Elements 4 Solutions: The Art of Digital Photography -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Tools and Terminology -- Setting Preferences -- Customizing and Organizing the Work Area -- Histograms -- All about Layers -- Effects -- Selection Tools -- Cookie Cutter Tool -- Viewing and Navigation Tools -- Brushes -- Filters -- Chapter 2: Importing and Managing Digital Images -- Importing Digital Images into Photoshop Elements -- Managing Files with the Organizer -- Chapter 3: Your Images: Global Solutions -- Quick Fix or Standard Edit: Choosing an Editing Workspace -- Deciding What Comes When -- Setting Proper Orientation -- Making Dull Images Shine -- Correcting Color -- Tinting Images -- Eliminating or Diminishing Dust, Scratches, and Electronic Noise -- Converting Color Images to Black-and-White -- Cropping to the Essential Parts -- Sharpening -- Choosing a File Format -- Adding a Photo Credit -- Adding a Copyright Watermark -- Chapter 4: Better Faces -- What Comes First -- Working the Eyes -- Working on Lips -- Whitening and Fixing Teeth -- Selectively Removing Wrinkles and Blemishes with the Healing Brush -- Diminishing and Straightening the Nose -- Making People Glow -- Creating a Digital Fill Flash -- Fixing Hair -- Chapter 5: Better Outside Shots -- Intensifying the Sky -- Changing the Time of Day -- Making Weather -- Working with the Midday Sun -- Adding Lighting Effects -- Removing Unwanted Objects -- Adding Selective Focus -- Creating a Large-Scale Digital Fill Flash -- Chapter 6: Exteriors and Interiors -- Straightening a Slanted-Looking Facade -- Transforming a Kitchen -- Removing a Construction Sign -- Smart-Blurring a Background -- Balancing the Light -- Creating a Warm and Inviting Atmosphere -- Removing Wires -- Chapter 7: Better Product Shots -- Separating a Product from Its Background.

Extracting Part of an Image -- Changing a Product's Color -- Changing a Product's Texture -- Improving the Background -- Adding Depth -- Creating Lighting Effects -- Making a Product Smile -- Simplifying a Product Shot -- Chapter 8: Making Photo-Realistic Composites -- Adding Yourself (or Anyone) to a Group Shot -- Combining Different Resolutions -- Swapping Kids -- Seamlessly Pasting -- Cloning Elements from Multiple Images -- Pre-visualizing a Scene -- Chapter 9: Creating Panoramics with Photomerge -- Planning for Photomerge -- Creating a Precious View -- Creating an Interior Panoramic -- Creating an Epic Panoramic -- Making a Handheld Vertical Panoramic -- Photomerging a Collage -- Chapter 10: Using Adobe Camera Raw and Other Advanced Techniques -- Using Adobe's Camera Raw -- Working in 16-Bit Mode -- Extending Dynamic Range with Photomerge -- Using Layer Adjustments with Masks -- Using a Gradient Mask to Combine Multiple Images -- Converting a Photo to a Painting -- Chapter 11: Sharing and Auto-Processing Images -- Printing from the Organizer -- Printing from the Editor -- Creating and Sharing with the Organizer -- Processing Multiple Files -- Index.