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Chap 5
fix blemishes p. 88
• Unless you’re preparing a set of formal wedding portraits, you probably should not try to remove every tiny blemish. Seeking perfection leaves little time for taking more photos.

repair areas p. 89
• Collapse the Palette Bin (explained on page 8) to give yourself enough room to compare the two views side by side.

restore missing areas p. 92
• Besides varying the sample point and brush size, use the Options Bar to change the brush opacity. With trial and error, a mix of these changes will create a convincing patch.

select part of photo p. 97
• I seldom use the square-version of the Marquee Tool to directly select anything. But I depend on it for quickly excluding areas from a selection by using it while pressing ALT (Option-click on the Mac).

combine photos p. 105
• If you’re working with more than 4 or 5 layers, right-click each in the Layers palette (Control-click on the Mac) and choose Rename Layer. Use the dialog box that appears to create a distinct name for each layer.

Chap 6
email photos p. 124
• Medium size (680 x 480 pixels) offers good photo detail while being quick to upload/download on a dialup connection.

save for the web p. 127
• You’ll save yourself heartache and searching if you develop a naming system and a dedicated folder for your Web-only images. Since I often use diferent sizes of the same image as I create a Web site, I append its pixel width to the name. For example, the thumbnail of the book cover in the upper left of this page is named "PSEcover65p.jpg" since it's 65 pixels wide.)

create a panorama p. 112
• A tripod helps keep the top and bottom of each photo aligned, but Photomerge does a great matching job even with handheld, pivot-on-your-heel shots. Just make sure to overlap each shot’s frame about 20 percent with the previous shot.
• Remember you can turn your camera sideways to get “vertical panoramas” of a water slide, a tall palm, a climbing route, the Empire State Building—you get the idea.