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I really like these links. The way it shows the ''Photoshop Page'' makes it so much EASIER! to follow instructions. Too many other sites are showing the Photoshop Page are too small, thus making it difficult to see what they are clicking on. The instructions are concise and narration is just the right speed. This is the perfect site for a Dummy like me. Thank You.
I once again learned something new from watching your tutorials (always do). I especially found the part about smart layers very interesting. Thanks for posting, George.
You're welcome. Smart layers can be very useful when you are bringing in photos that are larger than your project. Saves you some time. They also protect the image from accidental changes. George
Thanks!! I am moving all newe PHotoshop Elements videos over to my new HTGPhoto channel starting in Sep. Make sure you go over there and subscribe so you won't miss any future videos. This channel is going pure gaming starting this fall. www.youtube.com/@HTGPhoto
I like making photobook pages in PSE (basically a collage). I typically select the files I want to use from Organizer which puts them in the Elements Photo Bin. Now I can drag a photo from the Photo Bin into my collage page. It comes in as a smart object. Maybe this is another method you can mention. Place is nice, but you have know where the photos are and hope that the list is short enough to find the photos you want quickly.
Hi I do not have a file/place option nor did I have the floating option you mentioned at the beginning. I am totally new to PS. I have 21.0.3v. Thanks for your help.
Hi Lisa, open the File menu and you will find the Place command right above Organize Open Files. Here is a video on how to set up Floating Document Windows ua-cam.com/video/X26Ga4j4O9w/v-deo.html
Thank you George, your tutorials are excellent and easy to follow. The idea of using floating window appeals to me. I noticed when trying it out using two windows, in the process of a trail run, something in what I did gave me two split horizontal tabs of the two windows. I didn't know how to reverse the process. Any ideas?
Thank you. I’m making a memorial of my dog who we had to release, almost 14 years old, beloved family pitbull named Achilles on March 14, 2020 who is dearly missed. I am trying to add his image in light exposure onto the right side of another image of his memorial page with his ashes 😔
Very sad, have said goodbye to almost too many pets over the years to count, I always wish they didn't lead such short lives. But the one I still think about the most was my pet dog that I grew up with. I understand the sorrow, hang onto the good memories. Take a look at this video, may have an idea or two you could use ua-cam.com/video/1zhFaHyy--Q/v-deo.html
Hi Mark, I don't have anything specifically on that but I did do some sparkles in smoke in this video: ua-cam.com/video/c8amKiefNps/v-deo.html. Give me a link to an image that shows what you are looking for and I will do a video showing how it can be done in PSE 2020
Great tutorial! Always a pleasure to watch and follow. Just need some clarification George; when using the place command (found under the heading file) to bring in a smart photo, does Elements resize/readjust it to fit the working file, and if it does, because it's a smart layer, will it also make changes to the dimensions of the original. Does Elements also resize/readjust the non smart floating document size when placing it on the working file?.
Hi Brian, the Place command reduces an image to fit the working file but does not do anything to the original. If the image being placed is smaller than the working file it will show it at 100% of original size, it won't enlarge it to fit. If you use the floating document trick where you drag and drop from one file to another PSE will not change the size at all. I normally use this technique, for no particular reason. George
Great techniques, but I'm having a devil of a time saving the file as a tiff. The background inevitably gets left out no matter what I try - I've tried leaving out layers, flattening, rearranging, nothing seems to work to allow me to see in the saved tiff what I see on the screen. After 2 hours of trying and failing, I saved it as a jpeg after flattening and voila! I don't mind that for this particular picture, but I will be working on a lot of vintage photos that I might want to use layers on and keep in TIFF files. How do I save as a tiff file after doing everything in your video? Your videos always stop short of that, and I can't seem to find any articles or videos on it. Thanks for your help.
Hi, you don't need to use Tiff and you don't need to do any flattening of layers. Just leave the file as a psd file, it will retain all of your work. Then save it out as a jpg if you want to share it or put it up on the internet. For all other uses just leave it as the psd file.
I can’t download the pictures. The zip file only shows the completed assignment and the pics never show up in my organizer. I would sign up for ur whole class if I could figure out how to get the pictures. I have 2021. I upgraded from elements 6 so it’s a big step . I need beginner gelp
I have a digital backround of santa holding a blank frame where you can place a image in the frame. It's a png file Do you have a video for this?? I was looking at the above video but I don't think this is what Im looking for. Can you help? Hope I am explaining clear
Hi, if the area inside the blank frame is clear then just put your photo on a layer under the Santa frame photo. If the area is white then you will need to remove that first. Maybe this video will help, it is a similar idea ua-cam.com/video/Z0kQPp-cbIQ/v-deo.html
@@HTGGeorge Thats what I was trying to do and it wasn't working. I know that I'm doing something wrong. Ha. I really want to do this for a client that I just did some photos for. Will look at video.
