Photoshop Elements 3: The Missing Manual By Barbara Brundage Publisher: O'Reilly Pub Date: March 2005 ISBN: 0-596-00453-2 Pages: 528 Table of Contents | Index The recent boom in digital camera sales has created a tremendous demand for simple yet powerful photo-editing software This is because experienced users, as well as amateurs, are quickly outgrowing the program that was originally bundled with their cameras Fortunately, Photoshop Elements 3, the latest photo-editing software from Adobe, is filling this void It allows users to achieve high-quality results without the overwhelming complexity of professional-level software And it's also affordable As a result, it is the best-selling photo-editing software on the market today Yet, while Photoshop Elements 3.0 seems to have everything going in its favor, it is missing one very important element: a manual that explains all of its incredible capabilities To help consumers truly understand this software, there's now Photoshop Elements 3: The Missing Manual This comprehensive guide from Barbarba Brundage offers page after page of valuable insight into this popular program, making it the only book readers will need on the topic Photoshop Elements 3: The Missing Manual does a whole lot more than just point out how to straighten photos, crop, and adjust the color and focus It's a collection of wonderful tips and tricks, from how to make basic selections to advanced color correction strategies, and from classic darkroom techniques to stylized digital effects Each feature is carefully explained in easy-to-understand language, so that everyone from professional shooters to hobbyists can benefit Among other lessons, readers will learn how to: Instantly fix flaws using Elements' Quick Fix mode Gain control with sliders, zoom tools, and before and after views Easily organize photos by calendar or keyword label Make dynamic slide shows with transitions, captions, music, and narration Create themed photo email Whether you're a hobbyist or a professional photographer, Photoshop Elements 3: The Missing Manual will help you become a more efficient, sophisticated digital camera user Photoshop Elements 3: The Missing Manual By Barbara Brundage Publisher: O'Reilly Pub Date: March 2005 ISBN: 0-596-00453-2 Pages: 528 Table of Contents | Index The Missing Credits About the Author About the Creative Team Acknowledgements The Missing Manual Series Introduction Why Photoshop Elements? What You Can Do with Elements 3 What's New in Elements 3 Elements Versus Photoshop The Key to Learning Elements About This Book Safari® Enabled Part I: Introductory Elements Chapter 1 Finding Your Way Around Elements Section 1.1 The Welcome Screen Section 1.2 Organizing Your Photos Section 1.3 Editing Your Photos Section 1.4 Getting Started in a Hurry Chapter 2 Importing and Managing Your Photos Section 2.1 Importing from Cameras Section 2.2 Opening Stored Images Section 2.3 Scanning Photos Section 2.4 Capturing Video Frames Section 2.5 Creating a New File Section 2.6 The Organizer Section 2.7 The File Browser (Mac and Windows) Chapter 3 Rotating, Resizing, and Saving Section 3.1 Straightening Scanned Photos Section 3.2 Rotating Your Images Section 3.3 Cropping Pictures Section 3.4 Changing Your View of Your Image Section 3.5 Changing the Size of Your Image Section 3.6 Saving Your Work Section 3.7 Backing Up Your Files Chapter 4 The Quick Fix Section 4.1 The Quick Fix Window Section 4.2 Editing Your Photos Part II: Elemental Elements Chapter 5 Making Selections Section 5.1 Making Quick Selections Section 5.2 Selecting Rectangular and Elliptical Areas Section 5.3 Selecting Irregularly Sized Areas Section 5.4 Changing and Moving Selections Chapter 6 Layers: The Heart of Elements Section 6.1 Understanding Layers Section 6.2 Creating Layers Section 6.3 Managing Layers Section 6.4 Adding Fill and Adjustment Layers Section 6.5 Moving Layers Between Images Part III: Retouching Chapter 7 Basic Image Retouching Section 7.1 Fixing Exposure Problems Section 7.2 Controlling the Colors You See Section 7.3 Using Levels Section 7.4 Removing Unwanted Color Section 7.5 Choosing the Color You Want Section 7.6 Sharpening Your Images Chapter 8 Elements for Digital Photographers Section 8.1 The RAW Converter Section 8.2 Photo Filter Section 8.3 Processing Multiple Files Chapter 9 Retouching 102: Fine-Tuning Your Images Section 9.1 Fixing Blemishes Section 9.2 Applying Patterns Section 9.3 Making Your Colors More Vibrant Section 9.4 Changing the Color of an Object Section 9.5 Making Color Photos Black and White Section 9.6 Creating Spot Color Section 9.7 Colorizing a Black and White Photo Section 9.8 Special Effects Chapter 10 Creating Panoramas and Transforming Images Section 10.1 Creating Panoramas Section 10.2 Transforming Images Part IV: Artistic Elements Chapter 11 Drawing with Brushes, Shapes, and Other Tools Section 11.1 Picking and Using a Basic Brush Section 11.2 The Specialty Brushes Section 11.3 The Impressionist Brush Section 11.4 The Pencil Tool Section 11.5 The Paint Bucket Section 11.6 Dodging and Burning Section 11.7 Blending and Smudging Section 11.8 The Eraser Tool