Staff In-Service PresentationOctober 13th, 2008

What can you do with Photoshop Elements? Restore Old Photos

Crop & Retouch Photos Manipulate Color Create New Images . . . and More!

What is all this stuff?

Toolbox

PalettesOption Bar

Menu BarShortcut Bar

To get started, you need something to work from -- Images can be

Photos, either scanned or importedClipartMade from scratch

Let’s Get Creative

Activity 1 Click “File” on the menu bar and choose

“Open” Choose “Patron Drive (E:)” from the drop

down menu Open the “PS Elements” folder Double click the “Space” image

Crop Tool

Zoom Tool

Hand Tool

Saving

Click “File” at the top in the menu bar Choose “Save As” Rename the file “Space2” Click “Save” Click “OK”

Activity 2 Click “File” on the menu bar and choose

“Open” Double click the “Red Ball” image

Marquee Tool

Magic Wand Tool

Lasso Tool

Oops! This is what happens if you let go of the mouse button before getting all the way around the object.

Still not a perfect selection.

Click on the edge of the ball close the area where the original selection got off track.

Here

Like this

You have an object selected, now what? You can --

Move the selected object to another location in this picture

Move the object into a different pictureDuplicate the objectDelete the objectApply special effects . . . And more!

Move Tool

#1

Activity 3 Click “File” on the menu bar and choose

“Open” Double click the “Skittles” image

Paint Bucket Tool

Eyedropper Tool

Paintbrush Tool

Click here first

Then click here

Like this Skittle?

Eraser Tool

Click in this area to drag the box out of the way.

Then use the eyedropper to click somewhere in the background.

Magic Eraser Tool

Activity 4 Click “File” on the menu bar and choose

“Open” Double click the “Red Eye” image

Red Eye Brush Tool

Activity 5 Click “File” on the menu bar and choose

“Open” Double click the “Old Photo” image

Clone Stamp Tool

Dodge ToolBurn Tool

Blur ToolSharpen ToolSmudge Tool

Blur ToolSharpen Tool

Smudge Tool

Activity 6 Click “File” on the menu bar and choose

“Open” Double click the “Space2” image and the

“Spacesuit” Image

Text Tool