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A Smarter Way to Sharpen
For portraits and photos with shallow depth of field, the High Pass filter lets you focus your sharpening power just where you need it.

Faking a Blue Sky
You don't have to settle for dull, gray skies. Simply borrow a blue sky from another shot.

Feature: The Brush Tool
Many of Elements' most essential tools rely on brushes to do their work. Learn to master the basics of choosing a brush, customizing its dynamics, and applying color with our guide to the Brush tool.

Inside Elements+
This $12 program adds serious Photoshop power to Elements.

Protect Your Images Online
Discourage online thieves from stealing your best shots by adding watermarks, metadata, and more.

Photo Tips: Steady Your Shots
The secret to getting sharp photos in low-light situations is to take control of your shutter speed.

Tips and Tricks
Quick painterly effects; shortcuts for resizing fonts; spot clipped highlights; delete selection points; zoom with a mouse; and remove a color cast.

Subscriber Showcase
Presenting some of the best recent work created by our readers.

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