Macromedia Photoshop Elements - 7.0 Instruction Manual

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Chapter 1: Getting started

What to do first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Using Help and getting support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Working in Photoshop Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Chapter 2: Photoshop Elements workspace

About workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Context menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Palettes and bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Undo, redo, and cancel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Scratch disks and plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Getting started with your Photoshop.com membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Using Photoshop Elements and Adobe Premiere Elements together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Chapter 3: Import photos and videos

About getting photos and videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Cameras and card readers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Scanners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Local files, CDs, DVDs, and video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Mobile phone cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Chapter 4: Viewing and fixing photos in the Organizer

Viewing photos in the Organizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Viewing video and full-screen images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Pinning photos to a map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Viewing photos in Date view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Fixing photos in the Organizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Chapter 5: Tagging and organizing photos

Tagging photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Editing keyword tags, categories, and subcategories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Creating albums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Creating and editing smart albums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Editing albums and album groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Chapter 6: Finding photos in the Organizer

Searching for photos in the Organizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Finding photos by keyword tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Finding photos by content, type, and metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Finding photos using a map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

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Chapter 7: Managing files and catalogs

Managing catalogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Moving, copying, and renaming files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Grouping photos in stacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Grouping photos in version sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Filenames and versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Adding captions and notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

File information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Back up and synchronize albums and files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Reconnecting files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Chapter 8: Working in the Editor

Opening files in the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Viewing images in the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Rulers and the grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Saving and exporting images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Guided Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Chapter 9: Using layers

Creating layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Editing layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Copying and arranging layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Opacity and blending modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Adjustment and fill layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Layer groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Layer styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Chapter 10: Camera raw files

Processing camera raw image files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Settings and controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Color and camera raw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Chapter 11: Selecting parts of an image

Making selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Modifying selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Smoothing selection edges with anti-aliasing and feathering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Moving and copying selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Saving selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Chapter 12: Color and tonal correction

Color and tonal correction basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Adjusting shadows and light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Correcting color casts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Adjusting color saturation and hue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Adjustment filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

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Chapter 13: Cropping, resizing, retouching, and transforming photos

Cropping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Image size and resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Retouching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Sharpening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Transforming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Chapter 14: Understanding color

Understanding color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Using image modes and color tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Setting up color management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Chapter 15: Filters, effects, styles, and artwork

Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Artistic filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Blur filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Brush Stroke filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Distort filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Noise filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Pixelate filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Render filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Sketch filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Stylize filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

Texture filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Video filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Other filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Chapter 16: Painting

Painting overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Choosing colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Painting tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Setting up brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

Fills and strokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Gradients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

Presets and libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

Chapter 17: Adding text and shapes

Add and edit text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

Work with Asian type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

Creating shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

Editing shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348

Chapter 18: Creating projects

Projects overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

Making photo projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

Editing photo projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357

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Making digital projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360

Creating slide shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

Stitching together panoramas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376

Chapter 19: Optimizing for the web

Optimizing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

Using transparency and mattes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389

Dithering in web images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391

Previewing web images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393

Chapter 20: Printing and sharing photos

Printing photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395

Print options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404

Sharing through Photoshop.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

Sharing photos using online services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407

Sharing maps of photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Sharing photos by e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

Viewing and sharing photos on Media Center computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420

Exporting photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

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Chapter 21: Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcuts for the Organizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423

Shortcuts for the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425

Chapter 22: Glossary

Find definitions for terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434

Digital imaging terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434

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Chapter 1: Getting started

Adobe® Photoshop® Elements software combines power and simplicity so you can easily make your photos look their best, share them in imaginative ways, and easily find and view all your photos and video clips.

To get started with video and PDF tutorials for specific tasks, go to the Photoshop Elements tutorial index. For a detailed introduction to the complete workflow, see the Quick Tour chapter of the Classroom in a Book.

What to do first

Check the system requirements

If you’re not sure Photoshop Elements can run on your computer, review the complete system requirements and recommendations for your Adobe® software. See the ReadMe file included on your software CD installation disc.

Install the software

1 Close any other Adobe applications open on your computer.

2 Insert the installation disc into your CD drive, and follow the on-screen instructions.

Do I need to uninstall my previous version of Photoshop Elements? If you’ve installed a trial version of

Photoshop Photoshop

Elements, it’s a good idea to uninstall it first. However, it’s not necessary to uninstall a previous version of Elements. But, you can uninstall a previous version if you want to.

How do I uninstall a version of Photoshop Elements? In the Windows OS, click the Start menu, and then choose

Control Panel. In the Control Panel dialog box, double-click Add Or Remove Programs. In the Add Or Remove Programs dialog box, select the version of Photoshop see a dialog box asking you if you really want to remove the application from your computer. Click “Yes” to uninstall.

Elements you want to uninstall and then click Remove. You’ll

Register

After installing Photoshop Elements, register your software to receive complimentary installation support, notifications of updates, and other services.

If you postpone registration, you can register at any time by choosing Help > Registration.

ReadMe file

The installation CD contains the ReadMe file for your software. (This file is also copied to the application folder during product installation.) Open the file to read important information.

Sign up for Photoshop.com membership

Important: Currently, Photoshop.com services are only available in the United States.

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Photoshop Elements users in the United States can sign up for a free Photoshop.com membership. The membership extends the power of Photoshop protect your photos by backing up your albums to Photoshop.com servers, and share your photos through online albums and other creations. As a member, you receive updated tips, art, and templates to keep your projects fresh and appealing. You can upgrade your free basic membership if you need more storage space or if you want access to special content. For more information, see

How do I sign up for a Photoshop.com membership?

There’s a link in the Welcome screen for creating a Photoshop.com membership. Once you have a membership, the Welcome screen displays links to services such as your account information, backup settings, web gallery, and tutorials. In addition, links are throughout the Photoshop

Don’t worry if you don’t sign up for a Photoshop.com membership in the Welcome screen. Links are in the Photoshop

Important: Currently, Photoshop.com services are only available in the United States.

Elements workspace for creating a membership anytime you want.

Elements with Internet services such as tutorials and special downloads. You can also

http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_pse_membership_en.

Elements workspace for accessing member services.

New and enhanced features

Visit http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_pse_features_en to learn about the new and enhanced features. Improving your photos and doing more with them is easier than ever.

Using Help and getting support

Using Photoshop Elements Help

Photoshop Elements Help is available several ways. To access Help, choose Help > Photoshop Elements Help (or press the F1 key on your keyboard). If your computer is connected to the Internet, Photoshop launches Help on the web.

Help on the web http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_pse_en is the most comprehensive and up-to-date version of

Photoshop Elements Help. Your computer must be connected to the Internet to access Help on the web. Use the Search field to search within Photoshop Elements Help. Browse all topics in Photoshop Elements Help.

Help in the application Help in the application provides access to key tasks and concepts. If you aren’t connected to

the Internet, Photoshop

Help PDF Help is also available as a PDF that is optimized for printing. Visit

http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_pse_printpdf_en or click the Help PDF link at the top of each Help page. The Help

PDF is the best way to access the most comprehensive Help when you don’t have an Internet connection.

Links in the application Some Help links are within Photoshop Elements. Clicking these links takes you to the

corresponding topic in either Help on the web or Help in the application.

Note: If you try to access a Help topic that only exists in Help on the web, Photoshop Elements displays a message with a URL and a link to the complete Help on the Internet.

Tips for searching Help

Elements launches Help in the application.

• If you search using a phrase, such as “shape tool,” place quotation marks around the phrase. The search returns only

those topics containing all the words in the phrase.

• Make sure that the search terms are spelled correctly.

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• If a search term doesn’t yield results, try using a synonym, such as “web” instead of “Internet.”

• If you find a topic you want to view again, bookmark it for easy access later.

Print a Help topic To print a topic from Help, use the Print command in the browser.

How to search for troubleshooting topics You can view top issues and search for common problems and error

messages by going to Photoshop Elements users at http://www.adobe.com/go/forums.

Look for Photoshop Elements updates If your computer is connected to the Internet, you’ll receive notifications

whenever Photoshop

http://www.adobe.com/downloads/updates.

http://www.adobe.com/support/photoshopelements. You can also ask questions of other

Elements is updated. You can also find out about latest updates by going to

How do I get customer support?

You can get support by contacting Adobe directly or submitting a web case. Visit

http://www.adobe.com/support/contact for contact information. Visit the Adobe Support website at http://www.adobe.com/go/support. Adobe Support has troubleshooting information and also information about free

and paid technical support options.

Working in Photoshop Elements

For video overviews, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid2309_pse and www.adobe.com/go/lrvid2301_pse

Photoshop Elements has two basic workspaces—the Organizer and the Editor that you switch between depending on the task you’re performing. You start by importing photos into the Organizer, where you view, manage, and find all of your photos and video clips. You can also make quick fixes in the Organizer.

The Organizer workspace

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In the Editor workspace, you can refine your photos more fully and you make basic edits, follow step-by-step guided editing tasks, or use advanced editing tools.

Full Edit workspace

After working with your photos in either the Organizer or the Editor, you can create printed and electronic photo projects such as scrapbook pages, slide shows, photo books, and online albums that you can easily share with family and friends.

Transferring (importing) photos to your computer

You can import photos from a camera or card reader, a scanner, a folder on a hard disk, or even from a mobile phone. You can also import photos that already exist on your computer. Photoshop Downloader that makes importing photos easy.

Photoshop Elements imports your files into a catalog, which is a database that contains information about your photos and video clips. The database doesn’t contain the actual files but references them at the location on your computer where you downloaded them. For more information, see

http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_pse_getphotos_en.

Note: If you are upgrading from an earlier version of Photoshop Elements, older catalogs are converted so you can continue working with them.

Is it necessary to import photos into Photoshop Elements? Importing tells Photoshop Elements what photos and

video clips you want to keep track of. Unlike a file browser that only displays readily accessible photos, the Photoshop

Elements catalog keeps track of where files are located. It also knows how files are being used, and what

keyword tags (information) have been added to them.

Must I use the Photo Downloader? No. When you connect your camera or card reader to your computer, the

Windows AutoPlay dialog box opens. You can select whatever method you want to download photos. Keep in mind that the Photo Downloader is very useful for organizing your photos while downloading.

Elements has a built-in Photo

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Use the Photo Downloader to download files

1 Connect your camera or card reader to your computer. (See the documentation that came with your device, if

necessary.)

The Windows AutoPlay dialog box opens with a list of options for getting the photos.

2 In the Windows AutoPlay dialog box, select the Photoshop Elements option and then click OK.

Photoshop Elements launches (if it isn’t already running), and then the Photo Downloader dialog box opens. If Photoshop Reader to open the Photo Downloader.

3 In the Photo Downloader dialog box under Source, choose from the Get Photos From menu to specify where to

4 In the Import Settings area, set the following options:

Location Specifies the folder to which images are downloaded. To change the default folder location, click Browse, and

specify a new location.

Create Subfolder(s) Creates a subfolder using the naming scheme chosen from the pop-up menu. If you choose

Custom Name, type a subfolder name in the box.

Rename Files Changes the filenames using the naming scheme selected from the pop-up menu. If you choose Custom

Name, type a base filename and a starting number for assigning sequentially numbered filenames to the photos.

Elements is already running, choose File > Get Photos And Videos > From Camera Or Card

copy/import the photos from.

Note: If the name you entered exists, the copied image filename is appended with “-1” or another appropriately numbered designator.

Preserve Current Filename in XMP Select this option to use the current filename as the filename stored in the metadata

of the photo.

Delete Options Specifies whether to leave the photos on your camera or card, verify and delete the files, or just delete

the files after they are copied. Photos that you do not import into Photoshop

Elements are not deleted from the camera

or card.

Note: In Windows Vista, if your camera is connected in PTP mode, you may not be able to view camera raw or video files in the Photo Downloader. To view camera raw or video files, connect your camera in USB Mass Storage mode or remove the card from the camera and use a card reader to connect it to your computer.

5 (Optional) To automatically download photos in Photoshop Elements after a device is connected, select Automatic

Download. Automatic download options are set in the Camera Or Card Reader preferences.

6 (Optional) For more download options, click the Advanced Dialog button. See

http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_pse_advanceddownload_en.

7 Click Get Photos.

The photos are copied to your hard drive.

8 Click OK in the Files Successfully Copied dialog box.

When my files are imported into Photoshop Elements, can I delete them from my hard drive? No! The Organizer

displays thumbnails that reference your photos. If you delete the photos, then the thumbnails lose their connection to the original files.

Problems getting photos from your camera? Try any of the following suggestions. Plug the camera into a different

USB port. Use a card reader instead of connecting the camera. Try copying the photos to your hard drive first and then import the files into Photoshop

Elements.

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Review your photos

Immediately after importing photos into Photoshop Elements, you can press the F11 key to use the Full Screen mode to review them. Viewing large images makes it easier to delete the photos that aren’t worth keeping.

Organizing your photos

After you’ve decided which photos you’re keeping, use the Organizer to manage your files. This is important so you can find photos, video files, audio clips, and Adobe PDF documents, even if they’re stored in different locations on your computer.

Photoshop Elements automatically organizes photos by date as it downloads. The Organizer has a Timeline (choose Window > Timeline) and a Date View for finding photos by date. It’s a good idea to put related photos into an album. Albums are great for sharing photos in projects, creations, online albums, and also makes it easy to find related photos. You can further sort and categorize photos by adding star ratings, by stacking photos, and by assigning keyword

Creating albums or an album group

An important way to manage your photos is to use albums. Albums let you keep related photos together. For example, use an album to hold all of the photos you want to use in a slide show about your family reunion. Simply drag photos to add or remove them from an album.

You can organize albums in groups and create multiple levels of album groups. For example, you can have an album group titled, “My Asia Trip,” containing the album “Ten Best Japan Photos,” along with another album called “Ten Best China Photos,” and so on for each country in Asia you visited.

1 Click the Create New Album Or Album Group button in the Albums palette of the Organize tab and choose

New Album.

2 (Optional) From the Group menu, choose a group into which to place the album.

3 In the Album Name box, type a name for the album.

4 Drag photos into the Items area.

5 Click Done.

The album appears in the Albums palette under the album group you specified.

More Help topics

http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_pse_albums_create_en

Create a smart album

You can also create smart albums based on search criteria. Search for all of the photos you took at beaches over various Spring breaks, for example, and save the results as a smart album. As you import new photos that meet a smart album’s criteria, they are automatically added to that smart album. For more information, see

http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_pse_albums_smart_en.

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Back up and synchronize albums

Photoshop Elements users in the United States can sign up for a Photoshop.com membership, which lets you back up and synchronize albums to Photoshop.com. Backing up and synchronizing the files in your album is essential for protecting your valuable photos and media clips. Be sure your photos and videos are in albums. Since you can only back up albums not individual files, be sure photos and FLV files (Flash movies) are in albums.

Note: Currently, Photoshop.com membership and services are only available in the United States. For more information,

“Sign up for Photoshop.com membership” on page 1.

see

Create a keyword tag

Keyword tags are personalized keywords that you attach to photos, video clips, audio clips, PDFs, and photo projects in the Organizer. Once your files have keyword tags, you can easily organize and find them. When you use keyword tags, there’s no need to manually organize your photos in subject-specific folders or rename files with content-specific names. You can create new keyword tags, under any category or subcategory. New keyword tags have a question mark

. For more information, see http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_pse_photos_tag_en.

icon

1 Click the New button in the Keyword Tags palette of the Organize tab and choose New Keyword Tag.

2 In the Create Keyword Tag dialog box, use the Category menu to choose a category or subcategory in which to place

the tag.

3 In the Name box, type a name for the keyword tag.

4 To associate the tag with a place on a map, click Place On Map, type an address, and click Find.

5 In the Note box, type any information you want to add about the tag. (For example, you could write that the tag

represents vacation photos.)

6 Click OK.

The keyword tag appears in the Keyword Tags palette under the category or subcategory you selected.

Note: The first time you attach a keyword tag to a photo, that photo becomes the icon for that keyword tag.

Attach keyword tags to photos

After you have created a keyword tag, you can attach it to photos associated with the tag. You can attach multiple keyword tags to a photo. If you drag multiple photos to a keyword tag, the first photo you selected becomes the icon for that tag.

1 In the Photo Browser, select the photo or photos to which you want to attach the tag. (To select more than one

photo, Ctrl-click the photos.)

2 To attach one photo to one tag, do one of the following:

• Drag the tag from the Keyword Tags palette onto the selected photos.

• Drag the photos onto the tag in the Keyword Tags palette.

3 To attach keyword tags to multiple photos, do one of the following:

• Drag the tag from the Keyword Tags palette onto any of the selected photos.

• Select one or more keyword tags, and then drag the tags onto any of the selected photos.

• Select one or more keyword tags, and then drag the photos onto any of the selected tags in the Keyword Tags palette.

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How do I find photos?

You can find photos and media files by date, star rating, album, folder location, filename, media type, keyword tag, text, or other criteria. For more information, see

Here are a few of the features in the Organizer to find photos:

Timeline Click a month or set a range to find photos and media files chronologically by date, import batch, or folder

location.

Find bar Drag a photo, keyword tag, project, or album onto the find bar to find matching or similar photos and media

files.

Albums palette Select an album to view only the media files within it.

Keyword Tags palette Select a keyword tag to see only the files with that tag.

Text box Type text in the Search box to find files with matching text. Matches can include items such as filenames,

metadata, keyword tags, captions, notes, album names, album groups, camera information, dates, folders, or formats.

http://www.adobe.com/go/pse_photos_find_en.

The Organizer has many tools and features for finding photos.

How do I find the actual file of a photo or media clip?

Sometimes you need to find the actual file of photos or media. Maybe you’re uploading the file to a server or embedding it into the layout of a document.

1 In the Organizer, select the photo or media clip whose file you want to find.

2 Press Alt + Enter to open the Properties-General window.

3 Click the Reveal In Explorer icon .

Making things with your photos

You can use your photos in a variety of fun projects that you can share with family and friends. For example, you can create photo projects, such as albums, scrapbook pages, greeting cards, CD/DVD labels and jackets, and photo collages that you can print at home or upload to an online printing service. You can also use your photos in digital projects, such as online photo galleries, photo slide shows, and flipbooks. For more information, see

http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_pse_projects_en.

Give your projects a personal look by customizing the project templates. Adjust layout colors to better complement your photos and add new graphical elements, text, and effects, such as drop shadows and glows. Use the Artwork palette to quickly browse hundreds of frames, themes, backgrounds, clip art, and effects to apply to your photos and photo projects.

Create a slide show

1 In the Organizer, select the photos you want in the slide show. If you’re in the Editor, you can use the photos that

are open in the Project Bin.

2 In the Create tab, click Slide Show to show the Slide Show Preferences.

3 Change any of these options, or just click OK to use the default options.

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All the tools for creating your slide show are in the Slide Show dialog box. The photos you chose to use in the slide show appear at the bottom of the screen.

4 In the Slide Show Editor, have fun adding effects, text, small graphics, music, or your own narration. The Slide Show

Editor provides lots of possibilities for creativity. Spend some time exploring it. Scroll through the Extras panel to see the fun you can have here.

5 If you want to reorder your slides, drag the slide’s thumbnail image to a new location. The image thumbnails are at

the bottom of the Slide Show Editor. Drag one forward or back until you see the blue bar, and then release the mouse button.

