# About projects

You can use your images in photo albums, scrapbooks, greeting cards, CD/DVD labels and jackets, and photo collages. These print-oriented items are called photo projects and can be printed with your home printer, or professionally printed using online services. Some photo projects, like Photo Books, must be ordered through online services. You can also use your images in digital projects as well, such as flipbooks, slide shows, and online galleries. Photo projects are different from projects made with previous versions of Photoshop Elements.

To make a photo project, you start with a photo projects dialog box specific to the photo project type. First, you specify the size, layout, and theme of the photo project, which then opens in the Editor so you can make subsequent modifications. You can print these photo projects with your home printer or order them from an online service.

To make digital projects, such as an online gallery, use a wizard, which guides you through choosing a page design, arranging photos, customizing the layout, and publishing your gallery. The wizard guides you through a variety of preset styles that simplify the task of creating an online gallery. A gallery can be burned onto disc, uploaded to an FTP server, or shared through an online service.

For other types of projects, such as slide shows (which can be put on a video CD, or VCD) and flipbooks, select the type of project you want, and then follow the screen prompts to specify settings in a dialog box to complete the project.

Photo and digital projects are stored as projects, meaning the project file and related subfolders that contain the document or web page files for each project are created on your local hard drive. To maintain the link between these project files, subfolders, and page files, avoid moving them using Windows Explorer. Instead use the Move command in Photoshop Elements.

You can share projects in a variety of ways. For example, you can print or e‑mail a scrapbook to a friend, or burn a slide show onto a VCD. You can also have your projects professionally printed through Adobe Photoshop Services.

Note: Projects from previous versions of Photoshop Elements might not open in the current version. You may have to use a previous version to open some projects.
Related Information

- Set up online services
- Send photos to online sharing services

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