Photoshop Elements 5 Essential Training Author:Deke McClelland Modeled after the professional-grade, industry-standard Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements 5 provides key tools for enhancing, organizing, and sharing photographs. In Photoshop Elements 5 Essential Training, instructor and award-winning author Deke McClelland shows how to use the powerful, easy-to-use Photoshop Elements 5 to create pro... more »fessional-looking images. The training covers the three main workspaces: the Welcome screen, which serves as a front door to the software; the Organizer, where images are sorted into digital libraries for better file management; and the Editor, which is used for common tasks such as cropping, straightening, correcting brightness and contrast, and removing red-eye. Exercise files accompany the tutorial.Topics Include:
Importing photos from a digital camera or a hard drive
Organizing photos by date using a timeline
Searching images by location using a map
Organizing and finding images by name and subject
Collecting, comparing, and backing up photos
Understanding resolution and image size
Cropping, straightening, and resizing photos
Brightening, darkening, correcting red-eye, and healing damaged photos
Applying automatic color corrections using Quick Fix mode
Correcting brightness, contrast, colors, flash, backlighting, and skin tones
Reducing digital noise, sharpening, and correcting lens distortion
Printing color-accurate photos from an inkjet printer