Microsoft Windows 98 / Windows 98 Second Edition / Windows Me / Windows 2000 / Windows XP Mac OS 9.1, 9.2.x, OS X v10.1.3 through v10.1.5
Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0

Feature Highlights

Create, edit and fix digital photos to produce high-quality images.
Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 provides the perfect combination of power and simplicity that enables the user to create high-quality images for print, e-mail, and the Web. With sophisticated, yet easy-to-use tools for correcting, creating and using digital images, Photoshop Elements is the outstanding image editing program for photo hobbyists and amateur photographers. This Feature Highlights provides an overview of the definitive features, innovations and benefits of Photoshop Elements 2.0.
The Welcome Screen saves time and effort with shortcuts for getting started.
Easy to understand, accessible interface
The intuitive interface makes it simple for users to delve into Photoshop Elements remarkable power, while providing versatile tools that will unleash the users creativity.
q New feature x Enhanced feature
x The Welcome Screen appears when the program launches, offering shortcuts to all the commands needed to get started quickly. With a single click, the user can create a new image, open a file, connect to a digital camera or scanner, explore tutorials that explain key digital imaging capabilities, or find answers to common questions. The Welcome Screen like so much in Photoshop Elements 2.0 streamlines workflow and eliminates extra mouse clicks. x Based on Adobe Photoshop and designed with an innovative set of unique features, Photoshop Elements interface is organized for quick and easy access to all its tools and palettes. Related features are together in easy to manage palettes that can be stored in the Palette Well or conveniently docked together in the work area. Photoshop Click on the Filter Palette tab in the Palette Well, to visually compare the complete range of filter effects. Elements gives users the freedom to experiment with a wide variety of features and commands, so they can explore new creative possibilities, without worry. The Undo History Palette records every edit, and allows the user to instantly undo or redo up to 1,000 changes made to an image. Alternatively, the user can simply apply the Step Backward or Step Forward commands in the Edit Menu, to undo or redo each edit, one step at a time.
Undocked palettes may be nested together in the traditional customizable Photoshop arrangement.
Learn and Grow with Photoshop Elements 2.0
Instant access to Help and guidance when and where it is needed.
Although Photoshop Elements is easy to use, it also offers a deep, rich set of features. While the new, centralized Help system is always readily available, it doesnt get in the way of the creative process. This combination of power, accessibility and simplicity encourages the user to learn new and exciting creative skills. Since Photoshop Elements is built on the Photoshop technology and interface, both files and skills are completely transferable. x Inspirational Recipes spark imagination by providing step-by-step instructions for performing complex editing techniques. Switching tools or selecting menu commands is automatic. Just click the Do it for me buttons in the Recipes, and the program takes care of these tasks for you. New links to related Recipes and their enhanced format make them even more intuitive. q The new Glossary explains digital imaging and computer terms in a way that is easy to understand. Word definition and clarification is now a mouse click away with Glossary links that are available throughout the program. q Powerful dialogs with diverse options now have helpful Dialog Tips. These easy-to-read explanations and directions provide help and advice right inside the dialogs. q Smart Messages are designed to help educate the user, and/or automatically fix certain error conditions. Confused by a term in an error dialog? Just click the link to the Glossary to learn more. Want to fix the problem and continue? Simply click the OK button and the program will do the rest. Smart messages help resolve errant conditions without forcing you to be an expert at digital image editing. x The Hints palette offers useful illustrations and tips related to the currently selected tool, providing information about that tools potential and various options. Hints encourage exploration and creativity. Hold the mouse over a tool or palette, and the Hints palette will automatically update to show you important information. q If you have a question about a tool, word or palette, type it into the new Help Search Field (in the shortcut toolbar), and it instantly shows links to relevant Glossary entries, Help contents and Recipes. Click on one of the lines in the Search Results palette to instantly link to additional information.

