Windows Help & Advice – May 2019

9 Feel the noise
Noise is a very energetic filter – pushing it too far will
destroy the image. Tick the box marked ‘Gaussian’, and keep the
Amount slider to less than 20%. We ticked the Monochromatic
box as this removes colour from the noise. Gaussian adds more
noise to the midtones of the image, whereas the Uniform setting
spreads it evenly over shadows, midtones and highlights. By
concentrating the noise in the midtones, we get a sharper result.

10 Add a frame

Elements is fullofready-madegraphicsyoucanuse.Save

your image, then opena newdocument.Pressthe‘+’-shaped

Graphics button (bottomright).Sortbytype,andchooseframes

from the drop-downmenu,thenscrolluntilyoufindoneyoulike.

It will download, thenappearonyourdocument.Clickthe‘Get

new photo’ button,andchoosethePSDfileyoucreated.Then

rotate and scale itusingthetoolsprovidedsoit fitstheframe.Q

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EXPERT MODE

Elements comes in

three modes, and

we’re in Expert

mode here.

LAYERS

The layers stack

up here, and can

be dragged up

and down.

ADJUSTMENT

LAYERS

Use this black/white

button to add

adjustment layers.

LAYERS PALETTE

If you need it, press

here to show the

Layers palette.

GRAPHICSPALETTE

Press heretoopen

the Graphicspalette.

Jargonbuster!

Sepia

A sandytonethat’s

appliedtoblack-and-

whitephotos.

Adjustmentlayer

A layerthatdoesn’t

containpixels,but

affectshowthose

belowit appear

Gradient

Twoormorecolours

thatgraduallyblend

intoeachother–

suchasblackto

whiteviagrey.

Explore

Give photos a retro look

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