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USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 10

Creating projects in the Edit workspace

Last updated 1/2/2012

Types of photo projects

About photo collages

Photo collages let you create large picture projects, such as photo collages or unique photo prints. Photo collages can 
be printed with your home printer, ordered online, saved to your hard drive, and sent by e-mail.

Sample photo collages

More Help topics 

“

Make a photo collage, label, CD, and DVD Jacket

” on page  277

About greeting cards

Greeting cards let you add various layouts and designs to your images, and allows adding up to 22 photos on a page. 
Greeting cards can be printed with your home printer, saved to your hard drive, and sent by e-mail. Greetings cards 
can be ordered online from Adobe Photoshop Elements Online Services for some locales. 

Sample photo greeting cards

More Help topics 

“

Make a photo collage, label, CD, and DVD Jacket

” on page  277

About CD and DVD jackets

Photoshop

  Elements lets you create disc jackets (covers) for a CD and DVD case. They can be printed with your home 

printer, saved to your hard drive, and sent by e-mail as PDFs.

Summary of Contents for 65045315 - Photoshop Elements - PC

Page 1: ...Using ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 10...

Page 2: ...Last updated 1 2 2012 Legal notices Legal notices For legal notices see http help adobe com en_US legalnotices index html...

Page 3: ...rojects 9 Fixing editing photos 10 Printing and sharing photos 12 Back up synchronize files 13 Chapter 2 Photoshop Elements workspace About workspaces 16 Tools 20 Panels and bins 23 Multitouch support...

Page 4: ...on basics 112 Adjusting shadows and light 121 Correcting color casts 130 Adjusting color saturation and hue 134 Adjustment filters 140 Chapter 8 Crop an image Cropping resizing retouching and transfor...

Page 5: ...ce Project basics 273 Making photo projects 273 Create a photo book 277 Create a greeting card 279 Create photo calendars 282 Editing photo projects 283 Create a VCD with a menu of slide shows 286 Fli...

Page 6: ...5 Keys for the Layers panel 316 Keys for using blending modes 317 Keys for the Info panel 318 Keys for the Color Swatches panel 318 Keys for showing or hiding panels Full Edit 318 Keys for the Filter...

Page 7: ...the system requirements of Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 for Windows and Mac OS see www adobe com go learn_pse_systemreq_en If you do not have access to the Internet open the ReadMe file on the install...

Page 8: ...nal storage space artwork and tutorials For more information see www adobe com go learn_pse10_membership_en Registering your software For information on registering your purchased Adobe software and t...

Page 9: ...Photoshop Elements Adobe recommends that you use these resources before contacting Adobe support These resources contain answers to many common questions Welcome screen Use the resources on the Welcom...

Page 10: ...for videos Provide feedback on the product post useful tips and tricks Visit www adobe com go learn_psefeed_en Troubleshooting tips Here are some things to consider when troubleshooting Photoshop Ele...

Page 11: ...Elements Organizer helps you view manage and find all of your photos and video clips You can also make quick fixes in the Organize workspace In the Edit workspace you can refine your photos make basi...

Page 12: ...ing the naming scheme selected from the pop up menu If you choose Custom Name type a base filename and a starting number for assigning sequentially numbered filenames to the photos Note If the name yo...

Page 13: ...m is a subset of a catalog Create a catalog As you import more files it s a good idea to create more catalogs so that you don t lose the work you have done to organize the files Large catalog files ca...

Page 14: ...the files with that tag Text box Type text in the Search box to find files with matching text Matches can include items such as filenames metadata keyword tags captions notes album names album groups...

Page 15: ...hange any of the preferences or click OK to use the default options All the tools for creating your slideshow are in the slideshow dialog box The photos you chose to use in the slideshow appear at the...

Page 16: ...width or the height 4 Click OK Fix photos in the Organize workspace In the Organize workspace you can perform various basic image adjustments Auto Smart Fix Auto Color Auto Contrast Auto Red Eye and A...

Page 17: ...d in the Edit workspace Making precise selections When you want to edit a specific part of a photo select that part Photoshop Elements provides many automatic and manual selection tools that help you...

Page 18: ...fferent optimization options and preview the changes Typically GIF JPEG and PNG formats are used on the web Printing and sharing photos Photoshop Elements offers many ways to quickly share your photos...

Page 19: ...following Select a name from the Select Recipients list the names you see are from your contact book If you want add the recipient to your contact book by selecting New Contact in the Contact Book di...

Page 20: ...backed up and synchronized online 3 Select the desired option and then follow the onscreen instructions to enable Backup Synchronization View Backup Synchronization activity status Do one of the follo...

Page 21: ...nization Agent checks for assets to synchronize at regular intervals Between these periods of activity the Elements Backup Synchronization Agent is idle To synchronize right away instead of waiting fo...

Page 22: ...reen opens by default The Welcome screen is a convenient starting place or hub for major tasks Note The Photoshop Elements free online benefits and Photoshop Elements Plus are available in the United...

Page 23: ...rrecting color and lighting and commands to quickly fix common problems such as red eye The Guided Edit workspace contains tools for basic photo edits guided activities and photographic effects If you...

Page 24: ...Enhance menu contains commands for applying adjustments to an image Toolbox Holds tools for editing images Options bar Provides options for the tool you select Project Bin Displays thumbnails of open...

Page 25: ...his menu appears in the Project Bin in Full Edit 1 Position the pointer over an image or panel item Note Not all panels offer context menus 2 Right click and choose a command from the menu Using keybo...

Page 26: ...ghted in the toolbox Optional settings for the tool appear in the options bar which is located below the shortcuts bar at the top of the Edit workspace Some tools in the toolbox have additional tools...

Page 27: ...Eyedropper I Selection tools Rectangular Marquee M Elliptical Marquee M Lasso L Magnetic Lasso L Polygonal Lasso L Magic Wand W Quick Selection A Selection Brush A Type tools Horizontal Type T Vertica...

Page 28: ...ces Display Cursors In Mac choose Photoshop Elements Preferences Display Cursors 2 Select a setting for the Painting Cursors Standard Displays pointers as tool icons Precise Displays pointers as cross...

Page 29: ...e tool icon and then click the triangle in the options bar then choose Reset Tool or Reset All Tools from the context menu More Help topics Keys for selecting tools on page 311 Set a completed operati...

Page 30: ...n and drag the slider or angle radius to the desired value Click outside the slider box or press Enter to close the slider box To cancel changes press Esc To increase or decrease values in 10 incremen...

Page 31: ...Panel Bin drag the title bar of the panel to a new location To expand or collapse panels in the Panel Bin double click the name of the panel 4 To use panels outside the Panel Bin do any of the followi...

Page 32: ...s are highlighted by a gray frame around the page thumbnails To show or hide the individual pages click the right edge of the frame Multipage projects created using the Create tab open in the Create p...

Page 33: ...d Guided Edit Flicking Scrolls the image horizontally or vertically To scroll an image touch the screen trackpad on Mac OS with one finger two fingers on Mac OS and move the finger left or right and u...

Page 34: ...ain Aero Snap Allows you to quickly resize and organize windows To resize a window drag it to a side of the display and expand vertically or horizontally Use Application frames on Mac On the Mac the A...

Page 35: ...xels in the image and do not appear in the Undo History panel Nor do program wide changes such as changes to panels color settings and preferences The Undo History panel A Original state B State C Sel...

Page 36: ...choose from the Step Back Fwd menu Delete one or more states from the Undo History panel Do one of the following To delete a state click the name of the state and choose Delete from the Undo History p...

Page 37: ...ning Dialogs and click OK Scratch disks and plug ins About scratch disks When your system does not have enough RAM to perform an operation Photoshop Elements uses scratch disks A scratch disk is any d...

