AN INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS
AN INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS
A simple workflow .........................................................................
Take your pictures from camera to finished image:
the six stages of photo processing explained
1
Import your photos
Launch Photoshop Elements and click the Organizer section of the
welcome screen. The Photoshop Elements Organizer will open. Go
to the main menu bar and choose File>Get Photos and Videos. You can
then choose an option such as From Files and Folders. Browse to the
folder of photos that you want to import. Tick Get Photos From
Subfolder, then click Get Media. This will import the selected photos
into the Photoshop Elements Organizer.3
Add ratings to your pictures
You can create as many albums as you like, just as you would
with traditional photo prints. If you go to View>Details you’ll see
five grey stars under each thumbnail. Click to assign specific star ratings
to help you find favourite images. You can also organise photos
according to where and when they were shot, as well as tag them with
the names of the people who are in them. We’ll look at ratings and
tagging options in much more detail in chapter 3.2
Organise your shots
The imported photos will be displayed in chronological order in a
grid of thumbnails. To make specific images easier to find in the
future, hold down Cmd/Ctrl and select their thumbnails. Click the green
+ icon in the Local Albums section to create a new album containing the
selected images. Give it a name such as Landscapes. Click OK. You can
now click an album’s icon to display the shots within it. Click Back to
see all the images in the Organizer.