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Special Photo Effects in Photoshop Elements

By Thursday, June 11, 2020 (MDT) 2 Comments

Today Laura is sharing a Special Photo Effects in Photoshop Elements tutorial.

Special Photo Effects in Photoshop Elements

Introduction

Add a little, or a lot of grunge, with this easy photo effect in Photoshop Elements.

It’s a great way to salvage:

  • Old photos, such as this scan of a color slide snapped in the 1960s.
  • Technically imperfect photo images.

1. Select Photo

Choose and prepare your photo.

  • Go to File> Open, navigate to your image and double-click to open into your workspace.
  • Go t0 File> Duplicate (Elements) to create a copy of the image.
  • Close the original image and work with the photo duplicate.

2. Apply Photo Effect

Select different effects from the Effects Panel.

  • Click on the FX icon at the bottom right of the screen to access the Effects Panel.
  • Activate the menu options by clicking on the downward facing arrow at the top of the panel.
  • Choose ‘Show All‘ and hover your cursor over the thumbnails for more information about each effect.
  • Double-click on the preview thumbnail to apply the effect to your photo.

Optional:

  • You can add more than one effect.
  • Each effect creates a new photo layer in the Layers Panel.
  • View these layer(s) by clicking the Layers icon bottom right of your screen.
  • You can toggle between the 2 panels.

Note:

  • The Effects you have available to you may VARY according to the version of Photoshop Elements you are using.
  • Laura applied the Florescent Chalk effect in Photoshop Elements 14.

3. Make Adjustments

Improve the appearance of the chosen effect with your photo.

  • Change the Saturation via Enhance> Change Color> Hue/Saturation.
  • Go to Enhance> Adjust Lighting> Brightness/Contrast or Levels to change the Contrast.
  • Duplicate layers and modify the Blending Modes and Opacity.
  • Apply a Layer Mask to ‘effects’ layer bring back underlying details in the ‘original’ layer using BrushSets.
  • Go to Layer> Flatten Image to merge the layers into one.

Notice. Laura brought back the detail of the facial features.

4. Create a Layout

Blend your ‘special effect’ photo with DigitalART supplies.

Note.

DigitalART Supplies

See designer process notes and complete list of DigitalART supplies.

Summary

Add a special effects to your photo from the Effects Panel in Photoshop Elements.

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