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A special thanks to the instructional team at AGI for their input and assistance in the review process and for making this book such a team effort. http://elib.ntt.edu.vn/ Credits Writing Chad Chelius Vice President and Executive Group Publisher Richard Swadley Series Editor Christopher Smith Vice President and Executive Publisher Barry Pruett Executive Editor Jody Lefevere Senior Project Coordinator Lynsey Stanford Technical Editors Greg Heald, Eric Rowse, Jerron Smith Graphics and Production Specialist Lauren Mickol Editor Marylouise Wiack Media Development Project Supervisors Christopher Leavey Editorial Director Robyn Siesky Proofreading Jay Donahue Editorial Manager Cricket Krengel B Indexing Broccoli Information Management Business Manager Amy Knies LI Stock Photography iStockPhoto.com N TT U Senior Marketing Manager Sandy Smith http://elib.ntt.edu.vn/ Contents Starting Up LI B About the Photoshop Elements 8 Digital Classroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .XXI Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .XXI System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XXII Starting Adobe Photoshop Elements 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XXII Loading lesson files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XXIII Managing catalogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XXIII Creating a new catalog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XXIV Switching Catalogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XXIV Reconnecting to missing files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XXV Reconnect missing files window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XXV Working with the video tutorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XXVI Setting up for viewing the video tutorials . . . . . . . . . . . . XXVI Viewing the video tutorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .XXVII Additional resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XXVIII U Lesson 1: Importing your Photos into Adobe Photoshop Elements N TT Starting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 How Photoshop Elements works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 The welcome screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Getting photos into the Organizer using the Photo Downloader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Getting photos from a camera or card reader . . . . . . . . . . . .4 The Photo Downloader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Get photos from a scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Get photos and videos by searching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Setting a Watch Folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Adding files and folders to the Organizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Getting a still image from a video frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Workspaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Organizer basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 How to get help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Photoshop help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Support Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Table of Contents http://elib.ntt.edu.vn/ V Contents The Inspiration Browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Self study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Lesson 2: Organizing Your Photos N TT U LI B Starting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Understanding the Organizer workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photo Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Options Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Albums. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Keyword Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Analyzing photos in the Organizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rotating photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hiding photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reviewing photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Compare photos side by side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Organizing using albums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a new album . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating album categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating a Smart Album . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tagging your photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding keywords and categories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . People Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finding your photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Find photos by star rating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Find photos by keyword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Find photos using the keyword Tag Cloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . Self study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VI Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 Digital Classroom http://elib.ntt.edu.vn/ 23 24 25 25 26 26 27 27 28 28 29 35 35 37 37 37 40 41 43 43 44 47 51 51 51 52 53 53 Contents Lesson 3: Fixing Common Photographic Problems N TT U LI B Starting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Welcome screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Understanding the Editor workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Project Bin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Panel Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing modes: Full, Quick, and Guided . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Quick Fix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Auto Smart Fix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auto Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auto Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Correcting color automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Comparing images in Full Edit View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Guided Edit mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fixing an underexposed or dark image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fixing an overexposed or light image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Full Edit mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing a color cast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Correcting skin tone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photomerge Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Toolbox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red Eye Removal tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whitening teeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enhancing blue skies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sharpening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cropping images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rotating images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Resizing images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recompose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Self study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 56 57 58 58 58 58 60 61 62 63 65 65 67 68 69 71 72 73 75 77 78 78 80 82 86 89 90 91 93 95 95 Table of Contents http://elib.ntt.edu.vn/ VII Contents Lesson 4: Adjusting Exposure N TT U LI B Starting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Welcome screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Understanding exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Exposure adjustments with blending modes . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Improving underexposed images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Improving faded or overexposed images . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Making adjustments manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Adjusting brightness and contrast manually . . . . . . . . . . 105 Adjusting shadows and highlights manually . . . . . . . . . . 106 Making tonal adjustments using Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Histogram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Making tonal adjustments using Curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Comparing images in Full Edit view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Using adjustment layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Correcting selected parts of an image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Hue/Saturation adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Working with selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Using the Quick Selection tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Saving selections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Moving selections to a new layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Self study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Lesson 5: Adjusting Color Starting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Welcome screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Understanding color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 HSB color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 About image modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Bitmap mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Grayscale mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Indexed Color mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Switching image modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Comparing methods of adjusting color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Understanding Edit Guided . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 VIII Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 Digital Classroom http://elib.ntt.edu.vn/ Contents N TT U LI B Understanding Edit Quick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Understanding Edit Full . