ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9

Recommendations

Info

USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9 Understanding color 186 Profiling devices For color management to work, you must profile your devices or use an ICC profile created by the device’s manufacturer. Capture devices Profiling is not critical for capture devices such as digital cameras or scanners. You may want to profile a scanner, however, if you want to accurately reproduce the colors in scanned transparencies, and reduce your color correction workload in Photoshop Elements. Monitors Calibrating and profiling your monitor is important. If you are using a laptop or other LCD monitor, you can use the profile provided by the manufacturer. If you own a colorimeter and corresponding software to create profiles, you can use those profiles in Photoshop Elements. Printers Profiling your inkjet printer will generally give you better results, though you can make excellent prints without a printer profile by using the controls in your printer driver. Many printer manufacturers provide ICC printer profiles on their websites. You need a separate profile for each printer, ink, and type of paper. You can also have profiles made for your favorite combination of ink and paper. When you work on a photo and save it, Photoshop Elements can embed (tag) an ICC profile that reflects the colors on your computer monitor or the device that produced it. Embedding profiles with an image makes its color portable, so that different devices can translate its color values. For example, if you send the photo to your inkjet printer, the color management system reads the embedded profile and translates the color data using the printer’s profile. Your printer can then use the translated color data to accurately translate its color into the selected media. Color management tasks If you want to use color management, you need to perform the following tasks: • Set up color management by embedding a color profile and using device profiles when scanning or printing. (See “Set up color management” on page 186.) • Calibrate and profile your computer monitor. If you use an LCD monitor, use the profile that came with your monitor. See your LCD monitor documentation for instructions. • When you print an image from Photoshop Elements, make sure that the correct color profile is specified in the Color Management area of the Print dialog box. Or, if you don’t have a printer profile, specify colors using the color controls in the printer driver. In addition, choose a color setting that’s appropriate for your workflow, such as Optimize For Printing. Set up color management 1 In the Edit workspace, choose Edit > Color Settings. 2 Select one of the following color management options, then click OK. No Color Management Leaves your image untagged. This option uses your monitor profile as the working space. It removes any embedded profiles when opening images, and does not tag when saving. Always Optimize Colors For Computer Screens Uses sRGB as the RGB working space; the Grayscale working space is Gray Gamma 2.2. This option preserves embedded profiles, and assigns sRGB when opening untagged files. Always Optimize For Printing Uses Adobe RGB as the RGB working space; the Grayscale working space is Dot Gain 20%. This option preserves embedded profiles and assigns Adobe RGB when opening untagged files. Allow Me To Choose Lets you choose sRGB (the default) or Adobe RGB when opening untagged files. 3 When you save a file, select ICC Profile in the Save As dialog box. Last updated 1/27/2011
USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9 Understanding color 187 Convert color profile You don’t often change the color profile of a document. Photoshop Elements automatically assigns the color profile based on the setting you select in the Color Settings dialog box. However, one reason to manually change a color profile is when preparing a document for a different output destination. The other time to change a color profile is for correcting a policy behavior that you no longer want implemented in the document. Changing the color profile is recommended for advanced users only. ❖ In the Edit workspace, choose Image > Convert Color Profile and then choose one of the following: Remove Profile Removes the profile so that the document is no longer color-managed. Convert To sRGB Profile Embeds an sRGB profile in the document. Convert To Adobe RGB Profile Embeds an Adobe RGB profile in the document. Last updated 1/27/2011
Page 1 and 2:
Using ADOBE ® PHOTOSHOP ® ELEMENT
Page 3 and 4:
iii Contents Chapter 1: Getting sta
Page 5 and 6:
USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9 Contents
Page 7 and 8:
1 Chapter 1: Getting started Adobe
Page 9 and 10:
USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9 Getting
Page 11 and 12:
Page 13 and 14:
Page 15 and 16:
Page 17 and 18:
Page 19 and 20:
Page 21 and 22:
USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9 Photosho
Page 23 and 24:
Page 25 and 26:
Page 27 and 28:
Page 29 and 30:
Page 31 and 32:
Page 33 and 34:
Page 35 and 36:
Page 37 and 38:
31 Chapter 3: Working in Photoshop
Page 39 and 40:
USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9 Working
Page 41 and 42:
Page 43 and 44:
Page 45 and 46:
Page 47 and 48:
Page 49 and 50:
Page 51 and 52:
Page 53 and 54:
Page 55 and 56:
Page 57 and 58:
Page 59 and 60:
Page 61 and 62:
Page 63 and 64:
57 Chapter 4: Using layers Layers a
Page 65 and 66:
USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9 Using la
Page 67 and 68:
Page 69 and 70:
Page 71 and 72:
Page 73 and 74:
Page 75 and 76:
Page 77 and 78:
Page 79 and 80:
Page 81 and 82:
Page 83 and 84:
Page 85 and 86:
Page 87 and 88:
81 Chapter 5: Camera raw files You
Page 89 and 90:
USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9 Camera r
Page 91 and 92:
Page 93 and 94:
Page 95 and 96:
89 Chapter 6: Selecting parts of an
Page 97 and 98:
USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9 Selectin
Page 99 and 100:
Page 101 and 102:
Page 103 and 104:
Page 105 and 106:
Page 107 and 108:
Page 109 and 110:
Page 111 and 112:
Page 113 and 114:
Page 115 and 116:
USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9 Color an
Page 117 and 118:
Page 119 and 120:
Page 121 and 122:
Page 123 and 124:
Page 125 and 126:
Page 127 and 128:
Page 129 and 130:
Page 131 and 132:
Page 133 and 134:
Page 135 and 136:
Page 137 and 138:
Page 139 and 140:
Page 141 and 142: USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9 Color an
Page 143 and 144: USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9 Color an
Page 145 and 146: 139 Chapter 8: Cropping, resizing,
Page 147 and 148: USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9 Cropping
Page 185 and 186: USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9 Understa
Page 191: USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9 Understa
Page 195 and 196: USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9 Filters,
Page 225 and 226: USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9 Painting
Page 243 and 244:
USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9 Painting
Page 245 and 246:
Page 247 and 248:
Page 249 and 250:
Page 251 and 252:
Page 253 and 254:
Page 255 and 256:
USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9 Adding t
Page 257 and 258:
Page 259 and 260:
Page 261 and 262:
Page 263 and 264:
Page 265 and 266:
Page 267 and 268:
261 Chapter 13: Creating projects i
Page 269 and 270:
USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9 Creating
Page 271 and 272:
Page 273 and 274:
Page 275 and 276:
Page 277 and 278:
Page 279 and 280:
Page 281 and 282:
275 Chapter 14: Optimizing for the
Page 283 and 284:
USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9 Optimizi
Page 285 and 286:
Page 287 and 288:
Page 289 and 290:
Page 291 and 292:
Page 293 and 294:
Page 295 and 296:
289 Chapter 15: Printing and sharin
Page 297 and 298:
USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9 Printing
Page 299 and 300:
Page 301 and 302:
Page 303 and 304:
Page 305 and 306:
Page 307 and 308:
Page 309 and 310:
Page 311 and 312:
Page 313 and 314:
307 Chapter 17: Glossary The glossa
Page 315 and 316:
USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9 Glossary
Page 317 and 318:
Page 319 and 320:
Page 321 and 322:
Page 323 and 324:
Page 325 and 326:
Page 327:
show all

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?