Quick Fix: Fast Basic FixeselptUse photoshop elements to make these essential adjustments
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By Rick Sammon
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Readers of PCPhoto know that for my professional work, I depend on Photoshop CS2 for my image enhancements. For pros like me, it’s the coolest program around. However, Photoshop Elements, CS2’s little brother so to speak, offers many professional image-enhancement features, too. In fact, most of the image enhancements and creative stuff you want to do can be accomplished in Elements.
In this issue’s column, I’ll work on an image in Elements. But, hey, CS2 users, don’t fret! You can follow along and use the same techniques. It’s just that some of the palettes and dialog boxes look a bit different.
 1 Check out this image, a JPEG file taken at the Chuang Yen Monastery in Carmel, New York. It’s a bit dull because it was taken on an overcast day. What’s more, I slightly underexposed the image to avoid the highlights (stairs and railing) from being washed out. If I had shot a RAW file, I wouldn’t have underexposed the file, knowing that in Adobe Camera RAW, I could have rescued the overexposed highlights up to one ƒ-stop.
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