Table of Contents
Home Page
Getting started
Installing Photoshop Elements
Requirements
Install the software
Register
ReadMe file
Using Help and getting support
Using Photoshop Elements Help
Adobe Photoshop Elements website
Customer support
New and enhanced features
What’s new
Working in Photoshop Elements
Photoshop Elements overview
Importing and organizing photos
Editing photos
Creating photo composites
Creating and sharing photo projects
Photoshop Elements workspace
About the workspace
The Welcome screen
The editing workspace
Exit Photoshop Elements
Context menus
Use context menus
Using keyboard commands and modifier keys
Tools
About the toolbox
Select a tool
Set tool preferences
Set the appearance of a tool pointer
Set tool options
Set a completed operations alert
Palettes and bins
About palettes
Work with palettes
Work with the Palette Bin
Use the Project Bin
Undo, redo, and cancel
Undo, redo, or cancel operations
Using the Undo History palette
Revert to the last saved version
Revert to a previous state of an image
Delete one or more states from the Undo History palette
Clear memory used by the clipboard and the Undo History palette
Restore default preferences
Redisplay disabled warning messages
Scratch disks and plug‑ins
About scratch disks
Change scratch disks
About plug‑in modules
Install plug‑in modules
Select an additional plug‑ins folder
Import photos
Importing photos
About getting photos
Open a file for editing on your hard disk
Open a file from a device
Open a file from the Welcome screen
Open a file from Adobe Photo Downloader
Guidelines for getting photos from devices
Import keywords attached to photos
Cameras and card readers
About cameras and card readers
Get photos from a digital camera or card reader
Set advanced photo downloading options
Scanners
About scanning
Get photos from scanners
Local files, CDs, DVDs, and video
Get photos from files and folders
About preview files
Get photos from a CD or DVD
Get photos from video
Working with files
Opening files
Create a new blank file
Open a file
Open a recently used file
Open a PDF file
Open an EPS file
Place a PDF, Adobe Illustrator, or EPS file in a new layer
Process multiple files
Close a file
Managing and organizing files
Use the Info Palette
Use keywords and metadata to identify files
Stacking files
Viewing images
Viewing images
Zoom in or out
Display an image at 100%
Fit an image to the screen
Resize the window while zooming
Using the Navigator palette
Open multiple windows of the same image
View and arrange multiple windows
Close windows
Rulers and the grid
About rulers and the grid
Change the rulers’ zero origin and settings
Change the grid settings
Saving and exporting images
About saving images and file formats
File formats for saving
Save changes in different file formats
Understanding file compression
Set file-saving preferences
Guided Edit
Use the Guided Edit options
The Crop Photo Guided Edit
The Rotate and/or Straighten Guided Edit
The Sharpen Photo Guided Edit
The Lighten or Darken Guided Edit
The Brightness and Contrast Guided Edit
The Enhance Colors Guided Edit
The Remove a Color Cast Guided Edit
The Correct Skin Tone Guided Edit
The Touch Up Photo Guided Edit
The “Guide for Editing a Photo” Guided Edit
The Photomerge Group Shot Guided Edit
The Photomerge Faces Guided Edit
Using layers
Creating layers
Understanding layers
About the Layers palette
Adding layers
Create and name a new blank layer
Create a new layer from part of another layer
Convert the Background layer into a regular layer
Make a layer the Background layer
Editing layers
Select a layer
Show or hide a layer
Resize or hide layer thumbnails
Lock or unlock a layer
Rename a layer
Simplify a layer
Delete a layer
Sample color from all visible layers
Copying and arranging layers
Duplicate a layer within an image
Duplicate one or more layers in another image
Copy a layer from one image to another
Move the content in a layer