Page 38: ...their appropriate menus If so newly installed plug ins appear in the Filter Other submenu To prevent a plug in or folder of plug ins from loading add a tilde character at the beginning of the plug in...

Page 39: ...tional Plug ins Folder select a folder from the list and click Choose 3 To display the contents of a folder double click the directory The path to the folder appears in the preferences window Note Do...

Page 40: ...2 Enter options for the new image and click OK Name Names the new image file Preset Provides options for setting the width height and resolution of images that you intend to print or to view on scree...

Page 41: ...letely covers the Application Frame 2 To drag additional images into the Application Frame to open them enable floating document windows see View and arrange multiple windows on page 45 Convert open i...

Page 42: ...ile contains multiple pages select the page or pages you want to open and click OK To select multiple pages Ctrl Command key in Mac OS and click each page Under Page Options accept the existing name o...

Page 43: ...ts image it is resized to fit 4 Optional Reposition the placed artwork by positioning the pointer inside the bounding box of the placed artwork and dragging 5 Optional Scale the placed artwork by doin...

Page 44: ...or enter text into the fields to be combined into the default names for all files The fields let you change the order and formatting of the components of the filename You must include at least one fie...

Page 45: ...t images from a digital camera using WIA Windows only Certain digital cameras import images using Windows Image Acquisition WIA support When you use WIA Photoshop Elements works with Windows and your...

Page 46: ...ks see the following articles Adding permanent watermarks to a batch of photos Create a watermark using text layering Create a watermark brush For a video about creating a watermark see www adobe com...

Page 47: ...n angle as you move a selection layer or shape or the angle of rotation during a transformation The change in distance D as you move a selection layer or shape The percentage of change in width W and...

Page 48: ...Photoshop Elements can use for image storage or the scratch disk Efficiency Displays the percentage of time actually spent performing an operation instead of reading from or writing to the scratch dis...

Page 49: ...use the window scroll bars or select the Hand tool and drag to pan over the image You can also use the Navigator panel To use the Hand tool while another tool is selected hold down the spacebar as yo...

Page 50: ...nd click the 1 1 button in the options bar Select the Hand tool and click Actual Pixels Choose View Actual Pixels or right click the image and choose Actual Pixels Enter 100 in the status bar and pres...

Page 51: ...x B Zoom Out C Drag the view box to move the view D Zoom slider E Zoom In More Help topics Fit an image to the screen on page 44 Open multiple windows of the same image In Full Edit you can open multi...

Page 52: ...Changing the ruler origin the 0 0 mark on the top and left rulers lets you measure from a specific point on the image The ruler origin also determines the grid s point of origin Use the View menu to...

Page 53: ...ose a preset color or click the color swatch to choose a custom color 3 For Style choose the line style for the guide Choose Lines for solid lines and Dashed Lines for broken lines Saving and exportin...

Page 54: ...o creations to save your work and preserve all your image data and layers in a multiple page file Photoshop PDF Portable Document Format A cross platform and cross application file format PDF files ac...

Page 55: ...ge 291 Change file saving options 1 In the Edit workspace choose File Save 2 To change file saving options such as the filename or format choose File Save As set any of the following file saving optio...

Page 56: ...a series of low resolution versions of the image while the full image file is downloaded to the browser Interlacing can make downloading time seem shorter and assures viewers that downloading is in pr...

Page 57: ...on select file saving options and click Save 3 In the Save Adobe PDF dialog box select a compression method See Understanding file compression on page 52 4 Choose an option from the Image Quality menu...

Page 58: ...ge a separate PSD file to hold the layer data Understanding file compression Many image file formats compress image data to reduce file size Lossless compression preserves all image data without remov...

Page 59: ...File List Contains _ Files Specifies how many files are available in the File Open Recently Edited File submenu Enter a value from 0 to 30 The default value is 10 More Help topics Save changes in dif...

Page 60: ...ation on cropping see Cropping on page 145 The Recompose Photo Guided Edit For more information on the features used in the Recompose Photo Guided Edit see Recomposing on page 178 The Rotate And Or St...

Page 61: ...Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 0 Photo Creations 2 Place your custom content in the folder created in the previous step For example for the folder Photoeffects the custom content could be atn xml png or...

Page 62: ...The Photomerge Faces Guided Edit For more information on Photomerge Faces see Use Photomerge Faces on page 164 The Photomerge Scene Cleaner Guided Edit For more information on Photomerge Scene Cleane...

Page 63: ...ply the effect of the Lomo camera 1 Click Photography Effects and select Lomo Camera Effect 2 Click Cross Process Image 3 Click Apply Vignette Each time you click Cross Process Image or Apply Vignette...

Page 64: ...election tool and move over areas of the image you want to focus on 5 Click Add Blur A uniform blur is applied to the rest of the image 6 To customize the blur for the rest of the image drag the Blur...

Page 65: ...a gradient effect to the background Solid The New Layer dialog that opens when you click Solid Color provides you with options to add a solid color to the background Select Use Previous Layer To Crea...

Page 66: ...White Teeth Tool to brighten the smile 4 Add special touch ups a Click Add Glow Adjust the sliders until you achieve the desired results b Click Slim Note Each click intensifies the effect Transform a...

Page 67: ...onal Adjust the intensity of reflection 6 Optional Click Add Distortion to distort the reflection in a realistic way 7 Optional Click Crop Tool to remove unnecessary areas 8 Optional Click Gradient To...

Page 68: ...ected meaning you cannot change its stacking order blending mode or opacity unless you convert it into a regular layer Transparent areas on a layer let you see through to the layers below Layers are o...

Page 69: ...r or the layer that you are working on is highlighted for easy identification As you work in an image it s a good idea to check which layer is active to make sure that the adjustments and edits you pe...

Page 70: ...s Lock all layers Also at the top are the panel Blending Mode menu Normal Dissolve Darken and so on an Opacity text box and a More button displaying a menu of layer commands and panel options More Hel...

Page 71: ...cted More Help topics Copy a layer from one image to another on page 70 Delete a layer on page 68 Duplicate a layer within an image on page 69 Specify a blending mode for a layer on page 75 Specify th...

Page 72: ...round layer it is automatically converted into a regular layer and erased areas become transparent Make a layer the Background layer You can t convert a layer into the Background layer if the image al...

Page 73: ...ntents When a layer is locked a lock icon appears to the right of the layer name and the layer cannot be deleted Except for the Background layer you can move locked layers to different locations in th...

Page 74: ...or fill layer or a Photoshop layer group choose Simplify Layer from either the Layer menu or the Layers panel More menu More Help topics About adjustment and fill layers on page 76 Understanding laye...

Page 75: ...ne or more layers in another image You can take any layer including the Background layer from one image and duplicate it in another Keep in mind that the pixel dimensions of the destination image dete...

Page 76: ...layer and choose Edit Copy Then make the destination image active and choose Edit Paste Drag the layer s name from the Layers panel of the source image into the destination image Use the Move tool to...

Page 77: ...rrow key to move the layer in 10 pixel increments Hold down Shift as you drag to move the layer or layers directly up or down directly to either side or on a 45 diagonal More Help topics Understanding...

Page 78: ...pace select the layers you d like to link in the Layers panel To select more than one layer hold down Ctrl Command in Mac OS and click each layer 2 Click the Link Layer icon at the bottom of the Layer...

Page 79: ...nked to another layer or is an adjustment layer you can t choose Merge Down To merge all visible layers hide any layers you don t want to merge and choose Merge Visible from the Layer menu or Layers p...

Page 80: ...ding options in layers A layer s opacity determines the degree to which it obscures or reveals the layer beneath it A layer with 1 opacity is nearly transparent while a layer with 100 opacity is opaqu...

Page 81: ...your keyboard to try other blending mode options in the menu More Help topics Understanding layers on page 62 About blending modes on page 227 Select all opaque areas in a layer You can quickly select...

