Teach_Yourself_Photoshop_Elements_2

(National Geographic (Little) Kids) #1

THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS YOU’LL EVER DO TO A PHOTO


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ou can change the mood of a
shot by adjusting its colours
and tones in a variety of
creative ways. For example,
by replacing the original colours of a
photo with a wash of sepia, you can
mimic vintage printing techniques and
give a modern photo a vintage vibe.
This is a great way of enhancing
wedding snaps. A blue tint and clipped
black shadows will add a mysterious
and menacing mood to the same
shot. Photoshop Elements is packed
full of tools and commands that enable
you to quickly and easily change the
mood of a photo by creatively tweaking
its colours and tones, as you’ll see in
the tutorial below.

Add mood & emotion


to your photos


Help your pictures evoke a particular atmosphere


through the creative use of colours and filters


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Change the tint
By default the tint will be red. You can drag the Hue
slider to adjust the tint colour. A Hue of around 44
will add a wash of sepia. A value of 133 will add a ghoulish
Halloween green. For a colder, more nocturnal look, drag Hue
to 210 to add a moody blue tint. Click OK to apply the tint.

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Add a tint
Open ty_elements09.jpg. Choose Enhance>Adjust
Color>Adjust Hue/Saturation. By ticking the Colorize
box in the Hue/Saturation dialog, you can change all the
original colours in the image with a single wash of colour.
This tint is applied to the midtones, preserving the contrast.

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