Photoshop Elements 11 All–in–One For Dummies

Barbara Obermeier is principal of Obermeier Design, a graphic design studio in California. She is currently a faculty member in the School of Graphic Design at Brooks Institute. Ted Padova is an internationally recognized authority on Adobe Acrobat, PDF, and digital imaging.

Introduction 1
Book I: Introducing Elements 7
Chapter 1: Examining the Elements Environment 9
Chapter 2: Getting to Know the Tools 35
Chapter 3: Viewing and Navigating Images 57
Chapter 4: Setting Your Preferences 71
Book II: Elements Fundamentals 91
Chapter 1: Acquiring, Saving, and Exporting Images 93
Chapter 2: Working in the Organizer 119
Chapter 3: Sorting and Organizing Files 137
Chapter 4: Working with iHardware 171
Book III: Image Essentials 183
Chapter 1: Specifying Resolution and Changing Image Sizing 185
Chapter 2: Choosing Color Modes and File Formats 203
Chapter 3: Working with Camera Raw 223
Chapter 4: Using and Managing Color 239
Chapter 5: Time Travel — Undoing in Elements 257
Book IV: Selections 263
Chapter 1: Making Selections 265
Chapter 2: Modifying and Transforming Selections 287
Book V: Painting, Drawing, and Typing 307
Chapter 1: Painting and Drawing with Elements 309
Chapter 2: Filling and Stroking 327
Chapter 3: Working with Type 345
Book VI: Working with Layers and Masks 367
Chapter 1: Creating Layers 369
Chapter 2: Managing Layers 395
Chapter 3: Playing with Opacity and Blend Modes 411
Chapter 4: Cutting, Extracting, and Masking 425
Book VII: Filters, Effects, Styles, and Distortions 439
Chapter 1: Making Corrections and Having Fun with Filters 441
Chapter 2: Distorting with the Liquify Command 465