Learn to grab images from external devices using the Photoshop Elements organizer, including cameras and mobile devices, with import options, default folders, renaming, and metadata.

Explore accessing and editing image information in the organizer, adding captions, tags, and metadata, adjusting dates and locations, and managing visibility and batch updates across multiple images.

Explore albums, slideshows, and creating events in organizer part two, and master backups, restores, multi-catalog workflows, and repairing or upgrading older catalogs.

Crop and straighten images using the elements editor, learning cropping 101 and practical tips. Explore composition and the brand new content aware tool to enhance edits.

This lecture shows how to use the recompose tool in Photoshop Elements to remove unwanted elements, protect surrounding areas with red and green brushes, and crop for a tighter composition.

Explore the content aware move tool in Photoshop Elements 12 to move or copy image content, adjust selections, and blend with healing across layers.

Master quick mode in Adobe Photoshop Elements 12 by applying smart fix, exposure, levels, and color adjustments, previewing before and after, then switch to guided or expert mode.

Master saving in Photoshop Elements by choosing PSD or TIFF to preserve layers, or JPEG to flatten, and using save as copy with version set and embedded color profiles.

Master selection in Photoshop Elements to unlock powerful edits, using magnetic lasso, wand tools, and paint brushes, with selection as a mask and refine edge techniques.

Master keystone selection techniques to edit believably and efficiently in Photoshop Elements, using shortcut keys and add, subtract, intersect, spacebar to move, and feathering.

Learn to create precise selections by painting in Photoshop Elements 12, using the paintbrush tool to add or subtract areas and paint masks, with adjustable brush size via bracket keys.

Discover the layers palette in Photoshop Elements, including background versus layer, merging, stacking, copying, duplicating, opacity, blending modes, layer masks, and adjustment layers.

Master the basics of Photoshop Elements layers, including creating, organizing, and using layer masks for nondestructive editing. Explore background vs. regular layers, stacking order, locking, show/hide, and practical layer tricks.

Discover that the background is a unique, non-movable element in the layers panel—not a true layer—lacking transparency and blending options; convert it to a normal layer for edits.

Learn practical ways to copy and duplicate layers in Photoshop Elements 12, including drag-and-drop, shortcuts like ctrl/cmd+j, and duplicating into new documents, with notes on file sizes.

Explore opacity and blending modes to place the dog behind a window by adjusting layers, stacking order, and blending effects like multiply, screen, difference, and luminosity.

Learn to use layer masks for nondestructive editing in Photoshop Elements, painting with black, white, and grays to reveal or hide the dog, with soft edges via blur.

Clip one layer into another using clipping masks in the layers panel. Clip clouds or other shapes under an image, using the option/alt keys to reveal the texture.

Explore color theory in Photoshop Elements, mastering destructive and nondestructive editing, photo merging, color cast removal, contrast adjustments, grayscale conversion, selective colorization, and color tinting.

Explore color theory in Photoshop Elements by examining color spaces like RGB, bitmap, grayscale, and index color, plus 8-bit depth and 16.7 million colors. Use histogram insights to fix images.

Compare destructive and nondestructive editing in Photoshop Elements. Use adjustment layers to adjust levels and histogram for dynamic range, and learn when to duplicate layers and save as a copy.

Learn to convert images into grayscale in Photoshop Elements 12 using non-destructive adjustment layers and a destructive black-and-white enhancement, with layer duplication for safe editing.