6 To preview your slide show with all its effects, use the VCR-style buttons under the slide preview. You can return

to editing slides at any time by pressing the Esc key.

Click Save Project (in the upper left of the Slide Show Editor). It’s a good idea to save the slide show regularly as you work.

Share a slide show

When you are done creating the slide show, you can share it in a number of ways.

1 Choose File > Output Slide Show in the Slide Show Editor. Note that the Slide Show Editor has its own set of menus

at the top of its window.

2 In the Slide Show Output dialog box, choose how you want to share your slide show. You can save it as a movie file

or a PDF file. You can burn it to a disc so you can play it on a TV or computer.

Sharing photos with others

Once you’ve imported and organized photos on your computer, you’re ready to share them with others. Photoshop interactive online album. You can send photos to people via e-mail. You can print photos or order professionally printed photos. Or, you can put your files or album on CD/DVDs.

You can share photos from either the Organizer or the Editor. In the Organizer, you first select photos you want to share. In the Editor, you share photos that you’ve edited or have open in the Project Bin. Click the Share tab and then select the way you want to share photos. For more information, see

Share photos using e-mail

Photoshop Elements streamlines sharing photos by e-mail. You can either attach photos to an e-mail or embed a photo in an e-mail using Photo Mail.

1 Make sure your e-mail client is specified in the Preferences. In the Organizer, choose Edit > Preferences > Sharing.

2 Do one of the following:

• Select a photo in the Photo Browser or Date view, and then click Share then Photo Mail.

• In Full Edit or Quick Fix, open the photo that you want to e-mail. Click Share in the shortcuts bar, then

3 The first time you e-mail a photo, you are prompted to confirm the e-mail service you want to use. Confirm your

The Attach Selected Items To E-mail dialog box appears. The left side of the dialog box shows the photos you chose to e-mail.

Elements offers many ways to quickly share your photos. You can let people view your photos through an

http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_pse_share_en.

In Editor, choose Edit > Preferences > Organize & Share, and then select Sharing. Choose Microsoft Outlook®, Outlook Express®, or Adobe E-mail Service.

Photo Mail.

choice and then click OK.

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4 Select recipients for the e-mail by doing one of the following:

• Select a name from the Select Recipients list (the names you see are from your contact book).

• If you wish, add the recipient to your contact book by selecting the Add To Contact Book option. Click OK; the

recipient will appear selected in the Select Recipients list.

5 In the Stationery & Layouts wizard, choose a stationery style and background. Then click Next Step, and customize

the layout.

6 Click Next.

Photoshop Elements opens your default e-mail application.

What if I use a web-based e-mail service? If you use a web-based e-mail client such as Google Gmail or Yahoo Mail,

you can export your photos and attach them to e-mail messages. Click the Share tab and select E-mail Attachments. The E-mail Attachments wizard leads you through the steps for creating versions of your photos that are suitable for e-mail.

Printing photos

You can print photos on your home printer or have photos professionally printed from Photoshop Elements using an online print provider. Print from either the Organizer or the Editor.

Printing from the Editor provides more control. For more information, see

http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_pse_share_en.

Print from the Organizer

1 Select photos or video clips in the Photo Browser or Date view. If you select a video clip, only the first frame of the

clip is printed.

2 Choose File > Print.

3 Specify printing options in the Print Photos dialog box and then click Print.

Print online

1 In the Organizer, select the photos you want to print, or in the Editor, open the photos you want to print.

2 In either the Create or Share tab, click Order Prints. Follow the instructions in the Order Prints dialog box that

opens.

Fixing (editing) photos

Photoshop Elements offers several levels of editing, from simple one-click fixes in the Organizer to advanced color correction and compositing in the Editor.

For detailed visual examples of each editing workflow, see this excerpt from Advanced Photoshop Elements 7 for

Digital Photographers.

Fix photos in the Organizer

In the Organizer, you can perform a variety of one-click fixes to make basic image adjustments: Auto Smart Fix, Auto Color, Auto Contrast, and Auto Sharpen, for example. You can even choose Auto Red Eye Fix to remove red eye from selected shots without having to manually edit the photos. For more information, see

http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_pse_fix_organizer_en.

1 In the Organizer, select the photos you want to fix.

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2 Click the Fix tab and then, click the image adjustment you want.

If you don’t like the results, click Undo or press Ctrl-Z.

Crop a photo

Cropping removes unwanted areas in a photo.

1 In the Organizer, select the photo you want to crop.

2 Click the Fix tab, select Crop, and then follow the instructions in the Crop dialog box.

Fix photos in the Editor

The Editor workspace provides three additional editing modes: Quick Fix, Guided Edit, and Full Edit. The level or your editing expertise and complexity of the image editing determine which mode is appropriate for your task. For more information, see

http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_pse_fix_editor_en.

1 In the Organizer, select the photos you want to work with in the Editor.

2 Click the Fix tab, and then click Quick Fix, Guided Edit, or Full Edit (if you have experience editing photos).

In the Editor, photos appear in the Project Bin at the bottom of the Editor workspace. You can move between the photos you want to fix by double-clicking them in the Project Bin.

http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_pse_photos_fix_en or

Quick Fix makes adjustments using simple controls.

If you’re working in Quick Fix mode, click the Auto buttons to adjust lighting and color. Fine-tune adjustments using the sliders. Experiment all you want until the photo looks right. Then click the checkmark

or reject button to

finalize the adjustment. To get more help, click the light bulb icon .

If you’re not sure how to fix your photo, click the Guided tab. Select one of the corrections and follow the step-by-step instructions. When you’re happy with adjustment, make sure to click Done at the bottom of the Guided Edit panel.

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If you want full control when fixing your photos, use the Full Edit mode. You have access to a complete editing toolset and controls. In addition to fixing photos, you can combine photos, paint on photos, or paint on a blank canvas.

Do I have to use the Organizer to open images in the Editor? No. You can open photos from the Editor, too. Choose

File > Open and navigate to the photos you want to open.

What if I switch to the Organizer while fixing photos in the Editor? If you switch to the Organizer while files are open

in the Editor, you’ll see a banner over the thumbnails of the opened files. This lets you know that the files cannot be changed until they are closed in the Editor.

Saving your edits

After you edit an image in the Editor, you need to save it, or you’ll lose your work. Fixes you make in the Organizer are saved automatically.

❖ In the Editor, choose File > Save.

Photos saved in the Editor are saved as a version and grouped with other saved versions and the original photo. These version sets are stacked together in the Organizer with the latest saved version at the top of the stack. For more information, see

http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_pse_photos_manage_en.

What if I don’t want to save versions of a photo? It’s recommended that you save versions of a photo to preserve the

original file. If for some reason, you don’t want to save a version of a photo, choose File > Save after you’ve finished editing a photo. Under Save Options in the Save As dialog box, deselect the Save In Version Set With Original option. By default, Photoshop

http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_pse_photos_save_en or

Elements saves the file in PSD format without a version number appended to the filename.

Troubleshooting tips

Here are some things to consider when troubleshooting Photoshop Elements. For more tips, visit

http://www.adobe.com/go/forums.

• Restart Photoshop Elements or restart your computer.

• Reset the Photoshop Elements preferences. Hold down the Ctrl + Alt + Shift keys immediately after starting

Photoshop

• Turn off other programs, including anti-virus, firewall, and CD/DVD burning applications that run in the

background.

• Make sure that the computer operating system is up-to-date. Install the latest drivers for your video card, sound

card, printer, and other devices.

• Remove any recent additions to your computer. What was the last thing you changed on your computer before the

problem began? Did you install a new printer, fonts, or other software?

• If something in Photoshop Elements doesn’t seem to work properly, check Photoshop Elements Help.

• If a problem happens when you open or edit a photo, does the problem happen with all photos? Does it happen

with photos from different cameras or sources?

If you’re unable to complete a task in Photoshop Elements, see these tips from Classroom in a Book.

Elements. Then, choose a task from the Welcome screen.

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Adobe® Photoshop® Elements has two main workspaces: the Organizer and the Editor. Use the Organizer for finding, organizing, and sharing your photos and media files. Use the Editor for creating, editing, and fixing your images. You can also add functionality with plug-in modules and expand system memory by using scratch disks.

When a photo is selected in the Organizer, clicking the Editor pop-up menu and then choosing Quick Fix, Full Edit, or Guided Edit opens the photo in the Editor workspace. When you are working in the Editor workspace, clicking the Organizer

About workspaces

The Welcome screen

When you start Photoshop Elements, the Welcome screen opens by default. The Welcome screen is a convenient starting place, or hub, for major tasks. You can choose the workspace you want from the Start Up With Welcome Screen menu at the bottom of the Welcome screen.

button opens the Organizer workspace.

If both the Organizer and the Editor are open, you can move between the two workspaces by clicking the corresponding button in the Windows® OS task bar.

Note: The Welcome screen also provides access to Photoshop.com membership features. Currently, Photoshop.com membership is only available for Photoshop “Getting started with your Photoshop.com membership” on page 28.

Click a button to open the workspace you need. For example, click Organize to open the Organizer and import, tag, or organize your photos. Or, click Edit to open the Editor and enhance your images or add special effects.

You can close or reopen the Welcome screen at any time by clicking the Welcome Screen button . It’s not necessary to return to the Welcome screen to open other workspaces—you can open different workspaces from within any other workspace.

Elements users who live in the United States. For more information, see

The Organizer workspace

For a video overview, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid2312_pse

Use the Organizer to find, organize, and share your photos and media files. Use the Photo Browser in the Organizer to view thumbnails of the photos you’ve imported into Photoshop photo or smaller thumbnails of many photos. You specify the thumbnail size by using the thumbnail slider. If you prefer viewing your photos by date, use the Date in the Organizer view to work with your files in a calendar format.

The Photo Browser lists all the photos, as well as videos and PDF files that you’ve imported. Imported items appear in one comprehensive window that you can easily browse and filter. It can even show thumbnails of files stored remotely, such as those files that you want to keep on CDs.

You can fix the most common photographic problems by using the tools in the Fix tab of the Task pane. For more complex editing, you can select a photo in the Organizer, and click Editor workspace.

Elements. You can view a large thumbnail of a single

Full Edit in the Fix tab. The photo opens in the

You can create projects, from printed photo books to computer slide shows, from the Create tab of the Task pane.

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Finally, you can share your photos and projects with others, by using any of the tools in the Share tab of the Task pane.

Organizer buttons and menu bar A. Welcome screen button B. Left and right side of menu bar C. Undo and Redo buttons D. Text Search E. Back To Previous View and Forward To Next View buttons F. The Find bar G. Photo Browser Arrangement menu H. Star ratings filter I The four tabs of the Task Pane J. The Display menu K. Full Edit, Quick Fix, Or Guided Edit menu L. Rotate Left and Rotate Right buttons M. Adjust Size Of Thumbnail slider

The Organizer workspace has the following components:

Welcome Screen button Opens the Welcome screen where select tools for one of the primary tasks: Organize, Edit,

Create, or Share.

Note: Users in the United States can also sign in for Photoshop.com membership services. This service is not available in countries outside the United States.

Menu bar Contains menus for performing tasks. The menus are organized by topic: File, Edit, Find, View, Window,

and Help.

Display button Opens menu of views of the Photo Browser.

Editor button Opens menu containing Quick Fix, Full Edit, and Guided Edit selections.

Navigation buttons Take you back to the previous view, or forward to the next view, of the Photo Browser.

Find bar Drag a photo, album icon, or keyword tag icon here to search for photos.

Photo Browser Displays your photos, video clips, audio files, and projects in the Organizer, either one at a time or in

a grid of thumbnails.

Task pane Contains the Organize, Fix, Create, and Share tabs, and the palettes or buttons for each tab.

Status bar In the Photo Browser, the status bar displays the number of items selected and the number of items

contained in the Photo Browser arrangement.

Note: If you change your Windows theme while the Organizer is open, the Organizer workspace could appear distorted after the change. Close the Organizer and relaunch it to return it to its normal appearance.

More Help topics

“View and find photos in Date view” on page 62

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The Editor workspace

For videos about the Full Edit and Guided Edit modes, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid2319_pse and

www.adobe.com/go/lrvid2318_pse

The Editor workspace provides three ways to create and edit images: Full Edit, Quick Fix, and Guided Edit. The Full Edit workspace workspace contains simple tools for correcting color and lighting, and commands to quickly fix common problems like red eye. If you are new to digital imaging, Quick Fix or Guided Edit is a good place to start fixing photos.

If you’ve worked with image-editing applications before, you’ll find that the Full Edit workspace provides a flexible and powerful image-correction environment. It has lighting and color-correction commands, along with tools for fixing image defects, making selections, adding text, and painting on your images. You can rearrange the Full Edit workspace to best suit your needs. You can move, hide, and show palettes, arrange palettes in the Palette Bin, zoom in or out of the photo, scroll to a different area of the document window, and create multiple windows and views.

has tools to correct color problems, create special effects, and enhance photos. The Quick Fix

Full Edit workspace A. Menu bar B. Toolbox C. Project Bin D Status bar E Organizer button F. Options bar G. Palettes H. Active image area I. Palette bin

E F

Menu bar Contains menus for performing tasks. The menus are organized by topic. For example, the Enhance menu

contains commands for applying adjustments to an image.

Workspace buttons Moves you between the Quick Fix , Full Edit , and Guided Edit workspaces. These

buttons are located at the top of the work area and change according to the current workspace.

Toolbox Holds tools for editing images.

Options bar Provides options for the tool you select.

Project Bin Displays thumbnails of opened images, and lets you easily manage them.

Palettes Help you monitor and modify images.

Palette Bin Helps you organize the palettes in your work area.

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Status bar In the Editor, the status bar has buttons for showing or hiding the Project Bin.

Note: Photoshop Elements users in the United States can also access special services in the status bar. See “Getting started

with your Photoshop.com membership” on page 28.

More Help topics

“Correct color in Quick Fix” on page 206

“Display file information in the Info palette or status bar” on page 128

Exit Photoshop Elements

To exit Photoshop Elements, you need to close both the Editor and the Organizer workspace—closing one does not automatically close the other.

1 In the Editor, the Organizer, or both workspaces, do one of the following:

• Choose File > Exit.

• Click the Close button (X) in the upper-right corner of the workspace.

2 When closing the Editor, choose whether to save any open files.

More Help topics

“Save changes in different file formats” on page 145

Context menus

Use context menus

You can use context menus in both the Editor and Organizer workspaces. Context-sensitive menus display commands that are relevant to the active tool, selection, or palette. These menus are often another way to access the commands in the window menus.

Right-click to open a context menu. This menu appears in the Project Bin in Full Edit.

1 Position the pointer over an image or palette item.

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Note: Not all palettes offer context menus.

2 Right-click and choose a command from the menu.

Using keyboard commands and modifier keys

You can use keyboard shortcuts in both the Editor and Organizer workspaces. Keyboard commands let you quickly execute commands without using a menu; modifier keys let you alter how a tool operates. When available, the keyboard command appears to the right of the command name in the menu.

More Help topics

“Keys for navigating” on page 423

“Keys for selecting tools” on page 425

Tools

About the toolbox

You can access tools in the Editor workspace. You use tools in the toolbox to select, edit, and view images; some tools let you paint, draw, and type. The toolbox appears on the left side of the Full Edit and Quick Fix workspaces. In the Full Edit workspace, you can move the toolbox by dragging the gripper bar at the top of the box.

Select a tool in the toolbox to use it. Once selected, the tool is highlighted in the toolbox. Optional settings for the tool appear in the options bar, which is located below the shortcuts bar at the top of the Editor workspace. Some tools in the toolbox have additional tools beneath them. These tools are called hidden tools. A small triangle at the lower right of the tool icon indicates the presence of hidden tools. When you select a tool, any additional hidden tools appear in the options bar.

Note: You cannot deselect a tool—once you select a tool, it remains selected until you select a different tool. For example, if you’ve selected the Lasso tool, and you want to click your image without selecting anything, select the Hand tool.

You can view information about any tool in the toolbox by positioning the pointer over it. The name of the tool appears below the pointer—this name is called the tool tip. You can click a link in some tool tips to see additional information about the tool.

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Toolbox overview

A D F

Navigation and measuring tools

Move (V)

Zoom (Z)

Hand (H)

Eyedropper (I)

Selection tools

Rectangular Marquee (M)

Elliptical Marquee (M)

Lasso (L)

Magnetic Lasso (L) Polygonal Lasso (L)

Magic Wand (W)

Quick Selection (A)

Selection Brush (A)

Type tools

Horizontal Type (T)

Vertical Type (T ) Horizontal Type

Mask (T) Vertical Type

Mask (T)

Crop tools

Crop (C)

Cookie Cutter (Q)

Straighten (P)

Retouching tools

Red Eye Removal (Y)

Spot Healing Brush (J)

Healing Brush (J)

Clone Stamp (S)

Pattern Stamp (S)

Eraser (E)

Background Eraser (E) Magic Eraser (E)

Blur (R)

Sharpen (R) Smudge (R)

Sponge (O)

Dodge (O) Burn (O)

Painting and drawing tools

Brush (B)

Pencil (N) Impressionist

Brush (B) Color Replacement (B)

Smart Brush (F)

Detail Smart Brush (F)

Paint Bucket (K)

Gradient (G)

Shape tools

Rectangle (U)

Rounded Rectangle (U)

Ellipse (U) Polygon (U) Line (U) Custom Shape (U) Shape Selection (U)

Indicates default tool * Keyboard shortcuts appear in parenthesis

Toolbox Overview

Select a tool

For video and text tutorials about selecting tools, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid2320_pse and

www.adobe.com/designcenter/photoshopelements/articles/interface_options.html

❖ Do one of the following:

• Click a tool in the toolbox. If there is a small triangle in a tool’s lower-right corner, hold down the mouse button to

view the hidden tools nested with the tool. Then click the tool you want to select.

• Press the tool’s keyboard shortcut. The keyboard shortcut is displayed in its tool tip. For example, you can select

the Move tool by pressing the V key.

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D E

Using tools A. Toolbox B. Active tool C. Hidden tools D. Tool name E. Tool shortcut F. Hidden tool triangle

More Help topics

“Keys for selecting tools” on page 425

Set tool preferences

1 In the Editor, choose Edit > Preferences > General.

2 Set one or more of the following options, and click OK.

• Select Show Tool Tips to show or hide tool tips.

• Select Use Shift Key For Tool Switch to cycle through a set of hidden tools by holding down the Shift key. When

this option is deselected, you can cycle through a set of hidden tools by pressing the shortcut key (without holding down Shift).

Set the appearance of a tool pointer

1 In the Editor, choose Edit > Preferences > Display & Cursors.

2 Select a setting for the Painting Cursors:

Standard Displays pointers as tool icons.

Precise Displays pointers as cross-hairs.

Normal Brush Tip Displays pointers as circles at 50% of the size you specify for the brush.

Full Size Brush Tip Displays pointers as circles at the full size you specify for the brush.

Show Crosshair In Brush Tip Displays cross-hairs in the circles when you choose either Normal Brush Tip or Full Size

Brush Tip.

3 Select a setting for Other Cursors:

Standard Displays pointers as tool icons.

Precise Displays pointers as cross-hairs.

Set tool options

The options bar appears below the shortcuts bar at the top of the Editor workspace. The options bar is context sensitive—it changes as you select different tools. Some settings in the options bar are common to several tools, and some are specific to one tool.