Time-Saving File Management
Photoshop Elements provides a host of time-saving image management tools for quickly and easily organizing numerous images. x Batch Processing (in the File Menu) makes one or more changes simultaneously to several photos with just a few clicks. Users can instantly change confusing digital camera file names into meaningful names, resize a group of images for posting to the Web, or change the file format of a collection of photos all with a single click. q The Graphics File Association Manager (Windows only) takes the guesswork out of double-clicking an image file and wondering what application will open. From within the
All forms of Help and guidance are now linked and readily accessible.
Browse, manage, and organize image files more effectively and efficiently.
program, a user can designate what types of files are associated with Photoshop Elements. This is especially useful when more than one graphics program is installed. x The enhanced File Browser is an efficient tool for finding and opening image files. Without opening a file, users can rename or rotate one or more images, easily manage and organize images in folders and files, and view important image metadata. If an image was taken with a digital camera, its EXIF information, recorded by the camera, is faithfully retained and visible in the metadata pane of the File Browser. The File Browser may be customized, setting the thumbnails to be large, medium or small; to display detail about the file next Quickly preview, open, and organize image files, as well as view important metadata, in the enhanced File Browser. to the thumbnail; or to order the thumbnails by name, date, size or other image properties.
Taking Digital Photos Further
Quickly correct flaws, explore digital darkroom techniques, and produce high-quality photos.
Photoshop Elements is the natural companion to digital photographs, whether theyre generated by digital cameras, scanners, or any other source. It provides powerful tools for quickly and easily correcting flaws in photographs, editing them creatively, and using them effectively in a wide variety of ways. q Making brightness, color, focus and rotation adjustments to photos is quicker and easier than ever before. The new Quick Fix dialog consolidates these indispensable tools so you never have Quick Fix consolidates key photo correction tools. Dialog Tips demystify powerful to hunt through menus to make color and exposure correction tools. essential photo editing adjustments. Helpful Tool Tips explain the various adjustment tools so you can choose the right one for the job. Its possible to undo multiple editing decisions without leaving this dialog.
x Color Variations (in Enhance/Adjust Color Menu) fixes color and exposure imperfections easily and intuitively. Just click the thumbnails that look best, until the preview image is just right. Color Variations offers a wide range of color correction capabilities, and with the ability to undo multiple choices, the user has total control over the final results. The embedded Tip Text offers guidance on how to make changes quickly. q Use the Frame from Video dialog (in File/Import Menu) to easily extract still photographs from The new Color Variations dialog displays thumbnails of the photo, each at a video files. Photoshop Elements slightly different color or exposure setting. supports the same common video formats as Windows Media Player on Windows and QuickTime on the Mac. Auto Straighten/Auto Crop (in Image/Rotate Menu) is a time-saving, one-touch command that automatically rotates and crops a photo that has been scanned at a slant. The Red-eye Brush easily removes the red-eye reflection often caused by flash photography. Simply paint away the red-eye (or green-eye in some pets), while retaining the natural liveliness of the eye. x Create Photomerge (in File Menu) automatically sizes, orients and stitches multiple photographs into seamless panoramas. Photomerge now offers fine tuning controls for arranging images, and supports larger files. x Picture Package Printing (in File/Print Layouts Menu) saves time and photo paper by laying out multiple images in various sizes on a single page, for professional-style high-quality printouts from any home inkjet printer. Another Print Layout option saves time by automatically sizing and arranging all the images in a single folder onto a Contact Sheet, which is a useful reference print.

