Photoshop Elements 2 Pencil     Used for drawing hard edged linesFound at #20 in the Toolbar diagram at left ...

     This is a continuation of the Holes tutorial. Though both use the same editing technique, that probably isn't obvious to new users, so I am making this a separate...

Symmetrical Flowers With the top, newly merged layer selected in the Layers palette, use the rectangular marquee tool to once again drag a selection that crosses the center of...

Photoshop Elements 2 Info Palette   Provides color and location valuesDefault location is at the right end of the well ...

Learning Effects Before I get started, I'd like to point out to any users of Photoshop 5.0 or later that Effects in Photoshop Elements are not layer effects. They...

 After stepping back in History, and with the rectangular selection active once again, I clicked the New Layer button at the bottom of the Layers palette to create a new...

   Redeye Removal     How to remove redeye is one of the most frequently asked questions in the Photoshop forums. With the inclusion of the redeye brush in Elements, I...

Photoshop Elements 2 Redeye Brush   Used to remove red eye caused by camera flashFound at #21 in the Toolbar diagram at left...

While working in Photoshop, you will be hard put not to use the brush tools in an editing session. Most tasks require some form of painting, even if it's not...

Simulated Alpha ChannelsBeginner Elements users, just ignore the title of this tutorial. You'll learn what an alpha channel is if you read any full version Photoshop books, or tutorials,...

  Photoshop Elements 2 Hints   Provides brief helpful hints on features, and toolsDefault location is open in the window ...

When people first start to use Photoshop and want to lighten or darken an image manually, most people gravitate toward the Levels command. Nothing wrong with that; the design of...