Page 82: ...fill layers Adjustment layers let you experiment with color and make tonal adjustments without permanently modifying the pixels in an image You can think of an adjustment layer as a veil coloring the...

Page 83: ...layers under the adjustment layer are affected To affect only one layer or several successive layers below the adjustment layer choose Layer New Adjustment Layer adjustment type In the New Layer dial...

Page 84: ...filled with a solid color chosen from the Color Picker Gradient Creates a layer filled with a gradient You can choose a predefined gradient from the Gradient menu To edit the gradient in the Gradient...

Page 85: ...to merge these adjustment layers to conserve file space More Help topics Merge layers on page 72 Simplify a layer on page 68 Edit the layer masks A layer mask prevents sections of a layer or an entire...

Page 86: ...out selections on page 93 Layer masks About layer masks Layer masks are resolution dependent bitmap images that are edited with the painting or selection tools A layer mask controls the visibility of...

Page 87: ...first select the existing layer in the Layers panel Then choose New Layer from the Layer menu or the Layers panel More menu In the New Layer dialog box select Use Previous Layer To Create Clipping Mas...

Page 88: ...text Layer styles are cumulative which means that you can create a complex effect by applying multiple styles to a layer You can apply one style from each style library per layer You can also change a...

Page 89: ...ork with layer styles You can apply special effects to a layer hide or show the styles in a layer and even change the scale of a layer style for example decrease or increase the size of a glow effect...

Page 90: ...s and click OK Change the scale of a layer style 1 In the Layers panel select the layer containing style effects you want to scale 2 Choose Layer Layer Style Scale Effect 3 To preview the changes in y...

Page 91: ...oper white balance tonal range contrast color saturation and sharpness You can reprocess the file repeatedly to achieve the results you want Photoshop Elements doesn t save your changes to the origina...

Page 92: ...tonal adjustments using the Exposure Brightness Contrast and Saturation sliders See Tonal and image adjustments in camera raw files on page 90 To undo your manual adjustments and make the adjustments...

Page 93: ...ifacts in the image Photos taken at high ISO speeds or with less sophisticated digital cameras can have noticeable noise Moving the Luminance Smoothing slider to the right reduces grayscale noise and...

Page 94: ...the color adjustment Crop tool Removes part of an image Drag the tool within the preview image to select the portion you want to keep and then press Enter Straighten tool You can use the Straighten t...

Page 95: ...ct the lighting conditions under which the photo was taken In some cases choosing a white balance from the White Balance menu provides satisfactory results In many cases you may want to customize the...

Page 96: ...nce tool and then click an area in the preview image that should be a neutral gray or white The Temperature and Tint sliders automatically adjust to make the selected color exactly neutral if possible...

Page 97: ...of increased contrast in the image The greatest change is in the shadows with less change in the midtones and highlights Using the Blacks slider is similar to using the black point slider for input le...

Page 98: ...tail Adjusts how much high frequency information is sharpened in the image and how much the sharpening process emphasizes edges Lower settings primarily sharpen edges to remove blur Higher values are...

Page 99: ...ts 10 contains several selection tools that suit different kinds of selections For example the Elliptical Marquee tool selects circular and elliptical areas and the Magic Wand tool can select an area...

Page 100: ...tion or select an area intersected by other selections To soften the selection border so that it blends into the area outside the selection enter a Feather value Rectangular Marquee tool Draws square...

Page 101: ...e toolbox 2 Optional Set Lasso tool options in the options bar located above your image Specify whether to create a new selection add to an existing selection subtract from a selection or select an ar...

Page 102: ...ption in Mac OS 4 Close the selection border by doing one of the following Position the pointer over the starting point and click A closed circle appears next to the pointer when you are over the star...

Page 103: ...he edge Drag along the edge while pressing the mouse button The selection border snaps to the edge in the photo If the border doesn t snap to the desired edge click once to add a point manually then c...

Page 104: ...on Brush tool options A Quick Selection tool B Selection Brush tool C New selection D Add to selection E Subtract from selection 1 In the Edit workspace select the Quick Selection Brush tool 2 In the...

Page 105: ...Selection Brush from the list of hidden tools that appears 2 By default the tool is set to Add To Selection To subtract from the selection click Subtract From Selection in the options bar 3 Optional...

Page 106: ...ing the Magic Extractor A Area you want to extract marked with red dots B Background marked with blue dots C Extracted image 1 In the Edit workspace open the photo containing the object you want to ex...

Page 107: ...ion select the Remove From Selection tool and drag over the areas you want to remove To smooth the edges of your foreground selection select the Smoothing Brush tool and drag over the areas you want t...

Page 108: ...pointer changes to indicate that you can move the selection Note The New Selection option appears in the options bar when any selection tool is selected except the Selection Brush tool Switch to anoth...

Page 109: ...ntains you can select white clouds in the sky without selecting parts of the white mountain below them by selecting the entire sky and then using the Magic Wand tool with Intersect With Selection sele...

Page 110: ...n outline around the image bottom 1 In the Edit workspace use a selection tool to make a selection 2 Choose Select Modify Border 3 Enter a value between 1 and 200 pixels in the Width text box and clic...

Page 111: ...ge or halo around the edges of the selection The Defringe Layer command replaces the color of any fringe pixels with the colors of nearby pixels containing pure colors those without background color F...

Page 112: ...ection by feathering You can smooth the hard edges of a selection by feathering Feathering blurs edges by building a transition between the selection and surrounding pixels This blurring can cause som...

Page 113: ...reas all pixel selections move as you drag Move tool options When you select the Move tool you can change the following settings in the options bar Auto Select Layer Selects the topmost layer that has...

Page 114: ...an drop the selection into it 1 Select the part of the image you want to copy 2 In the Edit workspace select the Move tool from the toolbox 3 Press Alt Option in Mac OS while dragging the selection yo...

Page 115: ...ection border You can move the copied photo within the border but if you move it completely out of the border it won t be visible 3 Choose Edit Paste Into Selection 4 With your pointer within the sele...

Page 116: ...lection menu and then click OK 6 To delete a selection choose Select Delete Selection choose a saved selection from the Selection menu and then click OK Modify a saved selection You can modify saved s...

Page 117: ...ge 103 Modify a new selection with a saved selection 1 In the Edit workspace open a photo that contains a saved selection 2 Make a new selection in your photo 3 Choose Select Load Selection 4 Choose a...

Page 118: ...ainting on your images When working with some of the adjustment commands in the Edit workspace you can make adjustments directly to the image pixels Or you can use adjustment layers to make nondestruc...

Page 119: ...4 To rotate the image in 90 increments click either the Rotate Left or Rotate Right button at the bottom of the window 5 Set any of the image fixing options on the right side of the window Click the...

Page 120: ...y the settings click the Auto button beside any of these options See About Levels adjustments on page 125 or The Adjust Levels Guided Edit on page 55 Shadows Drag the slider to lighten the darkest are...

Page 121: ...e red eye from a photo This tool removes red eye in flash photos of people and green or white eye in pets Drag the tool in the image around an eye you want to fix or click the Auto button in the optio...

Page 122: ...es When working with some of the adjustment commands in the Edit workspace you can make adjustments directly on the image pixels Or you can use adjustment layers to make nondestructive adjustments tha...

Page 123: ...ns by adjusting the values of the extreme highlight and shadow pixels in the image also known as the tonal range Setting an overall tonal range allows for the most detail possible throughout the image...

Page 124: ...maps the lightest and darkest pixels in the image to white and black which makes highlights appear lighter and shadows appear darker Auto Color Correction Adjusts the contrast and color by identifying...

Page 125: ...rescanning to produce a better tonal range If your digital camera can display an image histogram check it to see whether your exposure is correct and make exposure adjustments if necessary See your ca...

