Fill-in Flash

Hello ... I am reading Rick Sammon's photography books, specifically the one on photoshop tips and tools. In one of his chapters, he references a tool in Photoshop Elements. It was a Lighting>Fill-in Flash. I have Elements 8 and don't see that tool. Perhaps it was included in previous version of Photoshop Elements. Any Thoughts.

I don't have this book and don't know the substance of the tutorial. In Elements v.8 you can add a "flash" with the lighting effects filter (Filter>render>lighting effects). Here is a print screen:
http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=13bcLnFxRV4GaFsZXMqUYIkO4iJys4
Open picture, duplicate background layer, work on background copy layer, shut off visibility of background layer by clicking on its eye icon. This will allow you to toggle off/on between these two layers as you go along.
Open new, blank layer at top of stack of layers, fill with 50%gray (Edit>fill), mode> soft light or overlay.
Access the filter. In the dialog, I used Style>floodlight. If you double click the light bulb icon, you can expand/contract the circle of "light" with ease using the handles. Click ok.
Since this is on its own layer, you can use the eraser tool if the "light" spills over to a spot where you don't want it. To demonstate this, I erased at the edge of the door and the man's arm on layer 1. You can also alter the opacity of the layer.

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