Look at the upper-right corner, and click Quick Fix.
Photoshop Elements 5.0
Look at the upper-left corner, and click Quick Fix.
Photoshop Elements 6.0
Look at the upper-right corner, and click Quick under the purple
Create button.
2) Open your photograph
by doing one of the following:
• Press Ctrl + o (letter o, not zero).
If you're using a Mac, substitute the Command (Apple and cloverleaf
icons) key for the Ctrl key.
• Go to File > Open > New.
• Click the yellow folder icon at the top of the screen (4.0 only).
3) After doing one of the above, an Open window will appear.
Use the Open window
to navigate to where your photographs are located, such as My Pictures
(Windows) or Photographs (Mac).
When you find the
photograph, click Open in the Open window.
Your photograph will appear.
The photograph, and any other photographs that are open, also appear
in the Photo Bin at the bottom of the screen.
If you don't see the Photo Bin, go to Window > Photo Bin.
Reset
If you want to undo an operation, just click the Reset button above
your photograph to the right.
How each operation is performed in the the Standard Edit or Full
Edit sections is described.
Rotate
If needed, you can rotate your photograph by using the two curved
arrows below your photograph.
Zoom - Two Methods
If needed, you can change the size of your photograph by clicking
the Zoom box below your photograph to the right.
Click the arrow next to Zoom box, click the slider, hold, and drag
the slider.
You can also use the Zoom tool located in Tools along
the left edge of your screen.
Click on the magnifying glass icon, or press z.
Make sure the "+" magnifying glass icon is selected in the Options
bar, to the right of Tools.
If you click on your photograph, it will get larger.
If you hold down Alt, and click on your photograph, it will get smaller.
Hand Tool
If you need to reposition your photograph, hold down the space bar.
The cursor changes to a hand icon.
Click over your photograph, hold the mouse button down, and drag
your photograph.
You can also use the Hand tool, located in Tools along
the left edge of your screen.
Click on the hand icon, or press h.
Click over your photograph, hold the mouse button down, and drag
your photograph.
Crop
If your photograph needs cropping, click the Crop tool located in
Tools along the left edge of your screen.
Make a crop Box
Click over your photograph, hold the mouse button down, and drag
out a box on the After image on the right side.
You can't crop the Before image on the left side.
Move the Crop Box
You can reposition the crop box.
Click over the crop box, hold the mouse button down, and drag the
box to a new location.
Resize the Crop Box
You can change the size of the crop box.
One Side
Position the cursor over one of the tiny boxes on the sides of the
crop box.
Click, hold the mouse button down, and drag the side to a new position.
Entire Box
Position the cursor over one of the tiny boxes on the corners of
the crop box.
Click, hold the mouse button down, and drag the corner to a new position.
If you hold down Shift, click, hold, and drag, the aspect ratio of
the box stays the same.
If you hold down Alt, click, hold, and drag, the box enlarges from
the center out.
If you hold down Alt + Shift, click, hold, and drag, the aspect ratio
of the box stays the same, and the box enlarges from the center out.
Don't Forget This
If the cropping is satisfactory, click the green check mark, at the
bottom of the crop box.
If the result is not satisfactory, click the red circle with a diagonal
line, at the bottom of the crop box.
Advanced Cropping
Go to:
Circles & Ovals
- Elliptical Marquee Tool
Shapes - Cookie Cutter
Tool
Squares & Rectangles - Crop
Tool
Before & After
Create two versions of your photograph—a Before image—and an After
image.
By doing so, you can see the changes you're making by comparing the
Before image and the After image.
4) Below your photograph,
to the left, there's the View box.
By default, Before Only is selected.
Change it to Before and After, portrait (vertical) or landscape (horizontal).
Below, the Smart Fix Auto button was used to remove the cyan (blue/green)
from the photograph.
Now your ready to improve your photograph by using the operations
in the Quick Fix palette.
