Welcome to Adobe Photoshop Elements

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Welcome to Adobe Photoshop Elements

• A BLIS Workshop
• By
• Mike McCornack

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Starters Necessaries

• Introductions
• Your issues
• Restrooms
• Drinking Fountain
• Phone [phone] x4189

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Schedule

• 800 930 Session 1
• 930 945 Break
• 945 1115 Session 2
• 1115 1130 Break
• 1130 100 Session 3

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Photo Programs

• Photoshop the Granddaddy!
• JASC Paint Shop Pro
• Ulead Photo Studio
• Microsoft Picture It!
• Photo Impact
• Photoshop Elements

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Photoshop Elements Features

• Edit photos from cameras, scanners, web
• Artistic alterations
• Print photo packages
• Batch processing
• Web gallery, web graphic creation
• Text and web elements
• Panoramas

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Web Sites

• http//www.adobe.com/products/photoshopel/main.htm
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• Product information and tutorials
• http//www.academicsuperstore.com
• Prices for teachers and students
• http//www.oetc.org
• School pricing in Oregon

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Help System

• Help menu
• Recipes/How to
• Hints

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Resolution and size
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Resolution

• Digital images are made up of dots (blocks)
  called pixels (picture elements)
• Low resolution means fewer dots per inch
  (dpidots per inch)
• Higher resolution means more dpi

Low resolution
High resolution
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Resolution

• You need to consider resolution from the start
  of the process. What is your destination?
• Printing?
• On-screen presentation?
• Web?

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Resolution

• For On-screen viewing (web graphics or PowerPoint
  presentations) use
• 72 dpi

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Resolution

• For printing (photographs, pre-press or
  photocopies) use the highest resolution your
  printer supports,
• typically
• 300 dpi
• or better

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Resolution

• Resolution dictates file size. Greater resolution
  larger files. A 4x3 image optimized for
  screen (72dpi) print (300 dpi) would yield file
  sizes of
• screen_72_dpi.bmp 183 kb
• print_300_dpi.bmp 3,165 kb
• You can always reduce resolution. You can never
  truly increase it. If space allows, err on the
  side of greater resolution.

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File Formatsdifferent contents, different
extensions

• .jpg - jay-peg
• .gif - jiff
• .bmp - bitmap or bump
• .tif - tiff
• .psd

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.jpg - Joint Photographic Experts Group

• Best for web or emailed photographs
• Compressed (lossy compression)
• Good size/quality ratio
• Quality degrades with multiple saves, and you
  cant un-smudge
• Best when content is photographic
• Good on web

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.gif - Graphics Interchange Format

• Best for line-art, charts, graphs
• Crayon rule, one-hand rule
• Good for logos
• Clip art-type illustrations
• Poor for photographs
• Good on web

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.bmp - Windows Bitmap

• Windows native format
• Good for Windows wallpaper
• Very large file sizes
• Adjustable color depth
• Wont work on web

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.tif - Tagged Image File Format

• Often used for professional publishing
  applications.
• Huge file sizes
• Excellent quality
• Compressed versions available, still large
• Not a web format
• Common for scanners

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Projects Day 2

• Session 1 800 930
• Windows Wallpaper
• Remove an element using stamp
• Create an art print
• Save as JPEG

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Projects Day 2

• Session 2 - 945 1115
• Create a logo
• Save as GIF
• Create a web button

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Projects Day 2

• Session 3 1130 100
• Add a person to a photo
• Build a composite scene using layers

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Getting Images Into Elements

• File/Open
• Scanner
• Copy/New/Paste

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Quick Fix Options

• Color corrections
• Brightness/Contrast
• Rotations
• Focus

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Cropping

• Eliminate unwanted parts of an image
• Select cropping tool
• Adjust
• Enter executes

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Resizing/Canvas Size

• Resizing changes number of pixels
• Remember objective and resolution
• 72 dpi, screen or email
• 300 dpi, printing
• Canvas size can adjust height/width ratio
• Crops one direction
• Adds background space as necessary

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Clone Tool
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Eye Dropper

• Shows color values
• Pick up colors

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Text

• Formatting
• Drop shadow
• Effects

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Selecting

• Lasso tool
• Polygonal lasso tool
• Magnetic lasso tool
• Marquee tools
• Magic wand
• Move tool

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Filters
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Printing

• Single image
• Photo package

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Panoramas

• Combine multiple photos into panoramas

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Retouching
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Web Photo Gallery

• Convert a directory into a finished web site!
• http//www.bethel.k12.or.us/schools/whs/WHS_Stadiu
  m_Fire/index.html

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Layers

• Like using transparencies stacked together
• Change layers independently

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Thank you!