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Photoshop Elements 2020 Book for Digital Photographers, The, 1st edition

Published by New Riders (December 24, 2019) © 2020

  • Scott Kelby

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This book gives students the inside tips and tricks of the trade for organizing, correcting, editing, sharp¿ening, retouching, and printing photos like a pro. It does something that virtually no other Elements book has ever done—it tells readers flat-out which settings to use, when to use them, and why. Be absolutely amazed at how easy and effective these techniques are—once you know the secrets.

Each year Scott trains thousands of digital photographers and, almost without exception, they have the same questions and face the same problems—that’s exactly what he covers in this book. Digital photography students will learn:
  • How to unlock the power of layers (you’ll be amazed at how easy it is!)
  • How to use Camera Raw for processing not only RAW photos, but JPEGs, TIFFs, and PSDs too! (And you’ll learn why so many pros like it best—because it’s faster and easier)
  • The sharpening techniques the pros really use (there’s an entire chapter just on this!)
  • How to deal with common digital camera image problems, including brightening people in dark shadows and getting the best color possible
  • The most requested photographic special effects, and much more!
  • Users learn all there is to know about importing, organizing, correcting, printing, and sharing their digital images
  • Each technique includes clear step-by-step instructions in Kelby’s well-known, often humorous plain-English style, along with great visual examples
  • Kelby is the best-selling photography techniques book author in the world
  • Chapter 1. The Organizer: Managing Photos Using the Organizer
  • Chapter 2. Raw and Un-Kutt: The Essentials of Camera Raw
  • Chapter 3. Beyond the Reach: Camera Raw—Beyond the Basics
  • Chapter 4. Scream of the Crop: How to Resize and Crop Photos
  • Chapter 5. Radio Edit: Which Mode Do I Use: Quick, Guided, or Expert?
  • Chapter 6. Layers of Light: Working with Layers
  • Chapter 7. Problem Child: Fixing Common Problems
  • Chapter 8. Natural Selection: Selection Techniques
  • Chapter 9. Remove: Removing Unwanted Objects
  • Chapter 10. Special Edition: Special Effects for Photographers
  • Chapter 11. Sharp Tale: Sharpening Techniques
  • Chapter 12. Print: Printing, Color Management, and My Elements 2020 Workflow

Scott Kelby is President and CEO of KelbyOne, an online educational community for photographers. He is Editor, Publisher, and co-founder of Photoshop User magazine; Editor of Lightroom Magazine; host of The Grid, the influential live weekly talk show for photographers; and is founder of the annual Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photo Walk™.

Scott is a photographer, designer, and award-winning author of more than 90 books, including The Landscape Photography Book;

The Flash Book; Light It, Shoot It, Retouch It; The Adobe Photoshop CC Book for Digital Photographers; Photoshop for Lightroom Users; How Do I Do that In Lightroom?; The Natural Light Portrait Book; and his landmark Digital Photography Book series. The first book in this series, The Digital Photography Book, part 1, has become the #1 top-selling book ever on digital photography.

His books have been translated into dozens of different languages, including Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Korean, Polish, Taiwanese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Hebrew, Dutch, Swedish, Turkish, and Portuguese, among many others. He is recipient of the prestigious ASP International Award, presented annually by the American Society of Photographers for “…contributions in a special or significant way to the ideals of Professional Photography as an art and a science” and the HIPA Special award, presented for his contributions to photography education worldwide.


Scott is Conference Technical Chair for the annual Photoshop World Conference and a frequent speaker at conferences and trade shows around the world. He is featured in a series of online learning courses at KelbyOne.com and has been training Photoshop users and photographers since 1993.

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