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Adjusting tonal range in Full Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Making a duplicate of a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Restoring shadow and highlight detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Correcting color in Full Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Correcting color casts using Color Variations . . . . . . . . . . 133 Removing a color cast using Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Adjusting color curves in an image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Adjusting color saturation and hue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Adjusting saturation in specific areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Making selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 The importance of selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 About the selection tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Using the Selection Brush tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Add to or subtract from a selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Smoothing selection edges with anti-aliasing and feathering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Blur the edges of a selection by feathering. . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Saving selections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Modifying a new selection with a saved selection . . . . . 145 Inverting a selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Converting to Black and White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Adding color to areas of an image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Saving and exporting images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 About saving images and file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Self study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Lesson 6: Sharing Your Photos Starting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Welcome screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Sharing photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Creating an online album . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Sharing options for online albums. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Stop sharing an online album . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Table of Contents http://elib.ntt.edu.vn/ IX Contents N TT U LI B Sharing photos by e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Attaching a photo to an e-mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Sending a photo using Photo Mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Setting up Adobe E-mail Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Using the Quick Share panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Sharing photos using online services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Ordering prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Ordering a printed photo book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Printing photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Printing photos in the Organizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Adding photos using the Print Photos dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Printing a contact sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Printing a picture package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Setting page and printer options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Specifying measurement units for printing. . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Backing up and synchronizing files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Backing up and synchronizing files to Photoshop.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 About synchronized albums on Photoshop.com . . . . . . 184 Starting backup or synchronization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Stopping and restarting backup or synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Exporting photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Self study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Lesson 7: Working with Type Starting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Welcome screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Placing text on a layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Formatting a text layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Editing a text layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Making cartoon bubbles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Adding text over the cartoon bubble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Adding effects to type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 X Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 Digital Classroom http://elib.ntt.edu.vn/ Contents Adding text to multiple images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Warping type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Adding a layer style to type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Creating an animation with text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Adding a stroke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Getting the layers ready for animating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Time to animate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Self study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Lesson 8: Photo Retouching: Secrets of the Pros N TT U LI B Starting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Working with what you have. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Using the histogram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Working over the image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Improving your image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Brushing on corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Self study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Lesson 9: The Art of Illusion: Photo Composites Starting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Welcome screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 What is a photo composite?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Understanding layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Working with layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Creating a new blank file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Creating a type layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Combining images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 About the Layers panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Editing layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Converting the Background layer into a regular layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Selecting a layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Showing or hiding a layer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Changing the stacking order of layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Table of Contents http://elib.ntt.edu.vn/ XI Contents N TT U LI B Locking or unlocking a layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Deleting a layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Using opacity and blending modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 About opacity and blending options in layers . . . . . . . . . 239 Specifying the opacity of a layer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Specifying a blending mode for a layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Using the Magic Extractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Flattening an image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Completing the composite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Working with clipping groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 About layer clipping groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Creating a clipping group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Using Layer styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Working with layer styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Hiding or showing all layer styles in an image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Change the scale of a layer style. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Copying style settings between layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Removing a layer style. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Self study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Lesson 10: Making Photoshop Elements Creations Starting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Creating a panorama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Creating a slide show. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Adding text to your slide show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Adding graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Applying transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 Panning and zooming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Reordering slides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Setting the slide order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Drag and drop on the storyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Quick Reorder menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Working with audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Adding audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 XII Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 Digital Classroom http://elib.ntt.edu.vn/ Contents Adding narration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 Choosing an output option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Save as a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Burn to disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 Send to TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 Creating a photo calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 Self study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Lesson 11: Photoshop Elements for Digital Photographers N TT U LI B Starting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 Working with Camera Raw files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 Understanding the Camera Raw dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . 281 Using the Camera Raw dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 Saving a DNG file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 Vignetting a photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 The basics of filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 Sharpening an image with Unsharp Mask. . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 Using Undo History for comparisons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 Using the Blur filter to create depth of field . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Self study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Lesson 12: Photoshop Elements for Artists Starting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 Creating a new document from scratch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 Using brushes to add style to your work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Creating texture with brushes and gradients . . . . . . . . . . 307 The Impressionist brush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312 Using shapes creatively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 Working with patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 Creating patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 Applying patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 Scrapbooking made easier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Creating a texture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Creating a text effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Table of Contents http://elib.ntt.edu.vn/ XIII Contents Adding text to the background. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 Add images and create a border. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 Self study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338 Lesson 13: Creating Web and Video Graphics Lesson 14: Using Adobe Bridge U LI B Starting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 The differences between print and the screen. . . . . . . . . 340 Resolution and color for the Web and video . . . . . . . . . . . 340 Preparing images for the Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Web image formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 Saving files for the Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 Preparing images for video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 Safe margins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 Saving files for video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 Self study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 N TT Starting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355 What is Adobe Bridge? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Navigating through Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Using folders in Adobe Bridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Making a Favorite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 Creating and locating metadata. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 Using keywords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 Opening a file from Adobe Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 Searching for files using Adobe Bridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 Searching by name or keyword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366 Using the Filter panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 Collections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 Stacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368 Automation tools in Adobe Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 Automated tools for Photoshop Elements: Web Photo Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 Saving or uploading your Web Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 XIV Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 Digital Classroom http://elib.ntt.edu.vn/ Contents Automated tools for Photoshop Elements: PDF contact sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373 Changing the view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374 Integration with Photoshop Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376 Self study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376 Appendices N TT U LI B Appendix A - tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 Appendix B - Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 Appendix C - Understanding Digital Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389 Understanding Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389 Understanding Color Modes & Bit Depth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389 Understanding File Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Table of Contents http://elib.ntt.edu.vn/ XV B LI U N TT http://elib.ntt.edu.vn/ Starting up About the Photoshop Elements 8 Digital Classroom Adobe® Photoshop® Elements lets you edit and organize your digital images. While it is a powerful product that includes some of the same capabilities found in the professional Photoshop products, the Elements version makes image editing simple and accessible. Photoshop Elements is more than editing, and organizing—it empowers story telling with images and video, the ability to personalize and create galleries, calendars, and other projects with your images, both in print and on the Web. LI B Adobe Photoshop Elements is available for the Mac and Windows operating systems. The Windows version includes the Organizer workspace where you can sort and organize your images. The Mac OS version does not include the organizer, instead Adobe included the Adobe Bridge software that ships with their Adobe Creative Suite software to assist you with organizing your images. For many years Adobe neglected the Mac OS with Photoshop Elements being several versions more advanced on the Windows platform. The features for editing are now the same, but they are not for organization. Because of this, the Mac OS organization features are different from what is described in parts of this book. Because of these differences, we have included a section just for Mac OS users at the end of this book on how to use the Adobe Bridge. Because of the differences between the Windows and Mac OS versions of Photoshop Elements, parts of Lesson 1 and Lesson 2 will not apply to Mac OS users. N TT U Adobe Photoshop Elements Digital Classroom is like having your own personal instructor guiding you through each lesson while you work at your own speed. This book includes 14 self-paced lessons that let you discover essential skills and explore the new features and capabilities of Photoshop Elements. Each lesson includes step-by-step instructions, lesson files, and video tutorials, all of which are available on the included DVD. This book has been developed by the same team of Adobe Certified Instructors and Photoshop experts who have created many of the official training titles for Adobe Systems and other books in the Digital Classroom book series. Prerequisites Before you start the lessons in Adobe Photoshop Elements Digital Classroom, you should have a working knowledge of your computer and its operating system.You should know how to use the directory system of your computer so that you can navigate through folders.You need to understand how to locate, save, and open files.You should also know how to use your mouse to access menus and commands. Before starting the lessons files in Adobe Photoshop Elements Digital Classroom, make sure that you have installed Adobe Photoshop Elements. The software is sold separately, and not included with this book.You may use the 30-day trial version of Adobe Photoshop Elements available at the adobe.com web site, subject to the terms of its license agreement. Starting Up http://elib.ntt.edu.vn/ XVII Starting Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 System requirements Before starting the lessons in Adobe Photoshop Elements Digital Classroom, make sure that your computer is equipped for running Adobe Photoshop Elements 8, which you must purchase separately. The minimum system requirements for your computer to effectively use the software are listed below. B Windows OS • Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 or 3, Windows Vista®, or Windows 7 • 1.6GHz or faster processor • 1GB of RAM • 2GB of available hard-disk space • Color monitor with 16-bit color video card • 1024x576 monitor resolution at 96dpi or less • Microsoft DirectX 9 compatible display driver • DVD-ROM drive • Web features require Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 or Mozilla Firefox 1.5 through 3.x N TT U LI Mac OS • Mac OS X v10.4.11 through 10.5.8 or Mac OS X v10.6 • Multi-core Intel® processor • Certified for 32-bit version of Windows • 512MB of RAM (1GB recommended) • 2GB of available hard-disk space (additional free space required during installation) • 64MB of video RAM • 1,024x768 display resolution • Microsoft DirectX 9 compatible display driver • DVD-ROM drive • QuickTime 7 software required for multimedia features • Internet connection required for Internet-based services Starting Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 As with most software, Adobe Photoshop Elements is launched by locating the application in your Programs folder. If necessary, follow these steps to start the Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 application: Windows 1 Choose Start > Programs > Adobe Photoshop Elements 8. 2 XVIII Use the Welcome Screen to determine if you will organize or edit your images. Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 Digital Classroom http://elib.ntt.edu.vn/