Powerful Tools to Unleash Creativity
Photoshop Elements 2.0 builds on Adobes respected heritage of image editing innovation to deliver powerful, yet easy-to-use tools. Users learn as they experiment with sophisticated creative techniques. x Add artistic touches to images with redesigned Brushes that emulate real-world art media. These include options such as oil, watercolor, charcoal, pastels, and different canvas textures. The wide variety of possibilities in tips, shapes, opacity and behavior offers literally hundreds of different creative combinations. Its great fun to paint all kinds of strokes and effects, such as grass, leaves, stars and more.
Use any inkjet printer to produce professional-style print packages.
When a tool is selected in the Toolbox to the left of the screen, the Tool Options bar at the top of the screen provides easy access to any and all settings related to the selected tool. The options displayed here are for a paintbrush.
q The new Selection Brush makes selections easy. Just paint a selection, or change the Selection Brush to Mask mode and paint a mask. Masks can have feathered edges, and can even be saved with the file, to avoid having to create the same mask more than once. Layers and the Layers Palette give users freedom to explore image collaging and composition, while maintaining control and editability over all components. Any text, image or object that is pasted into a composition can be kept separate from the rest of the collage. In this manner, the user can easily and quickly re-edit, resize, apply new effects or replace the items on the layer, without affecting the rest of the image. x Use Layer Styles (in the Palette Well or in the Window Menu) to apply a wide range of dazzling effects to a selected Layer. Everything on that Layer remains fully editable. Simply drag and drop a bevel, photo effect, drop shadow, pattern or other styles to see the cumulative effect. To clear the Layer Style attributes, click the clear button. Text is vector-based and supports both vertical and horizontal orientation. Apply Shadows and other Effects to the text using drag and drop Layer Styles. Warp it into arcs, banners, and other shapes. Regardless of the effects applied to Photoshop Elements text, it remains fully editable as text. In addition, the Text Mask tools makes it easy to fill text shapes with photos and dazzling visual effects. x The Drawing Tools library of vector shapes has been expanded to include lots of fun, useful, and visually interesting creatures, ornaments and symbols. x The interactive distortion of Liquefy (in Filter/Distort Menu) now supports a pressure-sensitive stylus. Push around the pixels of an image, as though it is made of clay. This fun-to-use tool can, for example, make people look like elves, turn a cat into a fiendish wild creature, or precisely sculpt colors into artistic shapes.

Though a serious tool for photo editing and image creation, users cant help but have fun with Photoshop Elements.
Simply drag and drop from the Layer Styles palette (or the Effects or Filters palettes) to apply complex editing processes.
Useful, Time-Saving Web Features Users Really Need
x Save for Web (in the File Menu) optimizes images for quick, efficient downloads, while maintaining sharpness and image quality. Interactively view exactly how various compression and file format settings will affect the quality of an image, as well as the length of time it would take to download at a variety of connection speeds. New controls offer the capability to change the dimensions of an image in this dialog. q Create PDF Slideshows (in File/Automation Tool Menu) that can be shared with friends, family and associates. The recipient doesnt need any special software to view the slideshow just the same free Acrobat ReaderTM used throughout the industry to view business documents. (Acrobat Reader is included in the Photoshop Elements 2.0 CD-ROM, and can be downloaded free from www.adobe.com.) When creating the slideshow, users have control over what images are included, transitions, timing between slides, and whether or not it loops continuously. Since Acrobat Reader supports Mac, Windows, Pocket PC, and Palm OS, slideshows can travel just about anywhere.
Save for Web provides the information required to choose settings that maintain high image quality, while minimizing download times.
Intuitive tools to create and format high quality Web images for sharing, e-mailing or posting.
x Create Web Photo Gallery (in File Menu) quickly and easily generates a Web gallery of images, with thumbnail links to full size photos. New themed templates offer a fun way to share photos on the Web. The user now has greater control over identifying images and the photographer. q Attach to e-mail automatically attaches a photo to an e-mail message. To make sure friends and family experience no problems with photos that are too large or in the wrong format, Photoshop Elements can automatically resize the image and convert it to JPEG the most common graphics file format. Photos can be e-mailed in any size and using any of the wide array of file format that Photoshop Elements supports. x Connect directly to third-party Online Photo Services to order photo prints, create personalized greeting cards, order photo-based specialty items such as calendars, and have them sent directly to friends and family.