Change the stacking order of layers
Link and unlink layers
Merge layers
Merge layers into another layer
Flatten an image
Opacity and blending modes
About opacity and blending options in layers
Specify the opacity of a layer
Specify a blending mode for a layer
Select all opaque areas in a layer
Customize the transparency grid
Adjustment and fill layers
About adjustment and fill layers
Create adjustment layers
Create fill layers
Edit an adjustment or fill layer
Merging adjustment layers
Edit the layer masks
Layer groups
About layer clipping groups
Create a clipping group
Remove a layer from a clipping group
Ungroup layers in a clipping group
Layer styles
About layer styles
Work with layer styles
Camera raw files
Processing camera raw image files
About camera raw image files
Open and process camera raw files
Adjust sharpness in camera raw files
Reducing noise in camera raw images
Save changes to camera raw images
Open a camera raw image
Settings and controls
Camera raw controls
Set custom camera settings
Color and camera raw
Using the histogram and RGB values in camera raw
White balance controls for camera raw
Tonal and image adjustments in camera raw files
Selecting parts of an image
Making selections
About selections
About the selection tools
Use the Rectangular and Elliptical Marquee tools
Use the Lasso tool
Use the Polygonal Lasso tool
Use the Magnetic Lasso tool
Use the Magic Wand tool
Use the Quick Selection tool
Use the Selection Brush tool
Use the Magic Extractor
Delete a selected area
Select and deselect areas using commands
Modifying selections
Move a selection border
Invert a selection
Add to or subtract from a selection
Select an area that intersects an existing selection
Expand or contract a selection by a specific number of pixels
Frame an existing selection with a new selection border
Include areas of similar color in a selection
Remove stray pixels from a color-based selection
Defringe a selection
Smoothing selection edges with anti-aliasing and feathering
Smooth the edges of a selection by anti-aliasing
Blur the edges of a selection by feathering
Define a feathered edge for a selection tool
Define a feathered edge for an existing selection
Moving and copying selections
Move a selection
Move tool options
Copying selections or layers
Copy selections with the Move tool
Copy a selection using commands
Paste one selection into another
Saving selections
Save, load, or delete a selection
Modify a saved selection
Modify a new selection with a saved selection
Color and tonal correction
Color and tonal correction basics
Color correction overview
Correct color in Quick Fix
Correcting color in Full Edit
Automatically correct lighting and color
About histograms
View a histogram
Adjusting shadows and light
About Levels adjustments
Improve shadow and highlight detail
Adjust shadows and brightness using Levels
Adjust brightness and contrast in selected areas
Quickly lighten or darken isolated areas
Quickly saturate or desaturate isolated areas
Correcting color casts
Correct color casts by comparing variations of an image
Remove a color cast automatically
Remove a color cast using Levels
Adjust color curves
Adjusting color saturation and hue
Adjust saturation and hue
Adjust the color of skin tone
Adjust saturation in isolated areas
Change the color of an object
Precisely convert to black and white
Automatically convert to black and white
Add custom presets for black and white conversion
Add color to a grayscale image
Adjustment filters
Apply the Equalize filter
Apply the Gradient Map filter
Apply the Invert filter
Apply the Posterize filter
Apply the Threshold filter
Apply the Photo filter
Setting press target values
Setting target values for print
Set press target values for images without specular highlights
Set press target values for images with specular highlights
Cropping, resizing, retouching, and transforming photos
Cropping
Crop an image
Crop to a selection boundary
