Introduction.
1. Learning the Ropes.
Starting Photoshop Elements and Opening a Picture. Viewing and Adjusting the Active Image Area. Using the Shortcuts Bar and Browsing for a File. Selecting Tools from the Toolbox. Controlling How Tools Behave with the Options Bar. Using Palettes. Arranging and Controlling Palettes. Using the Search Box and Following a Recipe. Taking a Tutorial. Setting Your Own Preferences. Saving Your Work.
2. Getting It All Together. Getting Photos into Your Computer. Scanning Images. Grabbing a Video Frame. Capturing a Frame from a Video File. Taking an Image from the Clipboard. Copying a Picture from a Web Page. Scanning a Slide. Making a Positive from a Negative. Importing an Acrobat Image. Resizing and Printing an Image. Printing Contact Sheets. Changing Paper (Canvas) Size. Printing a Picture Package. Saving Your Picture Archive on CD.
3. Basic Photo Fixing. Making a Quick Fix. Making a Quick Fix with a Slider Adjustment. Undoing Your Mistakes. Cropping a Picture. Straightening a Crooked Picture. Rotating an Image on Opening. Rotating an Image for Artistic Effect. Resizing and Resampling an Image. Transforming Image Perspective. Adding a White Border to Your Prints. Removing Red Eye in Flash Photos. Correcting a Color Cast. Selecting Color Variations. Replacing a Specific Color. Adjusting Brightness and Contrast. Changing a Color Photo to Black and White. Sharpening Focus. Making Edges Softer. Selecting and Coloring Shapes in the Shot.
4. Adding Titles and Text. Adding and Printing Photo Captions. Adding Text to Prints in a Picture Package. Overlaying Text on an Image. Selecting and Editing Text. Changing Fonts and Text Properties. Moving or Deleting Text. Resizing Text. Creating Vertical Text. Rotating Text. Transforming and Skewing Text. Warping Text. Adding a Talk Bubble. Applying a Text Effect. Adding a Drop Shadow to Text. Creating Hollow Text.
5. Creating Snazzy Effects. Adding a Decorative Border. Creating a Gradient Fill. Mounting a Photo on a Fancy Background. Adding a Beautiful Sky. Creating a High-Contrast Black-and-White Picture. Making a Photo Look Like an Oil Painting. Posterizing a Picture. Making a Photo Look Like a Sketch. Applying the Pointillize Filter. Using a Blur Filter.
6. Painting and Drawing. Creating a Shape. Adding a Bevel to a Shape. Filling a Shape with Color. Using the Eyedropper to Pick a Color. Using the Color Swatches Palette. Painting and Drawing with a Brush and Pencil. Controlling How Brushes Behave. Painting with the Pattern Stamp. Using the Erasers. Softening Edges.
7. Flattering Your Subjects. Adding Eyelight for Personality. Fixing Dark and Light Areas in a Photo. Removing or Softening Facial Lines. Removing Facial Blemishes. Changing Hair...