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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 12 CLASSROOM IN A BOOK 117

4 Scroll down in the Guided Edits panel, expanding the Touchups, Photo Eﬀects,

and Photo Play categories, if necessary, to see the all of the procedures and

projects for which the Guided edit mode oﬀers step-by-step assistance.

In the Touchups category, you’ll

ﬁnd a comprehensive menu of

all the most common image

correction tasks, some of which

involve several separate opera-

tions. e Photo Eﬀects and

Photo Play categories host an

array of stylish photographic

treatments and eye-catching

special eﬀects that will help

you to introduce a little variety

and creative ﬂair in your image

library, and to add atmosphere

and sophisticated high-notes

to your photo albums, prints,

projects, and presentations.

5 Click a few of the editing tasks listed in each of the three categories in the

Guided Edits panel to see easy to follow steps and instructions and informative

tips, presented together with any tools and controls that you’ll need for the

procedure. Click cancel to exit each guided task and return to the list.

In the exercises to follow, we’ll concentrate on the Guided Touchups category;

you’ll have some fun with the Photo Eﬀects and Photo Play edits in Lesson 7.

Guided color and lighting corrections

You’re already familiar with the process of correcting a color cast by adjusting the

white balance, so rather than looking at the Remove A Color Cast guided edit in

the Touchups list, we’ll explore some other ways to manipulate a photo’s colors.

1 Choose Enhance Colors from the Touchups category. Click twice on the Auto Fix

button to correct the color and contrast; the photo improves dramatically. For

photos with less extreme problems, a single click produces satisfactory results.

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Note: As is often

the case with poorly

exposed photos, this

photo has more than

just one problem.

If you had applied the

Remove A Color Cast

adjustment, you would

still need to correct the

lighting, as the image is

dull and underexposed.

The automatic Enhance

Color ﬁx takes care of

both problems.