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
Image courtesy of Texasdex: Creative Commons Attribution license
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
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