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Lasso options bar A. Tool icon B. Active tool C. Hidden tools D. Tool options

1 Select a tool.

2 Look in the options bar to see the available options. For more information on setting options for a specific tool,

search for the tool’s name in Photoshop

Elements Help.

Note: To return a tool or all tools to their default settings, click the tool icon in the options bar, then choose Reset Tool or Reset All Tools from the context menu.

More Help topics

“Keys for selecting tools” on page 425

Set a completed operations alert

1 In the Editor, choose Edit > Preferences > General.

2 Select Beep When Done, and click OK.

Palettes and bins

About palettes

Palettes are available in both the Editor and Organizer workspaces; however, they behave a little differently in each. Palettes help you manage, monitor, and modify images. Some palettes have menus that provide additional commands and options. You can organize palettes in the workspace in many different ways. You can store palettes in the Palette Bin to keep them out of your way, but easily accessible, or you can keep frequently used palettes open in the workspace. Another option is to group palettes together or dock one palette at the bottom of another palette.

Note: Drag a palette out of the Palette Bin if you want to remove it from the Palette Bin and keep it open.

Dragging a palette.

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Palette menus

Some commands appear in both the palette menu and the menu bar. Other commands are exclusive to palette menus.

Only those palettes with a More button at the top have a menu. Click More to choose a command from the palette menu. The location and appearance of the More button depend on whether the palette is located in the Palette Bin or in a palette group.

Pop-up sliders within palettes

Some palettes and dialog boxes contain settings that use pop-up sliders (for example, the Opacity option in the Layers palette). If there is a triangle next to the text box, you can activate the pop-up slider by clicking the triangle. Position the pointer over the triangle next to the setting, hold down the mouse button, and drag the slider or angle radius to the desired value. Click outside the slider box or press Enter to close the slider box. To cancel changes, press Esc.

To increase or decrease values in 10% increments when the pop-up slider box is open, hold down Shift and press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow key.

F G H

Different ways to enter values A. Dial B. Click to open window C. Text box D. Menu arrow E. Scrubby slider F. Check box G. Slider H Pop-up slider triangle

Work with palettes in the Editor

The Palette Bin in the Editor lets you store multiple palettes in a single area. You can easily configure, close, or keep open the Palette Bin for easy and fast access. By default, the Palette Bin appears on the right side of the workspace. When you adjust palettes, they remain as you leave them until you reset or change them.

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A B

The Palette Bin A. Collapse or expand a palette B. Adjust palette height C. Palette menu D. Scroll to view rest of palette E. Change palette tools F. Show or hide Palette Bin

C D

1 To show or hide the Palette Bin, do any of the following:

• Choose Window > Palette Bin.

• Click the dark gray bar on the left edge of the Palette Bin to hide it.

• Click the dark gray bar on the right side of the Editor window to show the Palette Bin.

2 To adjust the height of a palette, drag the dotted-line bar at the bottom.

3 To use palettes in the Palette Bin, do any of the following:

• To remove a palette from the Palette Bin, drag the title bar of the palette out of the Palette Bin.

• To add a palette to the Palette Bin, drag the title bar of the palette into the Palette Bin. Or, click the More button in

the palette, select Place In Palette Bin When Closed, and then close the palette.

• To rearrange palettes in the Palette Bin, drag the title bar of the palette to a new location.

• To expand or collapse palettes in the Palette Bin, click the triangle next to the name of the palette.

4 To use palettes outside the Palette Bin, do any of the following:

• To open a palette, choose the name of the palette from the Window menu.

• To close a palette, choose the name of the palette from the Window menu. Or click the Close button in the title

bar of the palette. (This option works on palettes that you’ve opened from a menu. If you’ve dragged a palette out of a bin and click the Close button, the palette simply returns to the bin.)

• To change the size of a palette, drag any corner of the palette.

• To group palettes (one palette with multiple tabs), drag the tab of the palette onto the body of the target palette. A

thick line appears around the body of the target palette when the pointer is over the correct area for grouping to occur. If you want to move a palette to another group, drag the tab of the palette to that group. To separate a palette from a group, drag the tab of the palette outside the group.

• To move a palette group, drag the title bar.

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• To expand or collapse a palette or palette group, double-click the tab of the palette or title bar.

• To dock palettes together (stacked palettes), drag a tab of the palette (not title bar) to the bottom of another palette.

A double line appears at the bottom of the target palette when the pointer is over the correct area. You cannot dock entire palette groups.

• To reset palettes to their default positions, choose Window > Reset Palette Locations.

Note: If you want palettes to always open in their default positions in the Editor, choose Edit > Preferences > General, and then deselect Save Palette Locations. The change takes effect the next time you start the application.

Work with the Task pane in the Organizer

In the Organizer, the Task pane appears on the right side of the Photo Browser. It contains a tab for each of the basic steps of photo editing: Organize, Fix, Create, and Share. You can open the Task pane to access the tabs, or close it to expand the Photo Browser.

Tabs in the Task Pane with the Organize tab selected.

Show or hide the Task pane

❖ Select Window > Show/Hide Task Pane.

Use palettes in the Organize tab

The Organize tab stores multiple palettes. The Albums and Keyword Tags palettes cannot be removed from it. You can, however, choose whether to display the Quick Share or Properties palette, and can undock the Properties palette from the Organize tab altogether.

The Organize tab A. Show or hide Task pane B. Collapse or expand palette C. Adjust palette height

❖ Do any of the following:

• To collapse or expand a palette, click the triangle next to the palette’s name in the Organize tab.

• To show or hide the One-Click Share palette, Properties palette, or both, select Window > [name of palette].

• To move the Properties palette into or out of the Task pane, double-click the palette’s title bar.

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Use tools in the Fix, Create, and Share tabs

1 In the Task pane, click the Fix, Create, or Share tab.

2 Click a button for any of the tools listed on that tab.

Use the Project Bin in the Editor

Located at the bottom of the Full Edit and Quick Fix workspaces, the Project Bin displays thumbnails of open photos. It’s useful for switching between multiple open photos in your workspace. The Project Bin has controls that let you open or close images, hide images, navigate through open images, make a specific image the frontmost image, duplicate an image, rotate an image, or view file information. Because the Project Bin appears in both Full Edit and Quick Fix, you can easily bring open images into Quick Fix for editing. Multiple-page projects are highlighted by a gray frame around the page thumbnails. To show or hide the individual pages, click the right edge of the frame.

B CA D

The Project Bin A. Selected photo B. Collapsed photo creation C. Click to expand photo creation D. Drag up or down to adjust Project Bin height E. Show or hide Project Bin F. Project Bin drop-down menu

❖ Do any of the following:

• To open an image, drag a file from any location on your computer (including the Photo Browser) or from any

storage device connected to your computer into the Project Bin.

• To bring an opened image forward as the frontmost image, double-click a thumbnail.

• To rearrange photos, drag thumbnails in the Project Bin. The order here does not impact the photo’s order in the

Organizer.

• To close an image, right-click a thumbnail in the Project Bin and choose Close.

• To hide an image, right-click the thumbnail and choose Minimize from the context menu.

Note: To show an image after hiding it, double-click its thumbnail in the Project Bin, or right-click the thumbnail and choose Restore from the context menu.

• To view a photo’s file information, right-click a thumbnail and choose File Info from the context menu.

• To duplicate an image, right-click a thumbnail, choose Duplicate from the context menu, and name the file.

• To rotate an image, right-click a thumbnail and choose Rotate 90° Left or Rotate 90° Right from the context menu.

• To show filenames, right-click in the Project Bin and choose Show Filenames from the context menu.

• To open or close the Project Bin, choose Window > Project Bin.

• To manually show or hide the Project Bin, click the Project Bin button. To automatically show or hide the Project

Bin, choose Edit

> Preferences > General and select the Project Bin Auto-hide option, or right-click in the Project

Bin and choose Auto-hide from the context menu.

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Undo, redo, and cancel

Undo, redo, or cancel operations

Many operations in both the Organizer and the Editor can be undone or redone. For instance, you can restore all or part of an image to its last saved version. Available memory may limit your ability to use these options.

1 To undo or redo an operation, Choose Edit > Undo or choose Edit > Redo.

2 To cancel an operation, hold down the Esc key until the operation in progress has stopped.

Using the Undo History palette (Editor only)

The Undo History palette (Window > Undo History) lets you jump to any recent state of the image created during the current work session. Each time you apply a change to pixels in an image, the new state of that image is added to the Undo History palette. You don’t need to save a change in order for the change to appear in the History.

For example, if you select, paint, and rotate part of an image, each of those states is listed separately in the palette. You can then select any of the states, and the image reverts to how it looked when that change was first applied. You can then work from that state.

Actions, such as zooming and scrolling, do not affect pixels in the image and do not appear in the Undo History palette. Nor do program-wide changes, such as changes to palettes, color settings, and preferences.

The Undo History palette A. Original state B. State C. Selected state and state slider

Note the following guidelines when using the Undo History palette:

• By default, the Undo History palette lists 50 previous states. Older states are automatically deleted to free more

memory for Photoshop Performance Preferences (Edit

Elements. You can change the number of states displayed in the Undo History palette in

> Preferences > Performance). The maximum number of states is 1000.

• The original state of the photo is always displayed at the top of the Undo History palette. You can always revert an

image to its original state by clicking this top state. Clicking the original state is also handy for comparing before and after versions of your editing.

• When you close and reopen the document, all states from the last working session are cleared from the palette.

• States are added to the bottom of the list. That is, the oldest state is at the top of the list, the most recent one is at

the bottom.

• Each state is listed with the name of the tool or command used to change the image.

• Selecting a state dims those below. This way you can easily see which changes will be discarded if you continue

working from the selected state.

• Selecting a state and then changing the image eliminates all states that came after it. Likewise, deleting a state deletes

that state and those that came after it.

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Revert to the last saved version

When editing a photo in Full Edit or Quick Fix, you can revert to the last saved version.

❖ Choose Edit > Revert.

Note: Revert is added as a history state in the Undo History palette and can be undone.

Revert to a previous state of an image

❖ In Full Edit or Quick Fix, do any of the following:

• Click the name of the state in the Undo History palette.

• Drag the slider at the left of the state up or down to a different state in the Undo History palette.

• Click the Undo or Redo buttons on the shortcuts bar.

• Choose Undo or Redo from the Undo History palette menu or the Edit menu.

To set the keyboard command for Step Forward and Step Backward, choose Edit > Preferences > General, and choose from the Step Back/Fwd menu.

Delete one or more states from the Undo History palette

❖ Do one of the following:

• To delete a state, click the name of the state, and choose Delete from the Undo History palette menu. States

following the one you selected are also deleted.

• To delete the list of states from the Undo History palette, without changing the image, choose Clear Undo History

from the palette menu or choose Edit if you get an alert that Photoshop

Note: Clearing the Undo History palette cannot be undone.

> Clear > Undo History. Clearing is useful for freeing up memory, especially

Elements is low on memory.

Clear memory used by the clipboard and the Undo History palette

You can delete items copied to the clipboard or states in the Undo History palette to free up memory.

❖ In Full Edit, do one of the following:

• To clear memory used by the clipboard, choose Edit > Clear > Clipboard Contents.

• To clear memory used by the Undo History palette, choose Edit > Clear > Undo History or choose Clear Undo

History from the Undo History palette menu.

• To clear the memory used in both the clipboard and the Undo History palette simultaneously, choose Edit >

> All.

Clear

Note: Clearing the Undo History palette or clipboard cannot be undone.

Restore default preferences

Preference settings control how Photoshop Elements displays images, cursors, and transparencies, saves files, uses plug-ins and scratch disks, and so on. If the application exhibits unexpected behavior, the preferences file may be damaged. You can restore all preferences to their defaults.

❖ Press and hold Alt+Control+Shift immediately after Photoshop Elements begins launching. Click Yes to delete the

Adobe Photoshop Elements settings file.

A new preferences file is created the next time you start Photoshop Elements. For information on a specific preference option, search for the preference name in Help.

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Redisplay disabled warning messages

In certain situations, messages containing warnings or prompts are displayed. You can disable the display of these messages by selecting the Don’t Show Again option in the message, and reset the messages you’ve disabled at a later time.

1 In the Editor, choose Edit > Preferences > General.

2 Click Reset All Warning Dialogs, and click OK.

Scratch disks and plug-ins

About scratch disks

When your system does not have enough RAM to perform an operation, Photoshop Elements uses scratch disks. A scratch disk is any drive or partition of a drive with free memory. By default, Photoshop on which the operating system is installed as its primary scratch disk.

You can change the primary scratch disk or designate a second, third, or fourth scratch disk to be used when the primary disk is full. Your primary scratch disk should be your fastest hard disk and have plenty of defragmented space available.

Elements uses the hard drive

For best performance, use the following guidelines when assigning scratch disks:

• Scratch disks should not be on the same physical drive as Photoshop Elements or any large files you are editing.

• Scratch disks should be not be on the same physical drive as the one used for the operating system’s virtual memory.

• Scratch disks should be on a local drive. That is, they should not be accessed over a network.

• Scratch disks should be conventional (non-removable) media.

• RAID disks/disk arrays are good choices for dedicated scratch disk volumes.

• Drives with scratch disks should be defragmented regularly. Or better yet, use an empty drive or a drive with plenty

of unused space to avoid fragmentation issues.

Change scratch disks

Photoshop Elements needs contiguous hard drive space to create a scratch disk. For this reason you should frequently defragment your hard drive. Adobe recommends that you use a disk tool utility, such as Windows Disk Defragmenter, to defragment your hard drive on a regular basis. See your Windows documentation for information on defragmentation utilities.

1 In the Editor, choose Edit > Preferences > Performance.

2 Select the desired disks from the Scratch Disks menu (you can assign up to four scratch disks), and click OK.

3 Restart Photoshop Elements for the change to take effect.

About plug-in modules

Plug-in modules are software programs developed by Adobe Systems and other software developers to add functionality to Photoshop program; they are inside the Photoshop to load compatible plug-ins stored with another application. You can also create a shortcut for a plug-in stored in another folder on your system. You can then add the shortcut or alias to the Plug-ins folder to use that plug-in with

Elements. A number of importing, exporting, and special-effects plug-ins come with your

Elements Plug-ins folder. You can select an additional plug-ins folder in which

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Photoshop Elements. Once installed, plug-in modules appear as options added to the Import or Export menu, as filters added to the Filter menu, or as file formats in the Open and Save As dialog boxes. If you install a large number of plug-ins, Photoshop appear in the Filter (~) at the beginning of the plug-in name, folder, or directory. That file (or all files in the folder) is ignored by the application when you restart it. To view information about installed plug-ins, choose Help a plug-in from the submenu.

Elements may not be able to list them all in their appropriate menus. If so, newly installed plug-ins

> Other submenu. To prevent a plug-in or folder of plug-ins from loading, add a tilde character

> About Plug-In and select

More Help topics

“Plug-in filters” on page 305

Install plug-in modules

❖ Do one of the following:

• Use the plug-in installer, if provided.

• Follow the installation instructions that came with the plug-in module.

• Make sure the plug-in files are uncompressed, and then copy them to the appropriate Plug-ins folder in the

Photoshop

Elements folder.

Select an additional plug-ins folder

You can select an additional plug-ins folder in which to load compatible plug-ins stored with another application.

1 In the Editor, choose Edit > Preferences > Plug-Ins

2 In the Preferences dialog, select Additional Plug-ins Folder, select a folder from the list, and click Choose.

3 To display the contents of a folder, double-click the directory. The path to the folder appears in the preferences

window.

Note: Do not select a location inside the Plug-ins folder for Photoshop Elements.

4 Restart Photoshop Elements to load the plug-ins.

Getting started with your Photoshop.com membership

About your Photoshop.com account

Important: Currently, Photoshop.com services are only available to Photoshop Elements users in the United States.

U.S.-based Photoshop Elements users can sign up for a free Photoshop.com membership. The membership extends the power of Photoshop Browser with tutorials that help you get the most out of your photos and creations. You can also protect your photos with back ups to Photoshop.com servers and share photos via the Internet. As a member, you receive updated tips, art, and templates to keep your projects fresh and appealing.

Elements with Internet services. Services include special downloads and the Inspiration

Photoshop.com offers you different membership levels. The free version of the Basic membership gives you 2 GB of storage space. You also have access to some tutorials and other content. You can purchase more storage space at any time, or upgrade to a Premium membership for additional storage space and access to special content.

To get started, simply create an account and sign in.

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Create a Photoshop.com membership account

As an owner of Photoshop Elements, you can open a Basic Photoshop.com membership account to gain instant access to tutorials, content, and many other features. Currently, Photoshop.com membership is only available in the United States.

1 Start Photoshop Elements.

2 In the Welcome screen, click Join Now and follow the instructions to create your Adobe ID.

Note: If you already have an Adobe ID, then just sign in.

3 Follow the instructions in the e-mail to activate your account.

Important: You don’t have to open a Photoshop.com membership account when the Welcome screen appears. You can open an account anytime you want. Links are conveniently located throughout the Photoshop signing up.

Elements workspace for

Sign in to your Photoshop.com account

1 Make sure that your computer is connected to the Internet, and then start Adobe Photoshop Elements.

2 In the Welcome screen, enter your Adobe ID and password, and click Sign In.

The Welcome screen changes and greets you with the message Welcome, [user name]. Generally, Photoshop Elements remembers that you’re a Photoshop.com member and automatically signs you in if your computer is connected to the Internet.

Important: Currently, Photoshop.com services are only available to Photoshop Elements users in the United States.

View your albums on Photoshop.com

You can view your backed up albums on the Internet from any computer, even one that doesn’t have Photoshop

1 Make sure that the computer is connected to the Internet, open a web browser, and go to Photoshop.com.

The web browser must have cookies enabled.

2 On the Photoshop Express home page, click Sign In and enter your Adobe ID.

3 After your Photoshop.com page opens, click My Photos.

You can view and navigate through all the photos and albums you’ve backed up to Photoshop.com.

Elements installed.

Launch the Inspiration Browser

The Inspiration Browser lets you access and organize tutorials that contain ideas and ways to do more with your photos.

❖ To launch the Inspiration Browser, do any of the following:

• In either the Editor or the Organizer, click the icon or words that appear in the lower-right area of the status bar. A

small dialog opens with options.

• Double-click the Photoshop.com Inspiration Browser icon on your computer desktop. You must have

Photoshop Elements running when double-clicking the icon.

If you’re not already signed in to Photoshop.com, a dialog box opens for you to to sign in.

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Using Photoshop Elements and Adobe Premiere Elements together

About Photoshop Elements and Adobe Premiere Elements

Here are a few ways you can share files between Photoshop Elements and Adobe® Premiere® Elements:

• Organize your photos, video clips, and audio clips in Photoshop Elements, and then drag them into the Adobe

Premiere Elements Media panel.

• Create a slide show in Photoshop Elements with captions, transitions, effects, music, narration, graphics, and titles,

and then bring the slide show into Adobe Premiere Elements for further editing. Or, bring individual photos into Adobe Premiere Elements and create the slide show there.

• Customize DVD menu templates in Photoshop Elements, and then use them in your Adobe Premiere Elements

project. (DVD templates are PSD files stored in the Adobe Premiere Elements application folder.)

• Create a Photoshop Elements file with your video project’s settings, enhance it in Photoshop Elements, and then

use it in Adobe Premiere Elements.