Page 126: ...istogram individually by color Red green and blue represent the pixels in those channels Cyan magenta and yellow represent where the histograms of two channels overlap Gray represents areas where all...

Page 127: ...he adjustments and no image information is discarded When you apply the Smart Brush tool it makes a selection based on color and texture similarly The adjustment is simultaneously applied to the selec...

Page 128: ...ilable under the Textures category for Smart Brush Textures Option The 15 new presets help provide the following effects to your images Enhance dull and boring backgrounds Create a Satin effect for cl...

Page 129: ...and effect presets Painting and applying the preset in small areas is more precise Click an effect from the drop down list and paint over the area to apply the effect You can choose from a range of br...

Page 130: ...erent adjustments in a photo Apply the Smart Brush tools 1 In the Edit workspace select the Smart Brush tool or the Detail Smart Brush tool from the toolbox A pop up panel opens displaying adjustment...

Page 131: ...tings In the Layers panel double click the layer thumbnail for the specific adjustment layer Double click a pin 2 Adjust the settings in the dialog box and then click OK Change the Smart Brush tool co...

Page 132: ...t layer s opacity in the Layers panel You can stack adjustment layers to make multiple adjustments without degrading the image because of too many successive adjustments You can use the adjustment lay...

Page 133: ...ghting Levels Choose Layer New Adjustment Layer Levels or open an existing Levels adjustment layer 2 Choose RGB from the Channel menu When set to RGB your adjustment affects all three red green and bl...

Page 134: ...reflected in the Histogram panel Note You can click Auto to move the Highlight and Shadow sliders automatically to the brightest and darkest points in each channel This is the same as using the Auto L...

Page 135: ...he Edit workspace select the Dodge tool or the Burn tool If you do not see these tools look for the Sponge tool 2 Set tool options in the options bar Brushes pop up menu Sets the brush tip Click the a...

Page 136: ...nd then select a brush thumbnail Size Sets the size of the brush in pixels Drag the Size slider or enter a size in the text box Mode Sets whether to saturate or desaturate Flow Sets the strength of th...

Page 137: ...g the slider to the left decreases the amount and dragging to the right increases it 4 If you are adjusting the color of midtones shadows or highlights do either of the following To add a color to the...

Page 138: ...k the Reset button 4 Click OK to accept the color change More Help topics Automatically correct lighting and color on page 118 Remove a color cast using Levels This technique requires color correction...

Page 139: ...elect A Style box To fine tune the adjustment adjust the highlights midtone brightness and contrast and shadows Adjusting color curves in an image A Select a Style choose from presets B Adjust Sliders...

Page 140: ...ze option C Magenta colors targeted in the Edit menu and changed using the Hue slider Use the Saturation slider to make colors more vivid or more muted A good use of this adjustment would be to add a...

Page 141: ...ider to the right to increase the lightness or to the left to decrease it Values range from 100 to 100 Be careful when using this slider on an entire image It will reduce the tonal range of the overal...

Page 142: ...nge While the eyedropper tool is selected you can also press Shift to add to the range or press Alt Option in Mac OS to subtract from it Adjust the color of skin tone The Adjust Color For Skin Tone co...

Page 143: ...uration In grayscale Desaturate decreases contrast Flow Sets the rate of saturation change Drag the Flow pop up slider or enter a value in the text box 3 Drag over the part of the image you want to mo...

Page 144: ...Select a style and then use the available sliders to fine tune the conversion Convert to black and white A Displays Before and After views B Select a style C Adjust intensity 1 In the Edit workspace...

Page 145: ...to the folder Applications Photoshop Elements 9 Command click Adobe Photoshop Elements and select Show Package Contents Navigate to the folder Contents Required 3 Open the bwconvert txt file in a pla...

Page 146: ...Equalize Entire Image Based On Selected Area to evenly distribute all image pixels based on those in the selection More Help topics About filters on page 200 Apply a filter on page 202 Apply the Grad...

Page 147: ...you invert an image the brightness value of each pixel is converted into the inverse value on the 256 step color values scale For example a pixel in a positive image with a value of 255 is changed to...

Page 148: ...a new Threshold adjustment layer or open an existing Threshold adjustment layer The Threshold dialog box displays a histogram of the luminance levels of the pixels in the current selection 3 Select P...

Page 149: ...the lower color temperature of the ambient light Conversely if the photo was taken at a higher color temperature of light bluish the Warming Filter 85 makes the image colors warmer to compensate for t...

Page 150: ...r applied to the image use the Density slider or enter a percentage in the Density text box A higher Density applies a stronger color adjustment 4 Click OK More Help topics About filters on page 200 A...

Page 151: ...oving distracting background elements and creating a focus for your photo By default when you crop a photo the resolution remains the same as the original photo Using the Photo Ratio option allows you...

Page 152: ...he bounding box the pointer turns into a curved arrow and drag You can t rotate the crop marquee for an image in Bitmap mode Note You can change the color and opacity of the crop shield the cropped ar...

Page 153: ...ng the lines and intersections of this grid makes an image visually appealing With Golden Ratio you can position an important part of the image For example an eye or ornament or a leaf at the point of...

Page 154: ...e photo to the exact size of the shape you chose Fixed Size Specifies the exact measurements of the finished shape From Center Draws the shape from the center 5 Enter a value for Feather to soften the...

Page 155: ...ase the canvas by a specified amount such as 2 inches on each side 3 For Anchor click an arrow to indicate where to position the existing image on the new canvas 4 To change the color of the added can...

Page 156: ...ly straighten the image and leave the canvas around the image choose Image Rotate Straighten Image The straightened image will contain areas of blank background but no pixels are clipped To automatica...

Page 157: ...the greater the resolution Generally the higher the resolution of your image the better the printed image quality Resolution determines the fineness of detail you can see in an image Although a digita...

Page 158: ...you can resample the image However resampling can degrade image quality About monitor resolution Your monitor s resolution is described in pixel dimensions For example if your monitor resolution is s...

Page 159: ...xels in the image proportionately you must resample the image 1 In the Edit workspace choose Image Resize Image Size 2 Make sure that Resample Image is deselected If deselected you can change the prin...

Page 160: ...interpolation method Nearest Neighbor Fast but less precise This method is recommended for use with illustrations containing edges that are not anti aliased to preserve hard edges and produce a smalle...

Page 161: ...e often when taking pictures in a darkened room because the subject s iris is wide open To avoid red eye use the camera s red eye reduction feature if available To automatically fix red eye when you i...

Page 162: ...tch for the selected area If this option doesn t provide a satisfactory fix choose Edit Undo and try the Create Texture option Create Texture Uses all the pixels in the selection to create a texture w...

Page 163: ...mage To remove an unwanted object 1 Select the Spot Healing Brush tool 2 Select Content Aware in the options bar Options bar for the Spot Healing Brush tool 3 Paint over the object that you want to re...

Page 164: ...re sampling from one image and applying to another both images must be in the same color mode unless one of the images is in Grayscale mode 4 Drag the image over the flaw to meld existing data with sa...

Page 165: ...paint stroke to show through Drag the pop up slider or enter an opacity value Aligned Moves the sampled area with the cursor as you begin to paint regardless of how many times you stop and resume pain...

Page 166: ...Color 3 For Limits choose one of the following Discontiguous Replaces the sampled color wherever it occurs under the pointer Contiguous Replaces colors that are contiguous with the color immediately u...

Page 167: ...e All Layers Blurs all visible layers If this is deselected the tool blurs only the active layer 3 Drag over the part of the image you want to blur More Help topics Blur and Blur More on page 207 Gaus...

Page 168: ...perspective caused by tilting the camera up or down Type a number in the box or use the slider to make vertical lines in an image parallel Horizontal Perspective Detects the edges and detail in an ima...

