Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 - March 24 and 25, 2009 at Tivy High School

 

Tutorial Resources:

 

Video - Atomic Learning - Login is "kerrville" and the password is "learn". Once you login, go to Training Library on the menu bar and select "Technology Skills" and then English or Spanish. Scroll down to Photoshop Elements 5.0 or get training on any of the over 180 different software applications online.

 

Book - Photoshop Elements 5.0 - The Missing Manual - Available online completely for viewing and reading.

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Discussion Topics:

Digital Imaging in the 21st Century

Color in Context - Color Blender, Colour Trends, Color Scheme Generator, Color from an Image, Color Schemer Social Network, Color Combos (get webpage colors)

 

Cameras

Tagging

Geo-Tagging

Facial recognition

 

What Can Photo-editing do?

 

 

 

Software Photo Editors:

 

Pay:

Adobe Photoshop vs. Adobe Photoshop Elements

Corel Paint Shop Pro

 

Free:

Microsoft Photosynth - For Microsoft OS only

Paint.net - for Microsoft OS only

Photoscape - Open Source photo editor

GIMP - Open Source photo editor

 

Online Photo Editors (free):

 

Pixlr

Dumpr

FotoFlexer

Picasa - Google

Picnik

Scrapblog

Splashup

 

Creative Commons and Copyright:

 

Creative Commons explained

 

 

Flickr Creative Commons

FlickrCC

Flickr "The Commons"

Morgue File

LIFE magazine photos on Google

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Basics:

How to Save an Image from the Web:

Right click on a photo and select "Save Image As...". Give it a name and save it in a place where you can retrieve it for later.

 

How to Work on a Photo from a Camera:

Open Adobe Photoshop Elements

Plug in the camera using a USB cord

Adobe Elements should find the camera and the pictures on it

Allow Elements to move the photos to its software for you to work with