Since I was happy with the Levels adjustment I had, and the clone corrections looked good, I wanted to merge these layers together to make subsequent steps less complicated....

     For the next part of this lesson, I used the photograph of a rose, shown below. You may use this if you like, though any image will do.     If you...

 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...

     If you've never used an application that allowed you to create layers, you probably don't know what the advantages are in having them.     Aside from the...

  Photoshop Elements 2 Search Results   Shows search results in How To and HelpDefault location is closed until search is...

Photoshop Elements 2 Effects   Selection of preset actionsDefault location is third from the left in the well ...

Photoshop Elements 2 Filters   Shows thumbnail samples of all filtersDefault location is second from left in the well ...

  Photoshop Elements 2 Layer Styles   Adds special effects a selected layerDefault location is open, and grouped with Layers ...

Photoshop Elements 2 Layers Palette   Used for creating and controlling layersDefault location is open, and grouped with layer styles...

Photoshop Elements 2 Color Swatches   For storing and organizing color swatchesDefault location is fourth from the left in the well...

Photoshop Elements 2 Undo History   Records most editing steps for multiple undoDefault location is fifth from the left in the...

Photoshop Elements 2 How To Palette   Instruction for commonly performed tasksDefault location is in the palette well ...