2 Choose a brush size from the pop-up palette in the options bar. To learn more about using pop-up palettes, see "Using pop-up palettes" on page 35. If a brush is too large to fit in the palette, it appears as a smaller brush with a number indicating the actual diameter in pixels. 3 Choose the tool Mode you want to use as an eraser--paintbrush, airbrush, pencil, or block. 4 Specify an opacity to define the strength of the erasure. An opacity of 100% erases pixels to complete transparency. A lower opacity erases pixels to partial transparency. (This option is not available for block mode. ) 5 If you're using the paintbrush eraser, select Wet Edges to erase with a watercolor effect. When this is selected, the erased effect builds up along the edges of the brush stroke. 6 Specify the rate at which a brush stroke fades dynamically. (See "Specifying a paint fade-out rate" on page 149. ) 7 Drag through the area you want to erase. To draw a straight line with one of the painting tools, click a starting point in the image. Then hold down Shift, and click an ending point. Erasing The eraser and magic eraser tools let you erase areas of an image to transparency or to the background color. The background eraser tool lets you erase to transparency on a layer. You can also use the Auto Erase option with the pencil tool to erase the foreground color to the background color as you paint, unless the area does not contain the foreground color. In that case the area is painted with the foreground color. Using the magic eraser tool When you click in a layer with the magic eraser tool, the tool automatically changes all similar adjacent pixels. If you're working in the background, or in a layer with locked trans- Using the eraser tool The eraser tool changes pixels in the image as you drag through them. If you're working in the background or in a layer with transparency locked, the pixels change to the background color; otherwise, the pixels are erased to transparency. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 141 User Guide parency, the pixels change to the background color; otherwise, the pixels are erased to transparency. You can choose to erase contiguous pixels only or all similar pixels on the current layer. Using the background eraser tool The background eraser tool lets you erase pixels on a layer to transparency as you drag; this allows you to erase the background while maintaining the edges of an object in the foreground. The background eraser samples the color in the center of the brush, also called the hotspot, and deletes that color wherever it appears inside the brush. It also performs color extraction at the edges of any foreground objects, so that color halos are not visible if the foreground object is later pasted into another image. Note: The background eraser overrides the lock transparency setting of a layer. To use the background eraser tool: Erasing similar pixels To use the magic eraser tool: 1 Select the magic eraser tool ( ). This defines the range 1 In the Layers palette, select the layer containing the areas you want to erase. 2 Select the background eraser tool ( of colors that can be erased. A low tolerance erases pixels within a range of color values very similar to the pixel you click. A high tolerance erases pixels within a broader range. 3 Select Anti-aliased to smooth the edges of the area you erase. [. . . ] See type Charcoal filter 202 Choose 23 chroma 68 Chrome filter 202 CJK type composition options 222 showing options for 220 tate-chuu-yoko 221 tsume 221 Clear command 113 Clipboard clearing 33 copying between applications 112 Export Clipboard option 112 preferences 112 rasterizing images from 113 clone stamp tool about 132 retouching with 132 Close All command 25, 42 Close command 25, 42 closing files 42 Clouds filter 201 color about 65 additive 68 adjustment layers 182 adjustments 83 Bitmap mode 69 color cast 86 color tables 69 converting 96 devices 65 fill layers 183 for type 219 Grayscale mode 69 HSB model 67 inverting in images 96 269 management 65 profiles 65 RGB mode 68 RGB model 68 specifying number of 232 See also background color color balance