Section 11.9 Drawing with Shapes Section 11.10 The Cookie Cutter Chapter 12 Filters, Effects, Layer Styles, and Gradients Section 12.1 Using Filters Section 12.2 Adding Effects Section 12.3 Applying Gradients Section 12.4 Gradient Maps Chapter 13 Type in Elements Section 13.1 Adding Type to an Image Section 13.2 Warping Type Section 13.3 Adding Special Effects Section 13.4 Type Masks: Setting an Image in Type Part V: Sharing Your Images Chapter 14 Printing Your Photos Section 14.1 Getting Ready to Print Section 14.2 Using a Photo Processing Service Section 14.3 Printing from the Editor Section 14.4 Printing from the Organizer (Windows) Section 14.5 Printing Multiple Images (Windows) Section 14.6 Printing Multiple Images (Mac Only) Section 14.7 Creating Projects (Windows Only) Chapter 15 Elements and the Web Section 15.1 Image Formats and the Web Section 15.2 Saving Images for the Web or Email Section 15.3 Creating Animated GIFs Section 15.4 Emailing Your Photos Section 15.5 Sending Photos to Other Gear (Windows) Chapter 16 Web Photo Galleries and Slideshows Section 16.1 Web Photo Galleries Section 16.2 Slideshows Section 16.3 PDF Slideshows for the Mac Part VI: Additional Elements Chapter 17 Beyond the Basics Section 17.1 Graphics Tablets Section 17.2 Free Stuff from the Internet Section 17.3 Making Elements More Like Photoshop Section 17.4 Beyond This Book Part 7: Appendixes Chapter A The Organizer, Menu by Menu Section A.1 File Menu Section A.2 Edit Section A.3 Find Section A.4 View Section A.5 Window Section A.6 Help Section A.7 Online Support Chapter B The Editor, Menu by Menu Section B.1 Photoshop Elements (Mac Only) Section B.2 File Menu (Windows and Mac) Section B.3 Edit Menu Section B.4 Image Section B.5 Enhance Section B.6 Layer Section B.7 Select Section B.8 View Section B.9 Window Section B.10 Help Chapter C Installation and Troubleshooting Section C.1 Installing Elements Section C.2 Troubleshooting Colophon Index The Missing Credits About the Author About the Creative Team Acknowledgements The Missing Manual Series About the Author Barbara Brundage has taught people how to use Photoshop Elements since it first came out in 2001 She's also a member of Adobe's Elements 3 pre-release group Barbara first got interested in Elements for creating graphics for use in her day job as a harpist, music publisher, and arranger Along the way she joined the large group of people who are finding a renewed interest in photography thanks to digital cameras If she can learn to use Elements, you can, too! About the Creative Team Peter Meyers (editor) works as an editor at O'Reilly Media on the Missing Manual series He lives with his wife and cat in New York City Email: peter.meyers@gmail.com Linley Dolby (copy editor) spent several years in the production department at O'Reilly before moving to Martha's Vineyard to pursue a freelance career She now helps whip technical books into shape for several companies, including O'Reilly and Pogue Press Email: linley@gremlinley.com Grant Dixon (tech editor) is constantly amazed at how much creativity Elements can unleash once a little time is applied to learn the program He is the creator of the Elements Challenge at http://www.cavesofice.org/~grant/Challenge/ Galen Fott (tech editor) is a writer, animator, puppeteer, and the co-author (with Deke McClelland) of several books on Photoshop Elements He also reviews software for PC Magazine and Macworld Visit him at: www.grundoon.com Bryan O'Neil Hughes (tech editor) has been a Software Quality Engineer on Adobe's Photoshop Team since 1999 He has helped test and develop several releases of Photoshop and Photoshop Elements Rose Cassano (cover illustration) has worked as an independent designer and illustrator for twenty years Assignments have ranged from the nonprofit sector to corporate clientele She lives in beautiful Southern Oregon, grateful for the miracles of modern technology that make working there a reality Email: cassano@uci.net Web: www.rosecassano.com Philip Dangler (production editor) maintains a vintage Apple Macintosh museum in his office at O'Reilly In his free time, he Send to Back Services command (Mac) Set as Desktop Wallpaper command Set Date Range command settings Transform commands Cancel Commit Reference Point Location Rotate Scale Skew Shadows (RAW Converter) Shadows/Highlights tool 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Midtone Contrast Shape Selection tool Shape tool 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Custom Shape tool Rectangle/Rounded Rectangle tools Shape Selection tool Sharpen command Sharpen Edges filter 2nd Sharpen filter 2nd 3rd Sharpen More filter 2nd Sharpen palette Sharpen tool sharpening Sharpening (RAW Converter) sharpening images 2nd 3rd 4th 5th High-Pass filter Sharpen filter Sharpen tool Unsharp Mask 2nd 3rd Shear filter Shift Pixels tool shortcuts Shortcuts bar (Photo Browser) Show All command (Mac) silver window borders Similar command 2nd Simplify command size 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th for email and web 2nd 3rd for printing 2nd 3rd 4th resolution Sketch command Sketch filters Skew command 2nd