Color And Tonal Correction Basics; Color Correction Overview - Adobe 29180155 - Photoshop Elements 4.0 Tutorial

Color and tonal correction basics

Color correction overview

Correct color in Quick mode
Correcting color in Expert mode
Automatically correct lighting and color
About histograms
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Color correction overview
Photoshop Elements provides several tools and commands for fixing the tonal range, color, and sharpness in your photos, and for removing dust
spots or other defects. You can work in one of three modes, depending on your experience and needs.
Quick If you have limited knowledge of digital imaging, Quick mode is a good place to start fixing photos. It has many of the basic tools for
correcting color and lighting.
Guided If you are new to digital imaging and Photoshop Elements, you can use Guided Edit to guide you through the color correction task. This
is also a good way to increase your understanding of the workflow.
Expert If you've worked with images before, you'll find that the Expert mode provides the most flexible and powerful image-correction
environment. It has the lighting and color-correction commands, along with tools for fixing image defects, making selections, adding text, and
painting on your images.
When working with some of the adjustment commands, you can make adjustments directly to the image pixels. Or you can use adjustment layers
to make nondestructive adjustments that you can easily tweak until your image is right. In this mode, the Smart Brush tool and Detail Smart Brush
tool automatically create an adjustment layer for the correction you're applying. See Apply the Smart Brush tools.
Camera Raw If you shoot digital images in your camera's raw format, you can open and correct raw files in the Camera Raw dialog box. Because
your camera has not yet processed the raw files, you can adjust the color and exposure to improve the images. Often you may not need to make
other adjustments in Photoshop Elements. To open camera raw files in Photoshop Elements, first save them in a supported file format.
Correct color in Quick mode
For a video about using Quick mode, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid905_pse_en.
The Quick mode conveniently groups many of the basic photo-fixing tools in Photoshop Elements. As you work in Quick mode, limit the number of
color and lighting controls that you apply to a photo. Generally, you use only one of the auto controls on a photo. If that control doesn't achieve
what you want, click the Reset and try another one. You can also adjust your image using the slider controls, whether you've used an auto control
or not. Perform the Sharpening fix last on an image.
Using the Auto Lighten Shadows adjustment in Quick mode to instantly fix the photo
1. Do one of the following:
With a photo open, click Quick.
Any photos that you have stored in the Photo Bin are accessible while you are in Quick mode.
2. (Optional) Set preview options by making a selection from the menu (located in the bar above the image that is open). You
can set the preview to show how the photo looks before and after you make a fix, or to show both previews side by side
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