Page 169: ...Bin to the Final window 4 Click other photos in the Project Bin color coded to help you keep track Use the Pencil tool to mark over the areas that you want to merge into the final photo To fine tune...

Page 170: ...ue Use Photomerge Faces For a video about photomerge features see www adobe com go lrvid2342_pse9_en Use Photomerge Faces to combine multiple facial features to create one composite face 1 Do one of t...

Page 171: ...final photo To fine tune the final image use the Pencil tool to add additional content or the Eraser tool to remove content 6 Set the following Show Strokes Click this option to show the Pencil stroke...

Page 172: ...o the Final window use the Pencil tool to mark the area in the Source window To fine tune the final image use the Pencil tool to add additional content or the Eraser tool to remove content 6 Optional...

Page 173: ...inside the room To ensure that you get a perfect photo do the following Take two or more photos of the same scene with different exposures For best results take the photos at different exposure value...

Page 174: ...File New Photomerge Exposure Photoshop Elements displays the selected photos 2 In the Photomerge panel select Automatic You can view the selected photos in the Edit workspace 3 Select one of the foll...

Page 175: ...e selection tool Change the foreground photo and select regions from this photo if necessary You can now view a final image with different regions copied from different source photos above the initial...

Page 176: ...lick the style image in the Style bin or drag the image from the Style bin to the image placeholder 4 To refine the image use the options in the Edit panel Style Intensity Controls the amount or inten...

Page 177: ...sharpening When sharpening images keep the following in mind Sharpening cannot correct a severely blurred image Sharpen your image on a separate layer so that you can resharpen it later if you need to...

Page 178: ...the options bar It s best to make the sharpening subtle and increase it as necessary by dragging over the area several times building up the sharpness each time The Adjust Sharpness dialog box has sh...

Page 179: ...sharpening becomes more obvious Remove Sets the sharpening algorithm used to sharpen the image Gaussian Blur is the method used by the Unsharp Mask filter Lens Blur detects the edges and detail in an...

Page 180: ...0 sharpens all pixels in the image Transforming Rotate or flip an item You can rotate or flip a selection a layer or an entire image Make sure to choose the correction command depending on the item y...

Page 181: ...Rotate Layer command to straighten the image and click the Commit button to apply the rotation 1 In the Edit workspace select the layer or selection you want to rotate 2 Choose Image Rotate Free Rota...

Page 182: ...om a camera or scanner you are given the option of turning it into a regular layer so that you can transform it 3 Do any of the following to specify the scale amount To maintain the relative proportio...

Page 183: ...und layer such as a photo imported from a camera or scanner you are given the option of turning it into a regular layer so that you can transform it 3 Drag a corner handle on the bounding box to apply...

Page 184: ...e When positioned over a corner handle the pointer becomes a gray arrowhead 5 Do one of the following To commit the transformation double click inside the bounding box and then click the Commit button...

Page 185: ...the Protect brush Right click the photo and select one of the following modes Use Normal Highlight This mode is similar to painting Mark all the regions that require protection For example protecting...

Page 186: ...select Show Recompose Help Click View An Online Video Tutorial to view a demo on Recompose 2 Mark the areas you want to protect using the Protect brush Right click the photo and select one of the fol...

Page 187: ...kspace on page 273 Recompose options You can use the following options while using the Recompose tool Size Enables you to define the brush size Preset Used to specify the ratio that you want to use fo...

Page 188: ...ve Use a consistent focal length Avoid using the zoom feature of your camera while taking your pictures Keep the camera level Although Photomerge Panorama can process slight rotations between pictures...

Page 189: ...layer is matched Cylindrical Reduces the bow tie distortion that can occur with the Perspective layout by displaying individual images as on an unfolded cylinder Overlapping content is still matched...

Page 190: ...ments selects one of the source images to supply a vanishing point It also stretches or skews the other images to create a wraparound effect Use the Vanishing Point tool to change the vanishing point...

Page 191: ...es the perspective of the Photomerge panorama composition 1 Select Perspective in the Settings area of the Photomerge dialog box The middle image is the default vanishing point image it has a blue bor...

Page 192: ...lor The color wheel can help you understand the relationships between colors HSB model Based on the human perception of color the HSB model describes three fundamental characteristics of color Hue The...

Page 193: ...eel The color wheel is a convenient way to understand and remember the relationship between colors Red green and blue are the additive primaries Cyan magenta and yellow are the subtractive primaries D...

Page 194: ...lor lookup table CLUT which stores and indexes the colors in the image If a color in the original image does not appear in the table the program chooses the closest one or simulates the color using av...

Page 195: ...mage in grayscale mode and then convert it 1 Choose Image Mode Bitmap 2 If the image is RGB click OK to convert it to grayscale 3 For Output enter a value for the output resolution of the bitmap mode...

Page 196: ...Color dialog box to display a preview of the changes 4 Specify any of the following conversion options and click OK Palette Specifies the color palette to apply to the indexed color image There are 1...

Page 197: ...rency Specifies whether to preserve transparent areas of the image during conversion Selecting this option adds a special index entry in the color table for a transparent color Deselecting this option...

Page 198: ...ge Assign transparency to a single color in an indexed color table 1 In the Edit workspace choose Image Mode Color Table 2 Select the eyedropper and click the desired color in the table or in the imag...

Page 199: ...C Devices Color management translates the image colors so that each device can reproduce them in the same way and the colors you see on your monitor will be close to the colors in your printed image...

Page 200: ...ata using the printer s profile Your printer can then use the translated color data to accurately translate its color into the selected media Color management tasks If you want to use color management...

Page 201: ...olor profile is when preparing a document for a different output destination The other time to change a color profile is for correcting a policy behavior that you no longer want implemented in the doc...

Page 202: ...ault the Effects panel is located on the top of the Panel Bin Effects panel A Category B Sample thumbnails C More menu D Subcategory E Apply save Filters Apply filters to your image Layer Styles Apply...

Page 203: ...u can add or apply to an image Most sections offer a menu of category options and corresponding subcategories Note Clicking these buttons activates or deactivates the display of the thumbnails related...

Page 204: ...ty and choose a subcategory for example Baby or Cooking 2 Do one of the following Select a thumbnail and click Apply Double click a thumbnail Drag the thumbnail to the blank background 3 Drag the desi...

Page 205: ...ect If you want to experiment with an effect modify a duplicate layer and preserve the original image 1 Do one of the following To apply an effect to an entire layer deselect any selected areas in the...

Page 206: ...xt using the pop up Color panel in the options bar 6 When you finish adjusting the text either click the Commit icon to apply the change or click the Cancel icon 7 Optional To experiment with differen...

Page 207: ...d the process of applying filters to your images Preview the filter s result Applying filters to a large image can be time consuming It s quicker to preview what the filter does in the Filter Gallery...

Page 208: ...nel To apply a filter to a portion of a layer use any selection tool to select an area 2 Choose how to apply the filter To use the Filter gallery choose Filter Filter Gallery select a category and cli...

Page 209: ...filters Change the brightness values color grayscale range and tonal levels of pixels in an image Convert color pixels into black and white Artistic filters Simulate a painterly appearance on traditio...

Page 210: ...oice for applying filters because it s flexible and easy to use Applying filters through the Filter Gallery A Original photo B Photos each with a single filter applied C Three filters applied cumulati...

Page 211: ...filters and settings on a smaller resized copy of your image When you re satisfied with the results apply the filter with the same settings to your original image Free up memory before running the fil...

Page 212: ...on Glow The Neon Glow filter uses the foreground color background color and glow color to colorize an image while softening its look You can set the glow size glow brightness and glow color Lower glow...

Page 213: ...Texture options make images appear as if they were painted onto textures such as canvas brick burlap or standstone Watercolor The Watercolor filter paints an image in a watercolor style simplifying de...

