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120 CHAPTER 6 Transforming and Retouching To set up a new Photomerge composition: 1 Choose File > Photomerge. 2 Click Add in the Photomerge dialog box. 3 Navigate to the source files and select the files for your Photomerge composition. 4 Click Open to add the files to the Source Files list in the Photomerge dialog box. You can always remove a file from the Source Files list by selecting the file and clicking Remove. Note: For information on opening an existing composition, see "Saving and opening Photomerge compositions" on page 123. 5 Specify an Image Size Reduction value to set the size at which the source files are imported. A reduction value of at least 50% is recommended for 2 megapixels or larger. 6 Do one of the following: • Select Attempt to Automatically Arrange Source Images if you want the Photomerge command to attempt to assemble the source images for you. • Deselect Attempt to Automatically Arrange Source Images if you want to assemble the source images manually. 7 If you selected Attempt to Automatically Arrange Source Images, you can select additional options. These options determine how Photoshop Elements processes the source images when assembling the composition. • Apply Perspective to correct perspective across the assembled composition. 8 Click OK. The source images open automatically, and then the Photomerge new composition dialog box appears. If Photoshop Elements is unable to automatically assemble the composition, a message to this effect appears on-screen. You can still assemble the composition manually in the Photomerge dialog box. However, you may want to review the information in "Taking pictures for use with Photomerge" on page 118 to make sure that your source images follow the recommended guidelines. Using the Photomerge dialog box You use the Photomerge dialog box to edit a panoramic composition. This dialog box contains tools for manipulating the composition, a lightbox for storing source images that are not in use, a work area for assembling the composition, and options for viewing and editing the composition. How source images appear in the Photomerge dialog box depends on how you set up the composition in the Photomerge Setup dialog box. If you selected Attempt to Automatically Arrange Source Files, Photoshop Elements attempts to assemble a composition for you in the work area. If Photoshop Elements can't determine how to place a source image, the image appears in the lightbox. If you deselected Attempt to Automatically Arrange Source Files, all source images appear in the lightbox, and you must manually assemble the composition by dragging each image from the lightbox to the work area. Note: A tutorial is available for learning how to use the Photomerge command. Click the Tutorial button in the Photomerge dialog box.

Section	Page
Table of Contents	3
Installing and Learning Adobe Photoshop Elements	9
Registration	9
Installing Adobe Photoshop Elements	9
Learning Adobe Photoshop Elements	9
Using Web resources	11
Customer support	12
Overview	15
Digital Photography: Capture and Correct	15
Digital Photography: Explore and Create	17
Easy to Use and Affordable	18
Web Tools	20
Explore Your Creativity	21
Produce Outstanding Results	22
Looking at the Work Area	27
Getting familiar with the work area	27
Viewing images	32
Getting the most out of Photoshop Elements	36
Correcting mistakes	40
Reverting to any state of an image	41
Working with presets	43
Configuring Photoshop Elements	46
Closing files and quitting	50
Getting Images into Photoshop Elements	53
About bitmap images and vector graphics	53
About image size and resolution	54
Changing image size and resolution	56
Scanning images	59
Importing images from a digital camera	60
Importing images using WIA (Windows Image Acquisition) Support	61
Creating new images	62
Opening and importing images	63
Placing files	68
Working with Color	73
About color and computer graphics	73
Using color management	73
Calibrating your monitor	74
Describing color	75
Choosing a color mode	76
Choosing foreground and background colors	82
Using the Adobe Color Picker	85
Using other color pickers	87
Making Color and Tonal Corrections	91
About correcting images	91
Checking scan quality and tonal range	92
Adjusting tonal range	93
Adjusting color	99
Applying special color effects to images	103
Sharpening images	106
Selecting	111
About selections	111
Making pixel selections	111
Adjusting pixel selections	115
Softening the edges of a selection	116
Moving, copying, and pasting selections and layers	118
Deleting selections	121
Transforming and Retouching	125
Cropping images	125
Changing the size of the work canvas	126
Creating panoramic images using Photomerge	126
Using the Liquify filter	132
Rotating and straightening images	133
Transforming layers, selections, and shapes	134
Transforming objects in three dimensions	138
Retouching an image	140
Painting and Drawing	147
About painting and drawing	147
Using the painting tools	147
Erasing	148
Using the impressionist brush tool	150
Customizing brush libraries	151
Setting options for painting and editing tools	155
Using the gradient tools	158
Using the paint bucket tool	163
Drawing shapes	164
Editing shapes	165
Filling and stroking selections and layers	167
Creating and editing patterns	169
Using Layers	173
About layers	173
Using the Layers palette	174
Creating a layered image	178
Managing layered images	181
Using layer styles	183
Editing layers	185
Specifying opacity and blending options	187
Creating grouped layers	188
Using adjustment layers and fill layers	189
Applying Filters and Effects	197
Using filters	197
Using effects	200
Tips for applying special filter effects	200
Improving performance with filters	201
Choosing a filter effect	201
Artistic filters	203
Blur filters	204
Brush Stroke filters	205
Distort filters	205
Liquify filter	207
Noise filter	207
Pixelate filters	208
Render filters	209
Sharpen filters	210
Sketch filters	210
Stylize filters	211
Texture filters	213
Video filters	213
Other filters	214
Lighting Effects filter	215
About plug-in filters	218
Using Type	221
About type	221
Creating type	221
Working with type layers	222
Formatting characters	225
Setting options for Asian type	228
Optimizing Images for theWeb	233
About optimization	233
Using the Save For Web dialog box	233
Choosing a file format for optimization	235
Optimizing images	238
Making transparent and matted images	241
Previewing and controlling dithering	243
Creating animated GIFs	247
Previewing an image in a browser	248
Saving optimized images	248
Creating Web photo galleries	249
Saving Images	253
About file formats	253
Saving images	254
Saving images in specific formats	255
Adding file information	262
Setting preferences for saving files	262
Using the Batch command	264
Creating multiple-image layouts	265
Printing	269
Printing images	269
Positioning and scaling images	270
Setting output options	270
Printing part of an image	271
Choosing a print encoding method	271
Using color management when printing	272
Printing over the Web	274
Production Notes	293

