Adobe PHOTOSHOP ALBUM 2.0 User Manual

3 T

•

2 L

3 T

dob e P hot oshop A lbum H elp

sing H elp | C on t en ts | Inde x

ack

sing H elp

U sing Help

bout Help

dobe Systems Incorporated provides complete documentation in an Adobe PDF-based help system. This help system includes information on all tools, commands, and features of an application. It is designed for easy on-screen navigation and can also be printed and used as a desktop reference. Additionally, it supports third-party screen-reader applica tions that run in a Windows environment.

avigating in Help

elp opens in an Adobe Acrobat window with the Bookmarks pane open. (If the Bookmarks pane is not open, click the Bookmarks tab at the left edge of the window.) At the top and bottom of each page is a navigation bar containing links to this page (Using Help), the table of contents (Contents), and the index (Index).

To move through pages sequentially, you can click the Next Page and the Previous Page arrows; click the navigation arrows at the bottom of the page; or click Back to return to the last page you viewed.

You can navigate Help topics by using bookmarks, the table of contents, the index, or the Search (Acrobat 6) or Find (Acrobat 5) command.

o ﬁnd a topic using bookmarks:

n the B ookmarks pane, click the plus sign (+) (Windows) or the right-facing arrow

(Mac OS) next to a bookmark topic to view its subtopics.

lick the b ookmark to go to that topic.

o ﬁnd a topic using the table of contents:

lick C ontents in the navigation bar.

On the C ontents page, click a topic to go to that topic.

o view a list of subtopics, click the plus sign (+) (Windows) or the right-facing arrow

(Mac OS) next to the topic name in the Bookmarks pane.

o ﬁnd a topic using the index:

o one of the f ollowing:

lick Index in the navigation bar, and then click a letter at the top of the page.

n the B ookmarks pane, expand the Index bookmark to view the letter subtopics;

then click a letter.

ocate the entry you want to view, and click the page number to go to that topic.

o view other entries for the same topic, click Back to return to the same place in the

index, and then click another page number.

sing H elp | C on t en ts | Inde x

ack

2 T

3 T

dob e P hot oshop A lbum H elp

sing H elp | C on t en ts | Inde x

o ﬁnd a topic using the Search command (Acrobat 6):

1 C hoose Edit > Search.

ype a word or phrase in the text box and click Search. Acrobat searches the document and displays every occurrence of the word or phrase in the Results area of the Search PDF pane.

o ﬁnd a topic using the Find command (Acrobat 5):

1 C hoose Edit > Find.

ype a word or phrase in the text box and click Find. Acrobat searches the document, starting from the current page, and displays the ﬁrst occurrence.

o ﬁnd the next occurrence, choose Edit > Find Again.

ack

sing H elp

rinting Help

lthough Help is optimized for on-screen viewing, you can print selected pages or the

entire ﬁle.

o print Help:

hoose File > Print, or click the Print icon in the Acrobat toolbar.

sing H elp | C on t en ts | Inde x

ack

C on t en ts

dob e P hot oshop A lbum H elp

sing H elp | C on t en ts | Inde x

ontents

ddendum: Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition 4

Installing and Learning to Use Adobe Photoshop Album 12

Photoshop Album Basics 15

Getting Photos into Photoshop Album 25

Organizing Photos 42

Viewing and Finding Photos 79

Fixing Photos 98

Making Creations from Your Photos 119

Sharing, Printing, and Exporting Photos 144

ack

Shortcuts 163

Legal Notices 166

sing H elp | C on t en ts | Inde x

ack

dob e P hot oshop A lbum H elp A ddendum: G etting S tar t ed with A dob e P hot oshop A lbum 2.0

sing H elp | C on t en ts | Inde x

ack

Addendum: Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition

About Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition

Welcome to the Adobe® Photoshop® Album Starter Edition application, the fast and easy way to organize your lifetime of photos so that you can instantly ﬁnd the ones you want and share your experiences with anyone, anywhere. Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition offers many of the important features found in Photoshop Album 2.0. This addendum supplements the Photoshop Album 2.0 Help and will get you started using Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition immediately. For detailed information on using the Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition and on the additional features in Photoshop Album 2.0, see the main Photoshop Album 2.0 Help.

Installing Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition

To install Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition, launch the installer and follow the onscreen instructions.

If Photoshop Album 1.0 or Photoshop Album 1.0 Starter Edition is already installed on your computer, Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition installs and automatically creates a copy of your existing catalog. The original catalog ﬁle remains unaltered so you can continue using it with Photoshop Album 1.0 or Photoshop Album 1.0 Starter Edition.

Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition cannot be installed on a computer that already has Photoshop Album 2.0 installed.

Note: Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition does not support certain Photoshop Album 1.0 and Photoshop Album 1.0 Starter Edition features such as creations; ﬁle formats other than BMP, JPEG, or TIFF; burning to CD or DVD; and the calendar view. Unsupported features will not show in the Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition catalog. However, if you upgrade to Photoshop Album 2.0, all features unsupported in Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition will be carried forward into the Photoshop Album 2.0 catalog.

Starting Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition

The ﬁrst time you start the Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition application, you’ll be presented with the Adobe End User License Agreement window. Click Agree to continue using the application.

After closing the License Agreement, you’re prompted to register online. Use the Registration Wizard to register and use your copy of Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition.

sing H elp | C ontents | Index Back 4

Adobe Photoshop Album Help Addendum: Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 5

Using the Quick Guide

By default, the Quick Guide window opens when you ﬁrst start Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition. The Quick Guide is a convenient starting point for key tasks in Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition. Select a task by clicking an icon or tab in the Quick Guide Overview window. You can open or close the Quick Guide at any time while you’re using Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition.

