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Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac: The Missing Manual
(ebook)
Autor: Barbara Brundage

Ideal for scrapbookers, serious and casual photographers, and budding graphic artists alike, Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac is more powerful and easier to use than previous versions. But figuring out how and when to use the program's tools is still tricky. With this book, you'll learn not only what each tool does, but also when it makes the most sense to use it and why. You get easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for everything from importing photos to organizing, editing, sharing, and storing your images. You'll also find a tour of Bridge, the ultra-deluxe file browser that comes with Photoshop CS4 --and Elements 8.
How do you use the Photomerge Exposure? How do Quick Fix previews work? With a gentle introduction to get you started quickly, and advanced tips to help you produce really creative work, this Missing Manual provides the answers you need.
- Get crystal-clear and jargon-free explanations of every feature
- Learn to import, organize, back up, and fix photos quickly and easily
- Repair and restore old and damaged photos, and retouch any image
- Jazz up your pictures with dozens of filters, frames, and special effects
- Remove unwanted objects from images with the new Recompose tool
- Learn advanced techniques like working with layers and applying blend modes
- Download practice images and try new tricks right away
- Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac: The Missing Manual
- SPECIAL OFFER: Upgrade this ebook with OReilly
- A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
- The Missing Credits
- About the Author
- About the Creative Team
- Acknowledgments
- The Missing Manual Series
- Introduction
- Why Photoshop Elements?
- What You Can Do with Elements 8
- Whats New in Elements 8
- If You Use Windows
- Elements vs. Photoshop
- The Key to Learning Elements
- About This Book
- About the Outline
- For Newcomers to Elements
- The Very Basics
- About These Arrows
- About MissingManuals.com
- Safari Books Online
- 1. Finding Your Way Around Elements
- The Welcome Screen
- Adobe BridgeDecisions, Decisions
- The Photo Downloader
- Editing Your Photos
- Panels, Bins, and Tabs
- The Panel bin
- The Project bin
- Image windows
- Panels, Bins, and Tabs
- Elements' Tools
- Getting Help
- Guided Edit
- Undo
- Undo History panel
- The one rule of Elements
- Importing from Cameras
- Opening Photos in Elements
- Bridge Basics
- The Bridge window
- Setting file associations
- Customizing your Bridge workspace
- Bridge Basics
- Opening Stored Images
- Sending Images from Other Programs
- Working with PDF Files
- Picking a File Size
- Choosing a Resolution
- Selecting a Color Mode
- Choosing Background Contents
- Moving and Organizing Your Photos
- Rating and Labeling Photos
- Keywords
- Searching and Filtering
- File Formats Elements Understands
- Not-so-common file formats
- About JPEGs
- Straightening Scanned Photos
- Straightening Two or More Photos at a Time
- Straightening Individual Photos
- Rotating and Flipping Options
- Straighten Tool
- Free Rotate Layer
- Using the Crop Tool
- Cropping an image to an exact size
- Image Views
- The Zoom Tool
- The Hand Tool
- Resizing Images for Email and the Web
- Resizing for Printing
- Resampling
- The Quick Fix Window
- The Quick Fix Toolbox
- The Quick Fix Panel Bin
- Using presets
- Different Views: After vs. Before and After
- Fixing Red Eye
- Smart Fix
- Adjusting Lighting and Contrast
- Levels
- Contrast
- Shadows and Highlights
- Auto Color
- The Color sliders
- Balancing color
- 5. Making Selections
- Selecting Everything
- Selecting Rectangular and Elliptical Areas
- Selecting Irregularly Sized Areas
- Controlling the Selection Tools
- Selecting with a Brush
- Refine Edge
- The Selection Brush
- The Magic Wand
- The Lasso Tools
- The basic Lasso tool
- The Magnetic Lasso
- The Polygonal Lasso
- Inverting a Selection
- Making a Selection Larger or Smaller
- Moving Selected Areas
- The Move tool
- Making changes to a saved selection
- Understanding Layers
- The Layers Panel
- The Background
- Adding a Layer
- Deleting Layers
- Duplicating a Layer
- Copying and Cutting from Layers
- Making Layers Invisible
- Adjusting Opacity
- Locking Layers
- Blend Modes
- Rearranging Layers
- Arranging layers with the Move tool
- Linking layers
- Clipping masksgrouping layers
- Merging layers
- Flattening an image
- Adding Fill and Adjustment Layers
- Fill layers
- Adjustment layers
- 7. Basic Image Retouching
- Fixing Exposure Problems
- Deciding Which Exposure Fix to Use
- Fixing Major Exposure Problems
- The Shadows/Highlights Command
- Correcting Part of an Image
- Correcting color with a brush
- Fixing Exposure Problems
- Controlling the Colors You See
- Calibrating Your Monitor
- Getting started with calibrating
- Calibrating Your Monitor
- Choosing a Color Space
- Understanding the Histogram
- Adjusting Levels: The Eyedropper Method
- Adjusting Levels: The Slider Method
- The Remove Color Cast Command
- Using Color Variations
- The Color Picker
- The Eyedropper Tool
- The Color Swatches Panel
- Saving colors in the Swatches panel
- Unsharp Mask
- Adjust Sharpness
- The High-Pass Filter
- The Sharpen Tool
- The Raw Converter
- Using the Raw Converter
- Adjusting the view
- Rotating, straightening, and cropping
- Using the Raw Converter
- Adjusting White Balance
- Adjusting Tone
- Saving your settings
- Choosing bit depth: 8 or 16 bits?