If you purchased a Photoshop Template that uses Smart Layers and Smart Objects you won't be able to work with that in Photoshop Elements, it will require the more expensive Adobe Photoshop
I installed and received Elements 2024 today. The first I used it it wouldnt allow me to add a second image. After several minutes of messing around the app locked then crashed. I had to force quit. The official release date is tomorrow. Im using MacOs Monterey. Not a good start.
I only use Windows, so no experience with the Mac version. But I do know that PSE is written for Windows and then Adobe ports the coding over to Mac, this will often lead to problems.
Hi Tim, make sure you are on the correct layer, then use the ctrl+t keyboard shortcut to bring up the transform options. This will also bring up the control handles on the image on that layer. You can then use those handles to resize that layer. Or if you want to Crop the image on that layer the best way to do that is with a Layer Mask. Using the rectangular marquee tool draw a rectangle on your image approximately where you want to crop the image, if you need to adjust that selection go to the Select Menu and choose Transform Selection, this will give you control handles on the selection. Get that selection perfect for your crop then click on the Layer Mask tool, rectangle with a circle in it, at the top of the layer menu. This will give you a layer mask showing just the area inside the rectangle selection. Everything else will be hidden. IF you want to crop the whole image then use the Crop tool in the tools panel. George
@@HTGGeorge Well my first tongue maybe scouse but overall (English 1st)... I don't read anything about you talking to slow in the comments. There are 4 of us sat asking... what did he just say... stop it and replay please.. we moved on..!
Well, you can't please everyone. Since I am the most popular creator for Photoshop Elements videos on UA-cam I think I will continue to do things the same way I have done for the past 8 years.
➡ Check out my New Tool that makes learning Photoshop Elements Super Easy! Here is my video about it on my HTG Photo channel ua-cam.com/video/-cJ2AviZNI8/v-deo.html
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I really like these links. The way it shows the ''Photoshop Page'' makes it so much EASIER! to follow instructions. Too many other sites are showing the Photoshop Page are too small, thus making it difficult to see what they are clicking on. The instructions are concise and narration is just the right speed. This is the perfect site for a Dummy like me. Thank You.
You're welcome! I try to make these videos the best I can.
I once again learned something new from watching your tutorials (always do). I especially found the part about smart layers very interesting. Thanks for posting, George.
You're welcome. Smart layers can be very useful when you are bringing in photos that are larger than your project. Saves you some time. They also protect the image from accidental changes.
George
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@@HTGGeorge To keep up with you, I got an Adobe upgrade yesterday.
Great intro to PhotoShop elements for people who have no background with this software
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It really helped me and thank you bro for your valuable time to teach me!
You're welcome, glad I could help!
Very well explained, thank you.
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I like making photobook pages in PSE (basically a collage). I typically select the files I want to use from Organizer which puts them in the Elements Photo Bin. Now I can drag a photo from the Photo Bin into my collage page. It comes in as a smart object. Maybe this is another method you can mention.
Place is nice, but you have know where the photos are and hope that the list is short enough to find the photos you want quickly.
Good comments Alan, thanks!
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You're welcome!
Hi I do not have a file/place option nor did I have the floating option you mentioned at the beginning. I am totally new to PS. I have 21.0.3v. Thanks for your help.
Hi Lisa, open the File menu and you will find the Place command right above Organize Open Files. Here is a video on how to set up Floating Document Windows ua-cam.com/video/X26Ga4j4O9w/v-deo.html
Just leaving a comment here, thanks :)
This helps me a lot as I'm new in adobe photoshop elements 2021
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very nicely explained.
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Thank you! :-)
You're welcome Jason
Thank you George, your tutorials are excellent and easy to follow. The idea of using floating window appeals to me. I noticed when trying it out using two windows, in the process of a trail run, something in what I did gave me two split horizontal tabs of the two windows. I didn't know how to reverse the process. Any ideas?
Hi Brian, go to the Window menu, click Image, and here you can set all windows to either tabs or floating.
Thank you!
Thank you. I’m making a memorial of my dog who we had to release, almost 14 years old, beloved family pitbull named Achilles on March 14, 2020 who is dearly missed. I am trying to add his image in light exposure onto the right side of another image of his memorial page with his ashes 😔
Very sad, have said goodbye to almost too many pets over the years to count, I always wish they didn't lead such short lives. But the one I still think about the most was my pet dog that I grew up with. I understand the sorrow, hang onto the good memories. Take a look at this video, may have an idea or two you could use ua-cam.com/video/1zhFaHyy--Q/v-deo.html
Do you have any videos that explain how to do star trails using layering specifically? Have Photoshop Elements 2020.