To open or close the Quick Guide:

Choose Help > Quick Guide.

Getting photos into Photoshop Album Starter Edition

The ﬁrst thing you’ll probably need to do is get photos into Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition. You might already have photos on your computer, or you might need to get photos from your digital camera.

To get photos from your computer’s hard drive:

In the Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition Quick Guide, click the Get Photos in the Overview tab or the Get Photos tab, and then click Search Drive . Follow the on-screen instructions to search for and import photos into Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition.

To get photos from a digital camera or card reader:

1 Make sure that your camera or card reader is connected properly and turned on.

2 In the Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition Quick Guide window, click the Get Photos

in the Overview tab or the Get Photos tab, and then click Camera . Follow the onscreen instructions to ﬁnish importing the photos into Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition.

To get photos from speciﬁc ﬁles and folders:

In the Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition Quick Guide window, click the Get Photos in the Overview tab or the Get Photos tab, and then click File Folders . In the Get Photos from Files and Folders dialog box, select the ﬁles and folders you want, and then click the Get Photos button.

For more details on getting photos into Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition, including instructions for getting photos from a scanner or CD, see the Photoshop Album 2.0 Help.

Viewing photos in Photoshop Album Starter Edition

Once your photos are in Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition, they appear in the photo well as thumbnail images. You can adjust the appearance of the thumbnails by clicking the four buttons

Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition also gives you different ways to sort your catalog in the photo well. In the options bar, you can choose from the following sort options in the Sort pop-up menu:

below the photo well.

• Date (Newest First) to show the most recently taken or imported photos ﬁrst. (Within a

given day, the photos are still shown in the order they were taken, oldest-ﬁrst). Newest-

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 5

Adobe Photoshop Album Help Addendum: Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 6

ﬁrst order is convenient when you need to attach tags to the photos you imported most recently.

• Date (Oldest First) to show all the photos in chronological order.

• Import Batch to display photos in the batches in which they were imported. Each batch

is separated by a bar that displays information about the way you got the photos.

• Folder Location to display photos by the folders in which they are stored.

The Photoshop Album work area A. Menu bar B. Shortcuts bar C. Timeline D. Timeline endpoint markers E. Find bar F. Photo well

Above the photo well is the timeline. It helps you view and ﬁnd photos by date. The height of each bar in the timeline shows the number of photos in each month, import batch, or folder. You can select a range of photos to view by clicking a bar or dragging the endpoints of the timeline.

In the options bar just under the photo well are controls for viewing photos and their properties. Among the controls is a View Slideshow

button that instantly displays a

slideshow of the photos you’ve selected in the photo well.

For more details on the Photoshop Album work area, see the Photoshop Album 2.0 Help.

G. Tag pane H. Options bar

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 6

Adobe Photoshop Album Help Addendum: Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 7

Organizing your photos

Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition automatically organizes your photos in the photo well based on when they were taken. However, you can enhance the organization, sorting, previewing, and ﬁnding of photos by using tags. You can use keyword tags to ﬁnd photos based on the people in them, where the photo was taken, the event, and other character istics of the photo that are important to you. When you tag your photos, you don’t have to remember each photo’s ﬁlename, date, or folder. Using tags also liberates you from ﬁling your photos in folders by subject, and from renaming your photos and videos.

To use tags, you ﬁrst need to open the Tag pane. Attach one or more tags from the Tag pane to a photo in the photo well by dragging and dropping them onto the photo. Tags don’t change the photos they are attached to; they simply give you additional and more ﬂexible ways of ﬁnding and organizing your photos.

To open the Tag pane:

Click the Tags button in the shortcuts bar.

To create your own tag:

1 Click the New button in the Tag pane and choose New Tag.

2 In the Create Tag dialog box, use the Category menu to choose which category or

subcategory you want to list the tag under.

3 In the Name text box, type the name you want to give the tag.

4 In the Note text box, type any information you want to add about the tag. (For example,

you could write that Mildred is your mom’s elementary school friend who lives in New Yor k.)

5 Click OK.

The tag appears in the Tag pane under the category or subcategory you selected.

Notice that the tag has a question mark icon . The ﬁrst time you attach the tag to a photo, it will use that photo as its icon. You can change the icon to a different photo. For more information on changing the icon and for using tags, see the Photoshop Album 2.0 Help.

To attach a tag to a photo:

Drag the tag from the Tag pane onto the photo in the photo well.

Finding your photos

It’s easy to ﬁnd photos in Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition. You can use tags to ﬁnd photos by subject. In the Tag pane, double-click a speciﬁc tag; the search will ﬁnd all photos that have that particular tag attached. Simply select the check boxes next to the tags and you will be able to cross-reference or search using multiple tags. The Best match results will ﬁnd photos that have all the selected tags in them. The Close match results will ﬁnd photos that have one or more of the selected tags in them.

The timeline lets you narrow the range of photos and jump to a particular month just by clicking a bar.

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 7

Adobe Photoshop Album Help Addendum: Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 8

For more information and procedures on ﬁnding photos using timeline or tags, see the Photoshop Album 2.0 Help.

Fixing photos

The photos you bring into Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition may not be perfect. Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition provides tools to ﬁx the most common photo problems. For instance, you can apply a quick ﬁx to adjust the overall color, brightness, contrast, or sharpness of the photo. You can also rotate or crop a photo or remove red-eye from it.

The Fix Photo dialog box A. Tabs for choosing different views of the photo B. Preview images C. Editing options D. Rotate options

To ﬁx photos in Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition:

1 Select a photo in the photo well and click the Fix button in the shortcuts bar.

Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition makes a copy of the original photo ﬁle for editing.

