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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0 8 User Guide Magic Extractor Easily select an object in a photo and extract it from its background. Just scribble or place dots on the object you want to extract; then scribble or place dots on the background, and Photoshop Elements separates the object from its background. This tool is perfect for creating composites or scrapbook images. (See "To use the Magic Extractor" on page 108.) Skin tone adjustment Click an area of skin and watch the tonal balance of all colors in the photo improve. If you want, you can also manually adjust the color by using color sliders. (See "To adjust the color of skin tone" on page 138.) Red eye removal Easily remove red eye in either Standard Edit or Quick Fix. (See "To remove red eye" on page 163.) Defringe Automatically remove the colored specs or halo around the edges of a selection. (See "To defringe a selection" on page 114.) Straighten tool Straighten and crop crooked photos by drawing a horizontal or vertical line in the image. Photoshop Elements aligns the photo to that line. (See "To straighten an image" on page 156.) WYSIWYG font menu What you see is what you get-see what each font looks like from within the font menu. (See "To choose a font family and style" on page 246.) What's changed Crop tool Freely change image size boundaries while cropping an image. (See "To crop an image" on page 153.) Paragraph text Create paragraph text by dragging a border with the Text tool. The text you enter inside the border wraps to remain inside the boundaries. (See "To add text" on page 243.) Easier color management Easily get the color you expect when printing. New options and improved embedded profile support streamline color management. (See "About color management" on page 150.) Advanced camera raw Fine tune exposure and lighting by working with the raw data from your digital camera, and easily export photos to the universal DNG format. (See "About camera raw image files" on page 73.) Artifact reduction Quickly remove noise caused by shooting in low light or with ISO camera settings by using the new Remove JPEG Artifacts option in the Noise filter. (See "Reduce Noise" on page 203.)

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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0
User Guide
8
Magic Extractor
Easily select an object in a photo and extract it from its background. Just scribble or place dots on
the object you want to extract; then scribble or place dots on the background, and Photoshop Elements separates the
object from its background. This tool is perfect for creating composites or scrapbook images. (See “To use the Magic
Extractor” on page 108.)
Skin tone adjustment
Click an area of skin and watch the tonal balance of all colors in the photo improve. If you
want, you can also manually adjust the color by using color sliders. (See “To adjust the color of skin tone” on
page 138.)
Red eye removal
Easily remove red eye in either Standard Edit or Quick Fix. (See “To remove red eye” on page 163.)
Defringe
Automatically remove the colored specs or halo around the edges of a selection. (See “To defringe a
selection” on page 114.)
Straighten tool
Straighten and crop crooked photos by drawing a horizontal or vertical line in the image. Photoshop
Elements aligns the photo to that line. (See “To straighten an image” on page 156.)
WYSIWYG font menu
What you see is what you get—see what each font looks like from within the font menu. (See
“To choose a font family and style” on page 246.)
What’s changed
Crop tool
Freely change image size boundaries while cropping an image. (See “To crop an image” on page 153.)
Paragraph text
Create paragraph text by dragging a border with the Text tool. The text you enter inside the border
wraps to remain inside the boundaries. (See “To add text” on page 243.)
Easier color management
Easily get the color you expect when printing. New options and improved embedded
profile support streamline color management. (See “About color management” on page 150.)
Advanced camera raw
Fine tune exposure and lighting by working with the raw data from your digital camera, and
easily export photos to the universal DNG format. (See “About camera raw image files” on page 73.)
Artifact reduction
Quickly remove noise caused by shooting in low light or with ISO camera settings by using the
new Remove JPEG Artifacts option in the Noise filter. (See “Reduce Noise” on page 203.)