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:help: Hi can anyone out there tell me how to go about masking certain parts of a photo in elements 5.I'm min and I love surreal photography as well as wild life.I think elements 5 is so cool and I'm one of those people who wants to run before Ican walk. Can anyone help me ?.
Welcome on the forum, Min :wave:
You are right, masking is a very important resource for Elements!
Elements offers masks in adjustment layers and solid color layers. Unfortunately, not so for common layers, so that you'll have either to install free add-ons for masks in normal layers, or learn the way to use an adjustment layer mask as a work-around.

Using a mask is simple in theory and practice: If you paint black in the mask, you are hiding those parts; with white, the parts show through; with grey they show with reduced opacity...

Do a search in the tutorials or resources sections of this forum. Other members will certainly give you links to tutorials; anyway please ask any question about this!

Edit:
Here is one:
http://coffeeteaphotography.blogspot.co ... orial.html
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:thanks: Good Lord that has to be the quickest email reply I'v ever recieved.thank you so much, I will look up the site asap.many thanks. Up to now I'v just been dragging one photo on top of another and then rubbing out what I dont want from the background !,it's very time consuming,so cant wait to get to grips with a proper method.will let you know how I get on.
Welcome to the forum min.
Welcome to the forum, Min. Hope to see you here often.
Another place to get a layer mask plus a ton of extra tools for elements is here, there are over 40 different tools in this action set, cost is $13. But to me well worth it.

http://www.graficalicus.com/graffishop/ ... ucts_id=64
Welcome to the forum, Min.

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Hello min, and welcome to our forum :wave:
Welcome, Min. You have come to the friendliest place with the friendliest people. Enjoy yourself. :wave:
Welcome Min!
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