Operation Manual

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CONTENTS
GETTING STARTED 1
About Classroom in a Book .................................. 1
Prerequisites ...............................................2
Installing Adobe Photoshop Elements 12 ....................2
Accessing the Classroom in a Book files ...................... 2
Creating a work folder ......................................3
Creating an Adobe ID .......................................3
About catalog files ..........................................4
Additional resources ........................................5
1 A QUICK TOUR OF PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 6
How Photoshop Elements works ............................8
The library catalog file ......................................8
Creating a catalog for working with this book ................ 9
Importing media ..........................................10
Getting photos from files and folders .......................10
Exploring the Organizer workspace ........................12
Reviewing and comparing images .........................16
Viewing photos in Full Screen mode ........................16
Reconnecting missing files to a catalog .....................19
Switching between the Organizer and the Editor ...........20
The Editor workspace ......................................21
Working with panels and the Panel Bin .....................23
Getting help ...............................................26
Additional resources .......................................26
Review .................................................... 27