Use the Cookie Cutter tool
Change the size of the canvas
Straighten an image
Divide a scanned image containing multiple photos
Image size and resolution
About image size and resolution
About printer resolution
About monitor resolution
Display the image size of an open file
View the print size on‑screen
Change print dimensions and resolution without resampling
Resample an image
Retouching
Precisely remove red eye
Remove spots and small imperfections
Fix large imperfections
Clone images or areas in an image
Replace colors in an image
Blur or soften edges
Correct camera distortion
Use Photomerge Group Shot
Use Photomerge Faces
Sharpening
Sharpening overview
Sharpen an image
Use the Unsharp Mask filter
Transforming
Rotate or flip an item
Freely rotate an item
Scale an item
Skew or distort an item
Apply perspective to an item
Freely transform an item
Apply a transformation to a Background layer
About the 3D Transform filter
Transform an item into three dimensions
Understanding color
Understanding color
About color
HSB model
RGB model
Color wheel
Using image modes and color tables
About image modes
Convert an image to bitmap mode
Convert a bitmap-mode image to grayscale
Convert an image to indexed color
Edit colors in an indexed-color table
Assign transparency to a single color in an indexed-color table
Use a predefined indexed-color table
Save or load an indexed-color table
Setting up color management
About color management
Profiling devices
Color management tasks
Set up color management
Filters, effects, styles, and artwork
Effects
Using the Effects palette
Using the Content palette
Add stylized shapes or graphics to an image
Add an artistic background to an image
Add a frame or theme to an image
About photo effects
Apply an effect
Add stylized text to an image
Add artwork or effects to Favorites
Filters
About filters
Apply a filter
Filter categories
Filter Gallery
Texture and glass surface options
Improve performance with filters and effects
Artistic filters
Colored Pencil
Cutout
Dry Brush
Film Grain
Fresco
Neon Glow
Paint Daubs
Palette Knife
Plastic Wrap
Poster Edges
Rough Pastels
Smudge Stick
Sponge
Underpainting
Watercolor
Blur filters
Average
Blur and Blur More
Gaussian Blur
Motion Blur
Radial Blur
Smart Blur
Brush Stroke filters
Accented Edges
Angled Strokes
Crosshatch
Dark Strokes
Ink Outlines
Spatter
Sprayed Strokes
Sumi‑e
Distort filters
Diffuse Glow
Displace
Glass
Liquify
Ocean Ripple
Pinch
Apply the Pinch filter
Polar Coordinates
Ripple
Shear
Spherize
Apply the Spherize filter
Twirl
Wave
Apply the Wave filter
ZigZag
Apply the ZigZag filter
Noise filters
Add Noise
Despeckle
Dust & Scratches
Median
Reduce Noise
Pixelate filters
Color Halftone
Apply the Color Halftone filter
Crystalize
Facet
Fragment
Mezzotint
Mosaic
Pointillize
Render filters
3D Transform
Clouds
Difference Clouds
Fibers
Lens Flare
Lighting Effects
Apply the Lighting Effects filter
Adjust a light
Texture Fill
Sketch filters
Bas Relief
Chalk & Charcoal
Charcoal
Chrome
Conté Crayon
Graphic Pen
Halftone Pattern
Note Paper
Photocopy
Plaster
Reticulation
Stamp
Torn Edges
Water Paper
Stylize filters
Diffuse
Emboss
Extrude
Apply the Extrude filter
Find Edges
Glowing Edges
Solarize
Tiles
Trace Contour
Wind
Texture filters
Craquelure
Grain
Mosaic Tiles
Patchwork
Stained Glass
Texturizer
Video filters
De‑Interlace
NTSC Colors
Other filters
High Pass
Maximum and Minimum
Offset
Custom filters
Apply a Custom filter
Plug‑in filters
Digimarc filter
Detect the Digimarc filter
Painting
Painting overview
About painting tools
About foreground and background colors
About blending modes
Web‑safe colors
Choosing colors
Choose a color with the Eyedropper tool
Choose a color from the toolbox
Use the Color Swatches palette
Use the Adobe Color Picker
Painting tools
Use the Brush tool
Use the Pencil tool
Use the Impressionist Brush tool
Use the Smudge tool
Use the Eraser tool
Use the Magic Eraser tool
