Photoshop Elements 101

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Instructor: Malinda Hartong

Description

Jump in and get your feet wet. This “little sister” version of big brother Photoshop has tons of hidden tricks up her sleeve. In this class, we’ll cover getting started with Quick as well as Guided Edit options. Never fear, there are still many things  you can do with this inexpensive photo editing software you never thought possible! Join us for this introductory class at a special rate! Malinda Hartong, Hartong Digital Media, is a professional photojournalist who started Photoshopping with version 4 & fell in love. She enjoys sharing her passions for Digital SLR photography, Photoshop & Elements in addition to shooting all manner of news & other photographs.

Super-duper possibilities:

•shortcut keys to save you time & effort

•Variations (version 8). Making fixes quick & easy

•Correct color – Adjust color balance & skin tones

•Correct contrast – revive highlight & shadow details!

•Make Blue skies & colors pop

•Remove Red Eyes, touch up blemishes, soften facial lines without making people look phony

•Critical info on saving your photos!

•Sharpening – overdoing it is easy.
Subtle is key!

•quick selection tool – breaking it down!

•recompose tool & scene cleaner -
version 8 – these will totally knock your socks off! So worth the price of admission!

•Web photo galleries

Skill Level

Beginner
New or occasional user. This class is an introduction to digital photo editing but includes some VERY cool tools & amazingly eye-popping editing capabilities.

Software Requirements

This class will be using Photoshop Elements 8 with all sorts of new tricks & options. You can download a 30 day trial of this version if you do not yet own it by going to Adobe
Photoshop Elements download

Hardware Requirements

Windows for version 8: 1 GB RAM, 2 GB Hard disk space, Windows Vista or Windows 7 w/1.6GHz processor
Mac version 8: Intel processor! Mac 10.4.11 or newer.

Before Class

You can download a 30 day trial of this version if you do not yet own it by going to Adobe Photoshop Elements homepage Students may use a previous version if they already own one but may not have some of the latest options available to them. It will be beneficial to download a current trial version.

Week One

Getting to know Elements.

  • Exploring the interface.
  • Ingesting images.
  • Critical info when saving images.
  • Quick & guided interface.
  • Quick Fixes: whiter teeth, bluer sky,…
  • Crop & Straighten

Week Two

Tools & shortcuts

  • Quick & guided tools & their shortcuts
  • Variations – color, brightness, contrast, highlights, shadows
  • Histogram – lighting, exposure, contrast
  • Breaking it down: Quick selection

Week Three

Eye-Popping Features

  • Sharpening
  • Blemishes, Red Eye
  • Recompose
  • Scene Cleaner
  • Other way cool tools & tricks!

Week Four

Share! & Review

  • Saving for web
  • Web photo galleries
  • Photo Collage