In part eight of our nine part series on preferences in Photoshop Elements we'll look at the guides and grid options. Guides are non-printing lines that can aid tasks such as lining up layers and spacing out text. A grid provides the same variation of assistance but is more uniformed to look like the grids available on graph paper, and are ultimately another way to align objects within your document. Watch the video to see how to get the most out of these features.
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In our seventh video out of nine looking at preferences in Photoshop Elements we tackle units and rulers. Although another one of those technical subjects, the advice given in this video will make sure you are always thinking one step ahead of the game in terms of creating and working with the right sized graphics. The thing is though; it's easy to understand, especially with the right guidance.
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Interlacing is a technique used by video recorders and television sets to ensure a smooth and fluid display on screen. It splits each frame into two sets of fields, an upper field and a lower field. Each field carries half the picture in horizontal rows, which when added together creates one interlaced frame. When viewing these frames in motion they are played too quickly for the eye to pick up any trace of interlacing, however, if you pause the video the effect becomes more prominent, growing even more if you happen to export a frame and view it on a computer screen.
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In our sixth video out of nine looking at preferences in Photoshop Elements we tackle transparency. Home to one of Photoshop's trademark appearances we explore how to change the colour and size of the transparency grid - in other words, we'll change the way Photoshop represents the regions in a composition that are invisible. Sounds weird? Watch the video and you'll know all their is to.
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In the fifth video of our nine part series on preferences in Photoshop Elements we'll explore the display and cursors tab. Home to options that relate to the crop tool, the eyedropper and the painting brushes, this panel can deliver ways to make the various cursors display larger, smaller, brighter, darker and improve the overall visual and practical experience users have with the software.
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In the fourth video of our nine part series on preferences in Photoshop Elements we'll explore the performance tab. Home to numerous settings that affect the technical abilities of Elements, we'll dive into the details of how they work and the various ways you can ensure Photoshop Elements is working to its optimum by ensuring things such as scratch disks and RAM allocation are set up properly; and that history states and cache levels are working for you rather than against you.
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In the third part of our nine part video series on preferences in Photoshop Elements we'll explore the Saving Files screen, home to options that allow you to take control of how Elements saves files and makes them compatible to other applications and versions of Photoshop. One of the most common mistakes made by beginners is accidentally saving over original files with the modified version, here we can make that a thing of the past and safeguard unedited files forever.
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In the second part of our nine part video series on preferences in Photoshop Elements we'll explore the General panel and get to grips with the kind of controls that don't fit under any other heading. These functions include exporting the clipboard, allowing floating documents in the full edit mode, saving panel locations, zooming options and brightness of the interface.
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Resetting preferences comes up a lot as a way of banishing the Photoshop demons and curing any technical glitch that challenges you - and to be fair, most of the time it works. If you've tried everything else, if you're pulling out your hair and spitting blood; then this video tutorial may just be the answer to your problems. Maybe even a cure to bad health? Even more than that though, this is the first of nine videos looking at preferences in Photoshop Elements - and what better way to start out than with a gentle introduction.
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