Arrange your work area

To share files between Photoshop Elements and Adobe Premiere Elements, it’s useful to have both programs open and accessible on your computer monitor.

1 Start Photoshop Elements and Adobe Premiere Elements.

2 If your screen is maximized, click the Restore button in the upper-right corner of each application window.

3 Position the application windows side by side or overlap them slightly.

Differences in file type support

Photoshop Elements and Adobe Premiere Elements support many of the same file types, which makes the transfer of most files between the two programs easy and efficient. For example, you can catalog Photoshop (PSD) files in the Organizer and then add them as still images to a project in Adobe Premiere Elements.

However, the following file types are not recognized by both programs:

Photoshop Elements Organizer Photoshop Elements Editor Adobe Premiere Elements

MOD (.mod; JVC Everio)

Adobe PDF (.pdf) Adobe PDF (.pdf)

TIFF with LZW compression (.tif) TIFF with LZW compression (.tif)

Illustrator (.ai) Illustrator (.ai)

AIFF (.aiff) AIFF (.aiff)

ASF (.asf) ASF (.asf)

AVI movie (.avi; only partially supported)

AVI (.avi; only partially supported)

Dolby audio (.ac3) Dolby audio (.ac3)

DVD (.vob) DVD (.vob)

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Flash video (.flv) Flash video (.flv)

MPEG (.mpg, .mp3, .mp4) MPEG (.mpg, .mp3, .mp4)

QuickTime (.mov) QuickTime (.mov)

WAV (.wav) WAV (.wav)

Windows Media (.wmv, .wma) Windows Media (.wmv, .wma)

Note: The Organizer catalogs video AVI files properly, but audio AVI files are shown as broken video thumbnail icons. However, they will play correctly. Also, colors created in a file’s spot channels in Photoshop will not be displayed when the file is imported into Photoshop

Elements.

The Editor can import individual video frames from ASF, AVI, MPEG, and Windows Media files. (Choose File > Import > Frame From Video.)

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Chapter 3: Import photos and videos

The first step to using Adobe® Photoshop® Elements is getting all your media files into one or more catalogs.

Use the Organizer to bring media files into catalogs from any source, whether a camera, scanner, CD, folder on your hard disk, or mobile phone. However, if you simply want to start editing a photo on your hard disk, and you know its filename and location, you can use the Open or Place commands in the Editor to browse to the file.

About getting photos and videos

Bringing photos and videos into the Organizer

Use the Organizer to add photos and videos to a Photoshop Elements catalog. If you choose the File > Import or File > Open command in the Editor, select the Include In The Organizer option when you save the file to add it to your catalog.

If you have a system of folders on your computer that you want to continue using for organizational purposes, you can use the Organizer’s Folder Location view to view your files as they appear on your hard disk. From the Folder Location view, you can also instantly tag your images with their folder names.

When you choose the File > Get Photos And Videos command in the Organizer to bring a photo from your hard disk into a catalog, Photoshop Elements creates a link to the photo—it does not copy or move the original image unless you specify it. When you get a photo from a CD, DVD, or device such as a scanner, camera, card reader, or phone, Photoshop

Important: If you delete the original file from your hard disk, you cannot edit it in Photoshop Elements, even though its thumbnail may remain in a catalog.

More Help topics

“Open a file” on page 134

“View and manage files by folder location” on page 51

“Create and attach keyword tags based on folder names” on page 75

“Move files in a catalog” on page 108

“Save changes in different file formats” on page 145

Elements first copies the photo into a folder on your hard disk and then creates a link to that copy.

Guideline for getting photos from devices

When downloading image files from a camera, card reader, or mobile phone, it’s recommended that you organize the photos during the import process. You can divide these photos into Place and Family folders, and then name them accordingly.

More Help topics

“About cameras and card readers” on page 35

“About scanning” on page 39

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“About catalogs” on page 102

“About keyword tags” on page 68

Set file import preferences

Setting the file import preferences determines how Photoshop Elements manages files brought into the Organizer from any source.

1 In the Organizer, choose Edit > Preferences > Files.

2 Choose any of the following options, and then click OK:

Use “Last Modified” Date If EXIF Date Is Not Found Uses the modification date to store and organize photos that don’t

contain EXIF (EXchangeable Image Format) data. If deselected, the file is stored with an unknown date.

Import EXIF Caption Imports any caption that was stored with the photo in the camera. Deselect this option if you

want to delete this information, and type your own caption for each photo. (Note that caption data may be stored in different places in a file. Deselecting this option only blocks EXIF caption data.)

Automatically Search For And Reconnect Missing Files Searches for missing, disconnected files. Select this option to

avoid getting messages about disconnected files.

Automatically Prompt To Back Up Files And Catalog Prompts you to back up files when you open a catalog with more

than 500 transactions, including acquired photos and edits.

Enable Multisession Burning To CD/DVD Allows burning (copying) files onto a disc multiple times, enabling you to use

as much free space on the disc as possible. Normally, you can only burn a CD or DVD one time, and any unused space is lost.

Rotate JPEGs Using Orientation Metadata This option speeds up the rotating of photos in the Photo Browser by using

lower resolution thumbnails. Select this option if you rotate JPEG images regularly. Deselect this option if you want to view higher resolution thumbnails.

Rotate TIFFs Using Orientation Metadata This option speeds up the rotating of photos in the Photo Browser by using

lower resolution thumbnails. Select this option if you rotate TIFF images regularly. Deselect this option if you want to view higher resolution thumbnails.

Folders For Saved Files Specifies the default folder location where projects and other saved files are stored. To change

the location, click Browse and navigate to a new location.

Preview File Size Specifies the size of preview files used by the Organizer when storing photos offline.

If you have changed the settings and are having trouble importing your photos, try clicking the Restore Default Settings button in the Preferences dialog box to restore the original preferences.

More Help topics

“Set the size for preview files” on page 45

“Reconnecting missing files in the Organizer” on page 131

Import tags attached to photos

When you receive photos that contain tags or keyword metadata, you can import them with the photo. You can decide whether to keep the attached tag, rename the tag, or map it to one of your own tags. If you import a new tag, it appears in your Keyword Tags palette, and you can use it to tag other photos.

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An imported tag appears in the Keyword Tags palette.

1 Make sure the camera or card reader is connected to your computer, or the photos you want to import have already

been copied to your computer.

2 In the Organizer, choose File > Get Photos And Videos, and select any method for getting photos and videos.

Note: If the photos include tags or keyword metadata, the Import Attached Tags dialog box appears.

3 Do one of the following:

• Select the tags you want to import. The tags you select are added to the Keyword Tags palette when the photos are

imported. If a tag has an asterisk (*), you already have a tag of the same name in your catalog, and that existing tag is attached to the photos.

• Click Advanced for additional options.

4 If you selected Advanced, do any of the following, and click OK:

• Select the tags you want to import by clicking the boxes next to the tag names. When you select a tag, the options

to the right of the tag become active.

• To rename a tag you are importing, select the tags you want to import by clicking the boxes next to the tag names.

Click the button to the right of the tag under Import As New Tag Named, and type a name in the text box. Photoshop

Elements adds a tag with the new name to your catalog and attaches the tag to the imported photos.

• To map an imported tag to an existing tag in your catalog, select the tags you want to import by clicking the boxes

next to the tag names. Click the button in the right-hand column under Use An Existing Tag and choose a tag from the pop-up menu. The tag name you choose gets attached to the imported photos instead of the original tag name.

• Click Reset To Basic to clear your changes and return to the Import Attached Tags dialog box.

Note: If the photos you are importing have a large number of tags attached, a dialog box appears. You can choose to import all of the tags or none of them. If you prefer to select individual tags to import, close the dialog box and undo the import by choosing Edit

> Undo Import Items, or select the entire import batch and delete it from the catalog. Then,

reimport the photos in smaller batches.

More Help topics

“About keyword tags” on page 68

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Cameras and card readers

About cameras and card readers

You can download (copy) photos from cameras and card readers in several ways:

• Copy photos from your camera or card reader, and import them directly into the Photoshop Elements Organizer

using the options in the Photo Downloader dialog box. This method is recommended because it is quick and easy, and lets you organize your photos when importing them.

• Use the software that came with your digital camera to download pictures onto your computer, and then bring

them into Photoshop command in the Organizer.

• If your camera or card reader displays as a drive in My Computer, you can drag the files from there directly into

the Organizer. Or you can drag them into a folder on your hard drive, and then bring them into Photoshop Organizer.

In some cases, you need to install the software driver that came with your camera before you can download pictures to your computer. You might also need to set the camera and card reader preferences in Photoshop

Elements using the File > Get Photos And Videos > From Files And Folders command in the

Elements using the File > Get Photos And Videos > From Files And Folders

Elements.

More Help topics

“Bringing photos and videos into the Organizer” on page 32

“Get photos from files and folders” on page 42

“Set camera and card reader preferences” on page 38

Get photos from a digital camera or card reader

For a video about this process, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid2311_pse

1 Connect your camera or card reader to your computer. (See the documentation that came with your device, if

necessary.)

The Windows AutoPlay dialog box opens with a list of options for getting the photos.

2 In the Windows AutoPlay dialog box, select the Photoshop Elements option.

The Photo Downloader dialog box opens if Photoshop Elements is running, you can also choose File > Get Photos And Videos > From Camera Or Card Reader to open the Photo Downloader.

3 In the Photo Downloader dialog box under Source, choose from the Get Photos From menu to specify where to

copy/import the photos from.

4 In the Import Settings area, set the following options:

Location Specifies the folder to which images are downloaded. To change the default folder location, click Browse, and

specify a new location.

Create Subfolder(s) Creates a subfolder using the naming scheme chosen from the pop-up menu. If you choose

Custom Name, type a subfolder name in the box.

If you are using keyboard shortcuts to create subfolders (Alt+C) or rename files (Alt+R), press the spacebar to expand the menu. Then, use the arrow keys to select an option.

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Rename Files Changes the filenames using the naming scheme selected from the pop-up menu. If you choose Custom

Name, type a base filename and a starting number for assigning sequentially numbered filenames to the photos.

Note: If the name you entered exists, the copied image filename is appended with “-1” or another appropriately numbered designator.

Preserve Current Filename in XMP Select this option to use the current filename as the filename stored in the metadata

of the photo.

Delete Options Specifies whether to leave the photos on your camera or card, verify and delete the files, or just delete

the files after they are copied. Deleting the files automatically avoids having to delete the photos by using your camera. Photos that you do not import into Photoshop

Automatic Download Imports your photos instantly the next time Photoshop Elements is selected in the Windows

Elements are not deleted from the device.

AutoPlay dialog box. This option uses the Automatic Download values specified in the Camera or Card Reader preferences.

5 (Optional) For more download options, click the Advanced Dialog button. See “Set advanced photo downloading

options” on page 36.

6 Click Get Photos.

The photos are copied to your hard drive. If the photos you copied contain keyword metadata, the Import Attached Tags dialog box appears; specify whether to copy the tags.

7 Click OK in the Files Successfully Copied dialog box. You have the option of selecting the option to show only the

new files in the Photo Browser.

Choosing a device in the Photoshop Elements Photo Downloader.

You can change the settings specified here at a later time. In the Organizer, choose Edit > Preferences > Camera or Card Reader.

Set advanced photo downloading options

The Advanced dialog box of the Adobe Photo Downloader offers all the options in the Standard dialog box plus several additional options. For example, you can view all of the photos stored on a device or preview videos before importing them. You can also add copyright metadata, specify an album for the imported photos, and automatically fix red eye as the images are imported. The settings you specify in this dialog box retain their values until you reset them.

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Adobe Photoshop Elements Photo Downloader Advanced dialog box A. Name of connected device B. Options for saving files C. Click the box to download a photo. D. Rotate buttons E. Name for all files F. Selects metadata templates G. Check All or Uncheck All photos H. Gets the photos

1 In the Standard Photo Downloader dialog box, click Advanced Dialog.

Thumbnail images of every file on your device appear.

2 To show or hide different file types, click the Image , Video , or Audio buttons. If the device contains

duplicate files, the Duplicate button is also available.

Note: Duplicate files are files that are already in the Organizer or have already been copied to your hard disk. If you download duplicate files, they are copied to your hard drive, but are not added to the Organizer.

3 Select photos to download by doing any of the following:

• To select individual photos, click the boxes below each thumbnail.

• To select multiple photos, drag a rectangle around their thumbnails. Then right-click and select Check Selected, or

click a box below one of the selected images to check them all.

• To select all photos, click Check All. To deselect all images, click Uncheck All.

4 To rotate one or more photos, select them by clicking the images (not the check boxes). Then, click the Rotate Left

or the Rotate Right button .

button

5 In the Save Options section, do any of the following:

• Specify a destination to copy the photos. Click Browse and navigate to the location you want.

• Choose an option for naming subfolders from the Create Subfolder(s) menu. The Custom Groups (Advanced)

option creates a subfolder with the group name format you select in the Group Name box. The group tag name helps you find and distinguish photos within a category.

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Note: If you switch to the Standard dialog box, Custom Groups settings are lost.

• Choose a naming scheme from the Rename Files menu if you want to rename the photos during import. If you

choose Custom Name, type a base filename and a starting number for assigning sequentially numbered filenames to the photos.

Note: If the name you entered exists, the copied image filename is appended with “-1” or another appropriately numbered designator.

6 In the Advanced Options section, select any of the following:

Automatically Fix Red Eyes Applies the Fix Red Eye command to all selected photos.

Note: Automatically removing red eye on a large number of image files increases the amount of time required to import your photos.

Automatically Suggest Photo Stacks Combines selected photos into suggested photo stacks based on visual similarity.

Make Group Custom Name A Tag Applies the custom name tag of the specified group to the selected photos. Use this

option only if you have assigned custom groups. Applying tags while downloading helps you find photos more easily in the Organizer.

Import Into Album Lets you specify or create an album to import the photos into. Click Settings to select or create an

album and then click OK.

7 From the menu at the bottom of the Advanced Options section, choose an option to specify what

Photoshop

Elements should do after copying photos: leave the original files alone, verify that the import was

successful and then delete the original files, or immediately delete the original files.

8 To add metadata, select a template to use and type in the following fields:

Creator Specifies the file creator. Information typed into this field is appended to the creator metadata in the file.

overwrites any data already in the copyright metadata in the file.

9 (Optional) To automatically download photos in Photoshop Elements after a device is connected, select Automatic

Download. Automatic download options are set in the Camera Or Card Reader preferences. See

“Set camera and

card reader preferences” on page 38

10 Click Get Photos.

More Help topics

“Designate an album during photo download” on page 84

Set camera and card reader preferences

Photoshop Elements lets you set preferences for a device. These preferences apply if you select the Photoshop preferences remain intact until you change them. If you use a different camera or card reader, make sure to set preferences specifically for that device.

Elements option in the Windows Auto Play dialog box that appears when a device is connected. The

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Setting preferences for getting photos from digital cameras and card readers.

1 In the Organizer, choose Edit > Preferences > Camera Or Card Reader.

2 Set file-specific import options:

Save Files In Specifies where the files are copied to on your hard drive. Click Browse to specify a new location.

Automatically Fix Red Eyes Fixes red eye problems as the files are downloaded.

Automatically Suggest Photo Stacks Suggests photo stacks for you according to date and visual similarity.

3 To edit the options for a specific device, select the device profile, and click Edit. Choose a Download Option from

the menu that appears, and click OK. To delete a device from this list, select it and click Remove.

4 To specify default values for automatic downloads, set any of the following:

Begin Download Specifies when a download begins after a device is connected.

Create Subfolders Using Specifies if and how to separate and name folders containing photos shot on different dates.

Delete Options

Copy New Files Only (Ignore Already Imported Files) Causes the downloader to ignore files that are already on your

Specifies if and how to delete the original photos from your camera after copying them to your hard disk.

hard disk.

If you have changed the settings and are having trouble getting your photos, click Restore Default Settings to restore the original preferences.

Scanners

About scanning

Photoshop Elements connects to your scanner so that you can get images of your photos, negatives, and slides. You can get images from scanners in two ways:

• Use the scanner driver plug-in module that came with your scanner. This software is either compatible with

Photoshop

Elements or uses the TWAIN® interface to scan and open images directly in Photoshop Elements.

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• Use the standalone scanning software that came with your scanner to scan and save your images. You can then

bring the images into Photoshop

Elements using the File > Get Photos And Videos > From Files And

Folders command.

In Windows® XP and Windows Vista™, you can set preferences so that Photoshop Elements starts as soon as your computer detects that your scanner is attached. See Windows Help for more information.

Before you try to scan and open your photos in Photoshop Elements, 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. In Windows, if the Preferences dialog box appears on your screen after you click Get Photos, set your scanner preferences.

Get photos from scanners

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

2 In the Organizer, select File > Get Photos And Videos > From Scanner from the pop-up menu.

Note: You can also get photos from a scanner from within Full Edit.

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

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.

4 Click Browse to select a location for saving the photos.

5 Choose a file format from the Save As menu. JPEG, the default format, is usually the best choice. If you choose

JPEG, drag the Quality slider to the setting you want. The higher the quality, the larger the file size.

Drag the Quality slider to increase or decrease the file size and quality.

6 Click OK. If you’re using a scanner with a TWAIN driver, Photoshop Elements 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: In Windows XP, Photoshop Elements launches the Windows XP scanning interface if you’re using a WIA (Windows Imaging Architecture) scanner. You can find instructions in Windows XP online Help. In scanners that support TWAIN, a vendor-specific user interface is launched.

After the photo is scanned, a preview of the scan is displayed in the Getting Photos dialog box. Photoshop Elements assigns the import date to the photos.

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More Help topics

“File formats for saving” on page 143

“Change the date and time of files” on page 121

“About image size and resolution” on page 241

Set scanner preferences

1 In the Organizer, choose Edit > Preferences > Scanner.

2 Choose the name of your scanner from the Scanner menu.

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

3 Choose a file format from the Save As menu. JPEG, the default format, is usually the best choice. If you choose

JPEG, drag the Quality slider to the setting you want. The higher the quality, the larger the file size.

4 Select a location to store your scanned photos, and then click OK.

Scan photos into the Editor using a TWAIN driver

TWAIN is a software driver used for acquiring images captured by certain scanners, digital cameras, and frame grabbers. For your TWAIN device to work with Photoshop manager and TWAIN data source.

Elements, the manufacturer must provide a source

Before you can use the scanner to bring images into Photoshop Elements, you must install the TWAIN device and its software, and then restart your computer. (See the documentation provided by your device manufacturer for installation information.)

❖ In the Organizer, choose File > Get Photos And Videos, and choose the device you want to use from the

submenu.

After the image is scanned, it appears in an untitled Photoshop Elements window.

Note: After pressing the scanning button for the first time on some scanners, such as the Canon MP960, the scanning progress bar will open behind Photoshop Elements. You can reduce the Photoshop Elements window to bring the progress bar forward.

More Help topics

“File formats for saving” on page 143

“About image size and resolution” on page 241

Local files, CDs, DVDs, and video

Using watched folders

The Organizer automatically detects photos being added to any of its watch folders. By default, the My Pictures folder is watched, but you can add additional folders to the Organizer’s watch list.

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You can choose to have photos that are added to a watch folder automatically added to a catalog. Or, you can opt to be asked before new photos are added to a catalog. When asked, either click Yes to add the photos to your catalog, or click No to leave them out. Whether or not photo files are brought into the Organizer, they remain in their folders unless you delete them.

