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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 251 User Guide 6 If you are saving to EPS format, select PostScript Color Management to instruct a PostScript printer to convert the file data to the printer's color space. Do not select PostScript Color Management if you're planning to place the image into another color-managed document. Doing so may disrupt color management in your page-layout application. 7 Select Image Interpolation if you want to anti-alias the printed appearance of a low-resolution image. 8 Click OK. Photoshop PDF format Portable Document Format (PDF and PDP) is a flexible, cross-platform, cross-application file format. PDF files accurately display and preserve fonts, page layouts, and both vector and bitmap graphics. Note: PDF and PDP are the same except that PDPs are opened in Photoshop and PDFs are opened in Acrobat. To save a file in Photoshop PDF format: 1 Choose File > Save As, and choose Photoshop PDF from the format list. 2 Specify a filename and location, select saving options (as described in "Saving images" on page 246), and click Save. 3 Select an encoding method. (See "About file formats" on page 245.) Note: Bitmap-mode images are automatically encoded using CCITT compression-the PDF Options dialog box does not appear. 4 Select Save Transparency if you want to preserve transparency when the file is opened in another application that supports PDF transparency. When reopening the file in Photoshop Elements, transparency is always preserved, regardless of whether you select or deselect this option. 5 Select Image Interpolation if you want to anti-alias the printed appearance of a low-resolution image. 6 Click OK. PICT File format PICT File format is widely used among Mac OS graphics and page-layout applications as an intermediary file format for transferring images between applications. PICT File format is especially effective at compressing images with large areas of solid color. When saving an RGB image in PICT File format, you can choose either a 16-bit or 32-bit pixel resolution. For a grayscale image, you can choose from 2, 4, or 8 bits per pixel. In Mac OS with QuickTime installed, four JPEG compression options are available. PIXAR format PIXAR format is designed specifically for exchanging files with PIXAR image computers. PIXAR workstations are designed for high-end graphics applications, such as those used for threedimensional images and animation. PIXAR format supports RGB and grayscale images.

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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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS

User Guide

If you are saving to EPS format, select

PostScript Color Management to instruct a

PostScript printer to convert the ﬁle data to the

printer’s color space. Do not select PostScript

Color Management if you’re planning to place the

image into another color-managed document.

Doing so may disrupt color management in your

page-layout application.

Select Image Interpolation if you want

to anti-alias the printed appearance of a

low-resolution image.

Click OK.

Photoshop PDF format

Portable Document Format (PDF and PDP) is a

ﬂexible, cross-platform, cross-application ﬁle

format. PDF ﬁles accurately display and preserve

fonts, page layouts, and both vector and bitmap

graphics.

Note:

PDF and PDP are the same except that PDPs

are opened in Photoshop and PDFs are opened

in Acrobat.

To save a ﬁle in Photoshop PDF format:

Choose File > Save As, and choose Photoshop

PDF from the format list.

Specify a ﬁlename and location, select saving

options (as described in “Saving images” on

page 246), and click Save.

Select an encoding method. (See “About ﬁle

formats” on page 245.)

Note:

Bitmap-mode images are automatically

encoded using CCITT compression

—

the PDF

Options dialog box does not appear.

Select Save Transparency if you want to preserve

transparency when the ﬁle is opened in another

application that supports PDF transparency.

When reopening the ﬁle in Photoshop Elements,

transparency is always preserved, regardless of

whether you select or deselect this option.

Select Image Interpolation if you want

to anti-alias the printed appearance of a

low-resolution image.

Click OK.

PICT File format

PICT File format is widely used among Mac OS

graphics and page-layout applications as an inter-

mediary ﬁle format for transferring images

between applications. PICT File format is

especially effective at compressing images with

large areas of solid color.

When saving an RGB image in PICT File format,

you can choose either a 16-bit or 32-bit pixel

resolution. For a grayscale image, you can choose

from 2, 4, or 8 bits per pixel. In Mac OS with

QuickTime installed, four JPEG compression

options are available.

PIXAR format

PIXAR format is designed speciﬁcally for

exchanging ﬁles with PIXAR image computers.

PIXAR workstations are designed for high-end

graphics applications, such as those used for three-

dimensional images and animation. PIXAR

format supports RGB and grayscale images.