Hi Mark, I don't have anything specifically on that but I did do some sparkles in smoke in this video: ua-cam.com/video/c8amKiefNps/v-deo.html. Give me a link to an image that shows what you are looking for and I will do a video showing how it can be done in PSE 2020
Great tutorial! Always a pleasure to watch and follow. Just need some clarification George; when using the place command (found under the heading file) to bring in a smart photo, does Elements resize/readjust it to fit the working file, and if it does, because it's a smart layer, will it also make changes to the dimensions of the original. Does Elements also resize/readjust the non smart floating document size when placing it on the working file?.
Hi Brian, the Place command reduces an image to fit the working file but does not do anything to the original. If the image being placed is smaller than the working file it will show it at 100% of original size, it won't enlarge it to fit. If you use the floating document trick where you drag and drop from one file to another PSE will not change the size at all. I normally use this technique, for no particular reason.
George
@@HTGGeorge How do you resize or enlarge the picture you are photoshopping into a picture?
Great techniques, but I'm having a devil of a time saving the file as a tiff. The background inevitably gets left out no matter what I try - I've tried leaving out layers, flattening, rearranging, nothing seems to work to allow me to see in the saved tiff what I see on the screen. After 2 hours of trying and failing, I saved it as a jpeg after flattening and voila! I don't mind that for this particular picture, but I will be working on a lot of vintage photos that I might want to use layers on and keep in TIFF files. How do I save as a tiff file after doing everything in your video? Your videos always stop short of that, and I can't seem to find any articles or videos on it. Thanks for your help.
Hi, you don't need to use Tiff and you don't need to do any flattening of layers. Just leave the file as a psd file, it will retain all of your work. Then save it out as a jpg if you want to share it or put it up on the internet. For all other uses just leave it as the psd file.
I can’t download the pictures. The zip file only shows the completed assignment and the pics never show up in my organizer. I would sign up for ur whole class if I could figure out how to get the pictures. I have 2021. I upgraded from elements 6 so it’s a big step . I need beginner gelp
Hi Michele, you need to download the pictures separately. The download links are on the project web page right below the project zip download.
I have a digital backround of santa holding a blank frame where you can place a image in the frame. It's a png file Do you have a video for this?? I was looking at the above video but I don't think this is what Im looking for. Can you help? Hope I am explaining clear
Hi, if the area inside the blank frame is clear then just put your photo on a layer under the Santa frame photo. If the area is white then you will need to remove that first. Maybe this video will help, it is a similar idea ua-cam.com/video/Z0kQPp-cbIQ/v-deo.html
@@HTGGeorge Thats what I was trying to do and it wasn't working. I know that I'm doing something wrong. Ha. I really want to do this for a client that I just did some photos for. Will look at video.
@@HTGGeorge Your are making them from scratch.. which I love, but I'm trying to use a file I purchased. But I do learn quite a bit from your videos.
If you purchased a Photoshop Template that uses Smart Layers and Smart Objects you won't be able to work with that in Photoshop Elements, it will require the more expensive Adobe Photoshop
@@HTGGeorge ahhh..gotcha thanks so much for your help.. Merry Christmas.
I installed and received Elements 2024 today. The first I used it it wouldnt allow me to add a second image. After several minutes of messing around the app locked then crashed. I had to force quit.
The official release date is tomorrow. Im using MacOs Monterey. Not a good start.
I only use Windows, so no experience with the Mac version. But I do know that PSE is written for Windows and then Adobe ports the coding over to Mac, this will often lead to problems.
How can I crop images and keep them in the layer ?...
Hi Tim, make sure you are on the correct layer, then use the ctrl+t keyboard shortcut to bring up the transform options. This will also bring up the control handles on the image on that layer. You can then use those handles to resize that layer. Or if you want to Crop the image on that layer the best way to do that is with a Layer Mask. Using the rectangular marquee tool draw a rectangle on your image approximately where you want to crop the image, if you need to adjust that selection go to the Select Menu and choose Transform Selection, this will give you control handles on the selection. Get that selection perfect for your crop then click on the Layer Mask tool, rectangle with a circle in it, at the top of the layer menu. This will give you a layer mask showing just the area inside the rectangle selection. Everything else will be hidden. IF you want to crop the whole image then use the Crop tool in the tools panel.
George
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mine doesnt get a floating window
Here is a video on how to set up Floating Windows ua-cam.com/video/X26Ga4j4O9w/v-deo.html
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I am sorry but I have to say you speak to fast for us to understand certain parts of your instructions, we've moved on to another lesson video
wow, the usual comment I get is that I talk too slow. I am guessing that you are not an English first speaker
@@HTGGeorge Well my first tongue maybe scouse but overall (English 1st)... I don't read anything about you talking to slow in the comments. There are 4 of us sat asking... what did he just say... stop it and replay please.. we moved on..!
Well, you can't please everyone. Since I am the most popular creator for Photoshop Elements videos on UA-cam I think I will continue to do things the same way I have done for the past 8 years.