Digital Photo Basics
Audience: Personal Computer Users
· Fun with Photoshop Elements
o Quick Tour of Adobe Photoshop Elements (PSE)
o PSE versions and discount vendor cost
o Photoshop PowerPoint Presentation
· Photoshop Elements Workspace
o Customizing the PSE Workspace,
o The Menus, the Pallets, PSE Tools and Toolbars
o Using PSE Icons on Shortcuts Bar, and Keyboard Commands
o Opening, saving and working with Images. Rotate, Size and Zoom
· Edit and Enhance Images
o Using Smart Fix for Editing Images
o Cropping, Enhancing and Retouching photos
o Adjust lighting and colors
o Correcting Red Eye
· Photoshop Tools
o Clone Stamp Tool and the Healing Brush
o Dodge, Burn & Sponge Tools
o Filter Effects
· Combing Photos Elements
o Using the Magnetic Lasso
o Copy, Paste and Move an image
o Understanding Layers
· Other Photoshop Tools
o Optimizing Images for the Internet
o Using Text Tools, and Custom Shapes
o Backgrounds, Colors, Gradients and Patterns
o Using Styles and Effects
· PSE Resources
o PSE Help: Content, Index, Search and Tutorials
o Free Photoshop Tutorials on the Internet
o Photoshop Books: Katrin Eismann “Photoshop Restoration and Retouching”
o Digital camera resources
Nick Maffei www.nmaffei.com