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Part I: Getting Started
such as filters, drawing tools, layers, and more. We then introduce other
work areas and tools you may not be as familiar with: Edit Quick mode for
making common corrections to photos; Creation mode for collecting your
photos into creations, such as calendars; and the Project Bin for navigating
among all your open images.
Before you start working in Elements, you may find it helpful to know how
to undo edits so that you can start over easily and find additional sources
of help within Elements. We also explain one of the handiest ways to select
tools and enter common commands: keyboard shortcuts.
Elements also has the Organizer (now available to both Windows and
Macintosh users), a powerful tool for acquiring your images and keeping
them organized. The Organizer includes features that help you view and
search for images, too. We introduce the Organizer in Part II.
Launching Photoshop Elements 9
A great place to start in
Elements is a central navi-
gation area, where you
can choose what mode
and activity you want to
engage in. Well, that’s
exactly what Adobe pro-
vides you when you open
Photoshop Elements.
It’s like the command
center on the Starship
Enterprise, except you
won’t find Spock asking
the computer any ques-
tions. The Welcome
screen is easy to navigate
and intuitive, as you can see in Figure 1-1.
Here’s what you find on the Welcome screen:
✓ Organize: Click the Organize button to open the Organizer, where you
can manage your collections of pictures stored on your hard drive. We
cover using the Organizer and many of its great features in Part II.
Figure 1-1: The Photoshop Elements Welcome screen
(Windows) appears when you launch Elements.
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