7th Grade Digital Literacy

Digital Imaging: Photoshop Elements

Welcome to Photoshop Elements 6

Photoshop Basics: OrganizeThe Organizer mode displays all

your media

You can organize media into albums, add tags and captions, and perform simple edits

Creating Albums and Album Groups

Media can be organized into albums

A collection of albums can be organized into an album group

Tagging ImagesKeywords that describe an image

and can be organized into categories and sub-categories

Face tagging automatically isolates and displays faces in photos so that you can quickly tag them.

Photoshop Basics: EditPhotoshop Elements has three edit

modes:

Guided Mode walks new users through the process of basic image editing

Quick Mode includes auto and manual adjustment options

Full Mode provides access to all of Photoshop’s editing tools

Guided Edit Basic Photo Edits: Crop,

rotate, straighten, and sharpen photos.

Lighting and Exposure: Lighten, darken, and adjust brightness and contrast.

Color Correction: Enhance colors, remove a color cast, and correct skin tone.

Guided Activities: Touch up scratches, blemishes, and tear marks, and guide photo editing.

Photomerge: Intelligently merge multiple images of group shots or faces.

Full Edit

Lighten and Darken Images

Replace Colors

Remove Red Eye

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Spot Healing Touchup

Background Eraser and Layers

A Word About Size and Resolution

When you resize an image, be sure to pay attention to the resolution (pixels per inch)For color printing, use a resolution of 300 ppi

For online viewing, use a resolution of 72 ppi

Photoshop Basics: CreatePhotoshop Elements has two create

modes:

Projects mode lets you create photo books, calendars, galleries, and more.

Artwork mode includes shapes, backgrounds, and frames for creating original compositions.

Photoshop Basics: ShareThere are numerous options for sharing

images

With a free Adobe Showcase account you can create online galleries

Additional ResourcesThe Digital School Collection includes

lesson plans, assessment tips, and lesson accelerators

The Digital Kids Club has tips and lessons for digital photography, video, and multimedia presentations

Atomic Learning has video tutorials on Photoshop Elements and many other applicationsUsername: micds_usernamePassword: rams