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Adobe ADBCD17648MC User Manual (309 pages)

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Table of contents

ELEMENTS 8 EDITOR

1

PHOTOSHOP

1

Contents

4

Chapter 1: Getting started

7

New and enhanced features

8

Working in Photoshop Elements

9

Editing photos

10

Creating photo composites

11

About the workspace

15

Context menus

17

About the toolbox

18

Toolbox overview

19

Set tool preferences

20

Set tool options

20

Panels and bins

21

Work with panels

22

The Panel Bin

23

Work with the Panel Bin

24

Use the Project Bin

24

Undo, redo, and cancel

25

Restore default preferences

26

Scratch disks and plug-ins

27

Install plug-in modules

28

Chapter 3: Import photos

29

Cameras and card readers

30

Scanners

32

About preview files

33

Get photos from a CD or DVD

33

Get photos from video

34

Chapter 4: Working with files

35

Open a PDF file

36

Open an EPS file

37

Process multiple files

38

Managing and organizing files

39

Stacking files

40

Viewing images

41

Display an image at 100%

42

Fit an image to the screen

42

Using the Navigator panel

43

Guides, grids, and rulers

44

Saving and exporting images

45

File formats for saving

46

Set file-saving preferences

50

Guided Edit

51

The Line Drawing Guided Edit

54

Chapter 5: Using layers

55

About the Layers panel

56

Adding layers

57

Editing layers

59

Lock or unlock a layer

60

Rename a layer

60

Simplify a layer

61

Delete a layer

61

Copying and arranging layers

62

Move the content in a layer

63

Link and unlink layers

64

Merge layers

65

Opacity and blending modes

66

Adjustment and fill layers

68

Create adjustment layers

69

Create fill layers

70

Merging adjustment layers

71

Edit the layer masks

71

Layer masks

73

Layer styles

74

Work with layer styles

75

Chapter 6: Camera raw files

78

Settings and controls

81

Color and camera raw

82

Making selections

86

About the selection tools

87

Use the Lasso tool

88

Use the Polygonal Lasso tool

88

Use the Magnetic Lasso tool

89

Use the Magic Wand tool

90

Use the Quick Selection tool

91

Use the Selection Brush tool

91

Use the Magic Extractor

92

Delete a selected area

94

Modifying selections

95

Defringe a selection

98

Moving and copying selections

100

Copying selections or layers

101

Saving selections

102

Modify a saved selection

103

Last updated 7/26/2011

104

Correct color in Quick Fix

105

Color correction overview

105

Quick Fix preview

106

USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 8

107

More Help topics

108

Correcting color in Full Edit

109

About histograms

111

View a histogram

113

Adjusting shadows and light

114

Apply the Smart Brush tools

115

About Levels adjustments

116

Correcting color casts

121

Adjust color curves

124

Adjust saturation and hue

125

Adjustment slider

126

D. Moves entire slider

126

Adjust the color of skin tone

127

Change the color of an object

128

Adjustment filters

131

Apply the Invert filter

132

Apply the Posterize filter

132

Apply the Threshold filter

133

Apply the Photo filter

134

Setting press target values

135

Cropping

138

Crop to a selection boundary

139

Use the Cookie Cutter tool

140

Change the size of the canvas

140

Straighten an image

141

Image size and resolution

143

15"

144

20"

144

Resample an image

145

Retouching

146

Fix large imperfections

147

Replace colors in an image

150

Blur or soften edges

150

Correct camera distortion

151

Use Photomerge Group Shot

153

Use Photomerge Faces

154

Use Photomerge Scene Cleaner

155

Photomerge Exposure

157

Automatic Photomerge Exposure

158

Manual Photomerge Exposure

158

Sharpening

159

Use the Unsharp Mask filter

161

Transforming

162

Freely rotate an item

163

Scale an item

164

Skew or distort an item

164

Apply perspective to an item

165

Freely transform an item

165

Recomposing

166

Recompose options

169

Understanding color

170

RGB model

171

Color wheel

171

About image modes

172

Setting up color management

177

Set up color management

178

Using the Effects panel

179

Using the Content panel

179

About photo effects

182

Apply an effect

182

Add stylized text to an image

183

About filters

184

Apply a filter

185

Filter categories

186

Filter Gallery

187

Artistic filters

189

Blur filters

191

Brush Stroke filters

192

Distort filters

193

Ocean Ripple

195

Polar Coordinates

195

Spherize

196

Apply the Wave filter

197

Apply the ZigZag filter

197

Noise filters

198

Pixelate filters

199

Render filters

200

Texture Fill

202

Sketch filters

203

Stylize filters

204

Find Edges

205

Glowing Edges

205

Solarize

205

Texture filters

206

Video filters

207

Other filters

207

Plug-in filters

208

Digimarc filter

208

Detect the Digimarc filter

209

Chapter 12: Painting

210

About blending modes

211

Choosing colors

214

Use the Color Swatches panel

216

Use the Adobe Color Picker

217

Painting tools

218

Use the Pencil tool

219

Smart Brush tools

221

Use the Smudge tool

221

Use the Eraser tool

222

Use the Magic Eraser tool

222

Setting up brushes

225

Delete a brush

227

Fills and strokes

229

Patterns

230

Use the Pattern Stamp tool

231

Gradients

232

Apply a gradient

233

Apply gradient fill to text

234

Define a gradient

234

Specify gradient transparency

235

Presets and libraries

236

Use preset tool options

237

Use the Preset Manager

238

Rename a preset

239

Add and edit text

240

Type tool options

241

Edit type in a type layer

242

Align text

242

Select characters

242

Choose a font size

243

Change text color

244

Create and use masked type

244

Warp type

245

Work with Asian type

246

Creating shapes

247

Draw a circle or ellipse

248

Draw a multisided shape

249

Draw a line or arrow

249

Draw a custom shape

250

Editing shapes

251

Chapter 14: Making projects

253

About photo collages

256

About Photo Books

256

About greeting cards

257

About CD and DVD jackets

257

About CD and DVD labels

257

Editing photo projects

259

Making digital projects

262

Creating slide shows

263

Stitching together panoramas

263

Use the Photomerge dialog box

264

Change the vanishing point

265

Optimizing images

267

About the JPEG format

269

About the GIF format

270

About the PNG-8 format

270

About the PNG-24 format

271

About animated GIFs

271

Optimize as JPEG

272

Optimize as PNG-24

274

Create an animated GIF

274

Using transparency and mattes

275

Dithering in web images

277

Control dither in web images

278

Preview dither

278

Previewing web images

279

Preview an animation

280

Printing photos

281

Use Photo Prints

283

Print multilayer images

283

Print a contact sheet

283

Print a picture package

284

Sharing photos

285

Send photos by e-mail

286

Set e-mail preferences

286

Burn media files to CD/DVD

286

Shortcuts

287

Keys for painting and brushes

290

Keys for using text

291

Keys for the Layers panel

292

Keys for using blending modes

292

Keys for the Info panel

293

Keys for the Filter Gallery

294

Keys for the Liquify filter

294

Chapter 18: Glossary

296

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