Adobe PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS Manual page 129

To change your view of a composition:
Do one or more of the following:
Select the hand tool ( ) and drag in the work
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area to move the view.
Drag the view box in the Navigator thumbnail.
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The view box represents the boundaries of the
work area.
Use the magnification controls below the
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Navigator thumbnail to zoom in or zoom out.
Editing a Photomerge composition
When assembling a panoramic composition, your
goal is to align the separate pieces and blend them
into a seamless image. Because of differences in
perspective, the pieces may not line up exactly.
Photoshop Elements lets you adjust the
perspective and blend exposure differences to
produce the best possible effect.
To assemble a composition in the work area:
Select the select image tool ( ).
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2 Do one or more of the following:
Drag an image in the work area to reposition
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it. Hold down Shift to constrain the movement
to a horizontal path, a vertical path, or a 45° angle.
• Drag an image from the lightbox to the work
area to add it to the composition.
Drag an image from the work area to the
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lightbox to remove it from the composition.
Double-click an image in the lightbox to place
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the first image in the work area. For moving
subsequent images, use any of the three previous
methods.
3 If desired, modify the Tool Settings options to
determine how images appear as you drag them in
the work area:
• Dragging to control the interaction between
overlapping images. Choose Ghost to make an
image partially transparent while you are dragging
it. Ghosting allows you to visually align common
elements in overlapping areas.
• Snap to Image to turn snapping on or off. Select
Snap to Image to automatically snap overlapping
images into place when a commonality is detected.
Sometimes it's difficult to select an image that
is partially obscured by another overlapping
image. Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac
OS) as you move the mouse in the work area. The
image, whose center is nearest to the pointer, is
highlighted. You can then click to select the image.
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