Adobe 65089063 Training Guide - Page 7

Lesson 1: A Quick Tour of Photoshop Elements This lesson presents an introduction to Adobe Photoshop Elements intended to provide your students with an overview of the workspace and familiarize them with the basic workflow and procedures used to import, view, and select digital images. Goals for this lesson The overall objective for Lesson 1 is to make your students sufficiently familiar with the user interface to be able to locate the tools, commands, and controls they'll need to import, view, and select images. • They should be able to recognize and move between the Organizer and Editor. • They should be able to identify and locate the key elements of the interface, including menus, the Task pane and the panels it contains, the Panel bin (and panels in general), and image windows. • They should be aware of and able to access different viewing modes. A secondary goal is to introduce your students to the different means of finding more information about Photoshop Elements so that they learn how to help themselves and gain confidence and independence. They should be aware of and able to access: • Help in the application. • Help on the Web. • The Help PDF. • Links to Help in the application. • Tool tips and Hot-linked tips. Workflow overview Begin the lesson with a brief, broad overview of the two primary workspaces and the different working modes, explaining how each might fit into a typical workflow. Point out how the Organizer and Editor together provide an integrated solution, with tools and options to help manage every stage, from import to output. The library catalog file The catalog file is a key concept in understanding how Photoshop Elements works. You should take the time to make sure that your students understand what the catalog file is, referring to the somewhat fuller description in the Getting Started chapter. Students should understand the "virtual" nature of the import process and of album groupings, and the advantages of this approach for working with files stored in multiple locations. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9 CLASSROOM IN A BOOK 7