Operation Manual

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 12 CLASSROOM IN A BOOK 3
Downloading the Lesson files
1 Point your web browser to www.peachpit.com/redeem, and enter the code
found at the back of this book. If you don’t yet have a Peachpit.com account,
follow the prompts to create one.
2 Click the Lesson & Update Files tab on your Account page to see a list of
downloadable files. Click the links to download either the entire Lessons folder
or the work folders for individual lessons to your computer.
3 Create a new folder named PSE12CIB inside the username/My Documents
(Windows) or username/Documents (Mac OS) folder on your computer.
4 If you downloaded the entire Lessons folder, drag the downloaded folder into
the PSE12CIB folder on your hard disk. If you downloaded the work folder for
an individual lesson, first create a Lessons folder inside the PSE12CIB folder;
then, drag the downloaded folder to your PSE12CIB/Lessons folder.
Creating a work folder
Now you need to create a folder for the work files that you’ll produce as you work
through the lessons in this book.
1 In Windows Explorer (Windows) / the Finder (Mac OS) open the Lessons folder
inside the new PSE12CIB folder on your hard disk.
2 Choose File > New > Folder (Windows) / File > New Folder (Mac OS). A new
folder is created inside the Lessons folder. Type My CIB Work as the name for
the new folder.
Creating an Adobe ID
When you install Adobe Photoshop Elements 12 (Mac OS) or launch the program
for the first time (Windows), you’ll be asked to create an Adobe ID to register your
product online.
If you were off-line and skipped this step, Photoshop Elements will prompt you at
startup. You can take advantage of one of these opportunities, or register from the
Photoshop Elements Editor by choosing Help > Sign In.
Creating an Adobe ID is free and only takes a minute. Your Adobe ID will stream-
line your customer support experience, making it easy to make new purchases, or
retrieve a lost serial number.
With an Adobe ID, you’ll also be able to log into community forums and user
groups and get full access to free trial downloads, hundreds of free product
extensions, members-only white papers and downloads, and more.
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images are provided for
your personal use with
this book. You are not
authorized to use these
files commercially, or
to publish or distribute
them in any form with-
out written permission
from Adobe Systems,
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copyright holders.
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Note: In this book,
the forward arrow
character (>) is used
to denote submenus
and commands found
in the menu bar at the
top of the workspace or
in context and options
menus; for example,
Menu > Submenu >
Command. The forward
slash character ( / ) is
used to separate equiv-
alent keyboard short-
cuts and commands for
Windows / Mac OS, in
the order shown here.