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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Photoshop Elements Orientation | |
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| Installing Elements for Peak Performance | |
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| Elements Installation | |
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| Macintosh Installation | |
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| Windows Installation | |
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| Setting Up the Maximum Fidelity Display | |
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| Calibrating Your Monitor | |
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| Instrument Calibration of a Monitor | |
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| Using Color Profiles for Input and Output Devices | |
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| Tweak for the Peak in Performance | |
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| Software Considerations | |
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| More on Tuning Photoshop in Preferences | |
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| Installing Third-Party Plug-Ins | |
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| What Elements Does Best | |
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| Perfectly Suited for the Busy Business Pro | |
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| Recipes for Navigating Complex Tasks | |
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| Quick Fixes | |
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| One-Click Tricks | |
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| Specialized Tools and Commands | |
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| Multi-Level Undo | |
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| Hints: Online Help for Just About Everything | |
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| Instant Effects | |
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| Built-In Panorama Building | |
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| Touring Elements' Functional Components | |
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| The Splash Screen | |
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| The Welcome Screen | |
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| The Menu Bar | |
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| The Shortcuts Bar | |
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| The Palette Well | |
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| The Status Bar | |
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| The Palettes | |
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| Palette Well | |
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| Tools and the Toolbox | |
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| The Toolbox | |
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| The Tools | |
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| A Deeper Look at Recipes | |
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| Using Recipes | |
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| Recipes by Category | |
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| The Art of Selections | |
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| The Purpose of Making Selections | |
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| Lifting Selections to New Highs | |
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| Tuning a Selection's Edges and Position | |
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| Saving Your Selections | |
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| Quick Selections with Select Similar and Grow Commands | |
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| Cool Tricks with the Magic Wand | |
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| Understanding Layers | |
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| Introducing Layers | |
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| Basic Layer Manipulation | |
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| Layer Types | |
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| Layer Masks | |
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| Stacking Order and Layer Interaction | |
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| Working with Groups of Layers | |
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| Layer Transparency | |
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| Merging Layers | |
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| Converting Layers | |
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| Applying Filters, Effects, Styles, and Blending Modes to Layers | |
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| Blending It All Together | |
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| Using Blending Modes with Tools and Options | |
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| Painting with Blending Modes | |
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| Dodging and Burning with Blending Modes | |
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| Lighting with Blending Modes | |
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| Creating Special Effects with Blending Modes | |
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| The Blending Modes | |
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| Using Blending Modes with Layers | |
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| Definitions | |
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| The Digital Darkroom Workflow | |
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| Collecting, Cataloging, and Managing Images | |
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| Getting the Picture Into Your Computer | |
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| Understanding File Types and Their Purposes | |
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| Managing Images | |
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| Getting Into Shape: Resizing, Stretching, and Distorting Your Images | |
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| Image Damage Insurance Strategies | |
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| Resizing Strategies | |
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| Transformations | |
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| Cropping Your Images | |
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| Correcting Exposure, Contrast, and Color Balance | |
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| Automatic Image Correction | |
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| Correcting Exposure | |
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| Correcting Contrast | |
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| Correcting Color Balance | |
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| Converting an Image to Black and White | |
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| Retouching and Repairing | |
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| Replacing One Part of the Image with Another | |
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| Putting Your Retouching on Layers | |
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| Eliminating Shadows, Stains, and Blotches | |
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| Getting Rid of Dust, Scratches, and Other Unwanted Artifacts | |
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| Red Eye Removal | |
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| Do Fence It In | |
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| Adding Shadows and Highlights | |
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| Adding Texture | |
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| Smoothing Over the Rough Spots | |
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| Sharpening the Focus | |
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| Changing the Shape of Things | |
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| Putting It All Together | |
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| The Special Effects Workflow | |
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| Filter Effects | |
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| Using Filters | |
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| Artistic Filters | |
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| Blur Filters | |
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| Brush Strokes Filters | |
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| Distort Filters | |
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| Noise Filters | |
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| Pixelate Filters | |
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| Render Filters | |
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| Sharpen Filters | |
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| Sketch Filters | |
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| Stylize Filters | |
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| Texture Filters | |
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| Video Filters | |
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| Other Filters | |
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| Creating Special Effects, Text, and Shapes | |
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| Creating Special Effects with Filters | |
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| Text and Shapes | |
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| Painting in Elements | |
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| Using a Pressure-Sensitive Tablet Versus Using a Mouse | |
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| Preparation for a Painting | |
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| Using the Brush Tools for Painting | |
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| Masking with Selections | |
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| Painting with the Clone Tool | |
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| Painting with Textures and Patterns | |
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| Moving Digital Paint Around | |
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| Editing Tools | |
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| Photo Painting | |
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| Painting from Scratch | |
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| Making Composite Images | |
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| Taking the Right Pictures for a Composite | |
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| Making Drop-Dead Knockouts | |
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| Managing Your Composites | |
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| Layer Tricks for Compositing | |
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| Preparing Your Photos for the Web, Print, and Presentation | |
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| Publishing Your Images to the Web | |
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| Image Formats for the Web | |
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| Optimizing Images for the Web | |
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| Publishing Photos to a Web Gallery | |
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| Printing Your Images for Presentation | |
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| Printing What You See on Screen | |
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| Understanding the Longevity Issue | |
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| Sizing the Image for Maximum Print Quality | |
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| Printing Only Specific Layers | |
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| Place a Caption or a Signature | |
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| Print More Than One Picture on a Page | |
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| Index | |