Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 Part E

This is the 5th installment in my series of blog posts on using Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 based on what I have learnt using the video training course by VTC. If you select something you shouldn't you can deselect it by selecting select / deselect or alternatively pressing control and d at the same time. The magic wand has a sensitivity number setting. The magic wand lets you select areas that vary in colour slightly like the sky. If you select the contiguous option it will only select continuous areas. Deselect it to select non adjacent areas of similar colour. The quick select tool almost magnetically selects things but works best with hard edges. The quick selection is sometimes better for selecting areas with softer edges but is of little use at selecting large areas. The type tool button has a capital t and when selected lets you insert and format text. The fx button on the layer lets you apply stronger effects to text. It's automatically on the layer when it contains text. With the crop tool you can have set size ratios or no restrictions are freehand or keep photo ratio where the photo ratio is maintained. The red eye tool works by selecting the tool then the eyes you wish to apply it to. The straighten photo tool works by selecting the tool then drawing a line along the image you want straightened then cropping the photo. I will try and do another lesson tomorrow.