MacLife - UK (2020-04)

Straighten the horizon

Open a photo in the Expert mode

workspace. In the Tools panel’s Modify section,

pick the Straighten tool. Click and durag to draw

along a tilted horizon. The photo will rotate to

counteract the tilt, leaving white edges.

Change aspect ratio

Click on the Crop tool. In the Options

panel, choose a 5 x 7 inch size. Click the blue

swap arrows to make Width 7 and Height 5.

This creates a landscape–shaped crop. Click

on the best crop suggestion. Click the check.

PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 2020

brings a wealth of new tools to

help tweak a photo’s content

and composition.

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frame, and the two people in the shot

aren’t walking side by side.

Thanks to Elements 2020’s tools, we

can create a more considered composition.

We can straighten tilted lines and remove

Crop, clone and recompose

How to improve composition and content using intelligent tools

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aspect ratio into landscape. A landscape

shot will have more balance, with the

path on the left and the river on the right.

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on the right and reposition her to walk

alongside her friend with help from the

Content-Aware Move tool.

As Photoshop Elements has Content-

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by the Straighten tool. GEORGE CAIRNS

GENIUS TIP

If the Content–Aware Fill

command doesn’t work

perfectly, you can use the

Clone Stamp tool to

extend appropriate

objects, such as tree

branches.

REQUIRES

Adobe Photoshop

Elements 2020

YOU WILL LEARN

How to use Crop,

Straighten and Content–

Aware tools

IT WILL TAKE

15 minutes

HOW TO Recompose your photos

Create

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