Transcript Adobe Photo Shop Elements V 2.0

Adobe Photoshop Elements v 2.0
File Types
Four most universal file formats are
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PSD
Photoshop Document format
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TIFF
Tagged Image File Format
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JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group
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GIF
Graphics Interchange Format
PSD - Photoshop Document Format
 Developed exclusively for Photoshop.
 Cross-Application Compatibility not good.
 Used to store images that needs to be re-edited.
 Stores all image data ie. preserves layers, modes, styles, text etc…
 Larger than most file formats.
TIFF - Tagged Image File Format
 Best cross-application and cross-platform support
 No degradation in image quality
 Provides several compression options
JPEG- Joint Photographic Experts Group
 Compresses image to very small size
 Degradation in image quality
 Very widely used
GIF - Graphics Interchange Format
 Used exclusively for web graphics and animation
 Maximum of 256 colors
 Very small file
Less Common File Types
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EPS - Encapsulated PostScript
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BMP - Bitmap file
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PDF - Portable Document Format
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PICT- Macintosh Picture Format
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PNG - Portable Network Graphics
Palette Well
 Palette well allows you to dock a series of palette windows in a tabbed
menu.
 Click a palette name tab in the well to open it. You can drag and drop it
in the work area
Palette tabs
Palette Well
 Palettes provide a flexible interface to tools and options
 Some of the most commonly used palettes are the Filters,
Layers, How to
Palettes
Layers Palette
 Layers are independent images that can be manipulated.
 The final image will be made up from all of the layers within the image
depending on the order that the layers are in and the transparency
levels that are set for each layer .
 To make a background as a layer click “layer menu->new->Layer
From Background”.
 Click Ok in the window that pops up. Layer0 is created and can be
manipulated in the layers palette
Filters Palette
 Filters let you apply special visual effects to your images, such as
mosaic tile, lighting, and three-dimensional effects.
 You can also use some filters to clean up or retouch your photos.
 You can't use some filters on images in Grayscale mode, or any filters
on images in Bitmap
How to Palette
 The How To palette provides activities, called recipes, that guide you
through different image-editing tasks.
 For example, you can view instructions about restoring an old
photograph.
 The More button shows several options for the palettes eg.
closing the palette back to palette well
Toolbox
Options Bar
 Photoshop Elements provides several options for every tool in the tool
box .The options are displayed below the Menu Bar in the options bar.
 The above image displays options for the Horizontal Type Tool Used to
enter text in a image
Tools
Marquee
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Used to make square, rectangular, circular or oval
shaped selections
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Right Click on a tool in the toolbox to display available
options.
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Drag the tool on the picture to make a selection of your
shape
Lasso
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The lasso and polygonal lasso tools let you draw
both straight-edged and freehand segments of a
selection border.
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With the magnetic lasso tool, the selection border
snaps to edges you drag over in the image
Tools
Move
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Used to move selections made in a image.
Magic Wand
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The magic wand tool lets you select an area of similar
colors (for example, a blue sky) without having to trace
its outline.
Crop Tool
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Cropping is the process of selecting and removing a
portion of an image to create focus. You can crop an
image using the crop tool.
Selection Brush
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The selection brush tool lets you drag with a variety of
soft-edged or hard-edged brushes to define selected
areas
Tools
Custom Shape tool
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The custom shape tool provides many different shape
options for you to use in your images
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The shapes can be accessed from the options bar
Type Tool
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You can enter text horizontally or vertically, depending
on which type tool you select.
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The length of a line grows or shrinks as you edit it, but
it doesn't wrap to the next line
Gradient Tool
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The gradient tools create a gradual blend between multip
colors. You can choose from existing gradient fills or
create your own.
Paint Bucket Tool
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The paint bucket tool fills an area that is similar in color
value to the pixels you click
Tools
Brush tool
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The brush tool creates soft or hard strokes of color
and can simulate airbrush techniques
Pencil Tool
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The pencil tool creates hard-edged freehand lines
Red Eye Tool
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Red eye occurs in photos when light from a camera flash
reflects off the back of a person's eye.
