Datasheet

Part I: Getting Started

You can use these panels as we explain in the text that follows:

✓ Edit Full: Gain quick access to editing tasks. From a drop-down menu,

you can toggle editing modes. While you’re in Edit Full mode, you see

the button appearing as Edit Full. Open the drop-down menu and you

find Edit Quick and Edit Guided. You can change editing modes by

choosing one of the menu commands. If you change to Edit Quick, the

tab name likewise changes to Edit Quick.

✓ Create: Click this button to access options to create photo books, photo

collages, and slide shows and order prints and greeting cards. Click

More Options on the Create panel to access additional creation options.

✓ Share: Click this button to access options that offer many different

ways to share your photos with others. On the Share panel, you find

options for creating an online album, sending photos via e-mail attach-

ments, using photo and writing CDs and DVDs of photo collections and

slide shows. Clicking More Options on the Share panel offers additional

options for sharing photos.

Click the right-pointing double chev-

ron below the Share button, and the

panels collapse to a view, as shown

in Figure 1-13. You open a panel by

clicking a button. However, when

you need more working area for your

photos, you can collapse the panels.

When the panels are collapsed, click

the left-pointing chevrons to open

the panels.

Juggling all your interface options

With all the settings you can use for any given tool, trying to figure out

exactly where to select an option for the edit you want to make can become

downright frustrating. To help simplify the process of using tools and select-

ing options for the tools, here’s what you might do in your normal workflow:

1. Select a tool on the Tools panel.

Obviously, you need to know what task you want to perform, so select-

ing the proper tool to complete the task is important to know upfront.

2. Take a quick look at the Options bar.

Before moving to other option choices, be certain that you look over the

choices on the Options bar. If you want to use a tool such as the Brush

tool or the Clone Stamp tool, perhaps you want to make a decision

Figure 1-13: Click the right-pointing chevrons

and the panels collapse, providing you more

space to work in the image window.

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