Adobe 65045315 - Photoshop Elements Use Manual page 61

USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 10
Working in Photoshop Elements
The Brightness And Contrast Guided Edit
Use the Brightness And Contrast Guided Edit to adjust brightness or contrast in an image.
You can view the after image only, or view both the before and after images either vertically or horizontally.
For more on adjusting brightness and contrast, see
The Adjust Levels Guided Edit
For more information on using Levels, see
The Enhance Colors Guided Edit
Use the Enhance Colors Guided Edit to enhance the hue, saturation, and lightness in an image.
You can view the after image only, or view both the before and after images either vertically or horizontally.
For more on enhancing colors, see
Adding custom content
You can add custom content like photo effects and layer styles using the add custom content workflow.
To add custom content, follow the given sequence:
1 Create an appropriately named folder (Such as Photoeffects or Layerstyles) in System Library/Application
Support/Adobe/Photoshop Elements/10.0/Photo Creations/.
2 Place your custom content in the folder created in the previous step. For example, for the folder Photoeffects, the
custom content could be .atn, .xml, .png or .jpg file.
Delete the Mediadatabase.db3 and Thumbdatabase.db3 files from System Library/Application
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Support/Adobe/Photoshop Elements/10.0/Locales/en_US.
Restart PSE Editor and allow the application to rebuild the media database.
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The Remove A Color Cast Guided Edit
Use the Remove a Color Cast Guided Edit to correct color casts in an image.
You can view the after image only, or view both the before and after images either vertically or horizontally.
For more on correcting color casts, see
The Correct Skin Tone Guided Edit
Use the Correct Skin Tone Guided Edit to correct skin tones (tan, blush, and ambient light) in an image.
You can view the after image only, or view both the before and after images either vertically or horizontally.
For more on correcting color casts, see
The Touch Up Photo Guided Edit
Use the Touch Up Photo Guided Edit to fix (large or small) flaws in an image (using the Healing Brush or the Spot
Healing Brush).
You can view the after image only, or view both the before and after images either vertically or horizontally.
"Adjusting shadows and
"About Levels adjustments" on page 125.
"Adjusting color saturation and
"Correcting color casts" on page 130.
"Adjust the color of skin
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light" on page 121.
hue" on page 134.
tone" on page 136.
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