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24 CHAPTER 1 Looking at the Work Area To use a palette menu: 1 Select a palette. 2 Do one of the following: • If the palette is docked in the palette well, click the palette's tab to open the palette, and then click the triangle ( ) on the palette's tab. • If the palette is in a palette group or docked in the palette well, click the triangle ( ) in the upper right corner of the palette. 3 Choose a command from the palette menu. Using pop-up sliders A number of palettes and dialog boxes contain settings that use pop-up sliders (for example, the Opacity option in the Layers palette). If there is a triangle ( ) next to the text box, you can activate the pop-up slider by clicking the triangle. To use a pop-up slider: Do one of the following: • Position the pointer over the triangle next to the setting, hold down the mouse, and drag the slider or angle radius to the desired value. • Click the triangle next to the setting to open the pop-up slider box, and drag the slider or angle radius to the desired value. Click outside the slider box or press Enter or Return to close the slider box. To cancel changes, press the Escape key (Esc). To increase or decrease values in 10% increments when the pop-up slider box is open, hold down Shift and press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow. Viewing images The hand tool, the zoom tools, the Zoom commands, and the Navigator palette let you view different areas of an image at different magnifications. You can open additional windows to display several views at once (such as different magnifications) of an image. Using the document window The document window is where your image appears. You can open multiple windows to display different views of the same file. A list of open windows appears in the Window menu. Available memory may limit the number of windows per image. To open multiple views of the same image: Choose View > New View. Depending on the position of the first window, you may have to move the second window to view both simultaneously. To arrange multiple windows (Windows only): Do one of the following: • Choose Window > Cascade to display windows stacked and cascading from the upper left to the lower right of the screen. • Choose Window > Tile to display windows edge to edge. • Choose Window > Arrange Icons to align minimized images along the bottom of the work area.

Section	Page
Table of Contents	3
Installing and Learning Adobe Photoshop Elements	9
Registration	9
Installing Adobe Photoshop Elements	9
Learning Adobe Photoshop Elements	9
Using Web resources	11
Customer support	12
Overview	15
Digital Photography: Capture and Correct	15
Digital Photography: Explore and Create	17
Easy to Use and Affordable	18
Web Tools	20
Explore Your Creativity	21
Produce Outstanding Results	22
Looking at the Work Area	27
Getting familiar with the work area	27
Viewing images	32
Getting the most out of Photoshop Elements	36
Correcting mistakes	40
Reverting to any state of an image	41
Working with presets	43
Configuring Photoshop Elements	46
Closing files and quitting	50
Getting Images into Photoshop Elements	53
About bitmap images and vector graphics	53
About image size and resolution	54
Changing image size and resolution	56
Scanning images	59
Importing images from a digital camera	60
Importing images using WIA (Windows Image Acquisition) Support	61
Creating new images	62
Opening and importing images	63
Placing files	68
Working with Color	73
About color and computer graphics	73
Using color management	73
Calibrating your monitor	74
Describing color	75
Choosing a color mode	76
Choosing foreground and background colors	82
Using the Adobe Color Picker	85
Using other color pickers	87
Making Color and Tonal Corrections	91
About correcting images	91
Checking scan quality and tonal range	92
Adjusting tonal range	93
Adjusting color	99
Applying special color effects to images	103
Sharpening images	106
Selecting	111
About selections	111
Making pixel selections	111
Adjusting pixel selections	115
Softening the edges of a selection	116
Moving, copying, and pasting selections and layers	118
Deleting selections	121
Transforming and Retouching	125
Cropping images	125
Changing the size of the work canvas	126
Creating panoramic images using Photomerge	126
Using the Liquify filter	132
Rotating and straightening images	133
Transforming layers, selections, and shapes	134
Transforming objects in three dimensions	138
Retouching an image	140
Painting and Drawing	147
About painting and drawing	147
Using the painting tools	147
Erasing	148
Using the impressionist brush tool	150
Customizing brush libraries	151
Setting options for painting and editing tools	155
Using the gradient tools	158
Using the paint bucket tool	163
Drawing shapes	164
Editing shapes	165
Filling and stroking selections and layers	167
Creating and editing patterns	169
Using Layers	173
About layers	173
Using the Layers palette	174
Creating a layered image	178
Managing layered images	181
Using layer styles	183
Editing layers	185
Specifying opacity and blending options	187
Creating grouped layers	188
Using adjustment layers and fill layers	189
Applying Filters and Effects	197
Using filters	197
Using effects	200
Tips for applying special filter effects	200
Improving performance with filters	201
Choosing a filter effect	201
Artistic filters	203
Blur filters	204
Brush Stroke filters	205
Distort filters	205
Liquify filter	207
Noise filter	207
Pixelate filters	208
Render filters	209
Sharpen filters	210
Sketch filters	210
Stylize filters	211
Texture filters	213
Video filters	213
Other filters	214
Lighting Effects filter	215
About plug-in filters	218
Using Type	221
About type	221
Creating type	221
Working with type layers	222
Formatting characters	225
Setting options for Asian type	228
Optimizing Images for theWeb	233
About optimization	233
Using the Save For Web dialog box	233
Choosing a file format for optimization	235
Optimizing images	238
Making transparent and matted images	241
Previewing and controlling dithering	243
Creating animated GIFs	247
Previewing an image in a browser	248
Saving optimized images	248
Creating Web photo galleries	249
Saving Images	253
About file formats	253
Saving images	254
Saving images in specific formats	255
Adding file information	262
Setting preferences for saving files	262
Using the Batch command	264
Creating multiple-image layouts	265
Printing	269
Printing images	269
Positioning and scaling images	270
Setting output options	270
Printing part of an image	271
Choosing a print encoding method	271
Using color management when printing	272
Printing over the Web	274
Production Notes	293