2 In the Fix Photo dialog box, choose one of the following:

Single Click Fix Applies an automatic correction for color, contrast, or sharpening.

Crop Lets you crop a photo to improve the composition or add emphasis to an image.

Red Eye Removal Corrects for the red-eye effect caused by a camera ﬂash.

For details on ﬁxing photos and the advanced options for ﬁxing photos in Photoshop Album 2.0, see the Photoshop Album 2.0 Help.

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 8

Adobe Photoshop Album Help Addendum: Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 9

Creating a PDF slideshow

PDF slideshows automatically present your photos in the sequence you specify. Slideshows are a good way to share your photos via e-mail and view them on a computer screen.

PDF is a universal ﬁle format that can be read by anyone who has the free Adobe

Reader software. PDF provides a better photo-viewing experience for your recipients by packaging up all the individual photos into a slideshow, complete with transitions. Your recipients can download the free Adobe Reader from the Adobe Web site (http:// www.adobe.com).

To create a PDF slideshow:

1 In the photo well, select the photos you want to use in the slideshow. If you don’t make

a selection, all the photos in the photo well will be used in the slideshow.

2 Click the Create button in the shortcuts bar.

3 In the Create Slideshow dialog box, click the Add Photos button to add any more

photos to the slideshow you are about to create.

4 In the Add Photos to Creation dialog box, display a set of photos by clicking one of the options at the left.

5 Select the photos you want to include in your creation by clicking the check box next to each one.

6 Click Add to Creation. The photos you selected are added to your PDF slideshow, and the check boxes are cleared to let you make a new selection. When you’re done adding photos, click OK.

7 In the Create Slideshow dialog box, rearrange, duplicate, or remove photos as desired. Click the Full Screen Preview button

8 Click OK and follow the on-screen instruction to save your PDF slideshow.

to preview your slideshow.

Sharing and printing your photos

Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition lets you share your photos by e-mailing, printing them locally, ordering prints online, and sharing online. You can e-mail individual photos or a PDF slideshow. When you print, you can make individual prints, contact sheets or a Picture Package. You can also order prints via the Web using the Online Services feature.

To e-mail photos:

1 Select one or more photos in the photo well.

2 Click the Share button in the shortcuts bar, and then choose E-mail from the pop-up

menu. Follow the on-screen instructions to choose recipients and specify a format for the attachment.

Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition automatically resizes and compresses your photos for a smoother e-mail delivery. You can also package up multiple photos into a slideshow by clicking the PDF Slideshow button in the E-mail window. Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition generates the attachment and then launches your default e-mail program. To get more information on setting your e-mail preferences, see the Photoshop Album 2.0 Help.

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 9

Adobe Photoshop Album Help Addendum: Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 10

To print photos to your printer

1 Make sure that your printer is on and connected to your computer.

2 In the photo well, select one or more photos that you want to print.

3 Click the Print button in the shortcuts bar and choose Print from the pop-up menu.

4 Select options in the Print Photos dialog box and click Print. For more details on

printing photos, see the Photoshop Album 2.0 Help.

ABC

Three different printing options

A. Individual prints B. Contact sheet C. Picture package

To print photos from an online service:

First select the photo or photos you want to order. Click the Print button and choose Order Prints from the pop-up menu. Follow the on-screen instructions to ﬁnish ordering your prints. The service list may be updated each time you select the Online Services command, so check it occasionally for new services.

To share photos online:

1 Select the photo or photos you want to share.

2 Do one of the following:

• Click the Share button in the shortcuts bar, and then choose Share Online from the

pop-up menu.

• Choose Online Services > Share Services, and then choose a service from the list.

3 The ﬁrst time you use a provider, an End User License Agreement appears. Click the Agree button to continue.

4 A screen appears to let you know that you’ve left the Adobe Photoshop Album program. From this point, if you need help, refer to the service provider’s customer service or help system.

To download shared photos:

1 Choose Online Services > Download, and then choose a service from the list.

2 The ﬁrst time you use a provider, an End User License Agreement appears. Click the

Agree button to continue.

3 A screen appears to let you know that you’ve left the Adobe Photoshop Album program. From this point, if you need help, refer to the service provider’s customer service or help system.

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 10

Adobe Photoshop Album Help Addendum: Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 11

For more details on sharing your photos through prints, e-mail, or online services, see the Photoshop Album 2.0 Help.

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 11

Adobe Photoshop Album Help Installing and Learning to Use Adobe Photoshop Album

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 12

Installing and Learning to Use Adobe Photoshop Album

Introduction

Welcome to the Adobe® Photoshop® Album application, the fast and easy way to organize your lifetime of photos so that you can instantly ﬁnd the ones you want and share your experiences with anyone, anywhere. Photoshop Album has features designed speciﬁcally for active picture takers, photo-hobbyists, and business users who want to organize their digital photos, create albums, print photos, e-mail photos, share photos on the Web, or make a CD or disc for viewing on a computer or TV

screen.

Registration

Please register your copy of the application so Adobe can continue to provide you with the highest quality software, offer technical support, and inform you about new Photoshop Album software developments.

When you ﬁrst start the Adobe Photoshop Album application, you’re prompted to register online. You can choose to submit the form directly or fax a printed copy. You can also register by ﬁlling out and returning the registration card included with your software package.

Installing Adobe Photoshop Album

You must install the Photoshop Album application from the Adobe Photoshop Album CD onto your hard drive; you cannot run the application from the CD.

Follow the on-screen installation instructions. For more detailed information, see the How to Install Read Me ﬁle on the CD.

