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3 - Photoshop Elements
1 - Open Photoshop Elements
Click the Photoshop Elements icon, a silver camera, in the Dock.
The Photoshop Elements icon is on the left side of the vertical
separation line.
Move your cursor over the icons in the Dock to make their names
appear.
When you click on the icon, it will dance for a moment, and a
black triangle will appear below the icon indicating that the program
is running.
If there's no Photoshop Elements icon in the Dock, read on.
Otherwise,
skip ahead.
No Photoshop Elements Icon
If there's no icon for Photoshop Elements in the Dock, use Spotlight
or Finder to locate the program.
Spotlight
1) Click Spotlight, the magnifying-glass icon, in the menu bar
on the far right end (top right corner of the monitor screen).
Or, press Command + Space.
2) A text box will appear.
3) Enter Adobe Photoshop Elements.
As you type, Spotlight will start searching immediately.
The X button, to the right of the text box, doesn't start the
search.
Rather, it clears the text.
4) Double click the Top Hit.
If Photoshop Elements doesn't open, double click the file or
files in Applications.
Finder
You can also use Finder
to locate the errant program.
Do one of the following.
• Click the Desktop.
• Click the Finder icon in the Dock.
In the Finder window that appears, click Applications on the
side bar on the left side of the window.
Look for the Adobe folder.
Add the Photoshop Elements Icon to the Dock
If the Photoshop Elements icon wasn't in the Dock when you sat
down at the computer, and you now have the program running, you
can keep the icon on the dock for the next class.
1) Click and hold on the Photoshop Elements icon in the Dock.
2) Select Keep In Dock.
Use the Standard Edit section of Photoshop Elements.
• If Photoshop Elements opens with the Welcome window, click
Start From Scratch.
Then, if you're in the Quick Fix section, click Standard Edit.
• If Photoshop Elements opens in the Quick Fix section, click
Standard Edit.
3 - Open a Photograph
From Your Hard Drive
1) Open Photoshop Elements.
2) Click the yellow folder near the top of the screen, press
Cmd + o, or go to File > Open.
A Finder window will open.
3) Click Pictures in the bottom half of the column on the left
side of the Finder window.
4) Browse to your the file of your photograph.
5) Select the photograph file.
6) Click Open in the bottom-right corner of the Finder window.
From iPhoto
1) Open Photoshop Elements.
2) Click the yellow folder near the top of the screen, or press
Cmd + o, or go to File > Open.
A Finder window will open.
Pictures is located in the bottom half of the sidebar on the
left side of the Finder window.
3) Double click Pictures, and browse via the pathway below.
Pictures > iPhoto Library > Originals > Years (2007, 2006, etc.)
> Film Rolls
4) Select the photograph file.
5) Click Open in the bottom-right corner of the Finder window.
From a CD, DVD, or a USB Flash Drive
1) Open Photoshop Elements.
2) Click the yellow folder near the top of the screen, press
Ctrl + o, or go to File > Open.
A Finder window will open.
The CD icon, DVD icon, or USB flash drive icon will be on the
top half of the sidebar on the left side of the Finder window.
3) Click the icon for the CD, DVD, or USB flash drive.
4) Browse to your the file of your photograph.
5) Select the photograph file.
6) Click Open in the bottom-right corner of the Finder window.
In Class, If You're Saving Files
To a CD or DVD
If you're working in class, open your photographs from the
Save folder.
The Save folder will be on the bottom of the sidebar on the left
side of the Finder window.
Click the Save folder, and select a photograph from those listed
on the right side of the Finder window.
4 - Save as You Work
While Mac computers are known for being very stable, they can
still crash.
So, save your work periodically.
If you're using a USB flash drive, save your photographs to the
drive.
If you're using a disc, save your photographs to the
Save folder.
5 - All about Finder
You won't be using Finder for much beyond what was described
above.
However, if you want to learn more about Finder, read on.
Otherwise,
skip ahead.
As mentioned, Finder is like Windows Explorer on a Windows computer.
Sidebar
A Finder window has a sidebar on the left side.
The top of the sidebar is where you'll find the disk drive, or
your USB flash drive.
The hard drive, network volumes, and other items, are also on
the top of the sidebar.
The top of the sidebar is like My Computer with a Windows computer.
The bottom of the sidebar has Applications (programs), Desktop,
Home, Utilities, and so forth.
