Photoshop Album for dummies : [manage and share photos from your digital camera or scanner

Includes full-color examples to help make your images picture perfect! Organize your photos and share them as slide shows, e-cards, or personalized gifts At last, there's a better way to manage your virtual shoebox full of digital images! Photoshop Album helps you store, sort, and show off your photos in dozens of creative ways. This book gets you started, helps you import and improve your pictures, shows you cool new ways to share them, and much more. The Dummies Way * Explanations in plain English * "Get in, get out" information * Icons and other navigational aids * Tear-out cheat sheet * Top ten lists * A dash of humor and fun Contents 6 Introduction 14 About This Book 14 What's in This Book and How to Use It 14 Part I: Getting Started with Photoshop Album 15 Part II: Importing, Organizing, and Managing Photos 15 Part III: Finding, Viewing, and Editing Photos 15 Part IV: Sharing and Printing Photos 16 Part V: Creating Larger Projects with Photos 16 Part VI: The Part of Tens 16 Conventions Used in This Book 16 Icons Used in This Book 17 Feedback, Please 17 Part I: Getting Started with Photoshop Album 18 Chapter 1: Introducing Album 20 Album and Organization 20 What Album Does and Why You Need It 21 Chapter 2: Performing Basic Tasks 26 Using the Quick Guide 26 What You Can Do in Album 29 Getting photos 29 Organizing, managing, and finding photos 29 Viewing photos 30 Editing photos 31 Sharing and printing photos 31 Creating with photos 32 Checking Out the Album Interface 33 Working with the Photo Well 33 Using the Workspace 34 Using the Menu bar 35 Saving time with the Shortcuts bar 35 Working with the Options bar 36 Using the Find bar 37 Getting to know the timeline 37 Viewing info in the Properties pane 38 Working with the Tags pane 38 Setting Your Preferences 40 Setting general preferences 40 Setting other preferences 41 Getting a Helping Hand 42 Using Help 42 Checking out the Adobe Web site 45 Using Context-Sensitive Menus and Tool Tips 46 Chapter 3: Working with Resolution, Color Modes, and File Formats 48 Getting a Handle on Resolution 49 Introducing pixels 49 Understanding the pixel-resolution connection 50 Changing the resolution by enlarging the pixels 51 Working with output and printer resolution 52 Working with Camera Resolution 54 Working with scanner resolution 56 Working with monitor resolution 57 Understanding Color 58 RGB color 58 CMYK color 59 Grayscale 61 Indexed Color 61 Bitmap 61 Working with Different File Formats 63 Graphic file formats 63 Choosing a format for your digital photos or scanned images 69 Converting one file format to another 70 Audio file formats 71 Video file formats 73 Part II: Importing, Organizing, and Managing Photos 76 Chapter 4: Importing Files 78 Gathering Your Source Materials 78 Importing Files from Your Hard Drive 80 Importing photos by using menu commands 80 Importing photos by dragging and dropping 83 Searching for files on your hard drive 83 Importing Photos from Cameras and Card Readers 86 Getting Photos from a Scanner 89 Importing Photos from CDs, DVDs, and Adobe Resources 92 Setting Import Preferences 95 Camera or card reader preferences 95 Scanner preferences 96 Preferences for offline photos 97 Getting Photos from Adobe PhotoDeluxe or Adobe ActiveShare Albums 98 Getting Images Off the Web 100 Chapter 5: Organizing, Categorizing, and Cross-Referencing Photos 102 Organizing Photos in the Photo Well 103 Selecting a viewing arrangement 103 Using the timeline 104 Changing the Date of a Photo 105 Creating Subcategories and Custom Tags 107 Using the Tags pane 108 Working with tag categories 109 Using the Favorites and Hidden tags 112 Creating tag subcategories 114 Creating custom tags 114 Using folders to create subcategories and tags 115 Attaching, Editing, and Deleting Tags 117 Attaching tags to photos 117 Removing tags 118 Modifying and deleting tags 118 Chapter 6: Giving Your Photos a Better Identity 122 Renaming Your Photos 122 Renaming a single file 123 Renaming a group of files 123 Using Captions with Your Images 125 Adding a caption 125 Editing and deleting captions 125 Adding Notes to Photos 126 Adding Audio Captions 127 Viewing Information About a Photo 129 Chapter 7: Managing Your Photos 134 Organizing Files into Catalogs 134 Creating new catalogs 135 Changing the default catalog folder 137 Copying catalogs 138 Opening catalogs 139 Removing items from the catalog 139 Keeping Your Catalog Safe and Sound 140 Backing up your catalog 140 Recovering and restoring your catalog 143 Archiving Your Photos 145 Working with Different Versions of Photos 146 Naming edited files 146 Reverting to an original photo 147 Replacing an original photo with an edited version 147 Duplicating photos 148 Updating thumbnails 149 Reconnecting to missing files 150 Part III: Finding, Viewing, and Editing Photos 152 Chapter 8: Locating Your Photos 154 Finding Photos by Date 154 Using the timeline 154 Using the calendar 156 Finding Photos by Caption, Note, or Filename 158 Finding Photos by Their History 159 Tracking Down Files by Media Type 165 Finding Files with Unknown Dates 166 Locating Images by Their Color 166 Using Tags to Find Files 167 Using the timeline with tagged files 168 Searching with the Find bar and tags 170 Finding Favorite or Hidden files 170 Chapter 9: Viewing Your Photos 172 Choosing a Viewing Size 172 Sorting Images in the Photo Well 176 Sorting by media type 177 Sorting by arrangement 177 Viewing Instant Slide Shows 179 Viewing photos as a slide show 179 Setting instant slide show preferences 181 Viewing Video Clips 183 Chapter 10: Setting Up Your Editing Environment 