Broad Support of Industry Standards
Photoshop Elements 2.0 conforms to industry standards. This assures that images will work seamlessly with other programs. The familiar Adobe interface, which has set the standard for digital imaging professionals, is also a key benefit of Photoshop Elements 2.0. Extensive File Format Support allows images to be saved for virtually any use: print on photo paper; import into newsletters, presentations, reports, or greeting cards; attach to e-mail; post on the Web; and share as Adobe Portable Document Files (PDF) on almost any computer or handheld device. This includes support of GIF animations, using Photoshop Elements Layers as the animation frames. q In addition to support for the leading operating systems, Photoshop Elements is optimized for Windows XP and Mac OS X. Easily acquire photographs from Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) enabled digital cameras, scanners, and other devices. (Windows Only)

System Requirements

Windows Intel Pentium processor Microsoft Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home/Professional Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5 or 6.0 (updated with applicable service packs) 128MB of RAM 150MB of available hard disk space Color monitor capable of displaying thousands of colors at a resolution of 800 x 600 or higher CD-ROM drive Mac OS PowerPC processor Mac OS 9.1, 9.2.x, OS X v 10.1.3 through 10.1.MB of RAM (with virtual memory on) 350 MB of available hard disk space Color monitor capable of displaying thousands of colors at a resolution of 800 x 600 or higher CD-ROM drive

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Creating Multimedia Projects Using Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 and Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0

Introduction

Adobe Photoshop Elements goes far beyond just being a tool for editing your photographs. You can now use it for creating multimedia presentations and video files. You and your students can use Photoshop Elements to create robust, intriguing presentations that can educate viewers while grabbing their attention. By also using tools in Adobe Premiere Elements, you can produce professional-caliber DVDs that showcase the presentations you created with Photoshop Elements. You can add titles, DVD menus, and effects, such as Picture in Picture.
Using Multimedia Project Presentations for Teaching
Teachers are always looking for ways to keep students engaged in learning. Integrating multimedia presentations into your everyday teaching is one way to accomplish this challenging task. You can use multimedia presentations for the following purposes: Document hands-on projects and experiments. Transform research papers into documentaries. Create step-by-step instructions as a teaching or educational tool. Translate curricula into multiple language narrations. Enhance current curriculum with additional imagery and contents.
Using Multimedia Presentations for Final Projects
There also are benefits to using multimedia presentations for final projects, instead of using other forms of final projects. Examples include the following: Have students demonstrate what theyve learned by scripting and narrating a presentation. Create reusable products that can be shared with many people via CD, DVD, or the Internet. Perfect the flow and timing of presentations that are fine-tuned and complete.
Some Ideas for Using Multimedia Presentations
To get you started in integrating multimedia presentations into your teaching, we have compiled a list of ideas given to us by our Adobe Master Teachers. All of the ideas can be completed by just using a computer with Internet access, a digital camera, a scanner, and a microphone. You can use a video camera, but they are not required. Some of the suggested ideas can be used for multiple subjects. Check the Adobe Digital Kids Club on the Adobe Education website (www.adobe.com/go/dkc_trc) for additional ideas.
Document real-life uses of math, explaining how math pertains to everyday life. This type of project can be used to document student understanding of the subject and for future class learning.
Geometry: An architect laying out a floor plan. List the necessary steps for planning a structure. Combined math: Buying supplies to build a birdhouse. Document what is needed, how much it will cost, and how to scale a plan to make a bigger or smaller birdhouse. Percentages: Computing the percentage of each color of M&Ms in a bag. Document the process of percentages. Probability: Likelihood of recurrence/odds. Document the chances of selecting a particular item among many. Have a bowl of black checkers that includes one red checker. Figure out how many times someone picks the black checker versus the red checker. Add one more red to see whether the results change. Document the process and the findings. Basic math: Given a specific (fictional) budget, have the students plan a family vacation to a distant location. Have them document their research, their budget planning, and information about the location. The presentations can include graphics of their planning, website information, narration, background music from their destination, and whether they felt their trip would be successful.