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CHAPTER 1

Looking at the Work Area

To use a palette menu:

Select a palette.

Do one of the following:

•

If the palette is docked in the palette well, click

the palette’s tab to open the palette, and then click

the triangle (

) on the palette’s tab.

•

If the palette is in a palette group or docked in

the palette well, click the triangle (

) in the upper

right corner of the palette.

Choose a command from the palette menu.

Using pop-up sliders

A number of palettes and dialog boxes contain

settings that use pop-up sliders (for example, the

Opacity option in the Layers palette). If there is a

triangle (

) next to the text box, you can activate

the pop-up slider by clicking the triangle.

To use a pop-up slider:

Do one of the following:

•

Position the pointer over the triangle next to the

setting, hold down the mouse, and drag the slider

or angle radius to the desired value.

•

Click the triangle next to the setting to open the

pop-up slider box, and drag the slider or angle

radius to the desired value. Click outside the slider

box or press Enter or Return to close the slider box.

To cancel changes, press the Escape key (Esc).

To increase or decrease values in 10% incre-

ments when the pop-up slider box is open, hold

down Shift and press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow.

Viewing images

The hand tool, the zoom tools, the Zoom

commands, and the Navigator palette let you view

different areas of an image at different magniﬁca-

tions. You can open additional windows to display

several views at once (such as different magniﬁca-

tions) of an image.

Using the document window

The document window is where your image

appears. You can open multiple windows to

display different views of the same ﬁle. A list of

open windows appears in the Window menu.

Available memory may limit the number of

windows per image.

To open multiple views of the same image:

Choose View > New View. Depending on the

position of the ﬁrst window, you may have to move

the second window to view both simultaneously.

To arrange multiple windows (Windows only):

Do one of the following:

•

Choose Window > Cascade to display windows

stacked and cascading from the upper left to the

lower right of the screen.

•

Choose Window > Tile to display windows edge

to edge.

•

Choose Window > Arrange Icons to align

minimized images along the bottom of the

work area.