Add folders to the watched folders list

1 Choose File > Watch Folders.

2 Click Add, and then browse to the folder.

3 Select the folder, and then click OK. The folder name appears in the Folders To Watch list.

To quickly add watch folders when the Organizer is in Folder Location view, right-click a folder and choose Add To Watched Folders.

Change Watch Folders settings

1 Choose File > Watch Folders.

2 Choose one of the following options:

• Notify Me to choose whether files are added to your catalog.

• Automatically Add Files To Organizer to have photos added to your catalog as soon as they are detected.

Get photos from files and folders

For a video about this process, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid2310_pse

You can bring photos into the Organizer from a hard disk or optical disc drive in your computer, either by dragging them from Windows Explorer into the Organizer Photo Browser, by browsing to them using the File And Videos > From Files And Folders command, by searching your computer using the File > Get Photos And Videos > By Searching command, or by selecting the Add Unmanaged Files To Catalog option available in the Folder Location view of the Photo Browser.

Note: After dragging photos from Windows Explorer into the Photo Browser, Windows Explorer may become unresponsive until the photos have been imported. You may, however, toggle to any Photoshop Elements dialog box that opens during the import by pressing Alt-Tab, or by clicking the Organizer icon in the Windows taskbar.

More Help topics

“Move files in a catalog” on page 108

“Import tags attached to photos” on page 33

“Reconnecting missing files in the Organizer” on page 131

“Create and attach keyword tags based on folder names” on page 75

“Import tags attached to photos” on page 33

Browse to files on your computer

1 In the Organizer, choose File > Get Photos And Videos > From Files And Folders from the menu.

2 In the dialog box, navigate to the folder that contains the files you want to bring into the Organizer. Use the Look

In menu and the other navigation controls along the top and left.

3 Hold the pointer over a file to display information about the photo, or select it to display a preview.

> Get Photos

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4 Do one of the following to select photos:

• To get a single photo, select it.

• To get multiple photos, Ctrl-click to select the files you want. Or, click the first file, and then Shift-click the last file

in the list that you want.

• To get all the photos in a folder, navigate up one level from your current level in the Get Photos From Files And

Folders dialog box and select the desired folder. To get photos from subfolders within the folder, select Get Photos From Subfolders.

You can import a PDF file or a Photoshop Elements project in PDF format. Text in imported PDF files becomes part of the image (you can’t edit the text).

5 Set file-specific import options:

Automatically Fix Red Eyes Fixes red eye problems as the files are downloaded.

Automatically Suggest Photo Stacks Suggests photo stacks for you according to date and visual similarity.

6 Click Get Photos. The photos appear in the Organizer.

Importing photos by using the Look In menu and clicking Get Photos.

Search for files on your computer

1 Choose File > Get Photos And Videos > By Searching.

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Searching for photos on your computer

A. Search location B. Search button C. Import selected folder from the Search Results window D. Preview lets you view photo thumbnails. E. Search Results window F. Folder selected for import G. Thumbnails of photos in selected folder

2 Select a search option from the Look In menu.

3 Select options to limit your search:

Exclude System And Program Folders Excludes folders from the search that are unlikely to contain your photos.

Exclude Files Smaller Than Includes files large enough to be full-resolution photos. Enter a minimum file size, in

kilobytes, in the KB text box.

Note: By default, removable media (such as CDs and DVDs) and network drives are not searched.

4 Click Search. The search may take a while. Click Stop Search if you want to stop the search.

The search returns all folders that contain photos and video clips.

5 Click a folder to select it. To select more than one folder, press Ctrl and click another folder name. You can preview

the items in a folder by clicking the folder name in the list.

6 (Optional) Select Automatically Fix Red Eyes to fix photos with red eye problems as they are imported into the

Organizer.

7 Click the Import Folders button. The photos appear in the Photo Browser.

Note: If the photos you import have tags attached to them, the Import Attached Tags dialog box appears.

Add files from specific folders

1 In the Organizer, from the Display menu, select Folder Location.

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The folder hierarchy panel opens on the left side of the Photo Browser.

2 In the folder hierarchy panel, browse to the folder containing the files you want to import.

3 Right click the folder, and choose Add Unmanaged Files To Catalog.

The Getting Photos dialog box will report whether files were imported.

4 Click OK.

If files were imported, the folder’s icon changes from an Unmanaged Folder icon to a Managed Folder icon .

About preview files

When you import photos, you can choose to download to your computer full-resolution copies of the master photos (default) or low-resolution copies, called preview files. Preview files appear in your catalog as space-saving copies of the high-resolution originals. When you perform an operation that requires the original photo, you are asked to insert the disc containing the offline photo. You can then decide whether to use the preview file or bring in a full-resolution copy of the photo.

If you choose to use preview files, you need to assign an Offline Volume Name to the CD or DVD containing the master files. Make sure to write the Offline Volume Name on the CD or DVD, so that when Photoshop requests the master disc (it provides the reference name for you), you can insert the correct disc.

Elements

Set the size for preview files

1 In the Organizer, choose Edit > Preferences > Files.

2 Under Offline Volumes, choose the pixel dimensions for the preview files. A 640 x 480 size is good in most cases.

Use a smaller size if you want to conserve space on your computer, or a larger size for better display quality.

Get photos from a CD or DVD

You can copy photos from a CD or DVD onto your hard disk and into the Organizer. You can make full-resolution copies, as you might for editing purposes, or, to save disk space, low-resolution offline copies called preview files.

1 In the Organizer, select File > Get Photos And Videos > From Files And Folders.

2 Navigate to your CD or DVD drive, and select the photos you want to copy.

3 (Optional) Select either of the following:

Copy files on import Makes a full-resolution copy of the file on your hard disk.

Generate previews Makes a low-resolution copy of the file on your hard disk, saving disk space.

4 (Optional) If you’re keeping a master photo offline, type in a volume name for the CD or DVD on which it resides,

and write this name on the disc itself. This will make it easy for you to find and download the master when prompted.

5 (Optional) Select Automatically Fix Red Eyes if you would like Photoshop Elements to repair red eyes as soon as

the photos are brought into the Organizer.

Note: This option is not enabled for offline files.

6 (Optional) Select Automatically Suggest Photo Stacks if you would like Photoshop Elements to group visually

similar photos, letting you decide whether to place any such groups into stacks.

7 Click Get Photos to bring your photos into the Organizer.

If the photos contain keyword metadata, the Import Attached Tags dialog box appears.

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Note: A preview file has the CD icon in its thumbnail. Its file location refers to the drive into which the CD containing its master file was inserted.

History information showing the offline Volume Name for an offline photo in the Organizer.

More Help topics

“Create and attach keyword tags based on folder names” on page 75

“Import tags attached to photos” on page 33

Get photos from a video

You can capture frames from your digital videos if they are saved in a file format that Photoshop Elements can open, including ASF, AVI, MPEG, MPG, M1V, and WMV. Captured photos are saved with the name of the video file plus a number (for example, videoclip01, videoclip02, and so forth).

Note: To create photos from the broadest range of video formats, install the latest version of standard video software, such as QuickTime or Windows Media Player.

Getting still photos from a video clip.

1 In the Editor, choose File > Import > Frame From Video.

2 In the Frame From Video dialog box, click the Browse button to navigate to the video from which you want to

acquire still frames, and then click Open.

3 To start the video, click Play .

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4 To get a frame of the video as a still image, click the Grab Frame button or press the spacebar when the frame is

visible on the screen. You can move forward and backward in the video to capture additional frames.

Note: Some video formats don’t support rewinding or fast-forwarding. In these cases, the Rewind and Fast Forward buttons are not available.

5 When you have all the frames you want, click Done.

6 Select File > Save to save each still file to a folder on your computer.

Mobile phone cameras

About mobile phone cameras

If you have a mobile phone with a built-in camera, you might be able to transfer the photos into your catalog. Make sure your phone saves photos in a file format you can import into your catalog. To find out what file format your phone uses, see the instructions that came with the phone.

To get photos into your catalog, use one of the following methods.

Direct transfer If you have a phone compliant with NOKIA® PC Suite 6.5 or higher, or if your phone stores photos on

a removable flash or memory card, you can bring photos from your phone directly into Photoshop the Adobe Photo Downloader. To determine how your phone stores photos, see the instructions that came with your phone.

Elements by using

Cable or wireless transfer Transfer the images to your hard disk using cable or wireless transfer. For more

information, consult the phone manufacturer or the instructions that came with your phone. After you transfer the photos to your computer, in the Organizer use the File into your catalog. For some mobile phone cameras, the Adobe Photo Downloader appears automatically when you connect via cable or wireless, and you won’t need to select File

Note: Not all phones and carriers allow you to transfer photos to your computer using the methods described above. Your carrier or phone manufacturer can tell you what options are available to you. You can also refer to the Adobe website for the latest information.

> Get Photos And Videos command to bring the photos

> Get Photos And Videos.

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Chapter 4: Viewing and fixing photos in the Organizer

You can use the Organizer to view and sort media clips in various ways and to fix the most common photographic problems. In the Photo Browser, you can keep track of your photos, video clips, and audio files, with thumbnail icons that display the creation date, keyword tags, captions, and other information about a clip. For example, different views let you display only video clips, show photos side by side, show photos by geographical location, or view photos on a map.

The tools in the Fix panel of the Organizer quickly correct the most common problems in photographs. At the click of a button, for example, you can remove a green tint from a photo, improve its contrast, or remove the red from the pupils of its subjects.

For tutorials about viewing and cataloging photos in the Organizer, see this excerpt from Classroom in a Book.

Viewing photos in the Organizer

About the Photo Browser

For a video overview, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid2313_pse

The Photo Browser shows thumbnails of your photos in the central area of the Organizer. (To return to the Photo Browser from Date view, select of the photos, video clips, and audio files in any of your catalogs. You can select items in the Photo Browser to attach tags to them, add them to projects, or edit them.

Display > Photo Browser.) You use the Photo Browser to view and find thumbnails

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The Photo Browser displays your photos for easy access. A. Rotate Left and Rotate Right B. Adjust Thumbnail Size slider C. Back To Previous View D. Timeline E. Find bar F. Main window

More Help topics

“The Editor workspace” on page 15

“About keyword tags” on page 68

“About the Timeline” on page 90

“Search using the find bar” on page 92

“Find photos using a text search” on page 96

“Viewing photos in full screen or side by side” on page 56

Open the Photo Browser

❖ To open the Photo Browser from the Date view of the Organizer, do one of the following:

• Select Display > Photo Browser.

• Click Return To Photo Browser toward the bottom of the Organizer.

Set Photo Browser viewing preferences

1 In the Photo Browser, choose Edit > Preferences > General.

2 Specify options as desired, such as the following:

• To order pictures within a day so that the newest pictures appear first, choose Show Newest First Within Each Day.

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• To rescale photos more than 100% of actual size, up to the maximum size of the space available, select Allow Photos

To Resize. Deselect this option to display small images at their actual size even when more space is available for display.

• To reenable dialog boxes that you had chosen not to display again, click Reset All Warning Dialogs.

Photo Browser icons

Some of the following icons appear only when you select the Details option, and others appear at all times:

Stack icon Indicates that the thumbnail represents a stack of photos.

Version Set icon Indicates that the thumbnail represents a stack of edited versions of a photo.

Video icon Indicates that the thumbnail represents a video clip.

Disc icon Indicates that the thumbnail represents an offline photo.

Audio icon Indicates that the thumbnail includes an audio caption.

Keyword Tag icons , , , Indicate that keyword tags are attached to the photo. Place the pointer over the tag

icon to see the tag name. These icons are the default icons for tags. If the thumbnail is displayed at a small size, multiple tag icons may be combined into one icon.

Album icon Indicates that the photo is part of an album. Place the pointer over the icon to see the album name.

Project icon Indicates that the photo is used in a project.

Photo Project icon Indicates that the photo is part of a multiple page project.

Rating stars Shows the rating of the photo, on a scale of five stars.

Select a Photo Browser view

❖ Choose Display > [display option].

Choose from the following display options:

Thumbnail View Displays thumbnails of your files in the sort order you specify.

Import Batch Displays photos in the batches in which they were imported and shows how the photos were imported.

Folder Location Displays photos by the folders in which they are stored.

Date View Opens Date view from any Photo Browser view. Displays a calendar showing thumbnails on the dates when

the photos were taken.

Photo Browser Opens Photo Browser Thumbnail view from Date view.

Choosing from the Photo Browser Display menu displays different views in the Timeline and Photo Browser.

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Hide and show photos in the Photo Browser

For a video about this process, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid2316_pse

You can mark photos to hide them from view in the Photo Browser without deleting them from your hard disk. Alternately, you can make hidden files reappear temporarily, or remove their marks so that the files always remain visible.

Hide photos by marking them

1 Select the photo or photos you want to hide. Shift-click the first and last photo of a group of adjacent photos to select

the entire group. Ctrl-click nonadjacent photos to select them.

2 Choose Edit > Visibility > Mark As Hidden to mark the photos for hiding.

A Hidden icon appears in the bottom-left corner of each photo selected.

3 To hide the selected photos in the Organizer, choose Edit > Visibility, and then select Hide Hidden Files.

Visibility commands are also available by right-clicking thumbnails and choosing from the context menu.

Show photos marked as hidden

❖ Choose Edit > Visibility, and then choose one of the following:

Show All Files Shows hidden files along with non-hidden files.

Show Only Hidden Files Shows only hidden files in the Organizer.

Visibility commands are also available by right-clicking thumbnails and choosing from the context menu.

Remove the Hidden mark from photos

1 In the Photo Browser, show the photos marked as hidden.

2 Select the photos from which you want to remove the Hidden mark . Shift-click the first and last photo of a

group of adjacent photos to select the entire group. Ctrl-click nonadjacent photos to select them.

3 Choose Edit > Visibility > Mark As Visible.

Visibility commands are also available by right-clicking thumbnails and choosing from the context menu.

View and manage files by folder location

The Folder Location view in the Organizer splits the Photo Browser into two sections: a folder hierarchy panel, and an image thumbnail panel. From this view, you can manage folders, add files to your catalog, automatically tag files using their folder name as the keyword tag, and add or remove folders from Watched Folder status.

By default, the folder hierarchy panel displays all of the folders on your hard disk. Folders containing managed files have a Managed folder icon automatically. Watched folders have a Watched folder icon . Photoshop Elements automatically imports compatible files saved in watched folders. Folders that are both managed and watched have a Watched And Managed folder icon those in the selected folder. You can change this to have it show thumbnails for only the files in the selected folder.

. By default, the image thumbnail panel displays thumbnails for all files on the hard disk, starting with

. Managed files are those you have imported into a catalog, either manually or

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Note: You can change the default view for each panel by choosing Edit > Preferences > Folder Location View and selecting the options you want.

1 In the Photo Browser, select Folder Location from the Display menu in the upper-right corner of the Organizer.

The Folder hierarchy appears on the left side of the Organizer and the image thumbnails appear in the center.

2 Do one of the following to specify which files appear in the image thumbnail panel:

• To view in the image thumbnail panel only the files in the selected folder, right-click in the folder hierarchy panel

and deselect Show All Files. (It is deselected when a check mark does not appear beside it.)

• To view all of your managed files in the image thumbnail panel, right-click in the folder hierarchy panel and select

Show All Files. (It is selected when a check mark appears beside it.)

If you want to search all of your managed files while in Folder Location view, you need to select Show All Files.

3 To find the folder location of a file, click the file’s thumbnail in the image thumbnail panel. The file’s folder is

highlighted in the left panel.

4 To find files in a specific folder, click the folder in the folder hierarchy panel. Thumbnails for the files in that folder

appear in the image thumbnail panel, grouped under the folder name.

5 To instantly tag files by their folder locations, click the Instant Keyword Tag icon to the upper right of the image

thumbnail panel for each folder group you want to tag. (See “Create and attach keyword tags based on folder

names” on page 75.)

6 To manage files and folders, select a folder and do any of the following:

• To move a file to a different folder, drag the file’s thumbnail from the image thumbnail panel to a folder in the folder

hierarchy panel.

• To view the folder in Explorer, right-click in the folder hierarchy panel and choose Reveal In Explorer.

• To add or remove the folder from watched-folder status, right-click in the left panel, and choose Add To Watched

Folders or Remove From Watched Folders.

• To add files in the folder to your catalog, right-click in the folder hierarchy panel and choose Add Unmanaged Files

To Catalog.

• To rename the folder, right-click in the folder hierarchy panel and choose Rename Folder. Then type a new name.

• To delete the folder, right-click in the folder hierarchy panel and choose Delete Folder.

7 To create a new folder, right-click in the folder hierarchy panel and choose New Folder.

More Help topics

“Using watched folders” on page 41

“Get photos from files and folders” on page 42

“About keyword tags” on page 68

Specify media types to view

❖ In the Photo Browser, choose View > Media Types > [type of file].

Note: After you import items, all media types appear in the Photo Browser temporarily.

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Sort files in the Photo Browser

❖ Choose a sort option from the Photo Browser Arrangement menu to the upper-right corner of the Photo Browser.

You can choose from the following sort options:

Date (Newest First) Shows the most recently taken or imported photos first. (Within a given day, the photos are shown

in the order they were taken, oldest first, unless otherwise specified in the General Preferences dialog box.) Newestfirst order is convenient when you need to attach tags to the photos you imported most recently.

Date (Oldest First) Shows all the photos in chronological order.

Album Order Shows photos in the order in which you placed them in an album (available only when an album is

selected).

The Photo Browser Arrangement menu sorts the thumbnails in chronological, reverse-chronological, or album order.

Resize, refresh, or hide thumbnails

You can change the size of thumbnails, or refresh them after editing an image in another application. In addition, you can quickly rotate the thumbnails so they appear correctly in the window.

• To incrementally change the size of the thumbnail, drag the thumbnail slider in the shortcuts bar.

Drag the thumbnail slider to the right to increase thumbnail size.

• To display the smallest thumbnails possible, click the button to the left of the slider.

• To display a single photo, click the button to the right of the slider.

• To refresh the thumbnail view, choose View > Refresh.

• To rotate an image counterclockwise, click Rotate Left at the top of the Photo Browser; to rotate an image

clockwise, click Rotate Right .

More Help topics

“Update an item’s thumbnail” on page 122

Select items in the Photo Browser

For a video about this process, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid2314_pse

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To work with a photo or other item in the Photo Browser, you first need to select it. A selected photo thumbnail is highlighted with a dark blue outline.

❖ Do any of the following:

• To select a single item, click its thumbnail.

• To select multiple adjacent items, hold down Shift and click the first and last item you want to select.

• To select multiple nonadjacent items, hold down Ctrl and click the items you want.

• To select or deselect all items in the Photo Browser, choose Edit > Select All or Edit > Deselect.

Display and edit photo details

You can choose whether to display details for each thumbnail and how certain details are displayed in the Photo Browser. Also, you can add and edit captions, including audio captions, and add and edit date and time information.

More Help topics

“About file information (metadata)” on page 125

“Change the date and time of files” on page 121

Specify format of date and details font

1 Select Edit > Preferences > General.

2 In the Display Options area, specify the format of dates and the font used to display details, by selecting any of the

following:

Date Format (This option is not available in all locales.) Select MM/DD/YY or DD/MM/YY format.

Use System Font Choose this option to display details in the system font.

