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Part Number: 90040603 (7/02) iii Contents Installing and Learning Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Installing Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 Learning Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 Using Web resources Customer support ......................1 ......................1 ..........................................3 .............................................4 An Overview of Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 Use the tools of the trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Get up to speed quickly Explore digital imaging .......................................6 ........................................6 Quickly Fix Photographs Photoshop Elements Quick Fix .................................9 Chapter 1 Looking at the Work Area Getting familiar with the work area Viewing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Getting the most out of Photoshop Elements Using rulers and the grid Undoing operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Reverting to any state of an image Working with preset options Chapter 2 Setting Up Photoshop Elements About color management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Setting up color management Calibrating your monitor About Web access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Configuring Photoshop Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 iv CONTENTS Chapter 3 Acquiring and Opening Photos About this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 About digital images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Getting photos from a scanner Getting images from video Creating new images Using the File Browser Opening images Placing files Importing photos from a digital camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Closing files and quitting Choosing an image mode Chapter 4 Fixing Your Photos About fixing your photos Quickly fixing your photos Describing color Adjusting color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 . . . . . . . 62 Adjusting the range of dark and light tones in an image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Retouching an image Chapter 5 Resizing, Cropping, and Laying Out Images About image size and resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Changing image size and resolution Cropping images Changing the size of the work canvas Rotating and straightening images Creating multiple-image layouts Creating PDF slideshows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Creating panoramic images using PhotomergeTM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Chapter 6 Using Layers About layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 About the Layers palette Using the Layers palette Selecting layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 v Creating a layered image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 Specifying opacity and blending options Using adjustment and fill layers Creating grouped layers Editing layers Managing layered images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 Chapter 7 Selecting About selections Selecting pixels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122 Adjusting selection borders Softening the edges of a selection Saving and loading selections Deleting selected areas Moving, copying, and pasting selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126 Chapter 8 Painting About painting and drawing Using the Adobe Color Picker Using the painting tools Erasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 Selecting foreground and background colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 Setting options for painting and editing tools Filling and tracing selections and layers Using the gradient tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147 Chapter 9 Transforming and Distorting Images Transforming layers, selections, and shapes Transforming objects in three dimensions Using Distort filters to transform an image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160 Chapter 10 Applying Filters, Effects, and Layer Styles Using the Filters, Effects, and Layer Styles palettes Using filters Using effects . . . . . . . . . . . .165 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169 Using layer styles vi CONTENTS Improving performance with filters and effects Choosing a filter Applying special color effects to images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186 Chapter 11 Creating Shapes and Text About vector graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191 Abo ...