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Adobe Photoshop Elements Version 2.0Jane’s Recipes for Using EffectsElements 1 Elements 2 Elements 3 Elements 4 Elements 5 Elements 6 Elements 7 Open Adobe Photoshop Elements and then open a picture on which you can experiment. Remember never to save over top of your original. If you come up with an effect you like, save the photo, but give it a different name. We’re going to experiment by using the Effects options in Photoshop Elements 2.0. You will see the Effects tab on the far right at the top or you can get Adobe to bring it up by clicking on Window > Effects. We’ll begin by exploring those effects we might apply to the entire picture. We’ll then go into those effects that require you to select an area of the photo first. Finally, we’ll explore using different effects when we select the inverse of an area. Let’s begin. To choose an effect to apply to a picture you can either: 1) double-click on it in the list 2) click, hold, and drag it to the picture and let go To remove an effect, click on Edit > Undo. 1. Blizzard a. Open the picture you’re going to experiment with. b. Click on the Effects tab. Choose Blizzard.  2. Brushed Aluminum - this can go rather well with Blizzard a. Have the picture open in front of you. b. Click on the Effects tab. Choose Brushed Aluminum. To use it with Blizzard, apply the Blizzard effect first and then immediately apply Brushed Aluminum. It will ask you to flatten layers. You must say OK for this effect to be applied. The picture below shows the compination of the two.  3. Drop Shadow Frame a. Have the picture open in front of you. b. Click on the Effects tab. Choose Drop Shadow Frame.  4. Fluorescent a. Have the picture open in front of you. b. Click on the Effects tab. Choose Fluorescent. 5. Foreground Color Frame - this can be a multi-step process. a. Have the picture open in front of you. b. Look at the toolbox. Locate the Eyedropper tool. Click on it. Move into your picture and click on an area to choose a color that will be the color for the frame you are about to create. c. Now, click on the Effects tab. Choose Foreground Color Frame. Two other frame effects that you might want to try include the Wild Frame effect and the Wood Frame effect.  6. Neon Lights a. Have the picture open in front of you. b. Click on the Effects tab. Choose Neon Lights.  7. Oil Pastels - a very soft, dreamy sort of effect a. Have the picture open in front of you. b. Click on the Effects tab. Choose Oil Pastels.  8. Ripple Frame a. Have the picture open in front of you. b. Click on the Effects tab. Choose Ripple Frame.  9. Rubber Stamp - Red only a. Have the picture open in front of you. b. Now, click on the Effects tab. Choose Rubber Stamp.  Effects that require you to select an area of the photo first 10. Cut Out a. Have the picture open in front of you. b. Locate the Marquee select tool at the top of the first column in the toolbox. You may choose either the rectangle or the ellipse. c. Move into the picture and click, hold, and drag out a shape. This part of your picture will be missing after you apply the Cut Out effect. d. Now, click on the Effects tab. Choose Cut Out.  11. Recessed Frame a. Have the picture open in front of you. b. Locate the Marquee select tool at the top of the first column in the toolbox. You may choose either the rectangle or the ellipse. c. Move into the picture and click, hold, and drag out a shape. This part of your picture will be recessed after you apply the Recessed Frame effect. d. Now, click on the Effects tab. Choose Recessed Frame.  12. Text Panel a. Have the picture open in front of you. b. Locate the Marquee select tool at the top of the first column in the toolbox. You may choose either the rectangle or the ellipse. c. Move into the picture and click, hold, and drag out a shape. This part of your picture will be given a white layer so that text will stand out against the background after you apply the Text Panel effect. d. Now, click on the Effects tab. Choose Text Panel.  13. Vignette a. Have the picture open in front of you. b. Locate the Marquee select tool at the top of the first column in the toolbox. You may choose either the rectangle or the ellipse. c. Move into the picture and click, hold, and drag out a shape. This part of your picture will be sharp and clear but all other areas of the photo will be solid white after you apply the Vignette effect. d. Now, click on the Effects tab. Choose Vignette.  Inverse Select - you will select an area to protect and then have the computer select the inverse to apply the special effect to another area. 14. Asphalt a. Have the picture open in front of you. b. Locate the Marquee select tool at the top of the first column in the toolbox. You may choose either the rectangle or the ellipse. c. Move into the picture and click, hold, and drag out a shape. d. Click on Select > Inverse. e. Now, click on the Effects tab. Choose Asphalt. Special Effects with Text on the Photo 15. Bold Outline a. Have the picture open in front of you. b. Click on the Text tool (the letter T in the toolbox). Choose your font and font size. Type something on the picture. Use your select tool to move it onto the frame where you want it. b. Click on the Effects tab. Choose Bold Outline. If you want to just experiment with the remaining effects, just click Edit > Step Backward each time after you have applied the effect. That way you don’t have to recreate your text object on the photo. 16. Confetti See the instructions under #15 17. Sprayed Outline See the instructions under #15 18. Water Reflection Note: If your image is too large, Adobe can run into some memory problems and can’t seem to produce the effect. Reduce the size of your image. 19. Wood Paneling See the instructions under #15  |
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