Adjust Date And Time By Clicking On Thumbnail Dates Select this option to edit the date and time details for any

photograph by clicking on them.

View or hide photo details

❖ Select or deselect the Details box to the upper right of the Photo Browser.

Edit photo details

You can edit photo information, such as date, attached tags, filename, caption, and audio caption.

❖ In the Photo Browser, do any of the following:

• To add or edit a text caption, select the Details check box, click the Single Photo View button , and then click

the caption, if there is one, or click Click Here To Add Caption.

• To add, listen to, or edit an audio caption, select the Details check box, click the Single Photo View button, and then

click the Record Audio Caption button

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Photo details A. Date and time B. Albums to which the photo belongs. C. Keyword Tags attached to the photo D. Scroll to previous or next photo. E. Click to add or change caption. F. Click to add or play audio caption.

• To change the date assigned to a photo, select the thumbnail, choose Edit > Adjust Date And Time, and then specify

options from the dialog boxes that appear.

If you want to change dates by simply clicking the date, choose Edit > Preferences > General, and select Adjust Date And Time By Clicking On Thumbnail Dates.

Viewing video and full-screen images

View video clips

In the Photo Browser, the first frame of a video clip appears as the clip’s thumbnail. The filmstrip icon identifies a video clip in the Photo Browser.

1 Double-click the video clip in the Photo Browser.

Note: To view QuickTime movies in Photoshop Elements, you must have the QuickTime player installed on your computer. If it is not already installed, download and run the QuickTime installer from

www.apple.com/quicktime/download.

2 When the Photoshop Elements Media Player appears, click the Play button to start the video. To view it frame-by-

frame, drag the position slider. If you have a long video clip, it may jump over a few frames.

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Photoshop Elements Media Player

A. Start and End buttons B. Record C. Play button D. Stop button E. Elapsed time F. Drag the position slider through the video clip G. Volume control

3 When you’re finished viewing, click the Close button to close the Photoshop Elements Media Player.

You can make still shots from the frames of a video clip by choosing File > Import > Frame From Video in the Editor.

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Viewing photos in full screen or side by side

The Full Screen and Side By Side views let you see your images without the distraction of other interface items, such as windows, menus, and palettes. The control bar, which contains buttons for playing, rotating, zooming, and so on, disappears from view when you don’t move your mouse for a couple of seconds. (To make it reappear, move the mouse.)

The View Photos In Full Screen View command displays a set of photos as a full-screen slide show, making it a fun and efficient way to view a set of photos. You can customize the slide show—for example, you can play an audio file as you view the images, display thumbnails of the selected files in a filmstrip along the right side of the screen, or add a fade between pictures. When you’ve decided which photos you want in your slide show, and you’ve made the necessary edits to them, you can send them directly from this view to the Slide Show Editor by clicking the Create Slide Show button.

Full Screen view with caption circled

The Compare Photos Side By Side command displays two photos simultaneously. Side By Side view is useful when you need to focus on details and differences between photos. You can select two or more photos to compare. In Side By Side view, the currently selected photo has a blue border. When you click the Next Photo button

, the selected image changes to the next image in your selection. If you’ve enabled the filmstrip, you can click on any image in the filmstrip to view it in place of the selected image (the one with the blue border).

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Use Side By Side view to analyze composition and details. Image 1 is marked for printing.

You can switch back and forth between views by clicking the Full Screen View button or the Side By Side View button . While in either view, you can mark your favorites to print, fix red eye, add a photo to an album, zoom in on photos, rotate or delete a photo, and apply keyword tags to a photo.

More Help topics

“Creating slide shows” on page 363

Use Full Screen view or Side By Side view

1 Select the photos you want to view by doing one of the following:

• In the Photo Browser, select a keyword tag or individual photos.

• In Date view, select a date containing a photo.

Note: If you select only one photo, the selected photo is the first to display in the Full Screen or Side By Side view; all the other photos in the Photo Bin appear in the thumbnail filmstrip of the view.

2 Do one of the following:

• Choose View > Compare Photos Side By Side. (This option is not available in all locales.)

• Toward the upper-right of the Organizer, select Display > View Photos In Full Screen.

Once either view is open, you can switch between them by clicking the Full Screen View or Side By Side View button in the control bar.

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3 (Full Screen view only) In the Full Screen View Options dialog box that appears, specify any of the following

Presentation options, and then click

OK. See “Full-screen display options” on page 59. Alternately, to not apply any

of these options, click Cancel.

4 View photos by doing any of the following:

• (Full Screen view only) To begin the slide show, click Play or press the spacebar.

• To move to the previous or next photo, use the left and right arrow keys, or click Previous Photo or Next

Photo .

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A B

Slide show controls A. Previous Photo B. Play/Pause C. Next Photo D. Exit E. Show all controls

Note: The control bar fades away when you don’t move your mouse for a few seconds. To make it reappear, move the mouse.

• (Full Screen view only) To go directly to a photo, click a thumbnail on the filmstrip on the right side of the screen.

To see the thumbnail filmstrip, select Show Filmstrip in the Full Screen View Options dialog box.

• (Side By Side view only) To change the selected photo, click a thumbnail on the filmstrip on the right side of the

screen.

• (Side By Side view only) To view two photos above and below instead of side by side, click the triangle next to the

Side By Side icon and choose Above And Below.

• To rotate an image, click Rotate 90º Left or Rotate 90º Right. The image remains rotated when you return to

the Photo Browser.

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Rotation, Action and View controls A. Rotate 90 degrees left B. Rotate 90 degrees right C. Action Menu D. Full Screen view E. Side By Side view F. Click to switch from Side By Side to Above and Below

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If you don’t see all of the controls, such as Rotate 90º Left, click the triangle on the right side of the control bar.

5 To delete an image from the catalog, click Delete .

Note: Select Delete From Hard Drive only if you’re sure you don’t want the image anymore.

6 To zoom in or out of an image, click Zoom In or Zoom Out, or drag the slider between the two zoom icons. You

can also click Fit In Window or Actual Pixels to view the image in those dimensions.

Note: To map the magnification values to both images in Side By Side view, click Synchronize Pan And Zoom.

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Zoom controls

A. Fits image to window B. Displays image at 100% C. Zoom out D. Variable zoom E. Zoom in F. Syncs the zoom and panning of images G. Rating starts H. Hide button

D E F G H

7 To apply a tag, automatically fix a photo, remove red eye, show properties, add to or remove from a collection, or

perform other actions, select an option from the Action menu

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8 To print photos, choose Mark For Printing from the Actions menu. A printer icon appears in the thumbnails

of photos you have marked for printing. When you close Full Screen view or Side By Side view, the Print dialog box appears so you can send the photos to an online printer.

9 To send the images directly to the Slide Show Editor where you can enhance your slide show by adding transitions,

panning and zooming, and adding text and graphics, click Create Slide Show.

When you send images to the Slide Show Editor, certain specifications you made in Full Screen view, such as background audio, slide duration, and added text and audio captions, are used in the Slide Show Editor.

10 To close either view, press Esc or click Exit .

More Help topics

“Creating slide shows” on page 363

Full-screen display options

Options in the Full Screen View Options dialog box

Background Music Specifies which audio file to play during the slide show. To choose a different file, click Browse and

locate and select the file you want.

Play Audio Captions Specifies that audio captions of the selected files will play during the slide show. You can use mp3,

WAV, and WMA files for audio captions.

Page Duration Specifies how long each image displays on-screen before the next image appears or fades in.

Include Captions Displays captions at the bottom of the screen.

Allow Photos/Videos To Resize Resizes photos or video to fit the screen.

Show Filmstrip Displays all of the selected images in a strip of thumbnails on the right side of the screen. To choose

which image is displayed in full screen, click a thumbnail.

Fade Between Photos Adds a fade transition between each image during the slide show.

Start Playing Automatically Starts the slide show as soon as the image appears in Full Screen view. When this is

selected, you don’t need to click the Play button to start the slide show.

Repeat Slide Show Plays the slide show over and over until you stop it.

Rate photos or clear ratings in full-screen mode

1 In the Photo Browser, right-click a photo, and select View Photos In Full Screen.

2 In the Full Screen View Options dialog box, select options for full-screen viewing and click OK, or to simply view

photos full screen, click Cancel. See

The photo appears, full screen, with a control bar superimposed over it.

3 In the control bar, do one of the following:

• Select a star to set a rating for the photo.

• If the photo has a rating you want to clear, click the gold star farthest to the right to clear the rating.

“Full-screen display options” on page 59.

Select up to five stars to rate a photo.

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Fix, tag, add to albums, print, and more in full-screen mode

1 In the Photo Browser, right-click a photo, and select View Photos In Full Screen.

2 In the Full Screen View Options dialog box, select options for full-screen viewing and click OK, or to simply view

photos full screen, click Cancel.

The photo appears, full screen, with a control bar superimposed over it.

3 In the control bar, click the Action Menu button to open a menu of options.

4 Select one of the options from the menu.

Delete photos in full-screen mode

1 In the Photo Browser, right-click a photo, and select View Photos In Full Screen.

2 In the Full Screen View Options dialog box, select options for full screen viewing and click OK, or to simply view

photos full screen, click Cancel.

The photo appears, full screen, with a control bar superimposed over it.

3 In the control bar, click the Delete button .

Pinning photos to a map

View photos in Map view

In the Map view of the Organizer, you can arrange photos by geographic location. You can pin photos to points on a map, with pins that can open photos taken at a location. After your map of photos is complete, you can share it on the web or from a CD. You can also find photos by navigating to map areas that contain pinned photos.

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Map view A. Pin generated by dropping a photo onto the map B. Click pin to view associated photos C. The Move tool moves pins D. The Hand tool moves the map E. Zoom tools F. Limits search to map area G. Drag to enlarge or shrink map H. Share photos I. Display Standard, Satellite, or Hybrid map view

1 In the Organizer, click Display > Show Map.

2 Photos that have been placed on the map are represented by a red pin in Map view. Locations that have pins in close

proximity show a three-pin cluster in Map view.

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3 To change how the Map view looks, do any of the following:

• Click the Zoom In or Zoom Out buttons to zoom in or out by clicking on the map.

• Click the Hand tool to drag the map in any direction.

• Click the Map menu to select the type of view: Map (standard), Satellite (aerial photo), or Hybrid (composite of the

first two options).

4 To view the photos on the map, do any of the following:

• Place the cursor over a pin. If more than one photo displays in the thumbnail viewer, click the Previous button

or Next button to go backward or forward.

• Select Limit Search To Map Area to view (in the Photo Browser) all the photos related to the pins visible on the map.

5 You can also navigate to a particular place on the map by right-clicking a photo or a tag that has a location assigned

to it, and then choosing Show On Map.

More Help topics

“Share maps of photos on a website or in a file” on page 413

“Find photos using a map” on page 100

Add a photo to a map

In Map view of the Organizer, you can drag photos from the Photo Browser directly onto the map.

1 In Map View, use the Hand , Zoom In , and Zoom Out tools to navigate to the spot where you want to

place the photo.

2 Select one or more photos in the Photo Browser.

3 Drag the photo to a location on the map. You can also right-click a photo and choose Place On Map. You then enter

an address to look up on the map and place the pin.

Note: Placing or moving a pin for a photo will not change the GPS Latitude or GPS Longitude metadata, if any, originally embedded in the photo.

More Help topics

“Attach keyword tags to photos” on page 70

“Find photos using a map” on page 100

Remove a pin from a map

1 In Map view, select the pin you want to remove.

2 Right-click and choose Remove From Map.

Change a pin location on a map

1 In Map view, select the Move tool.

2 Drag the pin to a new location.

Note: Placing or moving a pin for a photo will not change the GPS Latitude or GPS Longitude metadata, if any, originally embedded in the photo.

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Viewing photos in Date view

View and find photos in Date view

In Date view, you can browse through your photos chronologically or find photos from a particular day, month, or year. When you’ve found the day you’re looking for, you can view that day’s photos as a mini-slide show. You can also keep track of recurring events, such as holidays and birthdays, and add notes to any day. In Date view, you can do many of the same operations on photos that you can do from the Photo Browser.

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Date view A. Click to select a month B. Click to select a year. C. Date currently selected D. Click to view previous/next month. E. Click to choose Year, Month, or Day view. F. Click to select a date. G. Click to view previous/next day. H. Number of photos for selected date. I. Controls for viewing slide show. J. Add an event. K. Enter a daily note

Note: You cannot print the Date view calendar. To create a wall calendar, click the Photo Calendar button on the Create tab.

1 Click Display > Date View on the upper-right side of the Organizer. Date view opens, displaying the month and

day of the currently selected photo in the Photo Browser.

2 Click the Year , Month , or Day button at the bottom of the Date view.

3 Navigate to the month and day you want to view by doing one of the following:

• Click the Previous button or Next button to go forward or backward. Hold down the button to move

rapidly.

• Click the year and choose a year from the list that appears. A photo icon next to a year indicates that the year

contains photos.

• In Month view, click the name of the month and choose a month from the list that appears. A photo icon next

to a month name indicates that the month contains photos.

• Click the date display on the upper-right side, and then select the date you want to find in the Set Date dialog box.

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• In Year or Month view, double-click a day. The calendar switches to Day view and displays the first photo for that day.

4 If there is more than one photo in the day, you can view the day’s photos by doing any of the following:

• In Day view, view a photo by clicking its thumbnail in the column to the right.

• In Day view, select Display > View Photos In Full Screen to view the photos for the selected day in Full

Screen view.

• In Year or Month view, view all the photos for the selected day as a slide show by clicking Play under the image

at the right.

5 In Day view, to view a photo in the Photo Browser, click the Return To Photo Browser button to the lower right

of the photo.

Many of the photo commands you use in the Photo Browser can be used also in Date view. Right-click a photo to see a menu of commands available.

More Help topics

“Send photos to online printing services” on page 409

“Use Full Screen view or Side By Side view” on page 57

Change the photo shown in a calendar date

By default, Date view shows the first photo scanned or shot on a particular date. If the default is not representative of the group of photos taken that day, you can choose another.

❖ In Date view, do one of the following:

• In Month or Year view, use the slide show controls to find the photo you want to use. Then right-click the photo in

the slide show window and choose Set As Top Of Day.

• In Day view, select the photo in the thumbnail list, and then right-click the large photo or the thumbnail and choose

Set As Top Of Day.

Selecting an image in Day view.

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View photos with unknown dates

You can view photos in Date view if they contain a year. If the year is unknown, the photo will not appear in Date view at all.

❖ In Date view, do one of the following:

• If the photo contains a year and month, but not a day, click the Unknown Date icon that appears in the upper-

right corner of the month in Month view or year in Year view.

• If the photo contains a year, but not a month or day, click the Unknown Date icon that appears in the upper-right

corner of the year in Year view.

• If the icon represents more than one photo, click it and view the photos in a slide show.

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Add a daily note to Date view

In Date view, you can write notes and keep track of a day’s events. You might want to write notes about the photos you took that day. A daily note is different from a caption because it corresponds to a day in the calendar, rather than to a particular photo. You can access daily notes only in Date view.

1 In Date view, select a day.

2 Type the note in the Daily Note box.

You can add a daily note to any day in Date view, even if it doesn’t have photos. In Month view, a Note icon appears on each day that has a daily note.

Add an event in Date view

In Date view, you can track your daily events or yearly events, such as birthdays.

Adding an event to the calendar.

1 In Date view, select a day.

2 Do one of the following:

• Click the Event icon .

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• In Month or Year view, right-click a day and choose Add Event from the context menu.

3 Type a name for the event in the Event Name box.

4 If necessary, change the dates shown in the pop-up menus.

5 If the event is annual, select Repeating Event. If desired, type a year indicating when the repeating event ends.

OK.

Click

In the calendar Month and Year views, holidays and events are displayed in special colors.

You can use the Calendar option in the Preferences dialog box to add, remove, and edit events.

Add or change a caption in Date view

1 In Date view, display the photo containing the caption you want to edit.

2 Click the Day button to open Day view.

3 Type text in the Caption box in the lower-right corner.

Set Date view preferences

1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Date View.

2 Select Use Monday As First Day Of The Week to start each week on Monday; otherwise, each week starts on

Sunday.

3 In the Holidays list, select the holidays you want noted in the calendar.

4 Add, delete, and edit events by doing any of the following:

• To add an event, click New and enter information in the Create New Event dialog box.

• To edit an event, select the event and click Edit. Change the information in the Edit Event dialog box.

• To delete an event, select it in the list and click Delete.

5 Click OK to close the Preferences dialog box.

Fixing photos in the Organizer

Using the tools in the Fix tab of the Organizer, you can quickly correct the most common problems in photographs. Customizable versions of some of these tools are also available in the Editor, but the simple versions here are designed to make corrections quickly and easily.

Note: Use the Photoshop Elements Editor to make more elaborate or subtle changes to photographs. Click Full Edit in the Fix tab to open the Editor.

Make quick adjustments using Auto Smart Fix

Auto Smart Fix analyzes photos and corrects problems commonly caused by poor exposure, contrast, color balance, and color saturation.

1 Click the Fix tab to open it.

2 Select one or more photos in the Photo Browser. (Ctrl-click photos to select more than one.)

3 On the Fix tab, click Auto Smart Fix.

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Auto Smart Fix creates copies of the selected photos, makes the adjustments in the copies, and saves the copies to the version sets of the photos on which they are based.

Correct color with Auto Color

Auto Color analyzes photos and corrects common problems in color balance, such as the greenish tint in photos taken under fluorescent lamps, or the bluish tint in photos taken outdoors while using indoor-lighting camera settings.

1 Click the Fix tab to open it.

2 Select one or more photos in the Photo Browser. (Ctrl-click photos to select more than one.)

3 On the Fix tab, click Auto Color.

Auto Color creates copies of the selected photos, corrects the color in the copies, and saves the copies to the version sets of the photos on which they are based.

Set levels with Auto Levels

Auto Levels analyzes photos and corrects common problems in luminance, such as the lack of detail in photos that were under- or overexposed.

1 Click the Fix tab to open it.

2 Select one or more photos in the Photo Browser. (Ctrl-click photos to select more than one.)

3 On the Fix tab, click Auto Levels.

Auto Levels creates copies of the selected photos, adjusts the luminance levels in the copies, and saves the copies in the version sets of the photos on which they are based.

Improve contrast with Auto Contrast

Auto Contrast analyzes photos and corrects common contrast problems, such as the lack of distinction between bright and dark areas.

1 Click the Fix tab to open it.

2 Select one or more photos in the Photo Browser. (Ctrl-click photos to select more than one.)

3 On the Fix tab, click Auto Contrast.

Auto Contrast creates copies of the selected photos, adjusts the contrast in the copies, and saves the copies in the version sets of the photos on which they are based.

Sharpen photos with Auto Sharpen

Auto Sharpen analyzes photos and corrects common focus problems, such as blurriness caused by poor camera focus.

1 Click the Fix tab to open it.

2 Select one or more photos in the Photo Browser. (Ctrl-click photos to select more than one.)

3 On the Fix tab, click Auto Sharpen.

Auto Sharpen creates copies of the selected photos, sharpens the focus in the copies, and saves the copies in the version sets of the photos on which they are based.

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Remove red eye with Auto Red Eye Fix

Auto Red Eye Fix finds red pupils in photo subjects and changes them to a natural black.

1 Click the Fix tab to open it.

2 In the Photo Browser, select one or more photos in which a subject or subjects have red pupils. (Ctrl-click photos

to select more than one.)