Language Arts/English

Nearly all language arts lessons can be expanded to involve the use of multimedia presentations. Storyboards, script writing, and editing are great ways to get students involved in learning with a purpose. Some examples are as follows: Autobiography that incorporates music, photos, and other media. Biography of a famous person or hero, using information from the Internet. Biography of a local senior citizen, including an interview, and current and past photos. Story writing, narration, and illustration. Poetry writing, narration, and illustration. Weekly book reviews: Record students interviewing one another about the current reading materials. Video scrapbook about an emotion.

Social Studies

Research and create projects reflecting content that might have been in a report or term project. Images can be collected from various websites (adhering to current copyright laws, of course). Family histories and lineage State capitol reports History of students city Change in the community: Find historical photographs of your community or a famous landmark. Ask students to shoot new photographs and create a photo essay demonstrating how the community has changed over time. Re-create a historical event, such as the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and document the production.

Science

Most science projects can be documented from beginning to end. Students can capture images and narrate their thoughts and observations as the project progresses. If the project is not a hands-on activity, they can collect images from various websites. Students also can create illustrations by using Adobe Photoshop Elements Editor. The life cycle of plants, insects, animals, and other living things. How to make ice cream and how the process works
How to make candy crystals How to train an animal, and how animals learn tricks

Physical Education

Many more PE teachers are using technology within their programs. You can also work with your PE teachers to collaborate on a project. Document one-minute jump-rope skills with a count chart, showing photographs of the students jumping rope. Have the students write and narrate about their progress and about how they feel when they see their progress. Create an introduction video for the gym or playground with rules of safety and fair play. Include photographs of dos and donts. Have the students narrate the video.
Many aspects of music can be documented. It is easy to use the computers sound recorder to capture different components of music. Show pictures of different types of instruments with recordings of the sounds they produce. Illustrate, narrate, and record sound to illustrate the concepts of harmony. Document a band competition: how students prepared, their struggles, how they improved, how they planned for the trip, and the results.
The world of art has many areas that lend themselves to multimedia presentations that also are valuable for recording step-by-step instructions for repeat projects. Color wheels: Complementary and contrasting colors can be demonstrated in illustrations, and in images of natural examples (or wardrobe no-nos, for that matter). The process of clay firing and glazing. Mural design (making something bigger). Use Adobe Photoshop Elements for a project and record the various steps by capturing screens.

Technology

Of course, all of these projects include technology, but technology as a subject also offers many ideas for projects. Introductory video for the dos and donts in the lab or on the computer. Training videos to help other learners understand applications using screenshots and narrations. How to maintain workstations. Internet safety. Perhaps include student interviews or survey use. Instructions on using a technology tool, such as a digital camera, USB drive, overhead projector, or scanner. Horror movie illustrating the need to back up files.

About the Lessons

This set of lessons serves two purposes: You can use them to learn how to use Photoshop Elements and Adobe Premiere Elements to create multimedia presentations, and you also can apply them in a classroom setting for teaching how to create presentations. You can use each lesson by itself, or you can employ the series of three lessons to cover the entire process of editing slide show videos and then producing multimedia presentations with both Adobe Photoshop Elements and Adobe Premiere Elements. Each lesson contains objectives, step-by-step instructions, and exercise files.
Lesson 1 introduces the use of Adobe Photoshop Elements to edit and enhance photos. You can use the modified photos for a variety of purposes, including video presentations. Lesson 2 covers creating multimedia presentations by using Adobe Photoshop Elements, and Lesson 3 covers using Adobe Premiere Elements to create multimedia presentations. Additional lessons and tutorials are continually being added to the Adobe Digital Kids Club on the Adobe Education website (www.adobe.com/go/dkc_trc), so be sure to check often! Before you start each lesson, you need to print the PDF file for that lesson and copy the exercise files to your computer. Directions for copying the exercise files are included in the lesson steps.