Photoshop Elements 3: The Missing Manual

Enhance

This menu contains the commands you use to adjust the color and lighting of your images. The top part of the menu contains the commands that apply automatically, and the bottom half includes the changes you can adjust.

Auto Smart Fix

This adjusts lighting and color at the same time. See page 88. You can also apply it by pressing Alt+Ctrl+M (Option-⌘-M).

Auto Levels

Auto Levels adjusts the individual color channels of your image. See page 91. You can also apply it by pressing Shift+Ctrl+L (Shift-⌘-L).

Auto Contrast

Auto Contrast adjusts the brightness and darkness of your image without changing the colors. It's explained on page 92. To apply this command from the keyboard, press Alt+Shift+Ctrl+L (Alt-Shift-⌘-L).

Auto Color Correction

This adjusts your color something like the way Levels does, but it looks at different information in your photo to make its decisions. You can also apply it by pressing Shift+Ctrl+B (Shift-⌘-B).

Adjust Smart Fix

This is the same as the Auto Smart Fix, but you get a slider to adjust the degree of change it makes to your photo. Call up the Adjust Smart Fix dialog box from the keyboard by pressing Shift+Ctrl+M (Shift-⌘-M).

Adjust Lighting

The commands under this menu item adjust the light and dark values in your photos. Your choices are:

• Shadows/Highlights. (See page 156.)

• Brightness/Contrast.

• Levels. You can also press Ctrl+L (⌘-L) to bring up the Levels dialog box. See page 168.

Adjust Color

These settings adjust the colors in your image. You can ...