ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9

USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9
Getting started
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2 In Windows, choose Microsoft Outlook®, Outlook Express, or Adobe E-mail Service. In Mac OS, choose Entourage
or Mail.
Note: In Windows Vista®, choose Microsoft Outlook®, Windows mail, or Adobe E-mail Service.
3 Select a photo in the Media Browser or Date view, and then click Share and E-Mail Attachments.
4 To add more items to the e-mail, select them in the Media Browser, then click the Add button .
Note: You can also remove items by selecting them in the Items list, and then clicking the Remove button .
5 Choose an option from the Maximum Photo Size menu, and use the Quality slider to adjust image clarity.
6 Click Next.
7 Type a message in the Message text box.
8 Select recipients of the e-mail by doing one of the following:
• Select a name from the Select Recipients list (the names you see are from your contact book).
• If you want, add the recipient to your contact book by selecting New Contact in the Contact Book dialog. Click OK;
the recipient appears selected in the Select Recipients list.
9 Click Next.
Photoshop Elements opens the message in your default e-mail application.
What if I use a web-based e-mail service? If you use a web-based e-mail service such as Gmail or Yahoo® Mail, you
can export your photos and attach them to e-mail messages. Click the Share tab, and select E-mail Attachments. The
E-mail Attachments wizard leads you through the steps for creating versions of your photos that are suitable for e-mail.
Fixing (editing) photos
Adobe Photoshop Elements offers several levels of editing, from simple one-click fixes in the Organize workspace to
advanced color correction and composition in the Edit workspace.
Fix photos in the Organize workspace
In the Organize workspace, you can perform various basic image adjustments: Auto Smart Fix, Auto Color, Auto
Contrast, Auto Red Eye, and Auto Sharpen, for example. For more information, see
www.adobe.com/go/learn_org9_fix_organizer_en.
1 In the Organize workspace, select the photos you want to fix.
2 Click the Fix tab, and select Edit Photos (In Mac OS, Edit Photos appears under More Options). Make the required
adjustments.
If you don’t like the results, click Undo
, or press Ctrl + Z (Windows) or Command + Z (Mac OS).
Crop a photo in the Organize workspace
Cropping removes unwanted areas from a photo.
1 In the Organize workspace, select the photo you want to crop.
2 Click the Fix tab, select Crop, and then follow the instructions in the Crop dialog box.
Last updated 1/27/2011