Photoshop Elements for Dummies Book

	Introduction	1
	Photoshop Elements Is Photoshop	1
	About This Book	3
	What's in This Book	4
	Icons Used in This Book	6
	Feedback, Please	7
Part I	Element-ary School	9
Chapter 1	Braving the Elements	11
	The Bland but Benevolent Dr. Jekyll	12
	The Dynamic but Dastardly Mr. Hyde	13
	The Two Elements of Photoshop Elements	13
	Psychiatric Help (The Doctor Is Built-in)	17
Chapter 2	Dissecting Your Desktop	23
	Giving Elements the Electronic Breath of Life	23
	Working with Windows	27
	Switching between Elements and the Finder	28
	Maneuvering through Menus	29
	Talking Back to Dialog Boxes	30
	Playing Around with Palettes	32
	Opening Up Your Toolbox	35
Chapter 3	"Open!" Says Me	39
	Don't Just Sit There, Open Something!	39
	Behold the Image Window	44
	The Screen Is Your Digital Oyster	47
	Tools for the Terribly Precise	54
Chapter 4	Pixels: It's Hip to Be Square	57
	Welcome to Pixeltown	57
	Screen Pixels versus Image Pixels	59
	Image Size, Resolution, and Other Tricky Pixel Stuff	60
	What Does This Canvas Size Command Do?	71
	Trimming Excess Gunk Off the Edges	72
	Image Gymnastics	77
Chapter 5	Over (and Under) the Rainbow	79
	Looking at Color in a Whole New Light	80
	Managing Photoshop Elements Color	83
	Picking Color the Mix and Match Way	85
	Going Grayscale	92
Part II	Be Prepared	95
Chapter 6	Saving with Grace	97
	Save an Image, Save a Life	97
	The Elemental Guide to File Formats	101
	Saving for the Web	107
	Good Night, Image--and Don't Let the Programming Bugs Bite	115
Chapter 7	It's Perfect. No, Wait! Okay, Print	117
	Time Traveling	118
	Abandoning Edits en Masse	123
	The Command Still Known as Print	123
	This May Be All You Need to Know about Printing	124
	Choosing a Printer in Windows	125
	Choosing a Printer on a Mac	126
	Getting Image and Paper in Sync	127
	Sending the Image to the Printer	130
Chapter 8	Herd Them Pixels	133
	Learning the Ropes of Selecting	133
	Editing Selections	147
	Hiding the Ants	154
Chapter 9	Layer Layer	155
	Pasting Images Together	157
	Excuse Me, but What's a Layer?	161
	Locking Layers	166
	Moving and Cloning Selections	166
	Transforming Layers and Selections	168
Part III	Realer Than Life	171
Chapter 10	Dusting Off Images (Without the Lemony Scent)	173
	Introducing Filters	174
	Using the Dust & Scratches Filter	176
	Experimenting with the Highly Ethical Clone Stamp Tool	180
	Getting the Red Out	186
Chapter 11	What Kind of Tool Am I?	189
	Touching Base with Retouching Tools	190
	Smudging Away Imperfections	191
	All Them Other Edit Tools	195
	Sharpening Those Wishy-Washy Details	200
	Blurring Adds Depth	206
Chapter 12	The Rainbow Correction	209
	Color-Correcting Correctly	210
	Leveling the Contrast Field	214
	Variations on a Color Scheme	224
Part IV	The Inspiration/Perspiration Equation	231
Chapter 13	The Stylish Retouch	233
	Using Layer Styles to Shine and Shadow	234
	Tending Your Many Splendid Blends	239
	Those Phunky Philters	242
	Making Taffy with the Liquify Filter	248
Chapter 14	If a Picture Paints a Thousand Words ... Then Shut Up and Paint	251
	Doodling with the Pencil, Paintbrush, and Airbrush	252
	Performing Special Painting-Tool Tricks	256
	Choosing Your Brush	257
	Exploring More Painting Options	262
	The Powers of the Eraser	267
	Isn't Elements Just a Paint Program?	272
Chapter 15	The Digital Stencil	277
	Painting within the Lines	277
	Dribbling Paint from a Bucket	279
	Applying Color to Selection Innards	280
	Fill, I Command You!	281
	Gradients: The Ever-Changing Color Sea	283
	Taking on Borders with the Stroke command	292
Chapter 16	Type Righter	295
	Working with the Type Tool	295
	Putting Your Words Onscreen	297
	Editing the Text Layer	302
	Simplifying a Text Layer	303
	Declaring Open Season on Type Selection Outlines	303
Chapter 17	Can Photoshop Elements Do That?	307
	Taking on the Effects Palette	308
	Batch Processing	310
	Creating and Printing a Contact Sheet	312
	Creating and Printing a Picture Package	314
	Creating a Web Photo Gallery	315
	Creating an Animated GIF	317
	Creating panoramic Pictures with Photomerge	320
Part V	The Part of Tens	325
Chapter 18	Ten Shortcuts to Commit to Long-Term Memory	327
	Displaying and Hiding the Toolbox and Palettes	328
	Changing an Option Box Value	328
	Scrolling and Zooming	329
	Changing the Brush Size	330
	Creating Straight Lines	330
	Adding to, Subtracting from, and Reselecting Selection Outlines	331
	Moving, Nudging, and Cloning	331
	Filling a Selection	332
	Making, Switching, and Selecting Layers	333
	Stepping through the History Palette	334
Chapter 19	Ten Digital Facelift Techniques	335
	Creating the Movie Starlet Glow	336
	Turning the Face into a Button	337
	Creating a Painted Masterpiece	338
	Giving the Face a Bath	339
	Stretching the Face This Way and That	340
	Applying the Atomic Sunburn Effect	342
	Applying the Cubist Look	343
	Stamping the Face in a Marble Haze	344
	Effecting a Total Molecular Breakdown	346
	Framing the Goofy Pose	347
Chapter 20	Ten Reasons You Might Possibly Want to Upgrade to Photoshop One Day	349
	Ctrl+H ([characters not reproducible]+H on the Mac)	350
	The Channels Palette	350
	CMYK Color Mode	351
	Masking	352
	Following the Paths	352
	Eyeing Those Curves	353
	Lights ... Camera ... Actions	354
	Being an Art Historian	355
	Photoshop Speaks!	356
	A Little Help to Get Your ImageReady	357
	Index	359