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Chapter 1: Getting to Know the Work Area
Examining the image window
Not surprisingly, the image window’s tools and features are most useful when
an image is open in the window. To get an image into the image window (as
shown in Figure 1-4), follow these steps:
1. Choose File➪Open.
The standard Open dialog box appears. It works like any ordinary Open
dialog box you find in other applications.
2. Move around your hard drive by using methods you know to open
folders and then select a picture.
If you haven’t yet downloaded digital camera images or acquired
scanned photos and want an image to experiment with, you can use an
image found in your Pictures folder that was installed with your operat-
ing system.
Elements installs some nice sample images with the application instal-
lation. Look in the Photoshop Elements 8\Tutorials folder to find some
photos to play with.
3. After selecting a picture, click Open.
The photo opens in a new image window in Elements.
You can open as many image windows in Elements as your computer memory
can handle. When each new file is opened, a thumbnail image is added to the
Project Bin at the bottom of the screen. (See Figure 1-4.)
In Elements 8, you find a new design
to the user interface. Notice in Figure
1-4 that filenames appear as tabs
above the image window. To bring a
photo forward, click the filename. To
close a photo, click the X adjacent to
the filename.
Here’s a quick look at important
items in the image window, as shown
in Figure 1-5:
✓ Filename: Appears above the
image window for each file
open in the Editor.
✓ Close button: Click the X to
the right of the filename to
close the file.
Filename
Close box
Magnification
Information box
Scroll bars
Size box
Figure 1-5: The image window displays an
open file within the Elements workspace.
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