Contents
Installing Adobe Photoshop Elements 10
Trouble-shooting installation problems
Copying the Classroom in a Book files
Copying the Lessons files from the CD
1 A Quick Tour of Photoshop Elements
Getting photos from files and folders
Reconnecting missing files to a catalog
Switching between the Organizer and the Editor
Using panels and the Panel Bin
Signing up from the Welcome screen
Signing up from the Organizer or Editor
Signing in to your Photoshop.com account
Links to help in the application
Dragging photos from Windows Explorer
Dragging photos from the Mac OS Finder
Importing attached keyword tags
Searching for photos to import
Automatically fixing red eyes during import
Importing from a digital camera
Using watched folders on Windows
Viewing photo thumbnails in the Organizer
Working with star ratings and keyword tags
Applying keyword tags and rating photos
Creating new categories and sub-categories
Applying and editing category assignments
Creating and applying new keyword tags
Converting keyword tags and categories
Working with keyword tags in Full Screen mode
Using keyword tags to find pictures
Automatically finding faces for tagging
Tagging faces in the Media Browser
Sharing keyword tags with Facebook
Acquiring still frames from a video
Adding more photos to an album
Viewing and managing files by folder location
Importing files in the Folder Location view
Finding photos using details and metadata
Using a text search to find photos
Finding photos by visual similarity
Finding and removing duplicate photos
Positioning photos and replacing frames
Replacing the background image
Adding graphics from the Content library
Using layers and layer styles to refine a project
Text on a path and text on a shape
Rearranging the order of images in a project
Working with photos and frames
Adjusting a photo inside a frame
Refining your Photo Book layout using layers and effects
Re-ordering the pages in a Photo Book
5 Printing, Sharing, and Exporting
Ordering professionally printed photos online
Using an online sharing service
Backing up and synchronizing media files
Setting backup and synchronization options
Checking backup and synchronization status
Synchronizing separate computers
Exporting copies of your photos for the Web
Editing photos in the Organizer
Getting to know the Edit modes
Making easy color and lighting adjustments
Fixing files automatically in batches
Adding the auto-corrected files to your catalog
Correcting a photo in Quick Edit mode
Fixing color and lighting in Guided Edit mode
Selective editing with the Smart Brush
Batch-processing the lesson files
Comparing methods of fixing color
Correcting color automatically
Adjusting the results of an automatic fix manually
Tweaking an automatic fix using Color Variations
Removing a color cast with one click
Using the automatic Red Eye Fix
Using the Red Eye Removal tool
Using the Quick Selection tool
Why won’t Photoshop Elements do what I tell it to do?
Replacing the color of a pictured object
Using the Color Replacement tool
Replacing a color throughout an image
Replacing a color in a limited area of an image
Batch-processing the lesson files
Adjusting images for tonal balance
Brightening an underexposed image
Applying Quick Fix adjustments
Adjusting exposure in Guided Edit mode
Fixing exposure in Full Edit mode
Using adjustment layers to correct lighting
Correcting parts of an image selectively
Using layer masks to isolate parts of an image
Improving faded or overexposed images
Creating a set of duplicate files
Using blending modes to fix a faded image
Adjusting shadows and highlights manually
Adjusting brightness and contrast manually
9 Repairing, Retouching, and Recomposing Images
Improving the composition of a photo
Re-framing a photo with the Crop tool
Recomposing an image within its frame
Refining the Healing Brush results
Removing unwanted objects from images
Using the Content-Aware healing feature
Combining images automatically
Merging photos into a panorama
Setting up the Photomerge Panorama options
Photomerge Panorama layout options
Creating a composite group shot
Blending differently exposed photos
Using the Photomerge Exposure tool
Merging exposures automatically
Adjusting the automatically merged image
Using layers to combine photographs
Creating a gradient layer mask
Matching the colors of blended images
Cleaning up selection edges with the Defringe command
11 Advanced Editing Techniques
Working with camera raw images
Getting to know the Camera Raw window
Working with the Temperature and Tint settings
Camera Raw white balance settings
Using the tone controls on a raw image
Saving the image in the DNG format
Workflow overview for raw images