The Canon Magazine 57
WHAT’S NEW IN ELEMENTS 2020
Zoom in quickly
by pressing Ctrl/
Cmd+Plus a few
times so that you
can see the edits
you’re making
more clearlyQUICK TIP!
01 OBJECT REMOVAL GUIDED EDIT
Open an image into Elements 2020 and go to the
Guided mode, then, in the Basics tab, click on Object
Removal to start. Then Brush or Lasso over the
offending item and use the Add and Subtract buttons
to fine-tune your selection and hit Remove Object.
03 SELECT SUBJECTS THE EASY WAY
For an easy way to select a subject go to
Select>Subject and it will automatically select it.
Though you may want to tidy it up with the Polygonal
Lasso Tool, using the Shift and Alt keys to add and
subtract from your selection.
05 AUTO CREATIONS
Photoshop Elements will automatically apply and
suggest edits to pictures that you’ve imported into the
Organiser and you’re presented with these when you
open up the Home screen. Click Open to bring it into
Elements so you can continue to work on it.
02 SMOOTH SKIN
While working on a portrait click Enhance>Smooth
Skin for a fast way to retouch. You’ll see the face
selected with a blue circle, then drag the Smoothness
slider to the right until the skin of your model is
smoothed to your liking. Click OK to apply.04 AUTOMATICALLY COLOURIZE OLD PHOTOS
To restore old black and white images to colour, go to
Enhance>Colorize Photo. For best results go into
Manual mode and select the areas you want to work
on, then click on them with the Droplet Tool and add
the colour you want to see in that area.06 NEW PATTERN BRUSH GUIDED EDIT
Go to Guided Mode>Fun Edits>Pattern Brush, then
choose one of the patterns you like the look of on the
right and start to paint over your shot, use the ‘[’ and
‘]’ keys to resize. To remove a pattern hit Ctrl/Cmd+Z
or use the Pattern Eraser Tool.STEP BY STEP NEW FEATURES IN ELEMENTS 2020
We explain the top six new features added to Adobe’s brilliant budget image editor
PHOTOSHOP
ON A BUDGET
Photoshop Elements
2020 is the latest
stand-alone image editor
from Adobe, that shares
many of the features
of Photoshop CC such
as Layers, but can be
brought outright for
around £75 - useful if
you’re not a fan of the
subscription model.