Learn How to Use Photoshop Elements
Lesson 33 of 58
Finish Image with Custom Shape Tool
Learn How to Use Photoshop Elements
Lesson 33 of 58
Finish Image with Custom Shape Tool
Lesson Info
Finish Image with Custom Shape Tool
And then let's finish it with one final shape so again I'm gonna go back to that shape tool, the custom shape tool, select this little dropdown arrow. I'm viewing all element shapes and then we have this, like river stream or what do that they call it, river I'm gonna double click that I don't know how's it's gonna look on top of all this stuff but let's just see. And then we'll click and drag. And I'm not holding shift, I'm just gonna stretch it out like this, and then we'll let go and there we have a little stream, in our illustration. Let's finish that, we'll do one more texture because I think it's just too much fun. So flip that add one more blank layer. Clip it by pressing and holding alt or option. Let's go back to our brush. I'll come down here and let's see try a different category. I think that, the wet media brushes, there's one that I used it one time for something and then I forgot which brush it was and I don't think I've ever remember. But let's try, I don't know this on...
e. That looks interesting and again I'm gonna change the color something light this time, there we go. And let's just see what this looks like, no idea. Ooh it does actually kinda look watery. So I'm just gonna smear that around and then maybe I want to actually blend in a little more. I'll come over here and lower the opacity down. So we get some neat looking texture and if I really want to get fancy I can make a gradient for the sky. I don't know what colors I would go with. We'll grab our gradient tool and come in and see what we have under color harmonies, no. Let's try pastels. ooh Maybe like this one and let's just have it go I guess I'm on the background layers so this will paint on the background. And we'll just do maybe like that. Ooh maybe the other direction, oh yeah that's a little better. That's a little better. If I wanted to fade that I could do a couple of things. I could put another blank layer on top of it and fill that with white by going to edit, fill layer and from this menu here choosing white. I feel like that's a little bit strong, so I'll fill this layer with white and then fade, fade that down like that. That's actually not too bad. So there's an example of some fun things that you can do with brushes, with shape tools
Class Description
We all have hundreds of images on our smartphones and cameras that we never do anything with. Adobe Photoshop Elements is the perfect tool for beginners to use for organizing and editing those images. Khara Plicanic will show you the practical ways to use this software by using step-by-step projects you can follow along with at home. You’ll get hands-on practice at making selections and working with layers, doing simple retouching, and adding text to your images.
You’ll also learn:
• Basic adjustments to color and adding contrast to photos
• Understanding resolution and image resizing and how to use the crop tool
• Simple retouching and image compositing
No Photoshop Elements class would be complete without shedding light on file saving and organizing your images for a complete workflow! By the time you’re finished with this class, you’ll be creating beautiful images to share with your family and friends.
Software Used: Adobe Photoshop CC 2015
Lessons
- Class Introduction
- Understand How Elements Works
- Importing Images
- Workspace Basics: Organizer
- Workspace Basics: Editor
- Tonal Adjustments in Quick Fix
- Color Adjustments in Quick Fix
- Apply Black & White Filters
- Sharpen an Image
- Fix Red Eye & Pet Eye
- Straighten an Image in Quick Fix
- Explanation of Photoshop Elements
- Basic Cropping in Quick Fix
- Guided Edit Overview
- Guided Edit: Tilt Shift
- Ways to Save Files
- Layers & Simple Selections
- Combine Images with Layers
- How to Use Layer Styles
- Make Selections with Layers
- Make Selection with Lasso
- Compositing with Multiple Images
- Refine Edge Selection on Image
- Use Refine Edge on Images
- Create Gradient in Image
- Gradient Map Differences
- Options for Saving
- Brushes Overview
- Creatively Use Brushes
- How to Change Brush Settings
- Use Shape Tool with Brushes
- Work with Multiple Shape Layers
- Finish Image with Custom Shape Tool
- How to Load Brushes into Elements
- Add Layer Style to Image
- Clip Image to Shape & Use as Template
- Retouching Overview
- How to Use Content-Aware Fill
- How to Use Content-Aware Move Tool
- Spot Healing Brush on Blemishes
- Remove Frown Lines with Retouching
- How to Remove Tattoos
- Remove a Gap in Teeth
- How to Whiten Teeth
- Adjust Facial Features
- Working with Type Overview
- Match Type for Image
- How to Manipulate Type Layers
- Create Postcard with Type
- Add Type on a Path
- Organizing Images in Elements
- Add Keywords to Images
- Smart Tags Overview
- Using Albums in Elements
- Places Workspace Overview
- Use Event Tags on Images
- Timeline for Image Organization
- Recommended Workflow
Reviews
a Creativelive Student
Just watching this class live. It's my first class with Khara; she is a wonderful teacher, moving at a steady speed but always being careful to let us know what she's doing in the moment. I would classify myself as intermediate in terms of PSE but I've learned lots of little things that will make further use even easier and more fun. I really appreciated her descriptions of the difference between PS and PSE and her encouragement in using Photoshop Elements and all that it can do.
Lilygram
I have only been able to watch portions of this class but every single part that I have watched has been technically clear and inspiring to me. Based on this experience and the thorough, 58 item list of lessons, I will surely be buying this class soon! Thank you Khara and Creativelive for making a class on this topic and making it be super!!
Ven S
Great course. You can tell she knows the programme inside out.