Use the Background Eraser tool
Setting up brushes
About brush options
Add a new brush to the brush library
Delete a brush
Create a custom brush shape from an image
Set up pressure-sensitive tablet support
Fills and strokes
Use the Paint Bucket tool
Fill a layer with a color or pattern
Stroke (outline) objects on a layer
Patterns
About patterns
Use the Pattern Stamp tool
Add a custom pattern to the pattern picker
Use a preset pattern from the PostScript Patterns folder
Gradients
About gradients
Apply a gradient
Apply gradient fill to text
Define a gradient
Specify gradient transparency
Create a noise gradient
Presets and libraries
About presets
Use preset tool options
Change the display of items in a pop‑up palette menu
Use the Preset Manager
Rename a preset
Adding text and shapes
Add and edit text
About text
Add text
Type tool options
Edit type in a type layer
Align text
Select characters
Choose a font family and style
Choose a font size
Change text color
Create and use masked type
Warp type
Unwarp type
Change the orientation of a type layer
Work with Asian type
Display Asian type options
Reduce spacing between Asian characters
Turn on or turn off tate‑chuu‑yoko
Turn on or turn off mojikumi
Creating shapes
About shapes
Draw a rectangle, square, or rounded rectangle
Draw a circle or ellipse
Draw a multisided shape
Draw a line or arrow
Draw a custom shape
Create multiple shapes in the same layer
Editing shapes
Select or move a shape
Transform a shape
Change the color of all shapes in a layer
Apply a layer style to a shape
Making projects
Projects overview
About projects
Find saved projects
Open saved projects
Making photo projects
About photo projects
Using the photo projects dialog box
About photo collages
About Photo Books
About greeting cards
About CD and DVD jackets
About CD and DVD labels
Make a Photo Book, photo collage, greeting card, or other project
Editing photo projects
About photo projects edits
Add images to a photo project
Add new pages to a photo project
Reposition or resize photos in a photo project
Replace or remove photos in a photo project
Rotate photos in a photo project
Edit photo project pages in Photoshop CS3
Making digital projects
About digital projects
Create a Photo Book
Create a Web Photo Gallery
Creating slide shows
About slide shows
Adjust the display time of a slide
Stitching together panoramas
Creating Photomerge panoramas
Create a Photomerge panorama composition
Use the Photomerge dialog box
Change the vanishing point
Reduce distortion and inconsistent color
Optimizing for the web
Optimizing images
About optimizing
Using the Save For Web dialog box
Optimized file formats for the web
About the JPEG format
About the GIF format
About the PNG‑8 format
About the PNG‑24 format
About animated GIFs
Apply a preset optimization setting
Optimize as JPEG
Optimize as GIF or PNG‑8 format
Optimize as PNG‑24
Create an animated GIF
Using transparency and mattes
About transparent and matted web images
Preserve background transparency in a GIF or PNG image
Create a matted GIF or PNG image
Create hard-edged transparency in a GIF or PNG‑8 file
Create a matted JPEG image
Dithering in web images
About dithering
Control dither in web images
Preview dither
Previewing web images
Preview an optimized image in a web browser
Add a browser to the Preview In menu
View estimated download time
Preview variations in color display
Preview an animation
Printing and sharing photos
Printing photos
Printing overview
Print a photo
Print options
Reposition an image
Scale an image
Print multilayer images
Print a contact sheet
Print a picture package
Options for printing and sharing
Print options
Set page and printer options
Specify measurement units for printing
About PRINT Image Matching (PIM) and Exif Print
Sharing photos using online services
About online services
Keyboard shortcuts
Shortcuts
Keys for viewing images (Full Edit)
Keys for selecting tools
Keys for selecting and moving objects
