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Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 Advanced

Nine Lesson edition!


Lesson 1: Getting Familiar with Photoshop Elements

Launch Photoshop Elements
Creating a new catalog
Getting photos from a digital camera or card reader
Getting photos from files and folders
Organizer vs. the Editor
Viewing tags
Viewing photos at full screen or side-by-side
Creating a greeting card
Capturing still frames from a video
Using Adobe Photoshop Elements Help
Using the How To palette
Lesson 2: Organizing and Sharing Photos

Dragging photos from Windows Explorer
Searching for photos to add
Importing from a scanner
Using watched folders
Using Photo Browser view
Using Date view
Using stacks
Creating Picture Packages
Working with version sets
To remove red eye in the Photo Browser
Finding photos using details and metadata
Viewing and managing files by their folder location
Creating new categories and sub-categories
Applying and editing category assignments
Creating and applying tags to photos
Converting tags and categories
Using tags to find pictures
Automatically finding faces for tagging
Finding photos with visual similarity
Using photo mail
Sharing photos online
Printing
Printing a contact sheet
Burning photos to CD or DVD
Lesson 3: Sharing Creations

Using the Slide Show Editor
Adding text, graphics, audio, and narration to photos in the slide show
Applying transitions
Panning and zooming
Reordering slides
Choosing an output option for your slideshow
Saving your slideshow
Lesson 4: Adjusting Color in Images

Quick Fix multiple files as a batch
Adding the corrected files to the Organizer
Opening image files for Quick Fix editing
Use Smart Fix
Applying other automatic fixes
Duplicating an image file
Automatically fixing color
Applying further changes to automatically fixed images
Combining automatic fix and manual image corrections
Comparing results
Adjusting skin tones
Fixing red eye
Darkening reflective animal eyes
Using the Navigator palette
Restoring surface highlights
Using the Selection Brush Tool
Editing a saved selection
Using the Magic Selection Brush Tool
Setting up layers
Saving a selection
Replacing color
Saving and organizing finished files
Setting up color management
Lesson 5: Fixing Exposure Problems

Brightening an underexposed image
Using blending modes to fix a faded image
Adjusting shadows and highlights manually
Adjusting brightness and contrast manually
Adjusting levels
Creating adjustment layers for lighting
Applying an adjustment layer to a limited area
Comparing results
Creating a selection
Refining and saving a selection
Correcting an overexposed areas of the image
Correcting an underexposed area with other blending modes
Adding more intensity
Lesson 6: Repairing and Retouching Images

Straightening an image
Using the Magic Extractor to remove a background
Merging photos into a panorama
Cropping images
Using the Healing Brush Tool
Using the Spot Healing Brush Tool
Using the Blur Tool
Removing specs and scratches in your photo
Using the Clone Stamp Tool
Lesson 7: Working with Text

Using the Organizer to find and open tagged files
Adding an uneven border
Adding a decorative border
Formatting and adding a text layer
Editing text
Saving your work file
Drawing custom shapes
Adding text over a custom shape
Creating a new document
Adding embossed text to images
Saving images for Web use
Warping and styling text
Simplifying and applying a pattern to text
Hiding and revealing layers to review versions
Using Layer Styles to create animations
Adding effects to text
Merging layers
Animating layers
Lesson 8: Combining Multiple Images

Copying from one image into another
Cropping to synchronize dimensions of two photos
Combining pictures and resizing the canvas
Using rulers and grids
Erasing areas of image layers
Using a gradient clipping path
Applying the clipping path to a layer
Creating a clean edge with defringing
Lesson 9: Advanced Editing Techniques

Adjusting exposure
Using histograms to adjust shadows and highlights
Using Set Gray Point
Applying the Unsharp Mask filter
Creating effects with the filter gallery
Windows:

Requirements:

Windows:

Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
Pentium 133 Mhz or higher
32MB RAM
10MB free disk space
24x CD-ROM