adjusting automatically 86 generalized adjustments 95 Hue/Saturation command 92, 94 scanning and 52 Color Burn mode 148 Color Cast command 92 Color Dodge mode 148 Color Halftone filter 200 color management profiles 65 using 65, 264 Color mode option 148 color modes about 68 color tables 69 converting images between 69, 70, 71 Indexed Color mode 71 setting in new images 54 Color Picker option 79 color pickers Adobe 77, 79 Apple 79 choosing 79 plug-in 79 Windows 79 color profiles 31, 65, 264 Color Settings command 65 color slider 77 Color Table command 73 color transitions, quality of 47 color values clipping 95 specifying 78 color wheel 67 about 79 color adjustments and 91 definition 91 Colored Pencil filter 195 column width, setting 28 compression about 245 choosing a file format 227 GIF format 228 JPEG format 228 PNG-8 format 229 PNG-24 format 229 CompuServe GIF format. See GIF format Contact Sheet II command 257 Conté Crayon filter 191, 202 context menus 32 context-sensitive help 2 Contiguous option 141 continuous-tone images about 45 choosing a compression format for 227 contrast adjusting 87 adjusting automatically 86 convert anchor point tool 131 convolution 206 copying and pasting 110 between applications 112 layers between images 171 PostScript artwork from Clipboard 113 selections 110, 111 See also duplicating copyright information 31 correcting mistakes 32 Craquelure filter 205 Create a selection button 214 creating layers 170 Crop command 117 crop marks, printing 263 crop tool 117 cropping images about 117 crop tool marquee 117 Shield option 117 Crosshatch filter 197 cross-platform variations adjusting for 226 Photoshop Compensation 227 Standard Macintosh Color display 227 Standard Windows Color display 227 Uncompensated Color 226 Crystallize filter 201 cursors 39 Curves command, setting target values with 89 Custom color table 232 Custom filter 206 custom shape tool 156 Cut command 113 Cutout filter 195 cylindrical mapping 123 270 INDEX D Dark Strokes filter 197 Darken mode 148 Define Brush command 144 Define Pattern command 161, 162 De-Interlace filter 205 delete anchor point tool 131 Delete Layer command 173 deleting colors from swatch sets 77 layers 173 locked selections 113 selections 110, 113 Desaturate command 94 Deselect command 103 deselecting selections 103 See also selecting Despeckle filter 200 diamond gradient tool 150 Difference Clouds filter 201 Difference mode 148 Diffuse filter 203 Diffuse Glow filter 197 diffusion dithering 73, 236 Digimarc filter 31, 195 directional light effect 208 Displace filter about 198 defining undistorted areas 191 displacement maps 198 Display Background option 132 Dissolve mode 179 Distort filters 194, 197 See also individual names of filters distorting a layer 128 DitherBox filter 206, 237 dithering about 70, 73, 235 application dither, previewing and controlling 236 browser dither, previewing and minimizing 237 choosing a dithering algorithm 236 creating and applying custom dither patterns 237 setting percentage of 236 using the DitherBox filter 237 document size 31, 50 adjusting during printing 262 documentation overview 2, 3 dodge tool about 135 adjusting highlights 136 adjusting midtones 136 adjusting shadows 136 Dolly Camera option 131 downsampling 49 dpi (dots per inch) 48 drawing constraining shapes 156 shapes 156 drivers scanner 51 stylus 149 Dry Brush filter 195 Duplicate Image command 28 Duplicate Layer command 171 duplicating images 28 layers 171 selections in an image 111 See also copying Dust & Scratches filter 200 dynamic range 52 E edge effects 193 editing blending modes 147 layers 177 See also copying, correcting mistakes, deleting, pasting selections, restoring images, transformations, and names of individual editing tools Effects palette 192 efficiency 31 elliptical marquee tool 104 Embed Color Profile. See also color profiles Emboss filter 204 encoding methods 263 EPS files opening 57 placing 60 saving 250 EPS PICT Preview format 59 EPS TIFF Preview format 59 eraser tool 140 erasing about 140 fading strokes 140 lasso segments 105 See also deleting Exclusion mode 148 EXIF 254 Exit command 42 Export Clipboard