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