slideshows 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th Macs Windows Custom slideshows emailing photos Smart Blur filter Smart Fix Smooth command Smoothing Smudge Stick filter Smudge tool Snap to Grid command Solarize filter solid color fill Spatter filter special effects 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Gradient tool Liquify filter 2nd Pucker tool Turbulent Jitter setting Twirl Clockwise tool specialty brushes Spherize filter Sponge filter Sponge tool spot color 2nd 3rd 4th 5th erasing colors from duplicate layer using Layer Mask and Saturation slider using Selection brush and Remove Color command Spot Healing brush 2nd 3rd 4th Brush setting Proximity setting Size setting Sprayed Strokes filter Stack command Stained Glass filter stains Stamp filter Stamp Visible Standard Edit Standard Macintosh Color option Standard Windows Color option Start From Scratch (Windows) Stickies straightening scanned images Stroke (Outline) Selection command Style (type option) Styles and Effects command Styles and Effects palette 2nd 3rd Stylize command Stylize filters Sumi-e filter System Info command 2nd Index [SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [Z] Tab key Tablet Options (Brush tool) tablets tags assigning to categories Favorites Hidden image data removing special Tags command tears text controlling spacing creating warping 2nd editing after it's done Horizontal/Vertical Distortion Texture command Texture Fill filter Texture filters Texturizer filter Threshold filter Threshold layer type TIFF (.tif and transparency Tile command 2nd Timeline (Photo Browser) 2nd Timeline command tinting photos 2nd Tool Options command (Mac) Tool Selection (type option) Toolbox 2nd double-columned hidden drawers little black square tools Tools command Tooltips Torn Edges filter Trace Contour filter Transform commands 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th Barrel distortion Perspective Pinch distortion Skew Transitions (Custom Slideshow in Windows) transparency in gradients JPEGs and TIFFs and transparent background Trash icon troubleshooting problem with installation Turbulence tool Turbulent Jitter setting tutorial sites Tutorials button (Mac) Tutorials command 2nd Twirl Clockwise tool Twirl Counterclockwise tool Twirl filter type adding to images 2nd 3rd 4th 5th antialiasing editing Horizontal Type Mask Horizontal Type tool masks setting images in 2nd smoothing Vertical Type tool Type command Type Mask tools Type tool activating red photo Index [SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [Z] Uncompensated Color option Underpainting filter Undo Undo command 2nd Undo History command Undo History palette Ungroup command Unselect Everything Unsharp Mask sharpening images Threshold Unsharp Mask filter 2nd 3rd 4th Amount Radius Threshold Untagged Items command Update All Text Layers option Update Thumbnail command upsample Use a Supplementary Editing Application command Use Document Profile option Index [SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [Z] VCD format vector shapes Version Set command vertical type Vertical Type Mask Vertical Type tool 2nd video clips Video command video file formats Video filters video frames capturing View and Organize Photos (Windows) View menu 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Annotations Details Grid Media Types Photo Compare Photo Review Rulers Selection Timeline Visibility (Layer style) Index [SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [Z] Warp (type option) Warp Text option Warp tool warping text Bend Horizontal/Vertical Warp Style warping text 2nd 3rd 4th Bend editing after it's done Horizontal/Vertical Horizontal/Vertical Distortion Warp Style Watch Folders command Water Paper filter Watercolor filter watermarks Wave filter Web 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th buttons image file formats saving images for 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Web Gallery Web Photo Gallery 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th audio and video Browser Create wizard creating emailing HTML code produced by Mac 2nd styles Windows 2nd 3rd 4th Web Safe Colors Welcome command 2nd Welcome screen 2nd 3rd white White Balance control (RAW Converter) Wind filter Window menu 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Collections Color Swatches Date View Dock Properties in Organize Bin Histogram How To Images Info Layers Navigator Organize Bin Palette Bin Photo Bin Photo Browser Properties Styles and Effects Tags Undo History Welcome 2nd Windows color picker emailing photos Contact Book PDF slideshows photo importing options 2nd slideshows audio PDF slideshow Transitions VCD format Web Photo Gallery Banner style Custom Colors style Large Photos style Thumbnail style Windows only commands Order Prints Wow Chrome (Layer style) Write Tag Info to Files command Index [SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [Z] Zigzag filter Zoom In command Zoom Out command Zoom tool 2nd 3rd 4th Ignore Palettes Resize Windows to fit Toolbox icon Zoom all windows Zoom percent ... 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