Tools for using Adobe Photoshop Album

Adobe provides a variety of options to help you learn and use Photoshop Album, including built-in Help, the Photoshop Album Quick Guide, context-sensitive menus, and

tool tips.

In addition to this Getting Started Guide, you’ll also ﬁnd Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) documents on the Photoshop Album CD. The Adobe Acrobat you view PDF documents and is included on the CD as part of the Photoshop Album installation.

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 12

Reader® lets

Adobe Photoshop Album Help Installing and Learning to Use Adobe Photoshop Album

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 13

Using Help

Adobe Photoshop Album includes complete documentation in an easily accessible, built-in Help system. The Help system contains essential information on using all Photoshop Album commands, features, and tools, as well as keyboard shortcuts and full-color illustrations.

When launched, the Help system is displayed in a Web browser for easy navigation. To properly view the Help topics, your computer must have either Netscape Communicator (4.75 or higher) or Microsoft

Internet Explorer (5.0 or higher) installed.

To start Photoshop Album Help:

Do one of the following:

• Press the F1 key.

• Choose Help > Adobe Photoshop Album Help from the menu bar.

• Click the Help button located in the lower right corner of the Quick Guide window.

Using the Photoshop Album Quick Guide

By default, the Photoshop Album Quick Guide window opens when the application is launched. The Quick Guide is a convenient starting point for major tasks in Photoshop Album. For more information on using the Photoshop Album Quick Guide, see

using Photoshop Album” on page 17.

“Start

Using context-sensitive menus

Photoshop Album streamlines your use of the application with context-sensitive menus. These menus display options for photos and tools, and change depending on the item that’s currently selected.

A context-sensitive menu

To display context menus:

1 Position the pointer over an image or item in a pane.

2 Right-click.

If no context-sensitive menu appears, no menu is available for that tool or pane.

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 13

Adobe Photoshop Album Help Installing and Learning to Use Adobe Photoshop Album

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 14

Using tool tips

The tool tips feature displays the name or function of tools, buttons, or controls.

A tool tip

To identify a tool, button, or control:

Position the pointer over a tool, button, or control, and pause. A tool tip appears showing the name or function and sometimes the keyboard shortcut for the item.

Note: Tool tips are not available in most dialog boxes. However, some dialog boxes contain hyperlinks that display explanations or tips.

Using Web resources

If you have an Internet connection, you can access additional resources for learning Photoshop Album on the Adobe Systems Web site. These resources are continually updated.

To access the Adobe home page for your region:

Do one of the following:

• Click the Go to Adobe.com button near the top-right corner of the application

window.

• Choose Help > Adobe Online from the menu bar.

Customer support

When you register your product, you may be entitled to technical support for a single incident. Terms vary depending on your country of residence and are available only for retail versions. For more information, refer to the registration card provided with your Photoshop Album documentation.

Additional customer support resources

Adobe Systems also provides several forms of automated technical support:

• See the ReadMe and ReadMe First! ﬁles installed with the program for information that

became available after this guide went to press.

• Choose Help > Support to explore the extensive customer support information on

Adobe’s Web site.

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 14

Adobe Photoshop Album Help Photoshop Album Basics

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 15

Photoshop Album Basics

Enjoying your photo collection with Photoshop Album

If you love to take pictures, you’ve probably accumulated piles of shoeboxes ﬁlled with prints and negatives. Or maybe you’ve gone digital and you’re trying to keep track of all those photo ﬁles on your computer. Now you can spend time enjoying your photos instead of just looking for them. Let Adobe Photoshop Album be the hub to manage your lifetime of photos. With Photoshop Album, you can bring photos into your computer, organize them, ﬁnd them, view them, ﬁx them, get creative with them, and share them.

With Photoshop Album, you see all your photos in one place, organized by the time you took the photos, even if they’re spread across many folders on your computer. Gone is the tedium of painstakingly organizing your folders by subject or renaming all your photo ﬁles—only to discover that you still have no way to see a list of all your photos by date and time or that you put a photo in one folder but went looking for it in another.

Get photos from various devices such as digital cameras, scanners, and folders on your computer and bring them into Photoshop Album. You can also bring video clips or audio clips into Photoshop Album. Once photos and media are in Photoshop Album, you can organize, view, and ﬁnd them. You can even ﬁx common photo problems. As the hub for all your photo activities, Photoshop Album lets you make such creations as albums, greeting cards, slideshows, and Web photo galleries based on your photos. You can also share your photos online or in print, all without leaving the program.

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 15

Adobe Photoshop Album Help Photoshop Album Basics

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 16

Photoshop Album recognizes digital photos, video, and audio in some of the most commonly used formats. For more information on ﬁle formats you can bring into Photoshop Album, see

“Working with different ﬁle formats in Photoshop Album” on

page 39.

GET PHOTOS

BURN AND

BACKUP

ADOBE

PHOTOSHOP ALBUM

CREATE

Adobe Photoshop Album is the hub of all your work with photos—the fast and easy way to organize and share your lifetime of photos.

ORGANIZE

FIND

FIX

How Photoshop Album works

Adobe Photoshop Album creates links to your photos so it knows where the photo is located, what ﬁle format it’s in, and so forth. Photoshop Album does this by keeping information about your photos, video clips, and audio clips in a database of information called the

catalog.

Photoshop Album automatically creates a catalog for you named My Catalog.psa when you ﬁrst launch the application and bring in photos. Your catalog keeps track of the photos, video clips, and audio clips on your computer and on other media such as discs. It’s a collection of information about each photo, but it doesn’t contain the actual photos themselves.

