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Part I: Getting Started
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 (Windows) or Adobe Bridge (Macintosh), a
powerful tool for acquiring your images and keeping them organized. The
Organizer/Adobe Bridge includes features that help you view and search
for images, too. We introduce the Organizer (Windows) and Adobe Bridge
(Macintosh) in Part II.
Launching Photoshop Elements 8
A great place to start
in Elements is a central
navigation 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
(Windows) and Figure 1-2
(Macintosh).
Here’s what you find on
the Welcome screen:
✓ Organize (Windows)/
Browse with Adobe
Bridge (Macintosh):
Click the Organize
button to open the
Organizer in Windows
or the Browse with
Adobe Bridge button on the Macintosh, where you can manage your
collections of pictures stored on your hard drive. We cover using the
Organizer/Adobe Bridge and many of its great features in Part II.
Figure 1-1: The Photoshop Elements Welcome screen
(Windows) appears when you launch Elements.
Figure 1-2: The Photoshop Elements Welcome screen
(Macintosh).
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