Photoshop Elements | Course Overview

Course Description

Photoshop Elements is designed for people who are just getting started with digital photo editing and want to organise and work on images that will be used for personal use or educational use—rather than commercial use. In some ways, it is a cut down version of what Photoshop and Photoshop Extended have to offer and lets you easily organise, create, edit and share your personal photos.

What You Will Learn

The 1 day Photoshop Elements Essentials course is a comprehensive course, which you will learn how to recompose photos to any size (without distortion), use Photomerge Exposure to get the best exposure, quickly find your best photos, use the Organizer to preview Photos and Video Clips, edit images to emphasise the main features, experiment with templates to give you the design advantage and lots more.

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Photoshop Elements | Outline

Photoshop Elements for Windows

How Photoshop Elements works
Photoshop Elements workspaces
The Organizer workspace
The Editor workspace
Using panels and the Panel Bin
Workflow
Importing media
Using the Adobe Photo Downloader
Getting photos from a digital camera or card reader
Getting photos from files and folders
About keyword tags
Reviewing and comparing
Choosing files
Creating an Adobe ID
Signing up from the Welcome screen
Signing up from the Organizer or Editor
Signing in to your Photoshop.com account
Using Help
Search tips
Links to help in the application

Basic Organising

Creating a new catalog
Dragging photos from Windows Explorer
Automatically fixing red eyes during import
Searching for photos to import
Importing from a digital camera
Using watched folders
Viewing photo thumbnails in the Organizer
Using the Media Browser views
Using the Date View
Working with star ratings and keyword tags
Applying keyword tags and rating photos
Creating new categories and sub-categories
Applying and editing category assignments
Editing In Full Screen mode
Using keyword tags to find pictures
Automatically finding faces for tagging
About People Recognition
Naming faces in the Media Browser

Advanced Organising

Advanced import options
Photo Downloader options
Acquiring still frames from a video
Importing from a PDF document
Scanning images
Organizing photos
Working with version sets
Tips for working with stacks
Creating albums
The Map view
Viewing and finding photos
Finding photos by visual similarity
Finding photos using details and metadata
Find photos using a text search
Metadata support for audio and video files
Working with smart albums

Creating Projects

Creating a greeting card
Choosing a theme and a layout
Working with frames
Adjusting a photo inside a frame
Working with backgrounds
Adding graphics from the Content library
Refining a project in Full Edit mode
Working with multiple pages
Producing a Photo Book
Rearranging the order of images in a project
Choosing a theme and a photo layout
Refining your Photo Book layout
Replacing design elements
Adding text to your project
Assembling a photo collage
Setting up your project page
Exploring the artwork library
Adding a background
Working with layers
Applying effects

Printing, Sharing, and Exporting

Printing a contact sheet
Printing a Picture Package
Printing individual photos
Ordering professionally printed photos online
Creating an Online Album in Windows
Backing up and synchronizing albums
About exporting
Burning photos to CD or DVD
Saving copies of your images for use on the Web

Adjusting Colour in Images

Getting to know the Edit modes
Correcting color problems
Fixing files automatically in batches
Adding the auto-corrected files to the Organizer
Using Guided Edit
Correcting color in Guided Edit mode
Removing a color cast using Guided Edit
Adjusting lighting using Guided Edit
Using Quick Edit mode
Applying automatic adjustments separately
Opening an image for Quick Fix editing
Using Smart Fix
Applying other automatic fixes
Using the Touch Up tool
Brightening a smile
Setting up the Quick Edit workspace
Using the Whiten Teeth tool
Modifying the Touch Up adjustment
Using the Smart Brush tool
Applying a Smart Brush adjustment
Tweaking a Smart Paint adjustment

Adjusting Colour in Images (continued)

Applying multiple Smart Paint adjustments
Comparing methods of fixing color
Correcting color automatically
Adjusting the results of an automatic fix manually
Tweaking results from an automatic fix
About viewing modes and image window arrangements
Adjusting skin tones
Working with red eye
Using automatic Red Eye Fix
Using the Red Eye Removal tool
Making selections
Using the Selection Brush tool
Editing a saved selection
Using the Quick Selection tool
Working with selections
Replacing the color of a pictured object
Replacing a color throughout the image
Replacing a color in a limited area of the image
About printing color pictures
Working with color management
Setting up color management

Fixing Exposure Problems

Brightening an under exposed image
Applying the Quick Fix
Using blending modes
Adjusting color curves
Adding adjustment layers
Creating adjustment layers for lighting
Using layers to isolate parts of an image
Correcting under exposed areas
Adding more intensity
Improving faded or over exposed images
Adjusting shadows and highlights manually
Adjusting brightness and contrast manually
Adjusting levels

Repairing, Retouching, and Recomposing Images

Using the Straighten tool
Recomposing a group photo
Fixing blemishes
Removing wrinkles and spots
Using the Healing Brush tool
Refining the healing brush results
Restoring a damaged photograph
Using the Clone Stamp tool to fill in missing areas
Using the Selection Brush tool
What is a mask?
Refining a saved selection
Adding definition with the Smart Brush
Merging layers

Working with Text

Placing text on an image
Adding an asymmetrical border
Adding a quick border
Adding and editing a text layer
Saving a work file with layers
Distinguishing between pixel-based and vector graphics
Overlaying text on an image
About type
Applying a Layer Style to a text layer
Using Layer styles and distortions
Adding a layer style
Warping text
Working with paragraph type

Combining Multiple Images

Merging photos into a panorama
Choosing a Photomerge layout option
Cropping the merged image
Cropping ratio options
Creating a Photomerge Panorama interactively
Vanishing point
Creating a composite group shot
Using the Scene Cleaner tool
Blending differently exposed photos
Using the Photomerge Exposure tool
Merging exposures automatically
Adjusting the automatically merged image

Advanced Editing Techniques

Working with camera raw images
Improving a camera raw image
Workflow overview for raw images
What is a raw image?
Adjusting the white balance
Camera Raw white balance settings
Working with the Temperature and Tint settings
Using the tone controls on a raw image
Saving the image
About histograms
Understanding highlights and shadows
Adjusting levels
About Unsharp Mask
Applying the Unsharp Mask filter
Using the filter gallery
Creating effects with filters
Using the Cookie Cutter tool

Sydney

SYDNEY Select a date to book online now	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept
Photoshop Lite	—	27	—	8 22	12	24
Photoshop Essentials	22 & 23	27 & 28	5 & 6 19 & 20	9 & 10 22 & 23	7 & 8 22 & 23	4 & 5 19 & 20
Photoshop Advanced	2 & 3	2 & 3	13 & 14	—	1 & 2	12 & 13
Photoshop Elements 11	—	13	21	—	19	30 Oct
Photoshop Lightroom	—	20	—	23	—	27
Photoshop Retouching Masterclass	—	15	21	24	23	23

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