Keys for the Magic Extractor dialog box
Keys for transforming selections
Keys for painting and brushes
Keys for using text
Keys for the Layers palette
Keys for using blending modes
Keys for the Info palette
Keys for the Color Swatches palette
Keys for the Filter Gallery
Keys for the Liquify filter
Keys for using Photomerge Panorama
Keys for the Camera Raw dialog box
Glossary
Find definitions for terms
A
acquisition module interface
active layer
additive primaries
adjustment layer
ADM
Adobe Bridge
Adobe Color Engine
Adobe Color Picker
Adobe Photo Downloader
Adobe RGB
AGMLib
airbrush
aliasing
alpha channels
ambient light
animated GIF
anti‑aliasing
arithmetic coded JPEG
artifact
aspect ratio
associated
Auto Levels
B
Background layer
backlight
bas relief
baseline JPEG
batch processing
bevel
bit depth
bitmap image
bits/channel
black body
blending mode
blooming
blur
BMP
bounding box
brightness
brightness value
brush preset
brush type
burning
C
cache file
camera raw format
canvas
card reader
CCITT
channel
chroma
CIE
clipboard
clipboard path data
clone
CMap files
CMYK
color cast
color channels
color depth
color gamut
color lookup table (CLUT)
color management
color mode
color model
color separation
color space
color table
color temperature
color value
color wheel
ColorSync
command
complementary colors
composite
compression
content layers
contrast
cool colors
CoolType
Cos object
craquelure
cropping
custom shape
D
definition
differential JPEG files
digital camera
dithering
dodging
dots per inch (dpi)
double-byte fonts
droplet
Duotone
E
embedded profile
end‑of‑file
EPS
EPS file
EPS PICT preview
EPS TIFF preview
error log
errors
EXIF
export module
exposure
extension module
F
fade
fall‑off
faux bold style
faux font
FDF
feathering
file‑format module
fill layer
filter module
filters
flattening
font
font family
font server
font style
48‑bit RGB color
frame layer
fuzziness
G
gamma adjustment
gamut
Gaussian blur
GIF
gradient
Gray working space profile
grayscale
H
halftone
highlight and shadow
highlights
histogram
history state
hotspot
HSB
hue
hue jitter
I
ICC
ICM
illuminance
image cache
image mode
indexed color
interlaced video
interlacing
J
jitter
JPEG
JPEG compression
K
keyword tag
kumimoji
L
layer
layer group
layer mask
Levels
locked
locked layer
lossless compression
lossy compression
luminance
LZW (Lemple-Zif-Welch)
M
matting
mezzotint
Microsoft Palette file
midtone
moire
mojikumi
monitor resolution
N
noise
noise gradient
non‑fringe pixels
note annotations
O
online service
opacity
opaque
Options bar
P
Palette Bin
panorama
parser module
pattern
PDF (PDP)
perspective
phosphor
Photomerge
Photoshop raw format
PICT
pixel
pixel dimensions
pixels per inch (ppi)
PixMap
plug‑in module
PNG‑24
PNG‑8
point
pointillism
posterize
PostScript
printable character
printer profiles
printer resolution
profile
progressive scan
project
Project Bin
PSD
PSE
Q
QuickTime
R
RAID
raster image
rasterizer
red eye
Rename Multiple Files
rendering
renmoji
resample
resolution
resolution independence
reticulation
revert
RGB
RGB working space profile
RLE (run length encoding)
S
sample
saturation
scanning
scatter
scatter spacing
Scitex file
scratch disk
screen resolution
selection
selection module
sepia print
shadows
shape layer
sharpening
sharpening halo
silhouette
simplifying
single channel images
16‑bit grayscale
skewing
slices
smoothing
spot channels
sRGB
stack
stroke
subtractive primaries
swatches
T
Targa (TGA) format
target channels
target colors
target layer
target path
tate‑chuu‑yoko
temperature
text layer
thumbnail
TIFF
tint
tolerance
tonal correction
transform
transform bounding box
transition
transparency
trim
TWAIN
type mask
type style
U
underexposed image
Unicode character
Unsharp Mask
V
vector graphics
video monitor
vignetting
W
warm colors
warping
Web Photo Gallery
web‑safe color
white balance
white point
Z
zero length images
zero width images
ZIP encoding
Legal notices
Copyright