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CHAPTER 6

120

Transforming and Retouching

To set up a new Photomerge composition:

Choose File > Photomerge.

Click Add in the Photomerge dialog box.

Navigate to the source ﬁles and select the ﬁles

for your Photomerge composition.

Click Open to add the ﬁles to the Source Files

list in the Photomerge dialog box. You can always

remove a ﬁle from the Source Files list by selecting

the ﬁle and clicking Remove.

Note:

For information on opening an existing

composition, see

“

Saving and opening Photomerge

compositions

”

on page 123.

Specify an Image Size Reduction value to set the

size at which the source ﬁles are imported. A

reduction value of at least 50% is recommended

for 2 megapixels or larger.

Do one of the following:

•

Select Attempt to Automatically Arrange Source

Images if you want the Photomerge command to

attempt to assemble the source images for you.

•

Deselect Attempt to Automatically Arrange

Source Images if you want to assemble the source

images manually.

If you selected Attempt to Automatically

Arrange Source Images, you can select additional

options. These options determine how Photoshop

Elements processes the source images when

assembling the composition.

•

Apply Perspective to correct perspective across

the assembled composition.

Click OK. The source images open automati-

cally, and then the Photomerge new composition

dialog box appears.

If Photoshop Elements is unable to automati-

cally assemble the composition, a message to

this effect appears on-screen. You can still assemble

the composition manually in the Photomerge

dialog box. However, you may want to review the

information in

“

Taking pictures for use with

Photomerge

”

on page 118 to make sure that your

source images follow the recommended guidelines.

Using the Photomerge dialog box

You use the Photomerge dialog box to edit a

panoramic composition. This dialog box contains

tools for manipulating the composition, a lightbox

for storing source images that are not in use, a

work area for assembling the composition, and

options for viewing and editing the composition.

How source images appear in the Photomerge

dialog box depends on how you set up the compo-

sition in the Photomerge Setup dialog box. If you

selected Attempt to Automatically Arrange Source

Files, Photoshop Elements attempts to assemble a

composition for you in the work area. If

Photoshop Elements can’t determine how to place

a source image, the image appears in the lightbox.

If you deselected Attempt to Automatically

Arrange Source Files, all source images appear in

the lightbox, and you must manually assemble the

composition by dragging each image from the

lightbox to the work area.

Note:

A tutorial is available for learning how to use

the Photomerge command. Click the Tutorial button

in the Photomerge dialog box.