- Automatic Merges
- Manual Merges
- Choosing Your Files
- Renaming Your Files
- Changing Image Size and File Type
- Applying Quick Fix Commands
- Attaching Labels
- Watermarks
- Adding captions
- Fixing Blemishes
- The Spot Healing Brush: Fixing Small Areas
- The Healing Brush: Fixing Larger Areas
- The Clone Stamp
- The Healing Brush
- The Pattern Stamp
- The Hue/Saturation Dialog Box
- Adjusting Saturation with the Sponge Tool
- Using an Adjustment Layer
- Replacing Specific Colors
- The Color Replacement Tool
- Method One: Making Color Photos Black and White
- Method Two: Removing Color from a Photo
- Creating Spot Color
- Brushing Away Color
- Erasing Colors from a Duplicate Layer
- Removing Color from Selections
- Using an Adjustment Layer and the Saturation Slider
- Editing a layer mask
- Tinting a Whole Photo
- Using a Layer style
- The Content panel's tint effects
- Using Colorize
- Creating Panoramas
- Manual Positioning with Interactive Layout
- Skew, Distort, and Perspective
- Free Transform
- 12. Drawing with Brushes, Shapes, and Other Tools
- Picking and Using a Basic Brush
- Modifying Your Brush
- Saving Modified Brush Settings
- Picking and Using a Basic Brush
- The Specialty Brushes
- Making a Custom Brush
- Dodging
- Burning
- Blend Modes
- The Smudge Tool
- Using the Eraser
- The Magic Eraser
- The Background Eraser
- Rectangle and Rounded Rectangle
- Ellipse
- Polygon
- Line Tool
- The Custom Shape Tool
- The Shape Selection Tool
- Using Filters
- Applying Filters
- Filter menu
- Effects panel
- Filter Gallery
- Applying Filters
- Filter Categories
- Useful Filter Solutions
- Removing noise: Getting rid of graininess
- Adding noise: Smoothing out repair jobs
- Gaussian Blur: Drawing attention to an object
- Radial Blur: Producing a sense of motion
- Color correcting with the Average Blur filter
- Improving skin texture with the Surface Blur filter
- Using Actions
- The Gradient Tool
- Gradient Fill Layers
- Editing Gradients
- Transparency in gradients
- Creating noise gradients
- Adding Text to an Image
- Text Options
- Creating Text
- Editing Text
- Smoothing text: anti-aliasing
- Text Effects
- Text Gradients
- Applying the Liquify Filter to Text
- Using the Type Mask Tools
- Creating Outlined Text
- Using the Stroke Layer style
- Using the Type Mask tool
- 15. Creating Projects
- Photo Collages
- Creating Multipage Documents
- Photo Collages
- Working with the Content and Favorites Panels
- The Content Panel
- The Favorites Panel
- Getting Ready to Print
- Ordering Prints
- Printing at Home
- Printing One Photo Per Page
- Positioning Your Image
- Print window settings
- OS X Page Setup dialog box
- Additional Print Options
- Color management
- Contact Sheets
- PDF Contact Sheets in Bridge
- Customizing your picture package
- Image Formats and the Web
- Saving Images for the Web or Email
- Using Save For Web
- Save For Web format options
- Using Save For Web
- Previewing Images and Adjusting Color
- 18. Beyond the Basics
- Graphics Tablets
- Free Stuff from the Internet
- When You Really Need Photoshop
- Beyond This Book
- A. Elements, Menu by Menu
- Photoshop Elements Menu
- About Photoshop Elements
- About Plug-in
- Patent and Legal Notices
- Preferences
- Services
- Hide Photoshop Elements
- Hide Others
- Show All
- Quit Photoshop Elements
- Photoshop Elements Menu
- File Menu
- New
- Open
- Browse with Bridge
- Open Recently Edited File
- Duplicate
- Close
- Close All
- Save
- Save As
- Save For Web
- Adobe Photo Downloader
- Attach to Email
- Create Web Photo Gallery
- File Info
- Place
- Process Multiple Files
- Import
- Export
- Automation Tools