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You can easily remove red eye from an image using the
red eye brush
Eraser Tool
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If you're working on the Background layer or on a layer
with locked transparency, erased pixels change to the
background color; otherwise, erased pixels become
transparent.
Tools
Blur tool
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The blur tool softens hard edges or areas in an image
to reduce detail.
Sharpen Tool
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The sharpen tool focuses soft edges to increase
clarity.
Smudge Tool
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The smudge tool either smudges the existing colors in
your image or smears new color through your image.
Sponge Tool
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The sponge tool subtly changes the color saturation of an
area. In Grayscale mode, the tool increases or decreases
contrast by moving gray levels away from or toward the
neutral gray.
Tools
Dodge tool
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Used to lighten an area of the image
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Use the dodge tool to bring out details in shadows
Burn Tool
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Used to increase the exposure to darken areas on an
image.
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Use the burn tool to bring out details in highlights. .
Eye Dropper Tool
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The eyedropper tool samples color from an image or even
your desktop to designate a new foreground or
background color.
Clone Stamper Tool
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The clone stamp tool takes a sample of an image, which
you can then apply over another image or part of the same
image
Tools
Hand tool
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If you have enlarged your image, you can navigate to
bring another area of the image into view using this
tool
Zoom Tool
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You can magnify or reduce your view using various
methods.
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The window's title bar displays the zoom percentage .
Menu Bar
 The Menu Bar is a graphic user interface that is shared with every
application.
 You can access all Photoshop elements operations in the Menu Bar.
 Two important options in the bar is the Image and Enhance
Image Bar
 The Duplicate Image makes and instant copy of the image.
Working on duplicates will ensure that your original maintains
integrity.
 The Rotate menu has several options that lets you turn your image in
degrees or flip it.
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The Straighten and crop image used to straighten images with
perpendicular edges skewed by partial rotation e.g. misplacement
while scanning
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The Transform menu is used to change the size, orientation, or
distortion of an image.
 The Crop command is useful when you use a rectangular marquee to
designate an area you want to crop
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The Resize menu is used to change the overall size of the image
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You can change the size of the image , canvas (if you want to add a
border to the image) or scale the active layer of the image
 The Adjustments menu is to create some special effects or make adjustments
to the image
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The Equalize command redistributes the brightness values of the
pixels in an image so that they more evenly represent the entire
range of brightness levels
You might use the Equalize command when a scanned image appears
darker than the original
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The Gradient Map command maps the equivalent grayscale range of
an image to the colors of a specified gradient fill
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The Invert command inverts the colors in an image. You might use
this command to make a positive black-and-white image negative or
to make a positive from a scanned black-and-white negative
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The Posterize command reduces the number of colors to that
specified. Can be used to make fast loading web graphics.
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The Threshold command turns all pixels in the image to either black
and white.
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The Mode menu determines whether the image contains only gray
scale,256 colors or display all colors
Enhance Menu
 The Enhance menu specializes in commands that are used to adjust
image brightness, contrast and color balance
 To enhance the contrast of an image that has an average distribution of
color values, use the Auto Levels command
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The Auto Contrast command adjusts the overall contrast and
mixture of colors in an image automatically
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The Auto Color Correction command adjusts the contrast and color
by identifying shadows, and highlights in the image as a whole
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The Quick Fix command lets you adjust the brightness, color,
sharpness, and even the rotation of your image in a single dialog
box .
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The Adjust lighting ,Adjust Color and Adjust Brightness/Contrast
commands are used to manipulate the image manually
 For example pictures taken in bright light, where shadows are often
so dark that they show little detail. You can lighten such shadows
using the Fill Flash command.
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The Adjust color menu has submenu to quickly adjust an image's
color balance to remove unwanted color casts or to correct color
saturation .
 The Remove Color can be used to convert an image to black and white
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The Color Variations command lets you adjust the color balance,
contrast, and saturation of an image by selecting previews that
show the effect of different adjustments
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The Adjust Brightness/Contrast menu is used to change the
brightness and contrast of the image
Tutorials
Links for Adobe Photoshop Elements V 2.0 Tutorials
 http://www.adobe.com/education/curriculum/ps_elements_tutorials.html
 http://www.adobe.com/products/tips/photoshopel.html