Page 214: ...in on or out of the image and lets you specify an amount from 1 to 100 Blur quality ranges from Draft for fast but grainy results to Good and Best for smoother results which are indistinguishable exc...

Page 215: ...hatching You can set the stroke length sharpness and strength the number of hatching passes Dark Strokes The Dark Strokes filter paints dark areas of an image closer to black with short tight strokes...

Page 216: ...area 2 Choose Distort Displace from the Filter menu 3 To define the magnitude of the displacement enter a value between 999 and 999 in the Horizontal and Vertical Scale text boxes When the horizontal...

Page 217: ...Options section or enter a value between 1 and 100 in the text box Higher values increase smoothness Twirl Clockwise Rotates pixels clockwise as you hold down the mouse button or drag Twirl Counter C...

Page 218: ...dds randomly spaced ripples to the image s surface making the image look as if it were under water Pinch The Pinch filter squeezes a selection or layer inward or outward Apply the Pinch filter 1 In th...

Page 219: ...stretching the image Apply the Spherize filter 1 In the Edit workspace select an image layer or area 2 Choose Distort Spherize from the Filter menu 3 For Amount enter a positive value to stretch the i...

Page 220: ...mage layer or area 2 Choose Distort ZigZag from the Filter menu 3 Drag the Amount slider to set the level and direction of distortion 4 Drag the Ridges slider to set the number of direction reversals...

Page 221: ...minating or reducing the appearance of motion in an image or undesirable patterns that may appear in a scanned image Reduce Noise The Reduce Noise filter reduces luminous noise and color noise such as...

Page 222: ...filter to make a scanned image look hand painted or to make a realistic image resemble an abstract painting Fragment The Fragment filter redraws a layer so that it appears offset and blurred Mezzotin...

Page 223: ...ects The Lighting Effects filter lets you produce sophisticated lighting effects in RGB images You can create multiple lights set individual light properties and easily drag lights around in the previ...

Page 224: ...in the preview window This is useful if your lighting effects style uses multiple lights and you want to look at a particular light Intensity Specifies the light s brightness Focus Specifies the widt...

Page 225: ...Lighting Effects filter on page 217 Lighting Effects on page 217 Texture Fill The Texture Fill filter uses a grayscale Photoshop image as a texture for an image Sketch filters Bas Relief The Bas Relie...

Page 226: ...ckground color for paper You can set the stroke length and direction and the light dark balance Halftone Pattern The Halftone Pattern filter simulates the effect of a halftone screen while maintaining...

Page 227: ...l moves pixels randomly ignoring color values Darken Only replaces light pixels with darker pixels Lighten Only replaces dark pixels with lighter pixels and Anisotropic softens all pixels Emboss The E...

Page 228: ...et the edge width brightness and smoothness Solarize The Solarize filter blends a negative and a positive image for a result similar to exposing a photographic print briefly to light during developmen...

Page 229: ...hwork The Patchwork filter breaks up an image into squares filled with the predominant color in different areas of the image The filter randomly reduces or increases the tile depth to replicate the hi...

Page 230: ...to the immediate right of the current pixel by 2 enter 2 in the text box to the immediate right of the center text box Note To avoid turning the image completely white or black the sum of the values i...

Page 231: ...n filters appear at the bottom of the Filter menu unless the developer has specified another location If you are interested in creating plug in modules contact Adobe Systems Developer Support Importan...

Page 232: ...and airbrush effects You can create new brush presets and save them in brush libraries You can customize the brush and settings for any of the painting and editing tools and manage them using the Pre...

Page 233: ...ool and some special effects filters Foreground and background color boxes in toolbox A Foreground color box B Click to use default colors black and white C Click to switch the foreground and backgrou...

Page 234: ...lor information in each channel and selects the base or blend color whichever is darker as the result color Pixels lighter than the blend color are replaced and pixels darker than the blend color do n...

Page 235: ...e image If the blend color is lighter than 50 gray the image is lightened This is useful for adding highlights to an image If the blend color is darker than 50 gray the image is darkened This is usefu...

Page 236: ...colors in the Adobe Color Picker by using either of the following methods Select Only Web Colors in the lower left corner of the Color Picker and then choose any color in the Color Picker When this o...

Page 237: ...lsewhere on your computer screen click inside your image and drag away from it To select a new background color from an image Alt click Option click in Mac OS the color you want As you click and drag...

Page 238: ...254 Choose a color using the Color Swatches panel 1 If the Color Swatches panel is not already open in the Edit workspace choose Window Color Swatches 2 Optional Choose a swatch library name from the...

Page 239: ...workspace choose a swatch library from the pop up menu in the Color Swatches panel 2 From the More menu in the Color Swatches panel choose Preset Manager 3 In the Preset Manager dialog box choose Swa...

Page 240: ...specify component values from 0 to 255 0 is no light and 255 is the brightest light For HSB color select a radio button and specify saturation and brightness as percentages specify hue as an angle fr...

Page 241: ...g tablet instead of a mouse More Options Sets additional brush options More Help topics About blending modes on page 227 About foreground and background colors on page 227 About brush options on page...

Page 242: ...t see it in the toolbox right click either the Brush tool or the Color Replacement tool and then select Impressionist Brush tool in the toolbox 2 Set options in the options bar as desired and then dra...

Page 243: ...g with the smudge tool press the Alt key Option key in Mac OS You can specify any of the following Smudge tool options Brushes Sets the brush tip Click the arrow next to the brush sample choose a brus...

Page 244: ...ize of the brush in pixels Drag the Size pop up slider or enter a size in the text box Mode Brush mode erases by using characteristics of the brush tool so you can make soft edged erasures Pencil mode...

Page 245: ...e of color values very similar to the pixel you click A high tolerance erases pixels within a broader range Anti alias Smoothes the edges of the area you erase making the edge look more natural Contig...

Page 246: ...ckground it automatically becomes a layer when you use the Background Eraser 2 Select the Background Eraser tool If you don t see it in the toolbox select either the Eraser tool or the Magic Eraser to...

Page 247: ...eter The brush thumbnail in the options bar dynamically changes to reflect your spacing adjustments Increasing the spacing makes the brush skip Fade Sets the number of steps until the paint flow fades...

Page 248: ...scattering area Brush stroke with low and high scatter values Angle Specifies the angle by which an elliptical brush s long axis is offset from horizontal Type a value in degrees or drag the arrowhea...

Page 249: ...to the brush sample to display the brushes pop up panel in the options bar 3 Do one of the following Press the Alt key Option key in Mac OS to change the pointer to scissors and then click the brush y...

Page 250: ...Edit Define Brush From Selection 3 Name the brush and click OK More Help topics Use the Preset Manager on page 254 Set up pressure sensitive tablet support Photoshop Elements is compatible with most...

Page 251: ...t options in the options bar as desired and then click the part of the image you want to fill If you don t want to fill transparent areas in a layer you can lock the layer s transparency in the Layers...

Page 252: ...layer select the layer in the Layers panel 3 Choose Edit Fill Layer 4 Set options in the Fill dialog box and then click OK Contents Choose a color from the Use menu To select a different color choose...

Page 253: ...o transparency this option isn t available More Help topics About blending modes on page 227 Patterns About patterns You can paint a pattern with the Pattern stamp tool or fill a selection or layer wi...

Page 254: ...lending modes on page 227 Opacity Sets the opacity of the pattern you apply A low opacity setting allows pixels under a pattern stroke to show through Drag the pop up slider or enter an opacity value...

Page 255: ...button affects the gradient appearance as does the gradient type Using the Gradient tool and Gradient Editor you can create a custom mix of colors in your photos You can choose any of the following g...

