How You Can Remove Shadows With Elements 10

By David Peters

If you're like lots of people who happen to use a flash with your camera you are most likely seeing shadows in the backgrounds. But now you do not need to bother. There are methods through using Adobe Elements by which you may eliminate those shadows. Photoshop Elementsis a fantastic tool specifically for the beginners.

Whether you are a beginner or a specialist in the image taking field you may know that the flash on your camera is excellent when you are trying to take photos either indoors or out. However, if you're using a flash on the camera it can also create particular problems if your subject happens to be a little too close to the background itself.

This is the way the shadow you see in the background of your images is created. When you are taking photos for cash this may create some massive problems with your customers complaining to you about these shadows. There are methods that you will be able to fix this however by using the Photoshop Elements program.

1. To start you will have to clone over the shadow area in the background. This can be a hard step for you to do. This is because of the fact that it may be hard to tell where the shadow ends and the picture start. You will not be able to use the magic wand tool as you will see the same results. The alternative to this step then would be to go to your menu and choose the layer option, and then choose the new layer option. Now you will need to choose the Greyscale Mapping Color from the list which will appear and then click 'ok'.

You can also click on the gradient that's used for Greyscale Mapping color bar, which will call up the gradient editor. Once you have done these steps you are going to want to select the black to white feature. In the area below the presets you will now see that the tonal range is now set to black & white. Now you should take the white marker that's situated below the scale and drag it across the left while you're also watching your image. You will need to continue to drag it till you can specify where the shadow ends and the subject starts.

2. Now you may go to your selection tools and select either the wand or the magnetic lasso option. When you have selected one of these you will need to click on the eye icon located next to the adjustment layer and shut it off. You're now going to select the background layer. Now you are going to want to take your lasso and roughly draw around the shadow.

3. Finally you're going to choose your clone tool and start taking detail from outside the chosen area and clone them over the shadow. Once you have completed this your shadow will disappear.

Was not that simple enough?

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