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ADOBE

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 PhOtOshOP

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 ELEMENts 9

classroom in a book

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The official training workbook from Adobe Systems

 instructor notes

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Page 1: ...ADOBE Photoshop ELEMENTS 9 classroom in a book The official training workbook from Adobe Systems Instructor Notes...

Page 2: ...registered in the U S and other countries Microsoft Windows and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation regis tered in the U S and or other countries All other trademarks are the property...

Page 3: ...s and exercises requiring Internet access where that is not available in the classroom may be best assigned as follow up work to be completed at home The following lesson summaries will help you to st...

Page 4: ...ere images are tagged and organized during the import process Both lessons deal with the use of keyword tags Searching and finding images by keyword tag is covered in Lesson 2 while Lesson 3 discusses...

Page 5: ...ed in Lesson 7 and 8 respectively Lesson 7 focuses on working with color while Lesson 8 deals with exposure problems Lesson 7 includes a section on setting up multiple files to compare the results of...

Page 6: ...of fully integrated functionality as well as the online features covered in Lesson 5 Adobe Design Center The U S Adobe website at www adobe com offers a variety of training and support resources inclu...

Page 7: ...duce your students to the different means of finding more information about Photoshop Elements so that they learn how to help them selves and gain confidence and independence They should be aware of a...

Page 8: ...gs though this subject will also be expanded in more detail in Lessons 2 and 3 The Organizer workspace You can begin with a general tour of the screen which will help orient your stu dents and provide...

Page 9: ...th a general tour of the screen pointing out the toolbox and drawing attention to the tool specific options and controls above the Edit window Have your students show and hide the Project bin and use...

Page 10: ...d reader but will still be able to follow the different options for importing images If students have come to class unprepared don t worry too much this process is reiterated in Lessons 2 and 3 You ma...

Page 11: ...gement of catalogs expands on the process of importing photos from a camera or memory card reader and introduces several new methods for getting photos It also outlines a variety of techniques to begi...

Page 12: ...rate sub folders for this purpose There is a separate exercise for each import method Dragging photos from Windows Explorer Getting photos from specific locations Searching for photos to import In eac...

Page 13: ...best kept together in the sequence presented excepting perhaps the Automatically finding faces for tagging exercise which could be treated elsewhere if you re short on time without upsetting the logi...

Page 14: ...the handles around the box to surround it neatly then click the green check mark to confirm the position Type a name for the face then press Enter Return Lesson 3 Advanced Organizing This lesson expan...

Page 15: ...ng images from a digital camera or card reader but the exercise requires several batches of photos taken at different times on the same day If you have not been able to have your students prepare for...

Page 16: ...ing Edit Version Set Set As Top Item or Edit Stack Set As Top Photo If you edit a photo in the Organizer Photoshop Elements automatically creates a version set If you edit an image in the Editor you n...

Page 17: ...ave unknown dates are un tagged or are not in an album Finding photos using details and metadata It may be useful to first define the term metadata and discuss the fact that some metadata is generated...

Page 18: ...on but can be approached independently in terms of skills and procedures It should be easy to complete all three in a single class session but depending on your course strategy you could also separate...

Page 19: ...alog Exploring the artwork library The new Create mode interface presents content on the Artwork tab in a way that students may find confusing In basic mode the Artwork menu offers only a small subset...

Page 20: ...Filters and Photo Effects as well as the preset Layer Styles available on the Effects tab Questions 1 In the context of creating a project what is a theme 2 How can you add pages to a photobook proje...

Page 21: ...for Lesson 5 are to acquaint your students with the opportunities for sharing their images and creative projects as printed output in the form of a PDF document on CD or DVD by e mail or via a range o...

Page 22: ...ick results while gaining hands on experience in all three editing modes Scheduling Lesson 6 is intended as an introduction to photo editing and a test drive of the Editor workspace Depending on your...

Page 23: ...king in the Editor Answers 1 The Fix tab in the Organizer offers a cropping tool and a range of auto adjustment tools for fixing some of the most common image problems The same set of auto adjustment...

Page 24: ...orrection problem which is used again in both projects in Lesson 8 This lesson also introduces the Quick Edit Touch Up tools including the Whiten Teeth tool and other variants of the Full Edit mode s...

Page 25: ...s corrected in the Editor to the Organizer Answers 1 Each selection tool has Add To Selection and Subtract From Selection modes which can be activated by clicking the buttons at the left of the Tool O...

Page 26: ...are to expand on the concepts of exposure problems and tonal imbalance to review your students knowledge of the three Edit modes and to expose them to a range of tools and techniques for correcting a...

Page 27: ...plying the Multiply blending mode may be a solution If either of these techniques produces too strong an affect you can use the layer opacity setting to tone it down 2 The Levels graph represents the...

Page 28: ...do History panel They should know how to refine a selection and understand the difference between a selection and a mask Expanding on the exercises The projects and exercises in this lesson detail pra...

Page 29: ...uite simple and quickly completed Scheduling Lesson 10 is a stand alone lesson though it does rely to some extent on layers skills learned in Lessons 4 7 and 8 The exercises are all quite independent...

Page 30: ...e you smoother results however you must activate this option for the selection tool you are using before making the selection 2 Once you have created a type mask and clicked the Commit button you can...

Page 31: ...exercises in this lesson detail practical step by step techniques that are well illustrated and explained and usually quite easy to follow For teaching opportunities look for those dialog box options...

Page 32: ...rs and effects and revisit the use of layer masks Scheduling Lessons 6 7 8 9 and 12 all include exercises that deal with different aspects of image adjustment correction and repair so you may find pos...

Page 33: ...e Systems to address the lack of an open standard for the raw files created by different cameras Since its introduction in 2004 all Adobe photo manipulation software supports DNG 2 The graphed curve o...

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