Page 256: ...under the gradient to show through Drag the pop up slider or enter an opacity value Reverse Switches the order of the colors in the gradient fill Dither Creates a smoother blend with less obvious band...

Page 257: ...Color pop up menu to use the current background color Choose User Color from the Color pop up menu to always use the color you chose for the gradient other than the current foreground or background 5...

Page 258: ...bar 8 To add an intermediate opacity click above the gradient bar to define a new opacity stop You can then adjust and move this opacity as you would a starting or ending opacity To remove an intermed...

Page 259: ...the pop up panel B Click to view the pop up panel menu which contains preset libraries You can change the display of a pop up panel to view presets by their names as thumbnail icons or with both name...

Page 260: ...he pop up panel menu and use the Preset Manager to load a different library of brushes gradients or patterns To load the default set of brushes gradients or patterns open the pop up panel menu and cho...

Page 261: ...ibrary or replace the currently displayed library In the Preset Manager click the More button and choose a command from the menu Reset Restores the default library for that type Replace Replaces the c...

Page 262: ...doesn t wrap to the next line To create a new line of text press Enter Paragraph text wraps within the paragraph boundaries you specify Single line text top of image and paragraph text bottom of image...

Page 263: ...the textbox Select a different tool in the toolbox Note To discard the text layer before you commit it click the Cancel button More Help topics Add stylized text to an image on page 200 Type tool opt...

Page 264: ...the Move tool and double click the text When you click in an existing text layer the Type tool changes at the insertion point to match the orientation of the layer 2 Select the text layer in the Laye...

Page 265: ...3 Do one of the following Choose a font style from the Font Style pop up menu in the options bar If the font family you chose does not include a bold or italic style click the Faux Bold button Faux It...

Page 266: ...enu in the options bar To choose a color from a list of color swatches click the triangle on the Color menu in the options bar More Help topics Use the Color Swatches panel on page 232 Use the Adobe C...

Page 267: ...you confirm the selection the selection is converted to a path Use Ctrl Cmd T or Image Transform Selection Free Transform to modify selection 3 To add text to the image hover the mouse over the path w...

Page 268: ...ursor icon changes to depict text mode Click the point to add text Click and Enter Text Modify text in the same way that you modify normal text 4 After adding text click the Commit icon appearing in o...

Page 269: ...options bar Use Ctrl Cmd T or Image Transform Custom Path Free Transform to modify shapes Draw Custom Path 3 To refine or redraw the path click Refine Path Use the nodes that appear on the path to mod...

Page 270: ...image to show the background or pasting the selected text into a new image Experiment with different options to personalize your images and compositions Horizontal type mask used to create a filled se...

Page 271: ...ape of the warped text 4 Select an orientation for the warp effect Horizontal or Vertical 5 Optional Specify values for additional warping options to control the orientation and perspective of the war...

Page 272: ...re working with an existing layer select the text layer in the Layers panel and then select a type tool 2 Select the characters you want to adjust 3 Click the Show Asian Text Options button in the op...

Page 273: ...lements shapes are vector graphics which means they are made up of lines and curves defined by their geometric characteristics instead of pixels Vector graphics are resolution independent that is they...

Page 274: ...n the Width and Height text boxes Proportional Draws a rectangle based on the numbers you type in the Width and Height text boxes From Center Draws a rectangle from the center of where you begin drawi...

Page 275: ...he Sides box specify the number of sides for the polygon 4 Drag within your image to draw the polygon Draw a line or arrow 1 In the Edit workspace select the Line tool If necessary press and hold anot...

Page 276: ...t was created Defined Size Draws a custom shape based on the size at which it was created Fixed Size Draws a custom shape as a fixed shape based on the values you enter in the Width and Height text bo...

Page 277: ...one of the following Select the shape you want to transform choose Image Transform Shape and then choose a transformation command Double click the shape you want to transform and then drag an anchor t...

Page 278: ...nd after right applying a layer style to a custom shape 1 In the Layers panel click the New Layer button 2 In the Content panel select a shape and insert it into the new layer 3 In the Effects panel c...

Page 279: ...tween these project files subfolders and page files avoid moving them using Windows Explorer Instead use the Move command in the Organize workspace You can share projects in a variety of ways For exam...

Page 280: ...s 9 Organizer Preferences in Mac OS Click Backup Synchronization 2 In Synchronize File Types under Advanced Backup Sync Options select Creations 3 In the Edit workspace resave the project Setting phot...

Page 281: ...ge 277 About greeting cards Greeting cards let you add various layouts and designs to your images and allows adding up to 22 photos on a page Greeting cards can be printed with your home printer saved...

Page 282: ...your home printer or saved to your hard drive and sent by e mail as PDFs Sample CD and DVD labels More Help topics Make a photo collage label CD and DVD Jacket on page 277 About slide shows Slide show...

Page 283: ...s if you have not yet added or new pages to the photo project 7 View and customize your photos by doing any of the following Reposition or resize a photo Rotate a photo Add or edit text Replace or rem...

Page 284: ...el to rearrange pages in photo book Layouts Double click a layout to apply it Drag and drop to apply a layout Artwork Choose a background frame and graphics Double click or drag and drop an artwork to...

Page 285: ...h Selected Images to add all the photos already open in the Project Bin 5 Specify the number of pages in the photo book Note The minimum and maximum number of pages varies based on the locale 6 Click...

Page 286: ...to add all the photos already open in the Project Bin 4 Click OK Photoshop Elements creates the greeting card and displays Pages Layouts Artwork and Text tabs in the Create panel 5 Use the following...

Page 287: ...ng Kodak Gallery You can upload your photos create greeting cards and order using Kodak Gallery 1 From the Edit workspace click Create and select Greeting Card or from the Elements Organizer select th...

Page 288: ...click a layout to apply it Artwork Choose a background frame and graphics Text Add and edit text on the pages 7 Click Switch To Advanced Mode to access Full Edit options Note You cannot resize a creat...

Page 289: ...ion is not writable Photoshop Elements saves the image in My Documents Adobe Photo Creations If you relocate the images used in a photo book missing file icons appear in the photo book instead of the...

Page 290: ...hen select this option from the context menu Reposition or resize photos in a photo project 1 To adjust a photo and frame together click the photo once To adjust a photo within a frame double click th...

Page 291: ...an send JPEG GIF and other single page photo files to Photoshop by using the Edit Edit with Photoshop command Photoshop does not support the multipage PSE file format so it cannot edit entire photo pr...

Page 292: ...D R RW discs You can start from the Edit workspace and complete the task of creating a VCD with a menu of slide shows in Elements Organizer Click Create More Options VCD With Menu to start the creatio...

Page 293: ...in these formats using one of the following methods To precisely optimize an image for use in web authoring applications such as Adobe Dreamweaver you can use the Save For Web command The Save For We...

Page 294: ...ation the current settings the size of the optimized file and the estimated download time As you make adjustments the information under the optimized image changes to reflect your new settings A small...

Page 295: ...he computer platform operating system monitor and browser You may want to preview images in different browsers and on different platforms to see how they will appear on the web About the JPEG format T...

Page 296: ...or PNG image on page 296 About the PNG 8 format The PNG 8 format uses 8 bit color Like the GIF format PNG 8 efficiently compresses areas of solid color while preserving sharp detail like those in lin...

Page 297: ...rmat supports multilevel transparency You can have up to 256 degrees of transparency from opaque to completely transparent so you can blend the edges of an image smoothly with any background color How...

Page 298: ...ns in a preset the Preset menu displays the word Custom You cannot save a custom setting however the current settings appear in the Save For Web dialog box the next time you display it Optimize as JPE...

Page 299: ...4 Under the optimization format menu choose a color reduction algorithm for generating the color lookup table Perceptual Creates a custom color table by giving priority to colors for which the human...

