Free PDF Manual Guide

Scanning Tips for Adobe Photoshop Elements
1. Turn scanner on

2. Open Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0
a. Start > All Programs > Adobe > Photoshop Elements 3.0
b. Hit Start From Scratch
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The keyboard shortcuts that you know and love in Photoshop are the same in the Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) dialog box (when applicable). For example,Command (Mac) / Control (Win) + (plus) zooms in and (minus) zooms out. The other tool shortcuts are:
Z Zoom tool
H Hand tool
I White Balance tool (shift can temporarily activate the White balance tool – unless the crop tool is active)
S Color Sampler tool
C Crop tool
A Straighten tool
L/R Rotate image left/right (Command (Mac) / Control (Win) + “[“ or “]”will also rotate the selected images.)
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1. To begin, reset your tools and palettes. To reset the tools, underneath the top line menu and the word “File,” right click on the tool icon. Select “Reset All Tools”. Then select Window > Workspace > Reset Palette Locations. This is advisable in the Interactive Media Center where users may change Photoshop settings.
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Adobe Photoshop CS is a popular image editing software that provides a work environment consistent with Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe ImageReady, and other products in the Adobe Creative Suite. This tutorial is an introduction to using Adobe Photoshop. Here you will learn how to get started, how to use the interface, and how to modify images with basic Photoshop tools.
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The Photoshop Toolbar is shown on the right. I shall refer to tool positions in the row-column (spreadsheet) format. The uppermost tool on the right, then, shall be located at R1-C2 (row one column two)
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Adobe Photoshop CS3 is a popular image editing software that provides a work environment consistent with Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe ImageReady, and other products in the Adobe Creative Suite. This tutorial is an introduction to using Adobe Photoshop. Here you will learn how to get started, how to use the interface, and how to modify images with basic Photoshop tools.
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In Photoshop CS3,many of the shortcuts for the application menus,palette menus and tools can be customized using the Keyboard Shortcuts Editor. Although this document mentions some of these “customizable” shortcuts, it also provides additional functionality only accessible through the use of keyboard modifiers (which can’t be changed through the Keyboard Shortcut editor). Although this is not a completely comprehensive list of all of the keyboard shortcuts in Photoshop CS3,it is my goal to present the shortcuts and additional functionality that enable me to use Photoshop CS3 both more freely and efficiently.
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In this exercise, we will use layers and filters to sharpen a blurred original, bringing out as much detail as possible without distorting the original image.

To begin, here is our original image. The photo was taken under low-light conditions in a museum, using only available lighting. The image is blurred because the camera was hand-held for a long exposure. How can we bring out the detail in this blurred Buddha?
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Color Settings
The Color Settings dialog box lets you set the default working spaces for RGB, CMYK and Grayscale. It allows you to set Color Management Policies, which dictate how Photoshop uses (or ignores) embedded profiles in images. It also allows you to set warnings for missing or mismatched profiles.
1. Choose Color Settings from the Edit menu. Then choose North America Prepress 2 from the Settings pop-up menu.
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1. What is Photoshop?
Adobe Photoshop is a professional image editing software package that can be used by experts and novices alike. While this handout offers some very basic tips on using the tools available in Photoshop, more comprehensive guidance can be accessed on the web or in the help menu of your version of Photoshop. The version used for this tutorial is Adobe Photoshop CS.
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