Photoshop Elements 15 - Tutorial for Beginners [+General Overview]*

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hello followers welcome to this tutorial

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let's see all the basic and most useful

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tools and features to start with Adobe

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Photoshop Elements 15 leave us feedback

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to improve our future guides for Adobe

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elements when you open Photoshop

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Elements you can choose between the

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three main software products inside

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Adobe Elements Adobe organizer used to

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collect and manage all your photos and

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media Premiere Elements used to edit

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your videos and make slideshows and

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Photoshop Elements which is an amazing

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photo editor and a great alternative to

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Adobe Photoshop cc let's see how to use

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it if you want to discover more about

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the other two main products check out

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our complete guides for Adobe Elements

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15 Photoshop Elements 15 is divided into

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four main workspaces as you can see at

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the very top the Eloi tab is used to

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check all the latest news and updates

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from Adobe itself the quick workspace is

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used to apply fast and effective

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Corrections on your photos the guided

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workspace lists lots of guided

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step-by-step professional adjustments

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and effects then there is the most

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advanced and professional expert

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workspace that we won't see in this

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beginner tutorial check out our

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following video to know how to use the

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tools inside the expert workspace when

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you start as a beginner the quick

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workspace is made for you this is the

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easiest workspace you can use to correct

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and adjust your photos in a professional

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way first of all import all the photos

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you need to adjust by clicking on the

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Open button in the top left corner

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browse for your files and then click on

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open to collect them all inside the

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photo bin more below that you can open

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and close by using the first

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from the left the preview that occupies

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the workspace shows the photo that is

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selected from the photo bin button which

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is ready to be edited and corrected

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through the quick tools on the left and

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the adjustments and the effects on the

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far right photoshop elements is a photo

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editor only to adjust any metadata or

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insert your favorite photos and albums

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and collections you can open Adobe

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organizer through the organizer button

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at the bottom let's see how to apply

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basic editing on photos to rotate photos

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by 90 degrees you can use the rotate

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buttons below in a clockwise or

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counterclockwise way on the left you

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have several basic tools to adjust your

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photos each of these have their own

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settings all listed on the tool options

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below if you don't see it just click on

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the tool options button for example the

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straighten tool rotates and crops the

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image in order to align it to a virtual

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segment that you draw by clicking and

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dragging on the picture this is quite

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useful because it applies the necessary

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rotation you need and maintains the same

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aspect ratio on the picture if you make

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a mistake while using these tools use

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the undo and the redo buttons below to

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go backward or forward along your latest

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actions made the crop tool is used to

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crop the picture to remove parts you

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don't like from it when the tool is

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enabled a rectangular area appears

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showing the part of the picture you want

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to keep click and drag to move it drag

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its nodes to scale or change the picture

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aspect ratio or drag from outside to

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rotate as you like once done just apply

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with the green checkmark to enhance a

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person's appearance you can use the red

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eye removal tool and the whiten teeth

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tool the first one removes red eyes just

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click and drag to create a selection

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area above it if this include

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it's just the I it will be corrected

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according to the setting on the tool

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options if you use the whiten teeth tool

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it is sufficient to click and drag to

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select the teeth to make them brighter

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to use these tools precisely zoom in and

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out the photo by using your mouse wheel

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while holding alt down if the photo

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preview is quite big you can pan by

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holding the spacebar key and clicking

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and dragging on the picture

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besides tools you also have other panels

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on the right

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collecting amazing adjustments and

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effects respect to the tools these do

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not need to be brushed on the picture

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since these are always applied on the

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whole photo that is selected the

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adjustments panel collects everything

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you need to improve your general photo

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appearance for example smart fix collect

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several templates ready to use in order

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to regulate the photo appearance

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exposure regulates the photo exposure by

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using the bar above or picking a ready

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template between the ones shown you can

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simply hover on these to check what they

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look like on the direct preview lighting

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sets the brightness level on each side

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of the photo such as the darkest sides

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with shadows the brightest ones with

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highlights and the middle umma nated

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ones with mid-tones inside color you can

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use saturation and vibrance to regulate

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the amount of color and hue to set the

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color whereas to add a color filter use

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temperature and tint under balance use

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sharpen to adjust clarity by adding blur

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or to make the picture sharper while you

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correct and adjust the photo it is quite

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useful to compare it with the original

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one you had it first on the view bar in

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the top left corner you can select

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before and after to see the effects of

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all your modifications you

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can also apply all these adjustments on

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selected parts of the photo only by

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using the selection tools all collected

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inside the first tool on the far left

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when you enable a selection tool click

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and hold on to extend a selection area

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if you need you can browse while holding

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alt down to remove and refine such

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selection then when you are ready just

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apply your favorite adjustment this will

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affect just the selected part on the

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preview to deselect all just use the

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Escape key you also have other advanced

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tools to make your photo special for

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example the text tool is used to add

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text on your picture as you can see from

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the tool options you have several kinds

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of tools over here but three are the

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most important ones the horizontal and

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the vertical text tool drops text

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contained inside a defined text box

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created by clicking and dragging on your

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picture then depending on the tool

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chosen you can type in horizontally or

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vertically just make sure that the text

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box is big enough or part of the text

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will be hidden in this case just enlarge

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the text box by dragging its nodes in

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particular if you do so while holding

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ctrl down you will also scale its text

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inside once you have the text you can

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use the tool options below to adjust the

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text properties and color a second kind

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of text is the one that follows a vector

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path in this case you have to draw the

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path first and then type it in for

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example if you choose the text on shape

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tool click and drag to drop the shape

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and then click on one point to start

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typing from there make sure to regulate

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the text size correctly or part of the

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text will be hidden as soon as all the

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paths perimeter is covered if you choose

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the text on selection tool you

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have to click and hold on to create a

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selection area its perimeter will define

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the path that the text will follow the

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text on custom path tool is the same a

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little more advanced because it uses the

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pen tool we won't see it in this video

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a third type of text allows you to make

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a selection area or a type mask with the

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same shape of the type text in this way

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if you apply any adjustment this will

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affect the photo by following a cool

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tech shop once text is made remember to

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click on the check mark below to apply

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whatever the kind of text it's content

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is always linked to its container box if

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you hold ctrl down and click and drag

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you will move the text box but also the

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text inside it so you can rotate both by

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clicking and dragging from outside while

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holding ctrl down

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besides the adjustment panel you can use

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the effects the textures and the frames

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ones to apply several ready templates on

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your picture click on one to apply it on

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your picture and if you do not like it

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just use the undo button you can also

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apply more advanced effects by going to

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the guided workspace this collects

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several professional effects from the

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basics to the photo merge tab for each

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of these effects the quick workspace

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opens showing you on the right all the

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step-by-step instructions to apply the

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effect as you need below use next to go

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forward or use cancel to undo all once

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all the modifications on the picture are

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done save the photo by going to file and

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then to save as choose the file name and

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the correct file format such as the

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Photoshop PSD or the render jpg or PNG

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you can also use the create and the

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share buttons in the top right corner

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to export your picture to make books

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calendars cards are uploaded on social

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websites thanks for watching this video

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check out our full guide for Adobe

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