Photoshop Elem Short Tutorial

Photoshop Elements Quick GuidePhotoshop Elements is an image editing program you can use to prepare images for your story.Photoshop allows you to resize and crop photos, fix flaws in the image, and composite images togeth-er into a collage. Step 1 – Opening Program and Getting PhotosAfter opening up the software you will see the “wel-come” window. Select “Browse for File.” This will openup the Browser window. Use the window in the upperleft to navigate to your “rough images” folder. Youshould now see your rough images in the Browser.Step 2 – Selecting a Photo to EditTo edit a photo, double click on it. A new window willopen. This is the Photoshop Elements Editor work-space. Many of the tools you’ll be using are on the farleft, in a vertical strip called the Tool Palette. You canfind out each tool’s name/function by hovering over thetool with your mouse.Step 3 - CroppingThis is what a typical image might look like if you scanned a bunch of pictures at once. Your first job is to separate these photos, edit them, andthen save each one as an individual file. To do this, usethe rectangular marquee tool, shown below. Click on it to select it. Move into the imagespace and click and drag a box around one ofthe scanned images. In the image above, wedrew a selection around the woman and babyin bed. After making a selection that looksgood to you, go up to menu bar and click onEdit>Copy. Then click on File>New fromClipboard. Your selection will now ...