Barbara Obermeier Ted Padova 9 IN 1 BOOKS BOOKS • Introducing Elements • Elements Fundamentals • Image Essentials • Selections • Painting, Drawing, and Typing • Working with Layers and Masks • Filters, Effects, Styles, and Distortions • Retouching and Enhancing • Creating and Sharing with Elements IN FULL COLOR! Photoshop ® Elements 7 ALL-IN-ONE Making Everything Easier! ™ Open the book and find: • The process for acquiring, saving, and exporting images • Steps for correcting lighting, color, and clarity • How to work with Camera Raw files • Instructions for working with layers and masks • Tips for modifying and transforming selections • How to combine multiple images into creative collages • Advice on working with type and getting artsy with the pencil and brush tools • Creative applications for filters, effects, styles, and distortions Barbara Obermeier is the principal of Obermeier Design, a graphic design studio in California specializing in print and Web design. She is currently a Graphic Design faculty member at Brooks Institute. Ted Padova is an internationally recognized authority on Adobe ® Acrobat ® , PDF, and digital imaging. $39.99 US / $47.99 CN / £26.99 UK ISBN 978-0-470-43413-0 Computer Graphics/Design Go to dummies.com ® for more! Visit the companion Web site at www.dummies.com/go/pseaio fo r extra tips on using the content panel, and organizing with Adobe® Bridge. Photoshop Elements is a powerful photo-editing program, and this handy, one-stop guide gives you the scoop on the latest tips and techniques — in rich, full color! These nine minibooks cover everything you need to know about organizing, editing, sharing, and creating projects with your photos. • The groundwork — Books I and II cover setting up your work environment, using tools and shortcuts, and managing your files • Make them pretty — learn to work with resolution, manage color, use appropriate file formats, and handle selections in Books III and IV • Take it up a notch — in Books V, VI, and VII, learn to use Brush and Pencil, work with layers, and create artistic effects • Fix the flaws — Book VIII helps you erase imperfections, fine-tune color, and more • Be creative — with slide shows, calendars, greeting cards, flip books, and other projects in Book IX Create extraordinary photos to share in print, on the Web, or as other cool projects! 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Library of Congress Control Number: 2009920901 ISBN: 978-0-470-43413-0 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 01_434130-ffirs.qxp 1/30/09 8:51 PM Page iv About the Authors Barbara Obermeier is the principal of Obermeier Design, a graphic design studio in Ventura, California. She is the author of Photoshop CS4 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (Wiley) and has contributed as author or coau- thor to over two dozen books on Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Illustrator, PowerPoint, and digital photography. She is currently a senior faculty member in the Graphic Design Department at Brooks Institute. Ted Padova is the former chief executive officer and managing partner of The Image Source Digital Imaging and Photo Finishing Centers of Ventura and Thousand Oaks, California. He has been involved in digital imaging since founding a service bureau in 1990. He retired from his company in 2005 and now spends his time writing and speaking on digital imaging, Acrobat, PDF forms, and LiveCycle Designer forms. For more than 17 years, Ted taught university and higher education classes in graphic design applications and digital prepress at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the University of California at Los Angeles. He has been, and continues to be, a conference speaker nationally and internationally at PDF conferences. Currently he lives in the Philippines where he serves as President/CEO of his company ApoVisions, Inc. — a company working with third-world nations on developing electronic document workflows and forms routing. Ted has written more than 30 computer books and is the world’s leading author on Adobe Acrobat. He has written books on Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Adobe Reader, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Adobe Illustrator. Recent books published by John Wiley and Sons include Adobe Acrobat PDF Bible (versions 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9), Acrobat and LiveCycle Designer Forms Bible, Adobe Creative Suite Bible (versions CS, CS2, CS3, and CS4), Color Correction for Digital Photographers Only, Color Correction for Digital Photographers For Dummies, Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 For Dummies — Just the Steps, Creating Adobe Acrobat PDF Forms, Teach Yourself Visually Acrobat 5, and Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Complete Course. He also co-authored Adobe Illustrator Master Class — Illustrator Illuminated and wrote Adobe Reader Revealed for Peachpit/Adobe Press. 