adobe photoshop elements 5.0 user manual

I?m not sure why Adobe calls this Adjust Colour Curves as you can?t adjust the colours. But don?t get too excited you can?t actually make any adjustment to the curve itself, but you can adjust the four sliders and see the curve changing and the effect on the image ? rather like driving a car in a computer game, it?s never as good as the real thing. Elements has finally incorporated curves into the application: it?s called Adjust Colour Curves. In practice most motion blurs tend to leave a slight double exposure ghosting the new filter did sharpen up the overall image ? including the ghosting.Ĭurves, you either love them or hate them ? I love them. Motion blur and Lens blur can both be removed. This new filter enhances the overall sharpness of an image. Unfortunately Adobe has not included the useful Chromatic Aberration for fixing the purple fringing found on so many consumer (compact) cameras. You can see the corrections happening in real time on the large preview window and there is a grid to help you to square up perfectly. This filter allows you to correct barrel and pincushion distortions and apply horizontal or vertical perspective distortions.

The Lens Correction filter was a welcome feature in Photoshop CS2, and Elements 5 has a cut-down version ? Correct Camera Distortions. For efficient image editing, you should set the screen resolution to 1280 x 1024 and use a 19in or larger monitor, as using a lower screen resolution can leave the workspace looking cramped. The overall design is well thought out, with palettes that can either float or be docked into the Palette bin ? the bin can be collapsed to maximise the work area. The editing tools are the same as in Elements 4, but the icons are now in colour (Photoshop CS2 still displays them in black and white until you hover the pointer over them).

Adobe Photoshop Elements 5 (PE5) has had a face lift to the interface it looks very slick but I am not totally convinced by the sombre grey menu bar ? I would have preferred a more uplifting colour or lighter grey.

Adobe photoshop elements 5.0 user manual