option 112 exposure setting 149 Extrude filter 204 eyedropper tool about 89 selecting colors with 75 271 F Facet filter 201 fade rate for brush strokes 140 for eraser strokes 140 painting 149 fastening point 105 feathering selections 109 Field of View option 131 File Browser palette 56 file compression. See compression file extensions, preferences for saving 255 file formats about 245 animation and movie 248 choosing 245 choosing for optimization 227 for nonsupported previews 59 specifying when opening 55 See also compression, Save For Web dialog box, and names of individual formats File Info command 31, 254 Caption option 254 Copyright & URL option 254 EXIF option 254 files batch-processing 256 closing 42 extensions for 247 opening 55 size 48 Fill command 160 Fill Flash command 87 fill layers 181 Fill with Neutral Color option 180 filling layers 159 selections 159 with background color 160 with foreground color 160 with gradients 151 with patterns 155 Filmstrip format 248 filters about 189 applying 190 applying backgrounds 193 Artistic 193, 195 Blur 194, 196 Brush Stroke 194, 197 Digimarc 195 Distort 191, 194, 197 improving performance with 193 Lighting Effects 207 Liquify 124, 199 Noise 194, 199 Other 195, 206 Pixelate 194, 200 plug-ins 210 previewing 190 Render 194, 201 Sharpen 194, 202 Sketch 194, 202 special filter effects 192 Stylize 194, 203 Texture 195, 205 using adjustment layers 190 Video 195, 205 See also names of individual filters Filters palette 189 Find Edges filter 204 Fine Grain filter 195 Finger Painting option 134 Fit on Screen command 26 Fixed Size option 104 Flatten Image command 175 flattening images 174­175 Flip Canvas Horizontal command 126 Flip Canvas Vertical command 126 flipping images 125 floating selections 173 focus tools about 135 blur tool 135 sharpen tool 135 fonts, selecting 218 foreground color choosing 74, 76 filling selections with 160 selecting with eyedropper tool 75 Fragment filter 201 Free Rotate command 127 Free Transform command 130 3D transform 130 about 129 Display Background option 132 rendering options 132 Resolution option 132 wire frame 130 Free Transformation command add anchor point tool 131 convert anchor point tool 131 delete anchor point tool 131 freehand selection 104 Fresco filter 195 272 INDEX G gamut 65 Gaussian Blur filter 196 GIF format about 228, 248 Adaptive color table 232 animated GIFs 239 background matting 234 Custom color table 232 hard-edged transparency 234 optimization settings for 231 Perceptual color table 232 preserving transparency 233 saving files in 248 Selective color table 232 Web-safe color table 232 Glass filter 191, 198 Glowing Edges filter 204 Gradient Editor dialog box 151 Gradient Map command 98 gradients angle of 29 angular gradient tool 150 applying 151 creating 151 creating presets 152 deleting 155 diamond gradient tool 150 editing 151 fill layers 183 filling 151 libraries 155 linear 150 mapping tonal range to 98 noise 154 opacity 153 presets 37 radial gradient tool 150 Randomize option 154 reflected gradient tool 150 saving and loading 155 tools 150 transparency 153 Grain filter 205 Graphic Pen filter 203 grayscale images colorizing 94 converting to Bitmap-mode images 70 converting to high-contrast black-and-white images 96 converting to indexed-color images 71 creating from color images 94 definition of 69 Grayscale mode 69, 70 grid 27 H Halftone Pattern filter 203 hand tool 26 Hard light mode 148 hard-edged transparency 234 Help 2 hidden tools 19 hiding and showing layers 168 hiding palettes 22 High Pass filter 206 high-key images 84, 90 highlights adjusting 95, 136 printable 89 settings target values 89 specular 89 Hints 2 Hints palette 29 Histogram command 85 histograms about 84, 91 key type 84 Levels display of 89 preferences 85 Use Cache for Histograms preference 85 Histories command 35 History palette 33 history states 33 using 33 horizontal type tool 214 HSB color mode 77 color model 67 selecting color in 78 hue 67, 92 Hue mode 148 Hue/Saturation command 92 I ICC (International Color Consortium) 65 scanning 52 workflow 65 ICC profiles. 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