3 On the Fix tab, click Auto Red Eye Fix.

Auto Red Eye Fix creates copies of the selected photos, changes red pupils to black in the copies, and saves the copies in the version sets of the photos on which they are based.

Rotate photos

For a video about this process, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid2315_pse

1 In the Photo Browser, select one or more photos. Shift-click to select adjacent photos, or Ctrl-click to select

nonadjacent photos.

2 In the shortcuts bar, do one of the following:

• To rotate the photo counterclockwise 90 degrees, click the Rotate Left button .

• To rotate the photo clockwise 90 degrees, click the Rotate Right button .

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You can use keyword tags to identify photos and clips with keywords and retrieve individual photos or albums of photos. Like physical photo albums, in Adobe® files by category and to place them in a desired order.

Tagging photos

About keyword tags

Keyword tags are personalized keywords, such as “Dad” or “Florida,” that you attach to photos, video clips, audio clips, PDFs, and photo projects in the Photo Browser so that you can easily organize and find them. When you use keyword tags, there’s no need to manually organize your photos in subject-specific folders or rename files with content-specific names. Instead, you simply attach one or more keyword tags to each photo and then retrieve the photos you want by selecting one or more keyword tags in the Keyword Tags palette. You can also find photos with specific keyword tags when you type a keyword in the Search text box.

Photoshop® Elements albums let you group photos and other media

For example, you can create a keyword tag called “Anna” and attach it to every photo featuring your sister, Anna. You can then instantly find all of the photos of Anna by selecting the Anna tag in the Keyword Tags palette, regardless of where the photos are stored on your computer.

You can create keyword tags using any keywords you want. For example, you can create keyword tags for individual people, places, and events. When photos have multiple keyword tags, you can select a combination of keyword tags to find a particular person at a particular place or event. For example, you can search for all “Anna” keyword tags and all “Marie” keyword tags to find all pictures of Anna with her daughter, Marie. Or search for all “Anna” keyword tags and all “Cabo” keyword tags to find all the pictures of Anna vacationing in Cabo San Lucas.

Use keyword tags to organize and find photos by their content. You specify keywords for your tags and choose the photo icon that represents each tag.

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“Find photos using a text search” on page 96

“Attach keyword tags to photos” on page 70

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Using the Keyword Tags palette

You create and work with keyword tags in the Keyword Tags palette of the Organize tab.

The Keyword Tags palette A. Category B. Subcategory C. Keyword Tag D. Find box E. Selected keyword tag F. Triangle expands or collapses the keyword tags in that category or subcategory.

In the Keyword Tags palette, Photoshop Elements includes four default categories: People, Places, Events, and Other. In addition, if you import images that already have tags attached, those tags appear under an Imported Tags category. You can organize tags under these categories and create your own categories and subcategories.

You can perform all of the following tasks in the Keyword Tags palette:

• View all of the keyword tags, tag categories, and tag subcategories. Click the triangle next to a category or

subcategory to expand or collapse the keyword tags under it.

• Create, edit, and delete keyword tags.

• Organize keyword tags within the categories and subcategories.

• Scroll up and down the list of keyword tags.

• Hide all keyword tags by clicking the triangle next to Keyword Tags.

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Create a keyword tag

You can create new keyword tags, under any category or subcategory, to organize photos you’ve recently added to your catalog. New keyword tags have a question mark icon

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The Create Keyword Tag dialog box lets you create keyword tags.

1 Click the New button in the Keyword Tags palette of the Organize tab and choose New Keyword Tag.

2 In the Create Keyword Tag dialog box, use the Category menu to choose a category or subcategory in which to place

the tag.

3 In the Name box, type a name for the keyword tag.

4 To associate the tag with a place on a map, click Place On Map, type an address, and click Find.

5 In the Note box, type any information you want to add about the tag. (For example, you could write that the tag

represents vacation photos.)

6 Click OK.

The keyword tag appears in the Keyword Tags palette under the category or subcategory you selected.

Note: The first time you attach a keyword tag to a photo, that photo becomes the icon for that keyword tag. To change the icon, see

“Change a keyword tag’s icon” on page 76.

Attach keyword tags to photos

Once you have created a keyword tag, you can attach it to photos associated with the tag. You can attach multiple keyword tags to a photo. The first time you attach a tag to a photo, that photo becomes the icon for that tag. If you drag multiple photos to a keyword tag, the first photo you selected becomes the icon for that tag.

1 In the Photo Browser, select the photo or photos to which you want to attach the tag. (To select more than one

photo, Ctrl-click the photos.)

2 To attach one photo to one tag, do one of the following:

• Drag the tag from the Keyword Tags palette onto the selected photos.

• Drag the photos onto the tag in the Keyword Tags palette.

3 To attach keyword tags to multiple photos, do one of the following:

• Drag the tag from the Keyword Tags palette onto any of the selected photos.

• Select one or more keyword tags, and then drag the tags onto any of the selected photos.

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Dragging multiple keyword tags to multiple photos.

• Select one or more keyword tags, and then drag the photos onto any of the selected tags in the Keyword Tags palette.

To apply a tag to all of the photos in an album, click the album in the Albums palette. Then click the Keyword Tags tab, select all of the photos in the Photo Browser, and attach the tag to them.

4 To correlate photos in Map view with a tag, do one of the following:

• Double-click a Places tag, and then drag a photo (that has a location tag) from the Photo Browser to a location on

the map.

• Select a photo and drag it to a location on the map.

• Select multiple photos and drag them to a location on the map.

• Drag any tag to a location on the map.

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Automatically find faces for tagging

When you use the Find Faces For Tagging command, Photoshop Elements isolates and displays faces in photos so that you can quickly tag them. Thumbnails of individual faces appear in the Face Tagging dialog box, in which you can apply existing keyword tags or create and apply new tags. As you apply tags to faces in the Face Tagging dialog box, Photoshop Already Tagged Faces if you want the faces to remain after you tag them.

Elements removes those faces, making it easier to find and tag the remaining faces. You can select Show

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The Face Tagging dialog box A. Select to show faces already tagged or deselect to hide those faces B. Keyword Tags and tag options C. Recently used keyword tags D. Full context image of the most recently selected face E. Selected face thumbnail F. Find status bar

1 In the Photo Browser, select the photos of people you want to tag.

2 Choose Find > Find Faces For Tagging, or click the Find Faces For Tagging icon in the Keyword Tags palette.

If you press Ctrl as you choose Find > Find Faces For Tagging, Photoshop Elements will produce more accurate results (for example, it will find more faces in the background of a busy photo), but it will take longer for the faces to appear.

Photoshop Elements processes the photos and searches for faces. Thumbnails of the faces display in the Face Tagging dialog box.

3 In the dialog box, do any of the following:

• To apply a tag to a face, drag the tag onto the face or drag the face onto the tag. You can tag multiple selected photos

at once.

You don’t have to wait until all faces are identified before applying keyword tags.

Applying a tag to selected faces while the search for faces is still in progress.

• To create a new tag, click the New button in the upper-right corner. Choose a category and type a name for the tag.

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• To view the entire photo thumbnail for a face, select the face and view the photo thumbnail in the lower-right

corner of the window.

• To select all the faces associated with a photo, select the photo thumbnail in the lower-right corner.

• To remove a face from the Face Tagging dialog box without tagging it, select it and click Don’t Tag Selected Items.

(If you later decide you want to tag it, select it in the Organizer and choose Find

Removing a thumbnail of an image that is not a real face.

> Find Faces For Tagging again.)

• Select Show Already Tagged Faces to view all the faces you’ve tagged. Deselect this option if you want to

automatically hide faces after you tag them.

If you want to change a tag that you’ve applied to a face, select Show Already Tagged Faces.

4 When you’re done tagging faces, click Done.

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Find photos by their keyword tags

❖ In the Keyword Tags palette of the Organize tab, do one of the following:

• Double-click a tag.

• Click the box next to one or more tags.

• Drag one or more tags from the Keyword Tags palette to the find bar near the top of the Photo Browser.

The application finds all photos that have any of those keyword tags attached. If you select a keyword tag category or subcategory that itself has nested subcategories, the application displays all photos in the hierarchy. For example, if you have a Wedding subcategory that contains the keyword tags Bride and Groom, and you select the Wedding subcategory, all photos tagged Bride or Groom are displayed.

You can also find photos with specific keyword tags by typing the keyword in the Search text box.

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To start a search, drag a keyword tag to the find bar (top) or click the square next to a keyword tag (bottom). Photos with the tag attached are displayed.

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Create a new keyword tag category or subcategory

1 In the Keyword Tags palette of the Organize tab, click the New button and choose either New Category or New

Sub-Category.

2 Do one of the following:

• To create a new category, type its name in the Category Name box. Click Choose Color and specify the color you

want to appear on the keyword tags in that category. Then click to select an icon from the Category Icon list.

• To create a new subcategory, type its name in the Sub-Category Name box. Then use the Parent Category Or Sub-

Category menu to choose a category in which to place the subcategory.

3 Click OK.

The new category or subcategory appears in the Keyword Tags palette.

Note: You can edit or delete a subcategory. However, its icon always appears as a plain tag; you cannot add a photo to it.

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Create and attach keyword tags based on folder names

You can automatically create a keyword tag with the same name as a folder on your hard disk and attach that tag to all the managed files in that folder (managed files are those that you’ve added to your Photoshop Creating and attaching tags this way is useful when you’ve used descriptive folder names to organize the photos on your hard disk, and you want to quickly tag your managed photos with those same folder names.

1 In the Photo Browser, choose Display > Folder Location.

The Photo Browser displays managed photos according to which folder they are in, with the folder’s full path listed above the photos it contains.

2 In the folder tree on the left, select the folder containing the photos you want to tag. Thumbnails of the managed

photos in that folder appear in the Photo Browser.

3 Click the Instant Keyword Tag button on the right side of the separator bar that lists the folder’s path.

All of the items in that folder are selected, and the Create And Apply New Keyword Tag dialog box is filled in with the name of that folder.

4 Choose a category or subcategory from the Category menu.

5 (Optional) If you want to change the name, type a new name in the Name box.

6 In the Note box, type any information you want to add about the tag. (For example, you could write that the tag

represents photos of your favorite restaurant.)

7 Click OK.

The tag appears in the Keyword Tags palette under the category or subcategory you selected and is applied to all items in that folder. Notice that the tag uses the first photo in the folder as its icon.

Elements catalog).

In Folder Location view, the Photo Browser shows the folder’s path and the photos in the folder. Click the Instant Tag button to quickly create and apply keyword tags that reflect your photos’ folder organization.

8 Repeat steps 2 through 7 for each folder you want to tag with an instant tag.

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Editing keyword tags, categories, and subcategories

Change a keyword tag’s icon

By default, Photoshop Elements creates an icon for a keyword from the first photo to which you’ve attached the tag. You can change this icon to one that better represents the tag.

1 Select the tag in the Keyword Tags palette of the Organize tab.

2 Click the Edit button at the top of the palette.

3 Click Edit Icon in the Edit Keyword Tag dialog box.

4 To use a different photo for the icon, do one of the following:

• Click Find to display all the photos with that tag. Select a photo and click OK or use the arrows next to the Find

button to page through and select the photo you want to use.

• Click Import. Then locate and select a photo, and click OK.

Note: An imported photo can be used for the icon, but the tag is not automatically attached to the imported photo. You can still attach the tag to that photo manually, however.

5 To change the portion of the photo included in the icon, resize or move the cropping marquee (the dotted outline):

• To resize, move the pointer to a corner of the marquee; when the pointer changes to a double-headed arrow, drag

the corner. You cannot resize imported tag icons.

• To move the marquee, place the pointer inside it; when the pointer changes to a hand, drag the marquee.

Resizing the cropping marquee (left); moving the cropping marquee (right).

6 Click OK, and then click OK again in the Edit Keyword Tag dialog box.

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Edit a keyword tag category or subcategory

You can change the name of a category or subcategory, or the location of the category or subcategory.

1 Select the category or subcategory in the Keyword Tags palette and click the Edit button , or right-click a

category and choose Edit <name> Category.

2 Do any of the following, and then click OK:

• To change its name, type a new name in the Category or Sub-category Name box.

• To change the category or subcategory that a subcategory is listed under, choose one from the Parent Category Or

Sub-category menu. Choose None (Convert To Category) to change a subcategory to a category.

You can also drag a category or subcategory into another one.

• (Categories only) To change the color of the keyword tags in a category, click Choose Color and specify a new color

from the Photoshop Elements Color Picker; then click OK.

• (Categories only) To change a category icon, click to select a new icon from the Category Icon list.

Editing a category icon starting from a keyword tag A. Changing a tag to a subcategory B. Changing a subcategory to a category C. Changing the category icon

To add your own category icons to the list, place 20 by 20 pixel images in JPEG or PNG format in the Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 7.0\shared_assets\caticons folder.

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Reorganize keyword tags, categories, and subcategories by dragging

By default, keyword tags and subcategories are listed in alphabetical order. However, you can change their order by dragging.

1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Keyword Tags and Albums.

2 In the Enable Manual Sorting Option area, select Manual for Categories, Sub-Categories, and Keyword Tags, and

then click OK.

3 In the Keyword Tags palette, select one or more keyword tags, categories, or subcategories.

4 Drag the selected items to a new location by doing one of the following:

• To reorder keyword tags within a category or subcategory, drag the tag until you see a gray line, and then release

the mouse button. The tag will appear directly under the gray line.

• To move a tag to a new category, drag the tag over the category you want to move it to; when the category becomes

highlighted, release the mouse button.

• To reorder categories or subcategories, drag the category or subcategory until you see a gray line. When you release

the mouse button, the category or subcategory will appear directly under the gray line.

• To embed categories or subcategories into other categories, drag them to the category or subcategory you want, and

when the destination category or subcategory becomes highlighted, release the mouse button.

Note: If you make a mistake moving a category or subcategory, making it a subcategory or sub-subcategory, select it and click the Edit button category menu.

in the Keyword Tags palette. Then specify the correct location using the Parent Category Or Sub-

When you move a category or subcategory, the keyword tags it contains move with it.

Note: You can’t move keyword tags, categories, or subcategories into the Favorites category or move keyword tags from Favorites into other categories.

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Change a keyword tag to a subcategory or vice versa

❖ Do one of the following in the Organize tab:

• Right-click a keyword tag in the Keyword Tags palette, and choose Change [name] Keyword Tag To A Sub-

Category.

• Right-click a subcategory in the Keyword Tags palette, and choose Change [name] Sub-Category To A Keyword

Tag. The subcategory cannot have any keyword tags or subcategories under it.

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Delete a category or subcategory

1 Select one or more categories or subcategories in the Keyword Tags palette.

2 Click the Delete button in the Keyword Tags palette, and then click OK to confirm the deletion.

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Remove keyword tags from photos

❖ Depending on the view in the Photo Browser, do one of the following:

• To remove a keyword tag from one photo in thumbnail view, right-click the photo and choose Remove Keyword

> [tag name].

Tag

• To remove a keyword tag from one photo in larger views, right-click a category icon under the photo and choose

Remove [name] Keyword Tag.

Depending on your view, you can hold the pointer over the category icon to display a list of keyword tags attached to the photo.

• To remove a keyword tag from multiple photos in any view, Ctrl-click to select the photos. Then right-click one of

the selected photos and choose Remove Keyword Tag from Selected Items

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> [tag name].

Write keyword tag information into your files

When you e-mail or export tagged JPEG, TIFF, or PSD files from Photoshop Elements, tag information is automatically included as an IPTC (International Press Telecommunications Council) keyword in these output files so that when the recipient imports the photo and is prompted to import the associated tags, the tags are attached in their version of Photoshop

If you want to e-mail or share a photo without using the Photoshop Elements e-mail or export features, you can manually write the tag information into the IPTC Keyword section in the header of the file.

❖ In the Photo Browser, select one or more files and choose File > Write Keyword Tag And Properties Info To Photo.

Elements.

Import and export keyword tags

Importing and exporting keyword tags can help you share photos with others of similar interests. For example, suppose you have created a set of keyword tags for photos related to your hobby. If you save your tag set, your friends with the same hobby can import those tags into their Keyword Tags palette and apply them to their own photos. Alternately, you can import your friends’ keyword tags and apply them to your own photos. You and your friends could then use keywords you have in common to search for photos related to the hobby you share.

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Export keyword tags

You can save your current set of keyword tags, including the entire hierarchy of categories and subcategories in your Keyword Tags palette and the tag icons, so that you can share it with someone else. The exported tags file is saved as an XML (Extensible Markup Language) file.

Note: Exporting tags does not export the photos associated with the tags.

1 Click the New button in the Keyword Tags palette and choose Save Keyword Tags To File.

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2 Choose one of the following and click OK:

Export All Keyword Tags Creates a file that contains all of the keyword tags and tag hierarchy.

Export Specified Keyword Tags Creates a file that contains all keyword tags and the tag hierarchy of the category or

subcategory you select from the list.

3 In the Save Keyword Tags To File dialog box that appears, choose a location and enter a name for the file. Then

click Save.

Import keyword tags

You can import an existing set of keyword tags (saved as an XML file using Save Keyword Tags To File), including the entire hierarchy of categories and subcategories and the icons.

Keyword tags can also be imported by importing images that have other tags in them already. For example, when photos are e-mailed, exported, and edited, or tag information is added, keyword tags are attached.

Note: Importing keyword tags does not import the photos associated with the tags.

1 In the Keyword Tags palette, click the New button and choose From File.

2 Select the XML (Extensible Markup Language) file in the Import Keyword Tags From File dialog box containing

the keyword tags, categories, and subcategories, and then click Open.

Set preferences for the Keyword Tags and Albums palettes

1 In the Organizer, choose Edit > Preferences > Keyword Tags And Albums.

2 Specify how to order keyword tags, categories, subcategories, albums, and album groups: alphabetically or

manually. If you select Manual for a tag type, you can arrange that tag type in the Keyword Tags palette in the order you want by dragging it.

3 Specify how to display keyword tags: by name only or with a small or large icon in addition to the name. Click OK.

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Creating albums

About albums

Important: U.S. Photoshop Elements users can backup albums to Photoshop.com. Not only does backing up protect the photos in your albums, but it also lets you conveniently share your photos via the Internet. Currently, this feature is only available for Photoshop on page 28 and “Back up and synchronize albums and files” on page 129.

Photoshop Elements Albums are like physical photo albums where you can store and organize photos in groups of your choosing. For example, you can create an album called “Ten Best Vacation Photos” and organize the photos from the tenth best photo to the very best photo. You can display the album in Full Screen view or make a project based on that album.

Elements users in the United States. See “Getting started with your Photoshop.com membership”

Each photo in an album has a number in the upper-left corner, representing its order. You can drag the photos within an album to arrange them into any order you want. You can add a photo to more than one album. For example, the same photo might appear as the first photo in one album and the last photo in another.

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You can organize albums in groups. You also can create multiple levels of album groups. For example, you can have an album group titled, “My Asia Trip,” containing the album “Ten Best Japan Photos,” along with another album called “Ten Best China Photos,” and so on for each country in Asia you visited.

You can create smart albums by setting criteria for photos to be included in them, rather than by manually selecting specific photos. The contents of smart albums are automatically updated as matching criteria are added to photos. For example, if you create a smart album that includes all photos with the keyword tag, “Chiara,” additional photos are added to that album as you give them that keyword tag.

