User Guide

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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 2.0
User Guide
To adjust the angle and height of the Spotlight using
the preview window:
Do any of the following:
• To move the light, drag the center circle.
• To increase the light angle, drag the handle at
the end of the line to shorten the line. To
decrease the light angle, drag to lengthen the
line.
• To stretch the ellipse or rotate the light, drag one
of the handles. Shift-drag to keep the angle
constant and change only the size of the ellipse.
Ctrl-drag (Windows) or Command-drag
(Mac OS) to keep the size constant and change
the angle or direction of the spotlight.
• To set the light focus (or spotlight intensity) and
control how much of an ellipse is filled with
light, drag the Intensity slider: a full intensity
value of 100 is brightest; normal intensity is
about 50; 0 intensity produces no light; and
negative intensity takes away light. Use the
Focus slider to control how much of the ellipse
is filled with light.
Creating and deleting lights
You can create your own lighting style by adding
lights to an existing style or removing lights. The
Lighting Effects filter requires at least one light
source.
To add a light:
Do one of the following in the Lighting Effects
dialog box:
• To create a new light, drag the light icon at the
bottom of the dialog box into the preview area.
Repeat as desired for a maximum of 16 lights.
• To copy an existing light, select a light in the
preview window, press Alt (Windows) or
Option (Mac OS), and drag to a new location.
To delete a light:
Do one of the following in the Lighting Effects
dialog box:
• Select a light in the preview window, and press
delete on the keyboard.
• Drag a light by its center circle to the Trash
button at the bottom right of the preview
window.
To save a lighting style:
1 In the Lighting Effects dialog box, click Save.
2 Name the style, and then click OK.
Saved styles include all of the settings for each light
and appear in the Style menu whenever you open
an image in Photoshop Elements.
To delete a style:
In the Lighting Effects dialog box, choose a style,
and then click Delete.
Note: Default styles cannot be deleted.
Sharpen filters
The Sharpen filters focus blurry images by
increasing the contrast of adjacent pixels.
Sharpen and Sharpen More Add focus to a
selection and improve its clarity. The Sharpen
More filter applies a stronger sharpening effect
than the Sharpen filter.