Photos, video clips, and audio clips brought into Photoshop Album are automatically organized by the date/time the photo was taken by the digital camera. For more infor

mation about how Photoshop Album automatically organizes your photos in the timeline, see

“The timeline” on page 20 and “Organizing photos in the photo well” on page 43.

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 16

Adobe Photoshop Album Help Photoshop Album Basics

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 17

Photoshop Album also has a powerful tags feature that functions much like attaching keywords to identify your photos. It’s very similar in concept to the use of name tags or luggage tags. Tags give you even more ﬂexibility in how you manage, identify, and organize photos by letting you ﬁnd photos based on the people in them, where the photo was taken, what the event was, and so forth. You can have multiple tags for any photo to mark the photo with all of the things that are important about it. By selecting any combi nation of tags, you can ﬁnd and organize just the photos you want. For more information on tags, see

page 71.

Of course, if you want the tags to reﬂect your existing folder organization, Photoshop Album gives you an easy way to create and apply tags based on those folder names. For more information, see

page 55.

“The Tags pane” on page 23 and “Organizing photos into catalogs” on

“Creating and attaching tags based on existing folder names” on

Start using Photoshop Album

When you ﬁrst start Photoshop Album, the Quick Guide window is open by default. The

Quick Guide is a convenient “jumping off” point to all the major tasks in Photoshop Album. Select a task by clicking an icon in the Quick Guide Overview window or clicking a tab. If you’re a new user of Photoshop Album, your ﬁrst task will be to get photos into Photoshop Album.

The Quick Guide can be closed or reopened at any time while you’re using Photoshop Album. For more information about a speciﬁc feature in the Quick Guide, see documen tation on that feature in Photoshop Album Help.

To start Photoshop Album:

1 Do one of the following:

• Double-click the Photoshop Album icon on your desktop.

• Use the Start menu to ﬁnd and open Photoshop Album.

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 17

Adobe Photoshop Album Help Photoshop Album Basics

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 18

By default, the Quick Guide window appears on top of the Photoshop Album work area.

The Quick Guide Overview window

2 In the Quick Guide Overview window, do one of the following to start using Photoshop Album immediately:

• Click a tab.

• Click one of the six icons in the Overview window.

Note: Click the Help button at the bottom-right corner of the Quick Guide window if you want to access the built-in Help. For more information on Help, see “Using Help” on

page 13.

To open the Quick Guide (if it’s been closed):

Choose Help > Quick Guide from the menu bar.

To automatically show the Quick Guide when you start Photoshop Album:

1 Choose Edit > Preferences, and then click General from the list on the left.

2 Select Show Quick Guide at Startup.

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 18

Adobe Photoshop Album Help Photoshop Album Basics

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 19

About the Photoshop Album work area

The Adobe Photoshop Album work area is designed to help you get, ﬁnd, view, organize, and ﬁx photos; make creations; and share those photos and creations. To do all this, the work area is organized into several related components that help you move from one task to another easily and effectively.

The Photoshop Album work area A. Menu bar B. Shortcuts bar C. Timeline D. Find bar E. Photo well F. Calendar view G. Collec- tions tab for displaying Collections pane H. Tags pane I. Options bar

The menu bar

The menu bar contains commands for performing tasks. The menus in the menu bar are organized according to the type of task you can perform. For example, the Find menu lists commands for ﬁnding photos according to date, name, and so forth.

The menu bar

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 19

Adobe Photoshop Album Help Photoshop Album Basics

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 20

The shortcuts bar

The shortcuts bar displays buttons for common commands, and is located just below the menu bar. You can quickly click these commands as you need them while you’re working in Photoshop Album. To see the name of a button, position the pointer over the button and its tool tip appears.

C D E F G H I J KBA

The shortcuts bar A. Navigation buttons B. Click to show all photos C. Get photos, video, and audio D. Fix photos E. Start a new creation F. Print photos G. E-mail and share photos H. Display items in the photo well I. Display the Tags pane and Collections pane J. Display items in the calendar view K. Go to Adobe.com

The timeline

The timeline lets you ﬁnd photos by the date they were taken. When you select a date or range of time in the timeline, photos that were created or saved with that date appear in the photo well. When you select a range of time in the timeline, the photo well scrolls to the photos that were taken within that range. You can also scroll to a particular month in any year by clicking that month in the timeline. The timeline also shows how items are distributed across time; the height of each bar is proportional to the number of images in each month.

For more information on the timeline, see “Using the timeline to ﬁnd photos” on page 82.

A C D E F GB

Using the timeline A. Click to scroll the range of the timeline B. Gray area indicates photos out of set range C. Drag end points to reﬁne searches pointer over a bar to identify its range (month, import batch date, or ﬁle location) F. The height of the bar indicates the number of photos

D. Click a bar or drag the marker to scroll to a different month E. Hold

G. Blank area indicates hidden photos

The ﬁnd bar

The ﬁnd bar performs quick searches when you drag tags onto it. When not in use, the ﬁnd bar is a horizontal bar right above the photo well. When you drag a tag onto it, the ﬁnd bar automatically expands so you can see the tags you’ve added to the search. Every ﬁle with the chosen tag attached to it will be found, so if you want to reﬁne your search, you can drag more tags onto the ﬁnd bar.

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 20

Adobe Photoshop Album Help Photoshop Album Basics

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 21

In addition, when you drag a creation or collection onto the ﬁnd bar, the photos in it are displayed in the photo well, replacing any previous view.