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“Create albums from keyword tags” on page 89

“About keyword tags” on page 68

Using the Albums palette

You create and work with albums in the Albums palette of the Organize tab.

The Albums palette A. Album B. Find check area C. Album group D. Triangle expands or collapses the albums in that group

• Create, edit, and delete albums.

• View albums and album groups. Scroll up and down the list of albums, as needed. Click the triangle next to an

album group to expand or collapse the albums under it.

• Organize albums within album groups.

• Display photos in albums.

More Help topics

“Select items in the Photo Browser” on page 53

“Set preferences for the Keyword Tags and Albums palettes” on page 80

Create an album or an album group

For a video about this process, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid2302_pse

You can create a new album or a group of new albums at any time. For example, you might create an album group called “Vacations” and create separate albums within it, one for each vacation you photograph.

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Create an album

Note: It’s also possible to create an album when downloading photos into Photoshop Elements. See “Designate an album

during photo download” on page 84.

1 Click the Create New Album Or Album Group button in the Albums palette of the Organize tab and choose

New Album .

2 (Optional) From the Group menu, choose a group into which to place the album.

3 In the Album Name box, type a name for the album.

4 Drag photos into the Items area.

5 Click Done.

The album appears in the Albums palette under the album group you specified.

Create an album group

1 Click the Create New Album Or Album Group button in the Albums palette of the Organize tab, and choose

New Album Group.

2 In the Create Album Group box, type a name for the album group.

3 (Optional) From the Parent Album Group menu, choose a group into which you’d like to nest your album group.

4 Click OK.

The album group appears in the Albums palette under the album group you specified.

Add a photo to an album

In the Organizer, you can add photos to albums. You can add multiple photos to one or more albums.

1 In the Organizer, click the Show All button (if it appears in the find bar) to display all photos in the Photo Browser.

2 Do one of the following:

• Drag the photo from the Photo Browser into the album in the Albums palette.

• Drag the album from the Albums palette onto the photo in the Photo Browser.

Note: You can also add photos to an album when copying and importing images to Photoshop Elements. See “Designate

an album during photo download” on page 84.

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Dragging a photo into an album; after dragging, the photo becomes part of the album.

Display photos in an album

Because items in an album are displayed in a custom order, and the same item might be in multiple albums, you can view only one album at a time.

❖ In the Albums palette, do one of the following:

• Click an album.

• Drag the album from the Albums palette to the find bar near the top of the Photo Browser.

Click an album to start a search.

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To see which albums a photo is in, hold the pointer over the album icon under the photo in the Photo Browser or use the Properties palette.

Change the order of photos in an album

You can place the photos in an album in any order.

1 Select an album from the Albums palette.

2 In the Photo Browser Arrangement menu in the upper-right area of the Photo Browser, select Album Order.

3 Select one or more photos, drag the selection between any two photos in the album. You can also drag the selection

before the first or after the last photo in the album.

Sort photos in an album

You can sort the photos within an album in chronological, reverse-chronological, or album order.

1 Select an album from the Albums palette.

2 In the Photo Browser Arrangement menu in the upper-right area of the Photo Browser, select Date (Newest First),

Date (Oldest First), or Album Order.

Add photos to multiple albums

1 In the Photo Browser, click the Show All button (if it appears in the find bar) to display all photos in the Photo

Browser.

2 Select one or more photos. The selected photos are outlined in blue.

3 Select one or more album names in the Albums palette. Shift-click to select adjacent items or Ctrl-click to select

nonadjacent items.

4 Add the photos to the albums by doing one of the following:

• Drag the photos into any of the selected albums in the Albums palette.

• Drag the albums from the Albums palette onto any of the selected photos.

Designate an album during photo download

1 Make sure that the Photo Downloader is in the Advanced Dialog mode. If necessary, click Advanced Dialog.

2 In the Advanced Options section, select Import Into Album.

3 Click Settings and do any of the following in the Select An Album dialog box:

• To import photos into a specific album, select the album in the dialog box.

• To import photos into a new album, click Create New Album and then type a name to overwrite the generic

“New Album” name in the dialog box.

4 Click OK.

Export or import an album structure

You can share album structures with others by exporting yours or importing theirs. For example, suppose you have a set of albums representing different museums you’ve visited with friends. By saving and exporting your album set, your friends, who have also visited those museums, can import that album structure (not the photos in it) and use it for their photos. Alternately, you can import the album structure of one of your friends and apply it to your photos.

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Export an album structure

You can save your current set of albums and album group names, including their organization in the Albums palette and their icons, and then share this structure with someone else.

Note: Exporting an album does not export the photos associated with the album.

1 In the Albums palette, click the New button and choose Save Albums To File.

2 Choose one of the following and click OK:

Export All Albums Creates a file that contains your entire album hierarchy.

Export Specified Album Group Creates a file that contains the hierarchy of the album group you select from the list.

3 In the Save Album to File dialog box that appears, choose a location and enter a name for the file. Then click Save.

The file is saved as an XML file.

Import an album structure

You can import an existing hierarchy of album groups into the Albums palette, where you can use it for your own photos.

Note: Importing an album does not import the photos associated with the album.

1 In the Albums palette, click the New button and choose From File.

2 Select the exported XML file in the Import Albums From File dialog box containing the album and album group

names, and click Open.

Creating and editing smart albums

About smart albums

Like albums, smart albums contain photos of your choosing. However, instead of selecting individual photos or groups of photos, with smart albums, you set the criteria for inclusion. After you set the criteria, any photo in a catalog that matches the criteria of a smart album will appear automatically in that smart album. As you add new photos to the catalog, those photos matching the smart album criteria will also appear automatically in the smart album. Smart albums keep themselves up-to-date.

A. Albums palette heading B. Smart album C. Album group

Create a smart album

1 Select the types of photos you want in your smart album by doing any of the following:

• If you want the smart album to include only photos with certain keyword tags, select those keyword tags from the

Keyword Tags palette.

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• If you want the smart album to include only photos with certain star ratings, in the star ratings filter menu, click

the desired star, then select And Higher, And Lower, or Only from the menu next to the stars.

• If you want the smart album to include only photos within a certain folder, select Display > Folder Location.

Then, click the icon for the desired folder.

• If you want the smart album to include only photos you place into a certain album, select that album.

Note: You can apply more than one criterion to your selection. For example, you can select a folder or album and one or more keyword tags.

2 In the Albums palette, click the Create A New Album Or Album Group button . Then, select New Smart Album.

The New Smart Album dialog box opens.

3 Type a name for your smart album and click OK.

More Help topics

“Attach keyword tags to photos” on page 70

“Find items with star ratings attached” on page 94

“View and manage files by folder location” on page 51

“Create an album or an album group” on page 81

Edit a smart album

1 In the Albums palette, select the smart album you want to edit.

2 (Optional) To change the name of a smart album, in the Albums palette, click the Edit button . Type a new name

for the smart album, and click OK.

3 Toward the upper left of the Photo Browser, select Options > Modify Search Criteria.

4 Modify the search criteria for the smart album by adding or removing keyword tags, albums, folders, or star ratings.

5 Right-click the smart album in the Albums palette, and select Save Current Search To [name] Album.

Editing albums and album groups

Remove photos from an album

1 In the Photo Browser, select the photos you want to remove from an album.

2 Do one of the following:

• Right-click the photo and choose Remove (Selected Items) From Album > [album name].

• If the album icon associated with the photo is visible, right-click it and choose Remove From [album

name] Album.

More Help topics

“About albums” on page 80

“Add a photo to an album” on page 82

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Merge albums

The Merge Albums command lets you merge multiple albums into a single album. For example, if you create a “Cars” album, and then later inadvertently create an “Automobiles” album for the same photos, you can merge both albums into one. When you merge albums, all photos are placed into one album and the other album is removed. Photos are placed in the order they appear in the Albums palette. You can rearrange the order before or after you merge.

1 In the Albums palette, select the albums you want to merge. Click the album name to select an album, Shift-click

to select contiguous albums, or Control-click to select noncontiguous albums.

2 Right-click and choose Merge Albums.

3 From the list, choose the album into which you want to merge the selected albums, and click OK.

More Help topics

“About albums” on page 80

“Using the Albums palette” on page 81

Change an album’s properties

1 Select the album in the Albums palette of the Organize tab.

2 Click the Edit button at the top of the Albums palette.

3 Do any of the following in the Album Details palette and click OK:

• Choose a new location from the Group menu.

• Type a new name in the Album Name box.

More Help topics

“About albums” on page 80

“Using the Albums palette” on page 81

Delete an album or album group

Deleting an album or album group removes the album, group, and any albums in the group, but not the photos in them. Note that you cannot delete an album group and an album in another group at the same time.

1 In the Albums palette, click the album name to select an album or album group. Shift-click to select multiple albums

or Ctrl-click to select multiple noncontiguous albums.

2 Click the Delete button in the Albums palette.

More Help topics

“About albums” on page 80

“Using the Albums palette” on page 81

Change the order of items in an album

When you change the order of items in an album, you change the viewing order. This is an easy way to reorder the items in a project you’re planning to make.

1 In the Albums palette, click the album name to select the album.

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2 If necessary, select Album Order from the Photo Browser Arrangement menu in the upper-right corner of the

Photo Browser.

3 In the Photo Browser, do one of the following:

• Drag the photos to their new locations within the album.

Dragging a photo in an album (top). After dragging, the photo appears in its new position and its order number (circled) is changed (bottom).

• To reset the order of items to oldest first, select Date (Oldest First) from the Photo Browser Arrangement menu.

More Help topics

“About albums” on page 80

“Using the Albums palette” on page 81

Reorganize albums and album groups

By default, top-level albums are listed in alphabetical order followed by album groups in alphabetical order. You can change their order, but you can’t place albums after album groups.

1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Keyword Tags And Albums.

2 Under Enable Manual Sorting Option, select Manual for Album Groups and Albums, and then click OK.

3 In the Albums palette, select one or more albums and album groups.

4 Drag the items to their new location in the albums hierarchy.

When you move an album group, the items it contains move with it.

Note: You can’t move a lower-level album or album group to the top level by dragging. Instead, change its group to Top level in the Edit Album or Edit Album Group dialog box.

More Help topics

“About albums” on page 80

“Using the Albums palette” on page 81

“Set preferences for the Keyword Tags and Albums palettes” on page 80

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Attach keyword tags to photos in an album

Like albums, keyword tags provide a way of organizing photos and other media files. Keyword tags as well as albums can be associated with the same item. In fact, you can apply a keyword tag to a photo even when you are viewing that photo in its album.

1 In the Albums palette, click the album name to display the photos in that album.

2 Click the Keyword Tags palette.

3 Choose Edit > Select All to select all the items in the Photo Browser.

4 Select and attach the keyword tags to the photos.

More Help topics

“About albums” on page 80

“Using the Albums palette” on page 81

“Attach keyword tags to photos” on page 70

Create albums from keyword tags

1 In the Organize tab, click the triangle next to Keyword Tags to expand the palette.

2 Click the box to the left of a keyword tag name to select it. The Photo Browser shows all the photos with that tag

attached.

3 Choose Edit > Select All to select all the items in the Photo Browser.

4 On the Organize tab, click the triangle next to Albums to expand the palette.

5 Do one of the following:

• Drag the photos into one or more albums in the Album palette.

• Create a new album and drag the photos into it.

More Help topics

“About albums” on page 80

“Using the Albums palette” on page 81

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Chapter 6: Finding photos in the Organizer

In the Organizer, you can find photos and media files by date, star rating, album, folder location, filename, media type, keyword tag, text, or other criteria. You can also sort files in any grouping in chronological, reverse-chronological, or album order.

Note: In addition to using the Organizer to import media files, you can bring them into Adobe® Photoshop® Elements by using the File used if you already know the precise path and filename for the file you seek. For more information about finding files in the Editor, see

Searching for photos in the Organizer

Options for finding photos in the Organizer

In the Organizer, Photoshop Elements lets you find photos several ways:

> Open or File > Place commands in the Editor. These commands allow you to browse to a file and are best

“Open a file” on page 134 and “Place a PDF, Adobe Illustrator, or EPS file in a new layer” on page 137.

Timeline Click a month or set a range to find photos and media files chronologically by date, import batch, or folder

location.

find bar Drag a photo, keyword tag, project, or album onto the find bar to find matching or similar photos and media

files.

Find menu Use the commands in this menu to find photos by date, caption or note, filename, history, version, media

type, metadata, or visual similarity. You can even find photos with faces for tagging (see

tagging” on page 71. Commands are also available for finding photos and media files that have unknown dates and

times, no keyword tags, or are not in any album.

View menu Use the commands in this menu to show types of files such as photos, video, audio, projects, and PDFs.

The View menu also has options for showing photos that have been marked as “hidden” (See

as hidden” on page 51).

Albums palette Select an album to view only the media files within it.

Keyword Tags palette Select a keyword tag to see only the media files with that tag.

Star rating filter View only those media files with a star rating greater than, equal to, or less than the number of stars

you specify.

Text box Type text to find photos with matching text whether it’s in the filename, metadata, caption, note, date, or

album name.

“Automatically find faces for

“Show photos marked

About the Timeline

Photoshop Elements automatically organizes all of your photos in the Photo Browser Timeline, even if the photos are not tagged. The Timeline is divided into months and years—you can view images from a particular month and year by clicking that month in the Timeline. The height of each bar in the Timeline is proportional to the number of files in each month, based on date, batch, or location. You can also select a range of time in the Timeline to display photos taken or scanned within that range. When you hold the pointer over a bar in the Timeline, a tool tip shows its range.

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A C D E F

Using the Timeline A. Timeline arrow B. Dark area indicating photos out of set range C. End point markers D. Date marker E. Timeline bar F. Partially blank bar G. Tool tip identifying bar range

You can use the Timeline with keyword tags to refine searches. For example, to find pictures of Courtney taken over a span of time, search using the Courtney keyword tag, and then click any month in the Timeline containing photos of Courtney.

A partially blank bar in the Timeline indicates that you have photos that are not currently in the search results.

You use the Display menu (in the upper-right corner of the Organizer) to specify whether you want to view and find photos by thumbnail view, import batch, or folder location.

Selecting a view of the Photo Browser with the Display menu.

More Help topics

“Find photos using keyword tags” on page 93

View and find photos using the Timeline

1 Make sure the Timeline is visible in the Photo Browser. If necessary, choose Window > Timeline.

2 Select Display and select either Thumbnail View, Import Batch, or Folder Location.

This sets whether each bar in the Timeline represents a month, batch, or folder.

3 Do one of the following:

• Use the arrows at the ends of the Timeline to navigate to the part of the Timeline that you want to search.

• Click a bar in the Timeline, or drag the date marker to view photos relating to that bar.

• Drag the Timeline end-point markers to view a range.

• (For date-based arrangements only) Choose Find > Set Date Range. Type both a start date and end date to specify

the range you want to view, and then click

Photoshop Elements displays photos within the set range in the Photo Browser. You can drag the end point markers to refine your range.

OK. To reset the date range, choose Find > Clear Date Range.

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Using Find > Set Date Range to set a date range.

Search using the find bar

The find bar performs quick searches when you drag keyword tags onto it. When not in use, the find bar is a horizontal bar above the Photo Browser. When you drag a tag onto it, the find bar automatically expands so that you can see the keyword tags you’ve added to the search. To refine a search, drag more keyword tags onto the find bar. You can also use the find bar to search for the photos used in an album or project.

Dragging a keyword tag onto the find bar

1 Make sure that the Photo Browser and the Keyword Tags palette are open.

2 Drag a tag onto the find bar. The search starts immediately, and the find bar expands to show the tag it is using to

perform the search.

3 (Optional) Drag more keyword tags onto the find bar to refine your search. You can drag more than one tag to the

find bar at a time. Shift-click to select adjacent keyword tags or Control-click to select nonadjacent tags.

4 To start a new search, right-click a tag, category, or subcategory and choose the New Search Using [tag, category,

or subcategory name] Keyword Tag command from the context menu.

5 To close the find bar, click Show All.

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More Help topics

“About keyword tags” on page 68

“Exclude photos from a search” on page 95

Finding photos by keyword tags

Find photos using keyword tags

Keyword tags let you quickly find photos and other files. When you use keyword tags to find photos and media files, the find bar expands to display the keyword tags you’ve selected. Searches begin as soon as you select the tags in the Keyword Tags palette.

Search for photos with specific keyword tags by clicking the box next to the tag’s name.

• In the Keyword Tags palette, click the square next to the tag’s name, or drag the tag icon to the find bar. You can

include multiple keyword tags in a search.

Photoshop Elements finds photos that have the keyword tags attached. If no photo matches all the tags in your search criteria, the Photo Browser displays closely matching photos containing a subset of the keyword tags.

• To define a range of time for the search, specify a Date option in the Photo Browser Arrangement menu, and then

drag the Timeline end-point markers to the beginning and end of the range you want.

• To remove a tag from the search, double-click the tag in the find bar. (Or click the Back button in the shortcuts bar

to remove the last tag you added.)

• To exclude photos with certain keyword tags from the search, right-click those tags in the Keyword Tags palette

and choose Exclude Photos With [tag, category, or subcategory name] From Search Results.

Note: Using the Exclude Photos command, you can search for photos that have, for example, only you in them. You do this by searching for your tag, and then excluding the entire People tag category. The results are photos that have only you in them and no other people.

More Help topics

“Search using the find bar” on page 92

“About keyword tags” on page 68

“Find photos by details (metadata)” on page 99

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Macromedia Photoshop Elements - 7.0 Instruction Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

Chapter 1: Getting started

What to do first

Check the system requirements

Install the software

Register

ReadMe file

Sign up for Photoshop.com membership

New and enhanced features

Using Help and getting support

Using Photoshop Elements Help

How do I get customer support?

Working in Photoshop Elements

Transferring (importing) photos to your computer

Use the Photo Downloader to download files

Review your photos

Organizing your photos

Creating albums or an album group

Create a smart album

Back up and synchronize albums

Create a keyword tag

Attach keyword tags to photos

How do I find photos?

How do I find the actual file of a photo or media clip?

Making things with your photos

Create a slide show

Share a slide show

Sharing photos with others

Share photos using e-mail

Printing photos

Print from the Organizer

Print online

Fixing (editing) photos

Fix photos in the Organizer

Crop a photo

Fix photos in the Editor

Saving your edits

Troubleshooting tips

Chapter 2: Photoshop Elements workspace

About workspaces

The Welcome screen

The Organizer workspace

The Editor workspace

Exit Photoshop Elements

Context menus

Use context menus

Using keyboard commands and modifier keys

Tools

About the toolbox

Select a tool

Set tool preferences

Set the appearance of a tool pointer

Set tool options

Set a completed operations alert

Palettes and bins

About palettes

Work with palettes in the Editor

Work with the Task pane in the Organizer

Show or hide the Task pane

Use palettes in the Organize tab

Use tools in the Fix, Create, and Share tabs

Use the Project Bin in the Editor

Undo, redo, and cancel

Undo, redo, or cancel operations

Using the Undo History palette (Editor only)

Revert to the last saved version

Revert to a previous state of an image

Delete one or more states from the Undo History palette

Clear memory used by the clipboard and the Undo History palette

Restore default preferences

Redisplay disabled warning messages

Scratch disks and plug-ins

About scratch disks

Change scratch disks

About plug-in modules

Install plug-in modules