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Good morning Terri. I found the link to the Hidden Power 5. For anyone else interested here is a link for the download page from the Hidden Elements site. The free tool set is at the bottom of the list. I'll check out the curves link.

http://www.hiddenelements.com/elements5_tools.html

Thanks Terri
gm

Hopefully, the book will be as good as the videos. The Exchange is down at the moment. When the Exchange is working, try searching All and plugging in Hidden Power 5 as a search term. This post deals with Hidden Elements 4 but should give you an idea of what's most likely in the set.

Richard Lynch, "Trying to add Grant's Tools to PSE 4 Mac" #5, 31 Oct 2006 2:58 am

Edit: I can't swear there is a set 5 on the Exchange so I hope I didn't send you on a goose chase. Again, I've never personally used the set...

While you at it, there is a freebie curves plugin here:

http://free.pages.at/easyfilter/curves.html

This site tutorial on using the above plugin:

http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/curves-photoshop-elements-4-5.html

Terri, You mentioned in an earlier post about a Hidden Elements set on adobe Exchange. I don't see a category for PSE. Would it be listed under Photoshop?
thanks
gm

Terri it's funny that you gave me that link to the videos. Upon checking out the site I discovered that the videos are from a book / dvd set that I just bought a couple of days ago! How's that for a coincidence.
gm

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Thanks Juergen
gm

GM,

I have them installed in Elements 3. I haven't kept Elements current because I upgraded to Photoshop. From what I understand, the difference in tool sets is due to a coding change in the application that affected how the tools operated. I can't recall seeing it posted anywhere about a change in how they are installed. Since Grant hasn't updated the installation instructions, I assume there wasn't a change in how they are installed.

I suggest the add-ons for simplicity. However, with workarounds most if not all can be done with workarounds. I'd recommend having a look at the free Elements 5 videos provided by Mark Galer here:

http://www.photoshopsupport.com/photoshop-blog/07/04/video-tutorials-galer.html

Edit: I pasted the wrong link in. It's fixed now.

The "Masks and Curves" video covers how to do a layer mask workaround.

HTH,
Terri

Thanks Terri. I'll check out the tutorials - I'm always on the lookout for stuff like that.
Do you have the Grant's Tools yourself? If so which folder do you install them in for PSE5? I only found instructions on the site for PSE3.
gm

Thanks. The best part was those took under 5 minutes to do on the low resolution image. You may have to tweak the masking a bit more than I did on your high resolution image.

Here are a couple of links that may be of use:

Good tutorial on using a layer mask...

http://www.t-tutorials.com/read-tutorials/29/all-about-layer-mask/2

and another on layer mask...

http://www.photoshopgurus.com/tutorials/t009.html

For changing the grass color...

Here's one that shows how to use the bottom sliders in the Hue/Saturation individual colors to limit control the color range...

http://www.bairarteditions.com/pages/tutorials/photoshop/cbhuesat2.html

Edited to correct above link address.

I only used the droppers to add or subtract colors in the low resolution image. Keep in mind you can also paint on the adjustment layer mask to hide the effect if say you get too much green reflected on the horse.

Keep in mind the above tutorials where written for Photoshop not Elements. For layer masking, the masks are applied via the instructions from whichever add-on set you pick up instead of from the bottom of the layer's palette. For the Hue/Saturation tutorial, the only difference is you'll see a Load and Save button in the tutorial dialog snapshots. (Photoshop can save/load presets made in this dialog while Elements can't.)

Have fun,

Terri