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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Photoshop Elements 2.0

Powerful yet easy-to-use image-editing software for print, e-mail, and the Web
Adobe Photoshop Elements software offers the perfect combination of power and simplicity for photo hobbyists and amateur photographers who want to do more with their digital photos. From quick corrections to creative enhancements, you can easily edit and prepare images for print, e-mail, or the Web.
Dive into digital photography Be creative with your photos
Photoshop Elements lets you take advantage of powerful image-editing tools without professional training. Whether you shoot with a digital camera or scan traditional photos, you can quickly correct red eye and adjust lighting, contrast, and color. Automatically straighten and crop your pictures. Stitch together multiple shots to make seamless panoramas. Even capture individual frames from downloaded video files.
Share your images with anyone
Inspirational Recipes show you how to perform editing techniques. Instantly apply frames, edges, and filter effects. Add artistic touches with amazingly realistic paintbrush effects. Have a collection of photos you want to show off? Create a PDF Slideshow that you can share with anyone on almost any device.
Work quickly and confidently
Youll see exciting results right away thanks to Hints, tutorials, a glossary, and other Help features. Photoshop Elements makes digital imaging a breeze.
Photoshop Elements works with your favorite e-mail program so you can automatically optimize and e-mail photos that download quickly and look great. Or easily feature your photos in a Web gallery using more than a dozen templates. And you can add GIF animations and cool buttons to your Web site.

WINDOWS MACINTOSH

Adobe Photoshop Elements

Welcome to

Before
Master the basics and beyond
Easily import photos from digital cameras, CDs, and scanners. Capture frames from downloaded video files. Quickly remove red eye, straighten and crop, and adjust lighting, contrast, color, and focus. Automatically blend multiple images into seamless panoramas with Adobe Photomerge technology. Organize photos in the File Browser, where you can preview, sort, rotate, and rename images. Create a variety of selections and masks with the new Selection Brush. Even save selections for later use. Restore old or damaged photos by repairing tears, creases, and ragged edges. Take advantage of the newest operating systems, Windows XP and Mac OS X.

IMPROVE ANY PHOTO

Instantly adjust color and contrast, fix improper lighting, sharpen focus, and rotate your image with a few clicks in the Quick Fix dialog box.

REPAIR AND RESTORE

Highlight a flawed area with the Selection Brush, and then apply the Dust & Scratches filter to quickly remove the imperfection.
To see what Adobe Photoshop Elements

digital photo editing

Enhance your photos
Spark your imagination with inspirational Recipes, which guide you through editing techniques. Paint with amazingly realistic brush effects. Instantly apply frames, edges, drop shadows, and more by simply dragging and dropping effects onto your photos.

Before After

Prepare photos for the Web
Automatically compress photos and attach them to e-mail messages. Optimize images for posting on the Web. Feature your photos in Web galleries using more than a dozen themed templates. Quickly create GIF animations for your Web site. Instantly apply 3D, bevel, and glow effects to create cool Web buttons.
ADD REALISTIC PAINTING EFFECTS
Experiment with built-in brushes that simulate oils, watercolors, charcoal, pastels, and different canvas textures.

SHARE PHOTOS WITH ANYONE

Easily attach photos to messages in your favorite e-mail program. Automatically resize and optimize your images for quick sending and quality viewing.
CREATE AMAZING SPECIAL EFFECTSFAST
Instantly apply 3D effects, drop shadows, bevels, and glows to text. Even warp text into any shape. Change the text without having to re-create the effect.
DISPLAY YOUR PHOTOS ONLINE

Quickly create a Web gallery of your photos with professional-looking templates that include holiday, sports, and other cool themes.
can do, check out www.adobe.com/elements.

Understand the tools

Get immediate answers to your questions by typing a word or phrase in the Help Search field. Easily understand error messages with links to a built-in glossary that explains confusing terms. Learn how to use the editing tools with the Hints palette, which provides helpful illustrations and tips. Designate the types of files you want Photoshop Elements to open using the File Association Manager (Windows only).

Contents

Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 software Adobe Acrobat Reader software User Guide

System Requirements

Macintosh PowerPC processor Mac OS 9.1, 9.2.x, or Mac OS X v.10.1.310.1.5 128MB of RAM with virtual memory on 350MB of available hard-disk space Color monitor capable of displaying thousands of colors at a resolution of 800x600 or greater CD-ROM drive

GET UP TO SPEED QUICKLY

Learn image-editing techniques from easy-to-follow Recipes.
Windows Intel Pentium processor Microsoft Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, or Windows XP Home/Professional 128MB of RAM 150MB of available hard-disk space Color monitor capable of displaying thousands of colors at a resolution of 800x600 or greater Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, or 6.0 (updated with applicable Service Packs) CD-ROM drive

For More Information

Get outstanding results
Create PDF Slideshows to share with anyone, even on Palm OS and Pocket PC devices. Print multiple photos in different sizes on the same page.

SAVE PHOTO PAPER

Picture Package printing lets you include multiple photos in different sizes on the same page.
In the United States and Canada, call 800-492-3623 or visit www.adobe.com/ elements for more information. If youre looking for an imageediting solution that delivers professional productivity and advanced precision tools, check out Adobe Photoshop 7.0 software. For more information, visit www.adobe.com/photoshop.
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Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat, Acrobat Reader, Clearly Adobe Imaging, the Clearly Adobe Imaging logo, Photomerge, Photoshop, and Reader are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. Mac and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the United States and other countries. PowerPC is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation in the United States. Intel and Pentium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Palm OS is a registered trademark of Palm, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 2002 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Printed in the USA. 95000781 6/02