Photoshop Elements 15 - The Expert Workspace [COMPLETE]*

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hello there welcome to this video let's

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see the amazing expert workspace inside

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Photoshop Elements 15 in a short time

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leave us comments below to make our

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future videos better in the previous

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beginner tutorial in this guide we have

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seen the very basic features used to

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edit your pictures with the quick and

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the guided workspace but whenever you

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want to go professional and start

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editing photos precisely you have to

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switch to the expert workspace what

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really differs from the basic workspace

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are the kinds of tools and features you

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can use here these in fact allow you to

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have a full control on each single pixel

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of your photo

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let's see shortly the most important

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ones on the far left you have the main

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toolbar that collects all the tools

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available and divided in several

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sections depending on what they do as

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seen for the quick workspace you can use

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the tool options panel at the bottom to

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adjust the settings for the current tool

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enabled under the modify cab you have

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all the tools used to regulate the basic

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photo appearance for example use the

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crop tool to crop the picture as you

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like cutting all that does not fall

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within the cropping area use the

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straighten tool to align the picture

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according to the segment you draw on the

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picture amazing is the content aware

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move tool that is used to move a subject

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inside your picture without leaving

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vacant slots on the background just drag

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on your picture to select the part you

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need to move then if you click and drag

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it you will move it freely and the

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vacant background let will be

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automatically covered the enhanced

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section collects all the tools used to

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improve any brightness contrast and

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colours inside the picture for example

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you have the red eyebrows

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Google tool used to remove red eyes just

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click and drag to create a selection

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area if the red eye falls inside it it

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will be automatically removed then you

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have the healing brush tools these are

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used to make heavy corrections that are

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fully integrated within the colors and

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the content inside the picture if you

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choose the healing brush tool hold alt

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down to fix a target point then when you

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click and brush on the picture you will

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paste exactly the details that fall

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under the moving target without changing

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the color that is under your brush

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whereas to correct very small

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imperfections it is better to use the

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Spot Healing Brush in fact in this case

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you just have to click on the spot to

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get it removed automatically a similar

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tools called clone stamp tool this works

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just like the healing brush tool by

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using a fixed target but when you click

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and brush on the picture you will paste

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exactly what you have under the target

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so not just the details but also its

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colors

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remember to use ctrl + Z to undo in case

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you make any mistake to zoom in and out

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instead hold alt down and use your mouse

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wheel to use your tools more precisely

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Japan just hold the space bar and click

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and drag on the picture the smart brush

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tools are used to apply adjustments or

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effects by brushing directly on the

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picture the brush spreads on all the

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parts of the picture that share the same

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color and applies the effect chosen from

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the tool options panel

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moreover you can use the sponge the

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Dodge

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and the burn tools to adjust the picture

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colors by adding or removing saturation

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and by adding or removing brightness

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respectively

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whereas to adjust clarity you can use

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the blur and the sharpen tools to adjust

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the level of details use smudge to pick

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and move the pixels of the picture as

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you like

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moreover you can also use all the

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adjustments contained inside the

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enhanced tab to improve your photo

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appearance some of these are applied

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automatically others work with a dialog

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box which you can fix the correct

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settings you want to apply on the

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picture these kind of Corrections are

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applied permanently in case you make a

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mistake you can undo the latest

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adjustment applied by using ctrl + Z

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very important are also the tools under

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the Select section used to select a

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limited part of your picture with

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regular or custom shapes in order to

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apply all your modifications within it

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only for example if you have any area

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selected and you apply any correction

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from the enhanced tab or by using the

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tools just the selected area will be

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affected

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let's see how to use the selection tools

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quickly the rectangular and the

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elliptical marquee tools create a

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rectangular or an elliptical selection

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area by clicking and dragging on the

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picture the quick selection tool select

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areas by following the same color the

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selection brush tool selects the parts

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of the picture where you brushed on use

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the magic wand tool to quickly select

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parts of the picture that share the same

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color in one shot to make customized

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selections freehand you have to use the

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lasso tools use the lasso tool to create

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your free hand selection area by

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clicking and dragging on

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picture use the magnetic lasso tool to

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make a free hand selection that follows

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the boundaries created by a deep color

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contrast use the polygon lasso tool to

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create a polygon selection area by

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fixing one point after another

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when using the selection tools you will

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always generate new selections by

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default removing the old ones created to

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make additional selections you can hold

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shift down while dropping a new

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selection area or remove existing

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selected areas by holding alt down let's

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now have a look at the adjustment layers

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of very professional way to edit and

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adjust your pictures differently from

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the quick workspace you can apply

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adjustments on the picture by using

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layers that overlap the picture itself

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if you enable the layers panel you can

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see her picture as the default layer

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available if you click on the third

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button above you can add other layers on

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the picture in order to adjust its

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appearance

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these are called adjustment layers

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differently from the corrections inside

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the enhanced tab the adjustment layers

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can be edited and managed anytime and

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applied in any order you like from up to

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down in the layers list each adjustment

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layer is composed by its settings on the

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left and its layer mask on the right

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used to define where such corrections

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must be applied for example if the

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adjustment is applied on the whole

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picture the layer mask will be

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completely white

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if you apply any adjustment layer with

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the selected area on the picture this

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will be applied just within it as the

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layer mask shows on the right you can

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enable or disable each layer by clicking

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on the eye icon on the Left four deleted

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by clicking on the bin button above

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whereas to edit the adjustment again

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just double-click on the left icon on

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the left you have other two

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rules collected under the draw section

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used to draw on the picture by brushing

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on it thanks for watching this video

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