B DCA E

Find bar expanded with search criteria A. Search criteria B. Click a check box to show search results C. Clear the search and close the ﬁnd bar D. Close match E. Not matching

The photo well

The photo well is the area where your photos, video clips, audio ﬁles, and creations are displayed, either one at a time or in a grid of thumbnails. The options bar located below the photo well contains a row of buttons that provide quick access to the most common actions for changing the view options of the photo well, including a photo well arrangement menu that speciﬁes the sort order for displaying the photos. In the photo well, you can select the items you want to do things with, such as attach tags to photos and add photos to creations. For more information, see

well” on page 79.

To view the photo well, click the Photo Well button in the shortcuts bar.

“Viewing photos in the photo

A B DC

The photo well in medium thumbnail view with the Details option selected A. Selected image B. Indicates video clip C. Click to edit date and time D. Indicates ofﬂine photo E. Scroll to view photos F. Indicates audio caption attached G. Double-click to view as Single Photo H. In the medium thumbnail view, place the pointer over the icon to see tag names

The calendar view

The calendar view lets you display and ﬁnd items by day, month, or year. When the calendar view is displayed, it shows the ﬁrst photo for each day, and it identiﬁes the number of photos (or video clips) taken on that day. In the calendar view, you can do many of the same operations on photos that you can do from the photo well. You can even keep track of recurring events, such as holidays and birthdays, and add notes to any day in the calendar view. For more information, see

“Using the calendar view” on page 83.

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 21

Adobe Photoshop Album Help Photoshop Album Basics

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 22

To view the calendar view, simply click the Calendar View button in the shortcuts bar. To switch to the photo well, click the Photo Well button in the shortcuts bar.

A B C D E

M N O

Using the calendar view A. Click to select a month B. Click to select a year C. Click to view photos with unknown dates D. Click to select a date E. Click to display calendar view F. Click to view previous/next month G. Custom event H. Date currently selected I. Holiday J. Click to choose Year, Month, or Day view K. Click to view previous/next day L. Right-click photo to display commands M. Number of photos for selected date N. Controls for viewing slideshow O. Click to display item in photo well P. Add an event Q. Enter a daily note

The options bar

The buttons in the options bar help you organize and sort ﬁles in the photo well and calendar view. You can display information on what each button on the options bar does by holding the mouse pointer over that button.

For the photo well, the options bar lets you choose the order by which to display items, show detailed information about each item, rotate photos, display the Properties palette, view photos as a slideshow, and specify the size of thumbnails.

For the calendar view, the options bar lets you select whether to view items by year, month, or day.

For more information on using the options bar for viewing photos in the work area, see

“Viewing photos in the photo well” on page 79.

B D E F GA C

The photo well options bar A. Photo well arrangement menu B. Show Details option C. Rotate left button D. Rotate right button E. Show/Hide Properties button F. Display Full Screen Preview button G. View Slideshow

H. Thumbnail view controls

button

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 22

Adobe Photoshop Album Help Photoshop Album Basics

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 23

The Tags pane

Photoshop Album automatically organizes your photos in the photo well. However, you can enhance your photo organization by attaching keyword tags to them. Tags are a powerful tool for ﬁnding and identifying photos, video clips, audio clips, and creations so you don’t have to remember each item’s ﬁlename, date, or folder. Using tags also liberates you from having to ﬁle your items in folders by subject, and renaming them. For more information on using tags to organize photos, see

page 45.

To view the Tags pane, click the Organize button in the shortcuts bar, and then click the Tags tab below it.

ABC D

“Using tags to organize your photos” on

The Tags pane A. Tags tab B. Delete button C. Edit button D. Show tag tips E. New button F. Favorites tag G. Hidden tag H. Category I. Subcategory J. User-created tag K. Selected tag L. Find check box M. Click to display the tags in that category or subcategory

The collections pane

A collection is a container that you put photos into. Using the photo well, you can then organize and display the photos in that collection in a custom order. (This is unlike tags, in which selecting a tag displays the photos associated with that tag either by date, import batch, or folder location.) Collections don’t change the photos in them; they simply give you additional and more ﬂexible ways of ﬁnding and organizing your photos. You use the Collections pane to create, select, and modify collection containers. For more information on using collections to organize photos, see

on page 57.

To view the Collections pane, click the Organize button in the shortcuts bar, and then click the Collections tab below it.

“Using collections to organize your photos”

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 23

Adobe Photoshop Album Help Photoshop Album Basics

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 24

The Properties palette

The Properties palette contains detailed information about a selected photo or media ﬁle. In the Properties palette, you can view the name of the ﬁle, any captions or notes you’ve added to the ﬁle, metadata in the ﬁle, the dates you imported or modiﬁed the ﬁle, any creations using the ﬁle, any tags attached to the ﬁle, any collections the ﬁle is in, and the location (path) of the ﬁle on your computer. You can also record or listen to audio annota tions attached to photos. Additionally, the Properties pane lets you rename a ﬁle, add a caption or notes, and adjust the date and time of the photo ﬁle. For more information on how to view or add information in the Properties pane, see

photo” on page 66.

To view the Properties pane, click the Show or Hide Properties button in the options bar.

“Viewing information about a

The Properties palette A. Closes the Properties palette B. Buttons for choosing what information to view C. Caption of the photo, video clip, or audio clip D. Filename E. Type or view notes F. File size, dimensions (photos and video only), and playing time (audio only) G. Change the Date and Time H. Path to the ﬁle location on your computer I. Record, play, or attach the audio caption

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 24

Adobe Photoshop Album Help Getting Photos into Photoshop Album

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 25

Getting Photos into Photoshop Album

Getting photos from digital cameras or card readers

The way you get your photos from a digital camera depends on how your camera attaches to your computer. Some cameras come with TWAIN drivers (software made by the manufacturer that allows the camera to communicate with your computer) that must be installed ﬁrst. Photoshop Album uses these drivers to get photos from your camera to your computer.