01_434130-ffirs.qxp 1/30/09 8:51 PM Page v 01_434130-ffirs.qxp 1/30/09 8:51 PM Page vi Dedication Barbara Obermeier: For Gary, Kylie, and Lucky, who constantly remind me of what’s really important in life. Ted Padova: For Arnie Authors’ Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank our awesome project editor, Paul Levesque, who kept us and this book on track; Bob Woerner, our most excellent Executive Editor; Andy Cummings, Dummies Royalty; Dennis Cohen, our technical editing czar; Mary Lagu and Brian Walls, our copy editors who made everything we wrote sound better; and all the dedicated production staff at Wiley. Barbara Obermeier: A special thanks to Ted Padova, my co-author and friend, who both celebrates and commiserates with me on the ups and downs of being an author. Ted Padova: Many thanks to my dear friend and colleague Barbara Obermeier for asking me to join her on this project . . . and a little hand- holding along the way to help me get through it. 01_434130-ffirs.qxp 1/30/09 8:51 PM Page vii Publisher’s Acknowledgments We’re proud of this book; please send us your comments through our online registration form located at www.dummies.com/register/. 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BC31 02_434130-ftoc.qxp xxiv 1/30/09 8:46 PM Page xxiv Photoshop Elements 7 All-in-One For Dummies 03_434130-intro.qxp 1/30/09 8:52 PM Page 1 Introduction P hotoshop Elements has evolved through several generations to become a sophisticated photo editor What was once a low-end, consumer-grade product is now a tool for novice photo editors, amateur photographers, and professionals alike Elements shines... .310 Stylizing and Warping Type 312 Playing with type opacity 314 Applying filters to type 3 17 Painting over type with color 3 17 Warping your type 318 02_434130-ftoc.qxp 1/30/09 xviii 8:46 PM Page xviii Photoshop Elements 7 All-in-One For Dummies Book VI: Working with Layers and Masks 321 Chapter 1: Creating Layers 323 Getting... Establishing Your Color Settings 2 07 Understanding How Profiles Work .209 Chapter 5: Time Travel — Undoing in Elements 211 Undoing What’s Done with the Undo Command 211 Adjusting the number of available undos .212 Redoing edits 213 02_434130-ftoc.qxp xvi 1/30/09 8:46 PM Page xvi Photoshop Elements 7 All-in-One For Dummies Reverting to What’s Saved ... Closing and Quitting 105 Chapter 2: Working in the Organizer 1 07 Cataloging Files 108 Adding files to the default Organizer view 108 Adding additional photos to a catalog 110 02_434130-ftoc.qxp xiv 1/30/09 8:46 PM Page xiv Photoshop Elements 7 All-in-One For Dummies Importing images to a new catalog 110 Importing legacy catalogs 112 Switching... menus .28 Using the Project Bin .28 Getting Productive with Shortcuts 30 02_434130-ftoc.qxp xii 1/30/09 8:46 PM Page xii Photoshop Elements 7 All-in-One For Dummies Finding Help When You Need It 31 Using Help .31 Reading PDFs from the Installer CD-ROM 32 Using tooltips 32 Dialog boxes 32 Chapter 2: Getting to Know the Tools ... Grid preferences 70 Setting Plug-ins preferences 70 Setting Type preferences 70 Setting Up the Organizing Environment 71 Setting General preferences 71 Setting Files preferences 72 02_434130-ftoc.qxp 1/30/09 8:46 PM Page xiii Table of Contents xiii Setting Folder Location View preferences .73 Setting Editing preferences 73 Setting Camera or Card... Liquify 422 02_434130-ftoc.qxp xx 1/30/09 8:46 PM Page xx Photoshop Elements 7 All-in-One For Dummies Chapter 3: Adding Pizazz with Styles and Effects 425 Seeing What the Effects Panel Can Do .425 Enhancing with Photo Effects 426 Working with layer styles 428 Editing layer styles 430 Book VIII: Retouching and Enhancing 4 37 Chapter 1: Quick Image Makeovers... contact sheets 568 Printing picture packages 570 Printing with Color Profiles 571 Working with color printer profiles 572 Understanding how Elements uses color profiles 572 Converting color to a printer profile . 573 Printing to Inkjet Printers 575 Automatic profile selection for Epson printers 577 Selecting a printer profile 582 Printing with a... 73 Setting Camera or Card Reader preferences 74 Setting Scanner preferences .75 Setting Date View preferences 75 Setting Keyword Tags and Albums preferences .76 Setting Sharing preferences 76 Setting Adobe Partner Services preferences 76 Setting Backup/Synchronization preferences 77 Book II: Elements Fundamentals 79 Chapter 1: Acquiring, Saving, and Exporting... a critical first step for anyone new to Elements Stay with us while we break down all the areas in the Photoshop Elements workspace where you can turn that photo of Aunt Gina into something that Whistler’s mom would envy Launching Elements After running the installer from the Photoshop Elements CD, double-click the program icon to launch Elements Upon launch, you see the Adobe Photoshop Welcome screen, . projects! 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