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2 Installing and Learning Adobe Photoshop Elements Using the printed documentation A printed user guide, Adobe Photoshop Elements User Guide, is included with the application. The user guide assumes you have a working knowledge of your computer and its operating conventions, including how to use a mouse and standard menus and commands. It also assumes you know how to open, save, and close files. For help with any of these techniques, please see your Microsoft Windows or Mac OS documentation. Using online Help The Adobe Photoshop Elements application includes complete documentation in an accessible HTML-based help system.The help system includes all of the information in the Adobe Photoshop Elements User Guide. It contains essential information on using all of the Photoshop Elements commands, features, and tools, as well as tutorials, keyboard shortcuts, and full-color illustrations. The accessible HTML format provides easy navigation online, as well as easy reading using Web browsers. The file can also be printed out from the HTML version or from an included PDF version to provide a handy desktop reference. To properly view online Help topics, you need Netscape Communicator 4.X or Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0, 5.0, or 5.5. To start online Help: Do one of the following: • Choose Help > Help Contents. • (Windows) Press F1. Note: To properly view online Help topics, you must open them in Photoshop Elements. Using Hints, Recipes, and tutorials Photoshop Elements provides Hints, Recipes, and tutorials to help you learn the application quickly and work knowledgeably. The Hints palette automatically displays an illustration of and brief description about any palette or tool your mouse pointer is on. The Recipes palette guides you through typical image-editing tasks such as removing red-eye in photos, adding effects to text, and adding GIF animations. Tutorials are available through the Help system and use included sample files to take you step-bystep through the basics of working with layers, animated GIFs, and merging photos. It is a good idea to work through the layers tutorial in particular, since understanding layers is an important step in understanding Photoshop Elements tools and techniques. Using context-sensitive menus Context-sensitive menus display options for tools and palettes, and change depending on the item you've currently selected.

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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Installing and Learning Adobe Photoshop Elements

Using the printed documentation

A printed user guide,

Adobe Photoshop Elements

User Guide,

is included with the application.

The user guide assumes you have a working

knowledge of your computer and its operating

conventions, including how to use a mouse and

standard menus and commands. It also assumes

you know how to open, save, and close ﬁles. For

help with any of these techniques, please see your

Microsoft Windows or Mac OS documentation.

Using online Help

The Adobe Photoshop Elements application

includes complete documentation in an accessible

HTML-based help system.The help system

includes all of the information in the

Adobe

Photoshop Elements User Guide.

It contains

essential information on using all of the

Photoshop Elements commands, features, and

tools, as well as tutorials, keyboard shortcuts, and

full-color illustrations.

The accessible HTML format provides easy

navigation online, as well as easy reading using

Web browsers. The ﬁle can also be printed out

from the HTML version or from an included PDF

version to provide a handy desktop reference.

To properly view online Help topics, you need

Netscape Communicator 4.X or Microsoft

Internet Explorer 4.0, 5.0, or 5.5.

To start online Help:

Do one of the following:

•

Choose Help > Help Contents.

•

(Windows) Press F1.

Note:

To properly view online Help topics, you must

open them in Photoshop Elements.

Using Hints, Recipes, and tutorials

Photoshop Elements provides Hints, Recipes, and

tutorials to help you learn the application quickly

and work knowledgeably.

The Hints palette automatically displays an illus-

tration of and brief description about any palette

or tool your mouse pointer is on. The Recipes

palette guides you through typical image-editing

tasks such as removing red-eye in photos, adding

effects to text, and adding GIF animations.

Tutorials are available through the Help system

and use included sample ﬁles to take you step-by-

step through the basics of working with layers,

animated GIFs, and merging photos. It is a good

idea to work through the layers tutorial in

particular, since understanding layers is an

important step in understanding Photoshop

Elements tools and techniques.

Using context-sensitive menus

Context-sensitive menus display options for tools

and palettes, and change depending on the item

you’ve currently selected.