186 Keeping Your Lighting Consistent 186 Removing Distractions 187 Using a neutral background 188 Choosing a work area with neutral walls 188 Sitting Pretty 189 Find a Vendor and Stick with It 189 Running Tests, Tests, and More Tests 190 Calibrating Your Monitor 190 Using Adobe Gamma 191 Using another calibration utility 193 Chapter 11: Making Quick Fixes 194 Improving Images with Fix Photo 194 Choosing a viewing option 195 Introducing editing tools 197 All you ever wanted to know about reverting 198 Quick and Dirty Edits with Single Click Fixes 199 Using Manual Fixes 203 Rotating images 204 Cropping photos 205 Removing the dreaded red eye 207 Improving contrast with Brightness and Contrast 210 Fixing shadows and highlights with the Lighting option 212 Intensifying with Color Saturation 213 Chapter 12: Extra-Strength Editing 216 Comparing Photoshop Elements and Photoshop 216 Elements 217 Photoshop 218 Specifying an External Image Editor in Album 218 Fixing a Photo in an External Image Editor 219 Editing in Elements or Photoshop 219 Editing in an application other than Elements or Photoshop 222 Bringing Photos into Other Applications 223 Copying and pasting to other applications 224 Exporting images 225 Dragging and dropping into other applications 226 Part IV: Sharing and Printing Photos 228 Chapter 13: Spreading Photographic Joy Electronically 230 Sharing Photos Via E-Mail 230 Setting Up Album for E-Mail 231 Setting your preferences 231 Creating your contact book 233 E-Mailing Photos and Creations 235 Chapter 14: Getting Your Images on Paper 242 Basics on Getting High-Quality Prints 242 Getting Intimate with Your Printer 243 Setting Print Options 244 Printing Your Images 245 Printing individual photos 245 Printing a picture package 248 Printing a contact sheet 250 Printing creations 252 Finding Images You've Previously Printed 254 Tips for Getting Better Prints 255 Check your resolution 255 Watch your file format 257 Crop and clean up 258 Use a good printer 259 Use good paper 261 Chapter 15: Using Online Services to Share and Print Photos 262 Signing Up for Online Services 262 Checking for New Online Services 264 Sharing Photos Using Online Services 264 Ordering Prints from Online Services 267 Ordering Creations from Online Services 269 Downloading Templates from Online Services 270 Part V: Creating Larger Projects with Photos 274 Chapter 16: Using the Workspace 276 Getting Cozy with the Workspace 276 Working with Workspace Items 279 Adding tags to Workspace items 279 Creating a slide show from Workspace items 279 Sharing, exporting, e-mailing, and printing items from the Workspace 280 Making creations from the Workspace 284 Finding photos from the Workspace 284 Chapter 17: Creating Projects 286 Making Creations with the Creations Wizard 286 Creating albums 288 Creating slide shows 293 Creating greeting cards 297 Creating eCards 299 Creating calendars 303 Creating Video CDs 305 Creating photo books 306 Editing Creations 308 Opening Saved Creations 310 Chapter 18: Taking Creations to the Next Level 312 Creating a Web Photo Gallery 312 Creating an Adobe Atmosphere 3D Gallery 317 Making a 3D Gallery 318 Viewing and navigating the Adobe Atmosphere 3D Gallery 321 Using Your Photos on Your Desktop 322 Using photos as desktop wallpaper 322 Using photos as a screen saver in Windows XP 323 Going Beyond Album 325 Getting your images onto stuff 325 Documenting projects 326 Photo Potpourri 326 Part VI: The Part of Tens 328 Chapter 19: Ten Tips for Composing Better Photos 330 Establishing a Focal Point 330 Using the Rule of Thirds 331 Moving from Center 331 Getting Close to Your Subject 333 Cleaning Up Your Background 334 Lighting Your Subject 336 Getting Creative with Light 338 Using an Unexpected Angle 338 Keeping It Sharp 340 Using a tripod 341 Catching fast-moving subjects 341 Understanding Digital Camera Focus Issues 341 Giving Direction 342 Getting Vertical 343 Using Leading Lines 344 Telling a Story 345 Chapter 20: Ten Great Digital Camera Accessories 348 Essential Accessories 348 Extra batteries 348 Extra memory cards 349 Useful Extras 350 Flashes 351 Tripods or monopods 351 Lenses 352 Filters 353 Lights, reflectors, scrims, action 353 Compact printers 353 Paper and media 354 Just for fun 354 Don't leave home without it 355 Chapter 21: Ten Cures for Ten Problems 356 Update Now! 356 You Can't Import Files 357 Your Devices Aren't Talking to Each Other 358 You Can't Print from Album 360 Your Catalog Has Gone South 361 Your Files Are "Broken" 362 Your Images Are below the Optimum Resolution 363 Your Files Are Marked with "?" 364 You Can't Edit Your Photo 365 You Can't Read Your PDF Creation 365 You Can't Burn Files onto Your CD or DVD Disc 366 Index 368 The perfect companion to Adobe's newly released Photoshop Album software, showing the reader how to organize, fix, and share photos with this new digital imaging programCovers the key features including importing, organizing, and managing photos; locating and viewing them; editing, sharing, and printing photos; creating projects with images; and more Adobe is working on distribution agreements with several original equipment manufacturers to package Photoshop Album with new digital cameras, scanners, PCs, and printers, creating an ever-expanding marketAuthor is a professional graphic designer An introduction to Adobe's lastest digital imaging software examines the important features and functions of Photoshop Album, covering such topics as how to import photos, photo organization and management, locating and viewing photographs, editing images, sharing and printing photos, developing various photo projects, and more. 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