Page 300: ...eedback that downloading is in progress 4 If the image contains transparency select Transparency to preserve transparent pixels deselect Transparency to fill fully and partially transparent pixels wit...

Page 301: ...pixels with a matte color that matches the web page background Background matting works best if the web page background is a solid color and if you know what that color is To create background transpa...

Page 302: ...ge 291 Create a matted GIF or PNG image When you know the background color of the web page on which an image will be displayed you can use the matting feature to fill or blend transparent pixels with...

Page 303: ...h a background that matches the matte color the image appears to blend with the background 1 In the Edit workspace open or create an image that contains transparency and choose File Save For Web 2 In...

Page 304: ...when choosing a color in the Color Picker You can preview application dither in GIF and PNG 8 images Images with primarily solid colors may work well without dithering Conversely images with continuo...

Page 305: ...n the image you want to preview 2 Select File Save For Web and apply your optimization settings 3 Choose a browser from the Preview In menu in the lower right corner of the optimized image or click th...

Page 306: ...e preview options adjust color only in the Save For Web dialog box they don t change colors in the original or optimized image More Help topics About optimizing on page 287 Preview an animation You ca...

Page 307: ...cess required See Creating an Adobe ID on page 2 More Help topics Printing and sharing photos on page 12 Printing photos Printing overview For a video overview see www adobe com go lrvid2333_pse9_en P...

Page 308: ...he following Open the photos in the Edit workspace Select photos in the Project Bin and use Ctrl click Command click in Mac OS to select multiple photos from the Project Bin Note You can select the ph...

Page 309: ...o holder or drag the photo holder the Center Image check box gets deselected automatically Note The default unit for Top and Left values is inches You can choose any other unit from the predefined lis...

Page 310: ...HOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 10 Printing and sharing photos Last updated 1 2 2012 Image and Photoholder rotation An image can be rotated in the Print dialog box Both the Photoholder and the image in specific can...

Page 311: ...haring photos Last updated 1 2 2012 Image Photoholder Rotation A Rotate Image B Zoom slider Click the image rectangle buttons to rotate the Photoholder to the left or right Check Image Only to rotate...

Page 312: ...Print Crop Marks guide lines on all four edges of the photo to make it easier to trim a photo Custom print Size Enables you to specify the following settings Print Size You can specify the width and h...

Page 313: ...ant to print are visible select File Print The Print dialog box opens with only the visible layers showing in the thumbnail preview 4 Set your printing options and click Print More Help topics Underst...

Page 314: ...Print a picture package Picture Package enables you to place multiple copies of one or more photos on a single page much as traditional portrait studios do You can select from various size and placeme...

Page 315: ...2 Click More Options and choose one of the photo sharing services from the pop up menu 3 Follow the onscreen directions to share your photos online Sharing photos Photoshop Elements enables you to sha...

Page 316: ...Windows Up Arrow Restore or minimize Windows Down Arrow Maximize the current window vertically Windows Shift Up Arrow Snap the current window to the left or right half of the display Note In a multi m...

Page 317: ...Page Down Page Up or Page Down Scroll up or down 10 units Shift Page Up or Page Down Shift Page Up or Page Down Scroll left or right 1 screen Ctrl Page Up or Page Down Command Page Up or Page Down Sc...

Page 318: ...sh tool Healing Brush tool J J Clone Stamp tool Pattern Stamp tool S S Eraser tool Background Eraser tool Magic Eraser tool E E Pencil tool N N Brush tool Impressionist Brush Color Replacement tool B...

Page 319: ...draw marquee from center Shift Alt drag Shift Option drag Switch to Move tool Control except when Hand or any shape tool is selected Command except when Hand or any shape tool is selected Switch from...

Page 320: ...h tool J Zoom tool Z Hand tool H Result Windows Mac OS Transform from center or reflect Alt Option Constrain Shift Shift Distort Control Command Skew Control Shift Command Shift Change perspective Con...

Page 321: ...ype layer is selected Command drag type when Type layer is selected Select 1 character left right or 1 line down up or 1 word left right Shift LeftArrow RightArroworDown Arrow Up Arrow or Control Shif...

Page 322: ...ommand Shift Option click layer thumbnail Merge visible layers Control Shift E Command Shift E Create new empty layer with dialog Alt click New Layer button Option click New Layer button Create new la...

Page 323: ...ft Alt Q Shift Option Q Clear Shift Alt R Shift Option R Darken Shift Alt K Shift Option K Multiply Shift Alt M Shift Option M Color Burn Shift Alt B Shift Option B Linear Burn Shift Alt A Shift Optio...

Page 324: ...sult Shortcut both Windows and Mac OS Change color readout modes Click eyedropper icon Change measurement units Click cross hair icon Result Windows Mac OS Create new swatch from foreground color Clic...

Page 325: ...ips Change Cancel button to Reset Alt Option Undo redo Control Z Command Z Step forward Control Shift Z Command Shift Z Step backward Control Alt Z Command Option Z Result Windows Mac OS Warp tool W W...

Page 326: ...ed image 1 pixel Right Arrow Left Arrow Up Arrow or Down Arrow Right Arrow Left Arrow Up Arrow or Down Arrow Change Cancel button to Reset Alt Option Show individual image border Alt move pointer over...

Page 327: ...ich the underlying layers are seen See also layer on page 328 ADM Adobe Dialog Manager A file required for many plug ins in Photoshop Elements Adobe Color Engine Manages colors you view on screen and...

Page 328: ...hoto Auto Levels An automatic color correction command B Background layer The bottom most layer in an image usually containing the image data The Background layer is always locked If you want to chang...

Page 329: ...ile speeds the performance of Photoshop Elements camera raw format A format describing data exactly as it is captured by a camera sensor with no in camera processing applied Also called raw format Thi...

Page 330: ...de grayscale 1 channel RGB 3 channels and CMYK 4 channels among others Photoshop Elements supports bitmap grayscale indexed and RGB color modes color model Any system for specifying the components of...

Page 331: ...or through the use of two or more available colors The color of adjacent pixels is changed in an attempt to reproduce the unavailable color dodging The selective lightening of any part of an image dot...

Page 332: ...p Elements cannot open FDF files feathering The softening of an edge of a selection File Associator An internal engine in Photoshop Elements that allows the application to recognize change and open di...

Page 333: ...hotographs on PostScript printers and printing presses highlight and shadow The lightest and darkest colors in an image highlights The brightest elements in an image See also shadows on page 332 histo...

Page 334: ...over the web JPEG compression A lossy compression technique that reduces image data and file size See also lossy compression on page 328 K kumimoji See tate chuu yoko on page 333 L layer A mechanism...

Page 335: ...ee also resolution on page 331 and printer resolution on page 331 multiple master Customizable Type 1 fonts with typeface characteristics that have variable features such as weight width style and opt...

Page 336: ...ose used in scientific applications This format differs from camera raw format on page 323 PICT A file format for storing digital images in Mac OS pixel The basic rectangular unit of data that a digit...

Page 337: ...drives at the same time to improve performance and ensure a graceful response in the event of a hardware or software failure raster image See bitmap image on page 322 rasterizer The engine in Photosho...

Page 338: ...r there is not enough RAM to perform an operation screen resolution The dimensions of the pixel grid used by a monitor selection A part of an image selected for manipulation of any kind duplication in...

Page 339: ...ack Printers combine these colors in various proportions to represent all printable colors The additive primaries are used to combine colors of light whereas the subtractive primaries are used to comb...

Page 340: ...formats do not support transparency trim To remove pixels from an image by using the Trim command in Photoshop Photoshop Elements doesn t have a Trim command TWAIN A protocol by which applications an...

Page 341: ...fe color Any of the 216 colors that are displayed consistently on the web regardless of browser and computer platform white balance A function that compensates for the different rendering of identical...

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