- Copyright
- About the Authors
- Authors' Acknowledgments
- Publisher's Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- I. Getting Started
- 1. Getting to Know the Work Area
- 2. Getting Ready to Edit
- 3. Working with Resolutions, Color Modes, and File Formats
- 3.1. The Ubiquitous Pixels
- 3.2. The Art of Resampling
- 3.3. Choosing a Resolution for Print or Onscreen
- 3.4. Go Ahead — Make My Mode!
- 3.5. Saving Files with Purpose
- 3.5.1. Using the Save/Save As dialog box
- 3.5.2. Saving files for the Web
- 3.5.3. Understanding file formats
- 3.5.3.1. Photoshop (*.PSD, *.PDD)
- 3.5.3.2. Alias PIX (Macintosh)
- 3.5.3.3. BMP (*.BMP, *.RLE, *.DIB)
- 3.5.3.4. CompuServe GIF (*.GIF)
- 3.5.3.5. Photo Project Format (*.PSE)
- 3.5.3.6. Photoshop EPS (*.EPS)
- 3.5.3.7. IFF (Macintosh)
- 3.5.3.8. JPEG (*.JPG, *.JPEG, *.JPE)
- 3.5.3.9. PCX (*.PCX)
- 3.5.3.10. Photoshop PDF (*.PDF, *.PDP)
- 3.5.3.11. Photoshop Raw (*.RAW)
- 3.5.3.12. PICT File (*.PCT, *.PICT)
- 3.5.3.13. PICT Resource (Macintosh)
- 3.5.3.14. Pixar (*.PXR)
- 3.5.3.15. PNG (*.PNG)
- 3.5.3.16. Scitex CT (*.SCT)
- 3.5.3.17. Targa (*.TGA, *.VDA, *.ICB, *.VST)
- 3.5.3.18. TIFF (*.TIF, *.TIFF)
- 3.5.4. File formats at a glance
- 3.5.5. Audio and video formats supported in Elements
- II. Getting Organized
- 4. Getting Your Images
- 5. Viewing and Finding Your Images
- 5.1. The Many Faces of the Organizer (Windows)
- 5.2. Using Adobe Bridge (Macintosh)
- 5.3. Moving around the Image Window
- 5.4. Sorting Your Photos (Windows)
- 5.5. Using Search Options
- 6. Organizing and Managing Your Photos
- III. Selecting and Correcting Photos
- 7. Making and Modifying Selections
- 7.1. Defining Selections
- 7.2. Creating Rectangular and Elliptical Selections
- 7.3. Making Freeform Selections with the Lasso Tools
- 7.4. Working Wizardry with the Magic Wand
- 7.5. Modifying Your Selections
- 7.6. Painting with the Selection Brush
- 7.7. Painting with the Quick Selection Tool
- 7.8. Resizing Smartly with the Recompose Tool
- 7.9. Working with the Cookie Cutter Tool
- 7.10. Eliminating with the Eraser Tools
- 7.11. Using the Magic Extractor Command
- 7.12. Using the Select Menu
- 8. Working with Layers
- 9. Simple Image Makeovers
- 9.1. Cropping and Straightening Images
- 9.2. Employing One-Step Auto Fixes
- 9.3. Editing with Edit Quick
- 9.4. Cloning with the Clone Stamp Tool
- 9.5. Retouching with the Healing Brush
- 9.6. Zeroing In with the Spot Healing Brush
- 9.7. Lightening and Darkening with Dodge and Burn Tools
- 9.8. Smudging Away Rough Spots
- 9.9. Softening with the Blur Tool
- 9.10. Focusing with the Sharpen Tool
- 9.11. Sponging Color On and Off
- 9.12. Replacing One Color with Another
- 10. Correcting Contrast, Color, and Clarity
- 10.1. Adjusting Lighting
- 10.2. Adjusting Color
- 10.2.1. Removing colorcasts automatically
- 10.2.2. Adjusting with Hue/Saturation
- 10.2.3. Eliminating color with Remove Color
- 10.2.4. Switching colors with Replace Color
- 10.2.5. Correcting with Color Curves
- 10.2.6. Adjusting skin tones
- 10.2.7. Defringing layers
- 10.2.8. Correcting with Color Variations
- 10.2.9. Adjusting color temperature with photo filters
- 10.2.10. Mapping your colors
- 10.3. Adjusting Clarity
- 10.4. Working Intelligently with the Smart Brush tools
- 7. Making and Modifying Selections
- IV. Exploring Your Inner Artist
- 11. Playing with Filters, Effects, Styles, and More
- 12. Drawing and Painting
- 12.1. Choosing Color
- 12.2. Getting Artsy with the Pencil and Brush Tools
- 12.3. Filling and Outlining Selections
- 12.4. Splashing On Color with the Paint Bucket Tool
- 12.5. Working with Multicolored Gradients
- 12.6. Working with Patterns
- 12.7. Creating Shapes of All Sorts
- 13. Working with Type
- V. Printing, Creating, and Sharing
- 14. Getting It on Paper
- 15. Showing It Onscreen
- 16. Making Creations and Sharing
- VI. The Part of Tens
In this part...
The Part of Tens offers a couple of fun chapters to help you take your photography and Elements skills a little further. In Chapter 17, you can find our top ten tips for composing better photos. Find out about the rule of thirds, framing, and other simple tricks that can make your photos look better than ever. Also, in Part V, we introduce the creations that Elements helps you make, but why stop there? Chapter 18 offers even more ideas for projects you can create for your home or work, such as flyers, posters, inventories, and more.
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