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COntentS GettinG StARted 1 About Classroom in a Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Requirements on your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Required skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Installing Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Copying the Classroom in a Book fi les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Copying the Lessons fi les from the CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Creating a work folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Creating a catalog fi le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Reconnecting missing fi les to a catalog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Additional resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1 PHOtOSHOP eLeMentS FOR WindOWS - A QUiCK tOUR 8 How Photoshop Elements works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 About the Photoshop Elements workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 The Organizer workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 The Editor workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Using panels and the Panel Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Workfl ow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Importing media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Getting photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Creating a new catalog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Using the Adobe Photo Downloader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Getting photos from a digital camera or card reader . . . . . . . .16 Getting photos from fi les and folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 About keyword tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 iivv CCOONNTTEENNTTSS Reviewing and comparing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Viewing photos at full screen or side-by-side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Choosing fi les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Sharing photos in e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Creating an Adobe ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Signing up from the Welcome screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Signing up from the Organizer or Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Signing in to your Photoshop.com account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Using Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Navigating Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Search tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Links to help in the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Hot-linked tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Review questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Review answers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 2 BASiC ORGAniZinG On WindOWS 28 Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Getting photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Creating a new catalog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Dragging photos from Windows Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Getting photos from a known location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Automatically fi xing red eyes during import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Searching for photos to import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Importing from a digital camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Using watched folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Viewing photo thumbnails in the Organizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Using the Media Browser views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Using the Date View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Working with star ratings and keyword tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Applying keyword tags and rating photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Using Star ratings and the Hidden tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 8 CLASSROOM IN A BOOK v Creating new categories and sub-categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Applying and editing category assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Creating and applying new keyword tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Converting keyword tags and categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Applying more keyword tags to images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Working with keyword tags in Full Screen mode . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Creating a keyword tag for your working fi les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Editing In Full Screen mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Using keyword tags to fi nd pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Automatically fi nding faces for tagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 About People Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Naming faces in the Media Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Finding people for tagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 Review questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 Review answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 3 BASiC ORGAniZinG On MAC OS 64 A Quick Tour of Photoshop Elements (Mac OS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 Working in Photoshop Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 The Bridge workspace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 Choosing fi les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 The Photoshop Elements workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68 Using panels and the Panel Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 Working with the Application Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Opening Bridge from Photoshop Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Getting photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Browsing for fi les with Adobe Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Opening fi les from Photoshop Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Opening fi les from the Finder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Getting photos from a camera or card reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Guidelines for getting photos from devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Using the Adobe Photo Downloader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Reviewing and comparing photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 Viewing a selection of photos in the Preview panel . . . . . . . . .76 vi CONTENTS Viewing photos at full-screen size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Viewing a full-screen slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Compare and select photos using Review mode . . . . . . . . . . . .78 Sharing photos by e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Using Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Navigating Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 Search tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 Links to help in the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 Review questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Review answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 4 AdVAnCed ORGAniZinG On WindOWS 82 Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 Advanced import options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Photo Downloader options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Acquiring still frames from a video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Importing from a PDF document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92 Scanning images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94 Organizing photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 Working with version sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 About stacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Tips for working with stacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 Creating albums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 The Map view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 Viewing and fi nding photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 Finding photos by visual similarity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 Finding photos using details and metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 Find photos using a text search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Metadata support for audio and video fi les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Viewing and managing fi les by folder location . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 Hiding fi les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Working with smart albums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 Review questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 Review answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 8 CLASSROOM IN A BOOK vii 5 AdVAnCed ORGAniZinG On MAC OS 118 Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120 Advanced import options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120 Photo Downloader options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120 Acquiring still frames from a video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122 Importing from a PDF document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124 Scanning images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 Organizing photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126 About keyword tags, labels, and star ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 Assigning labels and ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 Working with keyword tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128 Searching by keywords, labels, and ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130 Searching for photos with the Find command . . . . . . . . . . . . .130 Finding photos using the Filter panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131 Performing a Quick Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132 Creating Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 Working with Smart Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 About stacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134 Review questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 Review answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 6 CReAtinG PROJeCtS 136 Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138 Creating a greeting card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139 Choosing a theme and a layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140 Working with frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142 Adjusting a photo inside a frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144 Working with backgrounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144 Adding graphics from the Content library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146 Refi ning a project in Full Edit mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146 Working with multiple pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149 Producing a Photo Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149 Rearranging the order of images in a project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149 Choosing a theme and a photo layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151 viii CONTENTS Refi ning your Photo Book layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152 Replacing design elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154 Adding graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155 Adding text to your project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156 Assembling a photo collage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158 Setting up your project page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159 Exploring the artwork library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160 Adding a background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162 Adding more images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164 Working with layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164 Adding graphics from the Content library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166 Applying eff ects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166 Review questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168 Review answers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168 7 PRintinG, SHARinG, And eXPORtinG 170 Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172 About printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173 Printing a contact sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173 Printing a Picture Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175 Printing individual photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178 Ordering professionally printed photos online . . . . . . . . . . . . .180 Creating an Adobe ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182 Signing up from the Welcome screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182 Signing up from the Organizer or Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183 Signing in to your Photoshop.com account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183 About sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183 Using Photo Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183 Creating a Web Photo Gallery on Mac OS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186 Creating an Online Album on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188 Adding photos to your Online Album . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189 Changing the order of photos in an Online Album . . . . . . . . .189 Sharing an existing album online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191 Backing up and synchronizing albums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192 ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 8 CLASSROOM IN A BOOK ix