Photoshop secrets & tricks

[dmeltesen]

I stumbled upon this blog.

I would LOVE to know how to achieve results in photoshop as these pictures show in this blog.... http://thesecretworkshop.typepad.com/theblog/2007/05/index.html

Refer to post. "Photoshop....the biggest secret of all"

Do any of you out there have any idea how to achieve similar results with Photoshop elements? I would love to know how to get the "look" out of my photos as they seem to always appear flat vs.... where they pop & look fabulous. Examples would be perfect!

THANKS!

[frank abramonte]

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There are many tutorials on the web. Search for them.
a few are
http://www.photoshopuser.com/how.htm

http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/pselements/ss/removespots_9.htm

http://www.panosfx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=6&id=26&Itemid=29

[Karin Sue]

It looks like cropping and various items in the enhance menu--levels, hue & saturation, etc. Play with those. You should be able to achieve what you want in elements. The complexion fix was probably done with the healing brush and/or clone stamp.

I suggest you browse the user galleries here and if you see something you want to know how to do, come to the forum and ask.

If you are a subscriber, check out the videos and tutorials. There are many free tutorials out there you could find with google.

Or... post a couple of your photos and invite the forum to play with them. You should get a variety of different effects and info on how they were done. There is usually someone around willing to play with a photo.

[Wendy]

Hi ...

I didn't really see anything in there beyound the usual fixes which are very achievable in Elements.

If you haven't been using Elements for long then I really wouldn't buy a book for the full version of Photoshop as you could find that very confusing. Just post a photograph that you want to fix (you can use http://www.pixentral.com/index.php) and we will all help you with it :)

Wendy