Other cameras support WIA (Windows Image Acquisition) drivers which make the process of getting your photos as simple as connecting the camera to your computer and then clicking a button in Photoshop Album. WIA can be used only if you are running Windows XP or Windows Me.

Some cameras mount to your computer so that when the camera is connected it

looks like an additional hard-disk drive on your computer. To get your photos from a mounted camera, follow the directions in

page 32.

If you have a ﬂash card or memory card reader attached to your computer, or if you have a ﬂash or memory card in your digital camera, Photoshop Album makes it easy to get your photos. You may also get your photos from a card reader using the directions in

photos from your computer” on page 32.

Sometimes you may try to get photos that already exist in your catalog. If this happens, Photoshop Album displays a dialog box letting you know which photos you already have. These photos won’t be reimported.

Note: When you get photos from your camera using TWAIN drivers, you might lose some metadata, such as the date and time when the photo was taken. In addition, TWAIN drivers might convert ﬁles in JPEG format to TIFF format, using more disk space and slowing down the importing process. If your camera uses TWAIN drivers, consider using a card reader to get the photos instead of getting them directly from the camera.

“Getting photos from your computer” on

“Getting

Getting your photos from a digital camera or a card reader

Carefully read any documentation that came with your camera or card reader to make sure it’s connected correctly. If you’re using a camera with TWAIN drivers, make sure that you have installed the drivers that came with your digital camera before you launch Photoshop Album.

To get photos from a digital camera or card reader:

1 Make sure that your camera or card reader is connected properly and turned on.

2 Do one of the following:

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 25

Adobe Photoshop Album Help Getting Photos into Photoshop Album

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 26

• Click the Get Photos button in the shortcuts bar and then choose From Camera or

Card Reader.

• Choose File > Get Photos > From Camera or Card Reader.

If you have a WIA-enabled camera, Photoshop Album should automatically detect

your camera when you attach it, so you won’t need to click the Get Photos button.

3 If the Get Photos from Camera or Card Reader dialog box appears, choose the name of the connected device from the Camera pop-up menu at the top of the dialog box.

Get Photos from Camera or Card Reader dialog box

4 Next, select Create Subfolder Using Date/Time of Import if you want the photos you’re getting to be stored in their own folder, whose name includes the date and time they were imported. Click the OK button.

5 Select Delete Photos on Camera or Memory Card after Import if you want to erase the photos from your camera once they’re brought into Photoshop Album.

6 If you have a WIA-enabled camera, select the Import All Photos option if you want Photoshop Album to import all the images on your camera.

Note: If your camera uses TWAIN drivers, Photoshop Album may launch the driver that came with your digital camera. Acquire the photos from your camera as instructed by the driver software online help, or the printed documentation that came with your camera.

7 Click the OK button.

Important: If your camera does not appear as a choice in the menu, it could just mean that the camera is not connected or that the camera is not turned on.

You can rotate any photo you bring in from a digital camera. Select one or more

photos you want to rotate. Then click the Rotate Left button or the Rotate Right button in the options bar.

The photos you just imported are displayed in the photo well. For more information on navigating through the photo well, see

“The photo well” on page 21.

Note: If the photos you import contain keyword metadata, the Import Attached Tags dialog box appears. For information on importing the keywords as tags, see

“Importing

tags attached to photos” on page 38.

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 26

Adobe Photoshop Album Help Getting Photos into Photoshop Album

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 27

Setting camera or card reader preferences

Once you’ve set camera or card reader preferences, you may not have to change them unless you would like to get your photos from a different device.

If you have changed the settings and are having trouble getting your photos, try

clicking the Restore Default Settings button to return the preferences to the original conﬁguration. The default settings work well for most users.

To set camera preferences:

1 If the Camera Preferences dialog box isn’t displayed on your screen, choose

Edit

> Preferences to open the Preferences dialog box, and then choose Camera or Card

Reader from the list on the left side of the dialog box.

Setting camera preferences

2 Choose the name of your camera from the Camera pop-up menu. If you’ve used more than one camera, each known camera will appear in the pop-up menu.

Note: Each time you connect with a different camera, you’ll need to select that camera from the list.

3 If you want the photos you just downloaded to be cleared from your digital camera, select Delete Photos on Camera or Memory Card after Import (leave the option unchecked to keep the images on your camera).

4 If you have a WIA-enabled camera, select Import All Photos if you want Photoshop Album to automatically get all the images on your digital camera. If you want to choose just some of the images, deselect this option.

5 Make sure that Always Ask to Become Default Application is checked so that Photoshop Album launches when WIA-enabled cameras are attached to your computer. Even if you don’t have a WIA-enabled camera, it’s a good idea to keep this option selected.

6 Under Files, select Create Subfolder Using Date/Time of Import if you want Photoshop Album to put imported photos in a new subfolder named according to the date and time you imported them. This is helpful if you need to locate the images on your computer. Also listed is the path to the main folder where your photos are stored.

If you want to change the main folder location where imported ﬁles are stored, click

Files to display the Files page of the Preferences dialog box, and then choose a new location for saved ﬁles. That way, all imported ﬁles will be stored in a consistent location.

7 Click OK to close the Preferences dialog box.

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 27

Adobe Photoshop Album Help Getting Photos into Photoshop Album

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 28

Getting photos from scanners

Photoshop Album lets you use a scanner to bring in images of your photos, negatives, and slides. Photoshop Album uses the scanner driver (software made by the manufacturer that allows the scanner to communicate with your computer) installed on your system to get scanned photos. The advantage of using these drivers is that you can usually choose the area of a photo you want to scan, and sometimes you can correct initial color problems, too. Other scanners use WIA (Windows Image Acquisition) drivers, which you can use if you are running Windows XP or Windows Me.

