Adobe Photoshop Elements Overview
Photoshop Elements is a powerful, yet easy-to-use program for managing your digital photo collection and editing your images. For digi-phobes and techno-geeks alike, this software will simplify the way you work with digital versions of your photographs. In addition, you can create graphics from scratch using the same tools used by Photoshop professionals -- and for a fraction of the cost. This is a two-day class.
Photoshop Elements
TOPIC 1 – Getting Started with Photoshop Elements
- Workspaces
- Workflow
- Getting Photos
- Viewing Photos
- Using Help
TOPIC 2 – Organizing and Sharing Photos
- Creating Catalogs
- Using Watched Folders
- Organizing Photos
- Working with Stacks
- Working with Version Sets
- Applying Tags to Photos
- Sharing Photos
TOPIC 3 – Sharing Creations
- Slide Shows
- Adding Graphics
- Adding Audio
- Output Options
TOPIC 4 – Adjusting Color in Images
- Fixing Photographs Automatically
- Using Quick Fix
- Adjusting Skin Tones
- Working with Red Eye
- Making Selections
- Setting up Layers
- Printing and Color Management
TOPIC 5 – Fixing Exposure Problems
- Brightening an Underexposed Image
- Using Blending Modes to Fix a Faded Image
- Adjusting Shadows and Highlights
- Adjusting Levels
- Using Adjustment Layers
- Correcting Overexposure
TOPIC 6 – Repairing and Retouching Images
- Straightening an Image
- Removing a Background
- Creating Panoramas
- Removing Wrinkles and Spots
- Restoring Damaged Photographs
TOPIC 7 – Working with Text
- Placing a Label on an Image
- Adding Borders
- Cartoon Balloons
- Saving Images for the Web
- Text Effects
TOPIC 8 – Combining Multiple Images
- Copying from One Image to Another
- Cropping
- Resizing the Canvas
- Erasing Parts of an Image
- Clipping Paths
- Defringing
TOPIC 9 – Advanced Editing Techniques
- Working with Raw Images
- Adjusting White Balance
- Adjusting Exposure
- Using Histograms
- Using the Unsharp Mask
