[HMB1]Photoshop Elements 4.0/3.0
Lesson Two
Organizing a Lifetime of
Photos
Lesson Two
Now
that you have organized your photos, completed any
needed editing you are ready to advance to the creative aspects of
Photoshop Elements 34.0 by making additional uses of your photos.
Elements calls these: Creations. There is an excellent newly revised book
designed mostly for the Organize portion of this program called (as you might
guess) Organize your Photos with Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 by
Michael Slatter.Slater.
ISBN 0-321-24696-0. It is an excellent reference for those of you
desiring to do advanced work in the Organizing area. Slater does not plan
to update this book for Elements 4.0, as the
changes and new features are not extensive enough to warrant a new book. Also
for the first time the Elements 4.0 comes with a good 206 page
instruction book that covers the use of 4.0 very adequately. But first
let’s review the new features appearing in Elements 4.0:
A. New Features
found in Upgraded Photoshop Elements 4.0:
Tagging and Organizing:
1. Face tagging Select a
group of photos and let Photoshop Elements isolate and display all the faces so
that you can quickly tag them. The Find Faces dialog box displays thumbnails of
each face until you tag it.
2. Search by metadata Search for a
variety of metadata criteria, such as file name, file type, shutter speed,
camera model, date, and tags. You can search on multiple criteria at once.
3. PDF support Manage and
tag PDF files in the Organizer. PDF files remain intact as one file that you
can tag. Open the PDF in the Editor to extract individual pages. (See To open a
PDF file.)
Sharing and Printing:
1.
One-click
printing Order prints and professional hardbound Photo
Books directly from Photoshop
Elements simply by dragging the items to the Order Prints palette. (See To use
the Order Prints palette.)
2. Slide shows on
TV If you have
Windows® XP Media Center 2005 installed, you can view your Photoshop Elements
slide shows on your TV and navigate using your TV remote control. (See To
output a slide show.)
Editing and
Selection:
1. Magic
Selection Brush tool Easily and accurately select portions
of your photos
using this new tool in either Standard Edit and Quick Fix. Simply scribble or
place dots on the object you want to select—no need to precisely outline the
object—and Adobe® Photoshop® Elements selects the object for you. You can add
to or subtract from the selection by using additional tools in the options bar.
(See To use the Magic Selection Brush tool.)
1.
Magic Extractor Easily select
an object in a photo and extract it
from its background. Just scribble or place
dots on the object you want to extract; then scribble or place dots on the
background, and Photoshop Elements separates the object from its background.
This tool is perfect for creating composites or scrapbook images. (See To use
the Magic Extractor.)
3. Skin tone
adjustment Click an area
of skin and watch the tonal balance of all colors in the photo improve. If you
want, you can also manually adjust the color by using color sliders. (See To
adjust the color of skin tone.)
4. Red eye
removal Automatically
remove red eye during import, or select one or more files and easily remove red
eye in either the Organizer or the Editor. (See To remove red eye.)
5. Defringe
Automatically remove the
colored specs or halo around the edges of a selection. (See To defringe a
selection.)
6. Straighten
tool Straighten
and crop crooked photos by drawing a horizontal or vertical line in the image.
Photoshop Elements aligns the photo to that line. (See To straighten an image.)
7. WYSIWYG font
menu What you see is what you get—see what each font
looks like from within the font menu. (See To choose a font family and style.)
B. Creations:
The Creations
section has an excellent Wizard that uses the same format for all the Creations
and leads you step by step through the process. It is an
excellent reference for those of you desiring to do advanced work in this area.
Using Creations to make:
1.
Slideshow
2.
Video CD
3.
Greeting Card
4.
Post Card
5.
eCard
6.
Wall Calendar
7.
Photobook
8. Panarama
To create a
slideshow:
1.Slide shows come in four types: (1) Simple
Slide Shows, (2) Custom Slide Shows, (3) Video CDs and (4) DVD Slide Shows. The
main difference between Simple and Custom is that Custom is saved as a WMV
(video) file instead of a PDF (fixed document) file, You can change the
transitions and timing for each photo independently, you can add text and
narration to any slide, you can use multiple songs for background music. Custom
is covered in the help section and requires audio equipment beyond the scope of
this course. We will concentrate on the Simple Slide Show. Use the Creations
Wizard to create a slideshow.
1.When you get to the Simple Slide Show in
the Creations Wizard, click on the required areas to set up your slideshow:
1.
Now let’s try making a Greeting Card:
To create a
greeting card:
1.
Use
the Creations Wizard to create a greeting card. For complete instructions, see Making
creations using the Creations Wizard.
2.
When
you get to step 3 in the Creations Wizard, use the following options to set up
your greeting card:
Title:
Type a title in
the text box for the text that will appear on the front of the card next to or
below the photo.
Greeting:
Type a greeting in
the text box for the salutation that appears at the top inside the card.
Message:
Type a message in
the text box for the text that appears below the greeting inside the card.
1.Click Next or step 4 to choose the photo
for your greeting card. For instructions, see Adding
and arranging photos in your creation.
3.
Note: The greeting card creation will use only the first photo in your
creation. All the other items (including video clips) are ignored.
4.
Click
next or step 5 to preview your greeting card and customize it by repositioning
or resizing the photo. For more information, see Previewing
and customizing creations.
5.
Click
Next or Step 6 and click Print in the Output Options list to print your
greeting card. Once the page is printed, fold the page in half, and then fold
in half again to finish your card.
To Createing a Ccalendars:
Making
your own calendars is a great way to enjoy your photos every month of the year.
Photoshop Album provides a variety of templates for creating calendars that you
can print on your home printer. All you have to do is specify a range of
months, and Photoshop Album does the rest for you.
Example of a calendar creation
To create a calendar:
1.
Use the Creations Wizard to create a calendar.
2.
When you get to step 3 in the Creations Wizard, use the following
options to set up your calendar:
TitleTitle:
Select
this option if you want your calendar to have a title page, and then type a
title in the text box. Depending on the style you selected, the title will
appear on the cover page of the calendar either next to or below the photo.
Starting:
Choose
the month and year you want your calendar to start.
Ending:
Choose the month
and year you want your calendar to end.
Include Captions:
Select
this option if you want text from the Caption field to appear under each photo
(except the cover photo). Be sure that your photos have captions, or nothing
will show underneath them in the calendar.
Click
Next or step 4 to add photos to your calendar.
Click
next or step 5 to preview your calendar and customize it by repositioning or
resizing the photos and videos.
Click
Next or Step 6 to publish and save your calendar. You'll probably print your
calendar by clicking Print in the Output Options list.
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