See action photography
movie mode, 7??“8
movies, shooting, 36??“37
N
natural vignettes, 93
nature photography, 67??“68
birds, 69??“70
pets, 68
photographing through aquarium glass, 69
in zoos, 68??“69
night photography, 96??“97
Nikon, 12
noise, 33
filters, 5
O
off-center subjects
focusing, 27
shooting, 26
Olympus, 12
optical zoom, 8, 13, 33
and image stabilization, 34
See also digital zoom; zooming
ordering prints online, 191
organizing images. See Photoshop Elements
Organizer
overexposed images, 148
P
panning the camera, 75, 78
paper
alternative, 195
choosing, 194
Pentax, 12
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people
friends and family, 65
photographing groups of people, 66??“67
photographing in public places, 64??“65
portrait photography, 66, 92, 157??“159
self-portraits, 67
perspective, 89??“90
pets, photographing, 68
Photoshop Elements, 104
adding text to an image, 151??“152
adjusting brightness and contrast, 115??“116
adjusting image colors, 108, 113??“115
adjusting lighting, 107??“108
adjusting shadows and highlights, 117
adjusting skin tones, 118
adjustment layers, 141??“144
Auto Color command, 112
Auto Levels command, 112??“113
borders, 154
calendars, 191
Clone tool, 144??“146
color-correcting images, 111??“112
converting to black and white, 108, 149??“151
creating a vignette, 143??“145
creating contact books, 180??“181
creating selections, 122??“128
cropping images, 129??“130, 154??“157
drop shadows, 153
editing selections, 128??“129
file formats, 132??“133
filters, 159??“162
fixing overexposed images, 148
fixing red-eye, 107, 146??“147
fixing underexposed images, 149
flip books, 192??“193
Full Edit mode, 109??“121
histograms, 122
Lasso tools, 122??“125
launching, 104??“105
layer blend modes, 137??“141
layers, 135??“136
Magic Selection Brush tool, 127??“128
Magic Wand tool, 126
ordering prints online, 191
picture packages, 178??“179
printing photos, 193??“195
processing RAW images, 118??“121
Quick Fix mode, 105??“108
Rectangular and Elliptical Marquee tools, 122
Redo button, 115
removing a color cast, 113??“114
Reset button, 115
resizing images, 130??“131
retouching portraits, 157??“159
Save For Web command, 184??“185
saving edited images, 131??“133
Selection Brush tool, 127
sharpening images, 109, 110??“111
simulating a fish-eye lens, 161??“162
slide shows, 188??“191
straightening photos, 146??“147
toolbar, 143
Undo button, 115
Undo History palette, 157
undocking and redocking palettes, 137
varying opacity, 141
Web photo galleries, 185??“188, 189
See also Photoshop Elements Organizer
Photoshop Elements Organizer, 164
adding tags to images, 172
batch-processing image files, 169??“171
changing view, 166??“168
creating collections, 173??“174
creating contact sheets, 174??“175
deleting images, 169
finding images, 173
importing images into, 165
menu, 169
renaming images, 170
rotating images, 169
sorting images, 169
viewing image properties, 168
photosites, 2
picture packages, 178??“179
pixels, 4
See also megapixels
planning
sporting event photography, 81
vacation photography, 62
point-and-shoot cameras, 12??“13, 22
polarizing filters, 51, 58
portrait mode, 10
portraits, 66, 92
retouching, 157??“159
self-portraits, 67
pre-focusing, 84
See also focusing
printers, photo-quality, 20
printing photos, 10, 193??“195
alternative papers, 195
choosing paper, 194
ordering prints online, 191
and resolution, 9
properties, 168
prosumer digital cameras, 13
protecting your camera, 99
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R
RAW file format, 5??“6, 53??“54
processing RAW images in Photoshop
Elements, 118??“121
red-eye, 49
fixing in Photoshop Elements, 107, 146??“147
reflectors, 94??“95, 100
renaming images, 170
repeating elements, 87??“88
resizing images, 130??“131
using the Save For Web command, 184??“185
resolution.
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