In Windows XP, you can set preferences that cause Photoshop Album to start as soon

as your computer detects that your scanner is attached. This streamlines the importation process. See the documentation that came with your Windows XP operating system for more information.

Before you try to get your photos into Photoshop Album, make sure that you’ve installed all the software that came with your scanner. Carefully read any documentation that came with your scanner to make sure that it’s connected properly to your computer. If the Preferences dialog box displays on your screen after you click the Get Photos button, follow the directions in

“Setting scanner preferences” on page 29 to set your scanner up.

If you’re having trouble getting your scanner to work well with Photoshop Album,

you may want to use the software that came with your scanner instead. Simply scan the photos as directed, and then save them to your computer. To bring them into Photoshop Album, follow the directions in

page 32.

To get photos from scanners:

1 Make sure that your scanner is connected and turned on.

2 Do one of the following:

• Click the Get Photos button in the shortcuts bar, and then choose From Scanner from

the pop-up menu.

• Choose File > Get Photos > From Scanner.

3 If the Get Photos from Scanner dialog box appears, choose the name of the scanner from the Scanner pop-up menu.

“Getting photos from your computer” on

Get Photos from Scanner dialog box

Note: If you get a “None Detected” message in the Scanner menu, make sure that the scanner is on and properly connected to your computer.

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 28

Adobe Photoshop Album Help Getting Photos into Photoshop Album

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 29

4 Choose a ﬁle format for the scanned photos from the Save As pop-up menu

(see

“Working with different ﬁle formats in Photoshop Album” on page 39). JPEG is usually the best choice. Photoshop Album selects medium quality JPEG as the default format for your scan. If you choose the JPEG format, you’ll be able to drag the Quality slider. A higher quality setting results in a larger ﬁle but less data loss (see

resolution” on page 144).

5 Click the OK button.

6 If you’re using a scanner with a TWAIN driver, Photoshop Album launches the driver

that came with your scanner. Follow the instructions that came with the driver software to scan your photo. Typically, you can also select an area to scan, or correct any color issues that you may see.

Note: If you’re using Windows XP, then Photoshop Album launches the Windows XP scanning interface. Instructions can be found in Windows XP online help.

7 After the photo is scanned, Photoshop Album brings it in. You’ll see a preview of the scan in the Getting Photos dialog box.

After you get scanned images, you may want to change the date assigned to the photos (Photoshop Album assigns the import date to the photos, not the date they

were taken). For directions, see

“Changing the date of a photo” on page 43.

“Working with photo

Setting scanner preferences

Setting up your scanner is easy. The options provided by Photoshop Album help you work efﬁciently to get your scanned photos.

To set scanner preferences:

1 If the Scanner Preferences dialog box isn’t displayed on your screen, choose

Edit

> Preferences to open the Preferences dialog box, and then choose Scanner from the Preferences list on the left side of the dialog box.

2 Choose the name of your scanner from the Scanner pop-up menu.

Note: Each time you connect with a different scanner, you’ll need to select that device from the list. The connected scanner is indicated to help you identify it.

3 Choose a ﬁle format from the Save As pop-up menu. JPEG is the default format, and is the best choice for most users. For information on different ﬁle formats, see

different ﬁle formats in Photoshop Album” on page 39.

4 Under Files, select the folder where scanned photos are stored is listed. Click the Browse button to choose a new folder location. Also listed is the path to the main folder where your photos are stored.

If you want to change the main folder location where imported ﬁles are stored, click Files to display the Files page of the Preferences dialog box, and then choose a new

location for saved ﬁles. That way, all imported ﬁles will be stored in a consistent location.

5 Click OK to close the Preferences dialog box.

“Working with

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 29

Adobe Photoshop Album Help Getting Photos into Photoshop Album

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 30

Getting photos from CDs and DVDs

When you get photos from CDs and DVDs, you can choose whether or not to bring the photos onto the hard disk drive of your computer, or leave them on the CD or DVD, known as keeping them is shown in your catalog so you can continue to view the photo in Photoshop Album. When you perform an operation that requires the original photo, you will be asked to insert the disc on which the ofﬂine photo is stored. You can then decide to use the proxy ﬁle, bring in the master photo, or cancel the procedure.

When you choose to keep a master photo ofﬂine, Photoshop Album asks you to give the CD or DVD a you. It’s smart to write the reference name you’ve chosen on the CD or DVD or on the disc’s jewel case. When Photoshop Album requests the master disk, it will provide the reference name so you can insert the correct CD or DVD.

ofﬂine. A low-resolution copy, or proxy ﬁle, of a master photo kept ofﬂine

reference name. T he reference name you choose should be meaningful to

A B

Getting photos from a CD or DVD A. Choose to keep the master photo ofﬂine B. Name of the CD that your computer recognizes C. Add a reference name for the CD or DVD that is meaningful for you in the text box

To get photos from a CD-ROM or DVD:

1 Do one of the following:

• Click the Get Photos button in the shortcuts bar, and then choose From Files and

Folders from the pop-up menu.

• Choose File > Get Photos > From Files and Folders.

2 Navigate to your CD-ROM or DVD drive.

3 Select the photos you want to import from the CD-ROM or DVD.

4 Select Keep Original Ofﬂine to add just a copy of the photo to your Photoshop Album

catalog. If this option is selected, a low-resolution copy (or proxy ﬁle) will be downloaded on your computer, and Photoshop Album will reference it from that location. To download the master photo, leave this option deselected.

Using Help | Contents | Index Back 30

+ 148 hidden pages