Photoshop Elements: Additional Resources

Some Great Manga Brushes Compilation:

http://www.deviantart.com/?order=9&q=manga+brush

http://manga-apps.deviantart.com/gallery/?set=25579531&offset=48

Also Location for brushes

C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 10\Presets\Brushes

Photoshop Elements: Photo to Line art Steps

Filter > Noise > Despeckle
Filter > Blur > Gaussian
Enhance > AutoSharpen
Enhance > Black and White > Vivid Landscapes
Filter > Stylize > Find Edges
Filter > Artistic > Poster Edges
Set Opacity to 50%

Scenic Landscape

Photoshop Elements: Removing Objects from the Scene

Best Reference I could find uses the Healing Tool:

http://photoshopelementstips.blogspot.com/2011/04/how-to-remove-object-from-scene-and.html

Photoshop Elements: Cropping just One Layer

• Use the Rectangle Marquee to select the portion of the layer you want to crop
• Right Click > Select Inverse
• Now Delete! 

Photoshop Elements: Could not complete your request because the smart object is not directly editable

If you get this error:

Go to Layer > Simplify Layer and you should now be able to edit the image

PE - Quick Reflection

To do a quick reflection

1. Duplicate Layer
2. Flip Layer around vertical
3. change opacity of layer

http://tv.adobe.com/watch/adobe-beginner-classes-with-dennis-radeke/episode-39-photoshop-basics-series-creating-an-image-reflection/