the visibooks guide to photoshop elements 3.0 (2006)

[...]... 21 days ELEMENTS BASICS 9 The graphics contained in the ElementsGraphics.zip file should now be listed in the Elements Graphics folder: 10 ELEMENTS BASICS Create GIFs 1 Open Photoshop Elements 2 Click Edit and Enhance Photos ELEMENTS BASICS 11 3 4 12 On the Menu Bar, click File, then Open When the Open window appears, double-click the My Documents folder ELEMENTS BASICS 5 Double-click the Elements. .. ELEMENTS BASICS icon to close Ducky.tif Create JPGs 1 On the Menu Bar, click File, then Open 2 Double-click the My Documents folder to open it 3 Double click the Elements Graphics folder to open it ELEMENTS BASICS 19 4 Click Eagle.psd Then click the It should look like this: 20 ELEMENTS BASICS button 5 On the Menu Bar, click File, then Save As 6 When the Open window appears, navigate to the Practice Files... folder to open it Click Ducky.tif ELEMENTS BASICS 13 Then click the It should look like this: 14 ELEMENTS BASICS button 6 On the Menu Bar, click File, then Save As When the Save As window appears, Elements Graphics should be showing in the Save in box 7 Click the icon ELEMENTS BASICS 15 8 When the New Folder box appears, type: Practice Files Then press the ENTER key on your keyboard 9 Double-click the. .. Files folder to open it It should appear in the Save in box 16 ELEMENTS BASICS 10 In the Format drop-down list, click CompuServe.GIF (*GIF) 11 Click the 12 When the Indexed Color window appears, click the button button ELEMENTS BASICS 17 13 When the GIF Options window appears, click the button You have now saved a graphic in GIF format, in the Practice Files folder 14 18 Click the window’s ELEMENTS BASICS... this: ELEMENTS BASICS 25 3 On the Menu bar, click Image, then Resize, then Image Size 4 In the Image Size window, type: 50 in the first Width box 26 ELEMENTS BASICS Make sure the Constrain Proportions checkbox is checked Tip: This automatically adjusts the height of the graphic to match the change in width 5 Make sure that Scale Styles and Resample Image are checked ELEMENTS BASICS 27 6 Click the button... window appears, click the button 14 30 When the Indexed Color window appears, click the button Close Ducky.tif without saving it ELEMENTS BASICS Flip and rotate graphics Flip graphics 1 On the Menu Bar, click File, then Open 2 Navigate to the Elements Graphics folder, then click 0004624.jpg It should open and look like this: ELEMENTS BASICS 31 3 On the Menu Bar, click Image, then Rotate, then Flip Vertical... Click the button The graphic should look like this: 7 8 28 On the Menu Bar, click File, then Save as When the Save As window appears, double-click the Practice Files folder so it appears in the Save in box ELEMENTS BASICS 9 In the File name box, type: Duckysmall 10 Click the drop-down arrow next to Save as type Then click CompuServe GIF 11 Click the button ELEMENTS BASICS 29 12 13 When the GIF Options...15 When the Select a Destination screen appears, click the button Then click the Elements Graphics folder 8 ELEMENTS BASICS 16 Click the 17 When the Extraction Complete window appears, click the button button Tip: If your version of Windows doesn’t have the Extraction Wizard and you don’t have a copy of WinZip on your computer— just go to: www.winzip.com and download a copy... are used for most Web graphics They are limited to 256 colors, but remain sharp JPG Short for Joint Photographic Experts Group JPG-format graphics are used mostly for photographs They include millions of colors, but get blurrier each time they’re saved 24 ELEMENTS BASICS Resize graphics 1 On the Menu Bar, click File, then Open 2 Navigate to the Elements Graphics folder, then double-click Ducky.tif It... Practice Files folder at: C:\My Documents \Elements Graphics\Practice Files ELEMENTS BASICS 21 7 8 22 In the Save as Type drop-down list, click JPEG (*.JPG, *.JPE) Click the ELEMENTS BASICS button 9 When the JPEG Options window appears, click the button You have saved a graphic in JPG format, in the Practice Files folder ELEMENTS BASICS 23 10 Click the icon to close Eagle.psd Web graphic file types . graphics ELEMENTS BASICS 2 1. Open a web browser, then go to: www .visibooks. com/books/pse3 2. Right click the Download Photoshop Elements Practice Files link. 3. When the menu appears,. As. 4. When the Save As window appears, navigate to the My Documents folder. Then click the icon. ELEMENTS BASICS 3 5. Type: Elements Graphics then press the ENTER key on. 9. On the Desktop, double-click the My Computer icon. ELEMENTS BASICS 5 10. When the window appears, click the My Documents folder to open it. 11. Double-click the Elements Graphics