- Contact Sheet II
- Picture Package
- Undo
- Redo
- Revert
- Cut
- Copy
- Copy Merged
- Paste
- Paste Into Selection
- Delete
- Fill Layer, Fill Selection
- Stroke (Outline) Selection
- Define Brush, Define Brush from Selection
- Define Pattern, Define Pattern from Selection
- Clear
- Add Blank Page
- Add Page Using Current Layout
- Delete Current Page
- Color Settings
- Preset Manager
- Rotate
- Transform
- Crop
- Recompose
- Divide Scanned Photos
- Resize
- Mode
- Convert Color Profile
- Magic Extractor
- Auto Smart Fix
- Auto Levels
- Auto Contrast
- Auto Color Correction
- Auto Sharpen
- Auto Red Eye Fix
- Adjust Smart Fix
- Adjust Lighting
- Adjust Color
- Convert to Black and White
- Unsharp Mask
- Adjust Sharpness
- New
- Duplicate Layer
- Delete Layer
- Rename Layer
- Layer Style
- New Fill Layer
- New Adjustment Layer
- Layer Content Options
- Type
- Simplify Layer
- Create/Release Clipping Mask
- Arrange
- Merge Layers
- Merge Visible
- Flatten Image
- All
- Deselect
- Reselect
- Inverse
- All Layers
- Deselect Layers
- Similar Layers
- Feather
- Refine Edge
- Modify
- Grow
- Similar
- Transform Selection
- Load Selection
- Save Selection
- Delete Selection
- Last Filter
- Filter Gallery
- Correct Camera Distortion
- Adjustments
- Artistic
- Blur
- Brush Strokes
- Distort
- Noise
- Pixelate
- Render
- Sketch
- Stylize
- Texture
- Video
- Other
- Digimarc
- New Window for
- Zoom In
- Zoom Out
- Fit on Screen
- Actual Pixels
- Print Size
- Selection
- Rulers
- Grid
- Guides
- Notes
- Snap to
- Lock Guides
- Clear Guides
- New Guide
- Images
- Tools
- Adjustments
- Color Swatches
- Content
- Effects
- Favorites
- Histogram
- Info
- Layers
- Navigator
- Undo History
- Application Frame
- Application Bar
- Panel Bin
- Reset Panels
- Welcome
- Project Bin
- Image Windows/Tabs
- Search Box
- Photoshop Elements Help
- Getting Started
- Key Concepts
- Support
- Video Tutorials
- Forum
- System Info
- Registration
- Deactivate
- Updates
- Installing Elements
- Activation
- Scratch Disks
- Troubleshooting
- Adobe Bridge CS4 Menu
- About Bridge
- Camera Raw Preferences
- Preferences
- Services
- Hide Adobe Bridge CS4
- Hide Others
- Show All
- Quit Adobe Bridge CS4
- New Window
- New Folder
- Open
- Open With
- Open Recent
- Open in Camera Raw
- Close Window
- Move to Trash
- Eject
- Return to
- Reveal in Finder
- Reveal in Bridge
- Get Photos from Camera
- Burn CD/DVD
- Attach to Email
- Move To
- Copy To
- Place
- Add to Favorites/Remove from Favorites
- File Info
- Undo
- Cut
- Copy
- Paste
- Duplicate
- Select All
- Deselect All
- Select Inverse
- Find
- Develop Settings
- Rotate 180°
- Rotate 90° Clockwise
- Rotate 90° Counterclockwise
- Creative Suite Color Settings
- Full Screen Preview
- Slideshow
- Slideshow Options
- Review Mode
- Compact Mode
- As Thumbnails
- As Details
- As List
- Show Thumbnail Only
- Grid Lock
- Show Reject Files
- Show Hidden Files
- Show Folders
- Show Items from Subfolders
- Sort
- Refresh
- Group as Stack
- Ungroup from Stack
- Open Stack
- Close Stack
- Promote to Top of Stack
- Expand All Stacks
- Collapse All Stacks
- Frame Rate
- Ratings
- Label
- Batch Rename
- Create Metadata Template
- Edit Metadata Template
- Append Metadata
- Replace Metadata
- Cache
- Photoshop Elements
- New Synchronized Window
- Workspace
- Folders Panel
- Favorites Panel
- Metadata Panel
- Keywords Panel
- Filter Panel
- Preview Panel
- Inspector Panel
- Collections Panel
- Path Bar
- Minimize
- Bring All to Front
- Current Folder Location
- Search Box
- Adobe Bridge Help
- Manage Extensions
- Updates
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