The Home folder contains the user's folders, such as Documents,
Movies, Music, Photographs, and so forth.
The bottom of the sidebar is similar to My Documents with a Windows
computer.
When you click an item on the sidebar, the contents of the item
are displayed on the right side of the Finder window.
If you're looking for something, use Column View, in which the
contents are displayed to the right, rather than down, as in List
View.
As you click on folders, new columns are created to the right.
Previously viewed columns move off the window to the left.
You can navigate from column to column by using the Back and
Forward buttons, described below.
Icon View, List View, and Column View, are explained
below.
There are several ways to go to Finder.
Ways to Finder
• Click the Desktop.
• Click the Finder icon in the Dock.
Where Does Finder Open?
The sidebar on the left side of Finder remains the same in all
Finder windows.
The right side changes.
What will appear on the right side when you use Finder?
If no Finder windows are open, the Finder window that opens will
show the contents of the default location, the Home folder.
If at least one Finder window is already open, and you open another
one, the Finder window will be the one with which you most recently
worked.
We've only talked about Finder windows so far.
Of course, there are many other types of windows.
Here's how they all work.
6 - How Mac Windows Work
One Window on Display at a Time
You can have many windows open, but normally, only one window
is displayed at a time.
Use Back and Forward, described
below, to move back-and-forth
between open windows.
Display a Second Window
If you're moving files from one folder to another, you may want
to have two windows open at the same time.
To open a new Finder window, go to File > New Finder Window,
or press Command + n.
Then, go to the folder you need in the new window.
Close, Minimize, Zoom
The buttons for close, minimize, and zoom, are located in the
top left corner, not the top right, as in a Windows computer window.
Close a Window
To close a window, click the red button, or press Command + w.
When the cursor is near the red button, an X will appear in the
button.
Close a Program? No!
The above commands won't close a program.
The program window will disappear, but the program is still running.
Go to
Close Photoshop Elements.
Minimize
To minimize a window, click the yellow button, or press Command
+ m.
When the cursor is near the yellow button, a – will appear in
the button.
An icon for the window will appear on the right side of the Dock
near Trash.
Click the icon to reopen the window.
Zoom
Click the green button to increase and decrease the size of a
window.
When the cursor is near the green button, a + will appear in
the button.
Resizing & Moving
To resize a window, click the triangle in the lower right corner
of the window and drag it.
To move a window, click on the title bar at the top of the window,
and drag the window to a new location.
Back/Forward, Views, & Actions
In the top left corner of each window, there are three buttons
for navigation, views, and actions.
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Press the Back and Forward buttons
to move between folders and columns (Column View).
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You can choose to display folders
as icons, list, or in columns.
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Select a folder or file, and
then click the Actions button to choose various commands.
Actions are like a contextual
menu.
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You can also go Back and Forward by pressing Command + [ and
Command + ], respectively.
Giant Skip Ahead?
You can probably bypass Window Management, Renaming Files & Folders,
Moving & Copying Files, and Selecting Multiple Files.
If so, skip ahead.
Here are some ways you can manage windows on a Mac.
Hiding All of the Windows of a Program
Click the name of the program in the menu Bar (at the top of
the monitor screen).
Select Hide [program name here].
All of the windows associated with the program will hide.
To reopen the windows, click the program icon in the Dock.
You can use Hide Others to hide all of the windows for other
programs.
This feature allows you to open and close windows en masse.
Exposé Shortcuts Chart
| F9 |
Press F9 to view all windows.
Press F9 again to return to the
window you were using.
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| F10 |
Press F10 to view all of the
windows for the current program.
If you move them, and wish to
return them to their original positions, press F10 again.
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| F11 |
Press F11 to shift all of the
windows off the screen, except for their edges.
Press F11 again, or click on
the edge of a window, to return all of the windows to their
original positions.
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If you click the icon of a program in the Dock, and hold, all
of the open windows for the program will appear.
8 - Renaming Files & Folders
To rename files and folders, do the following.
1) Click the name of the file or folder.
2) Press Return or Enter.
3) Enter the new name.
9 - Moving & Copying Files
Dragging Methods
• To move a file or folder, click and drag it to its new location.
The file or folder is moved, not copied.
• To copy a file or folder, press and hold Option, and drag the
file or folder to a second location.
Command Methods
• To copy a file or folder, press Command + c (copy).
Then, at its second location, press Command + v (paste).
• To copy a file or folder, go to File > Duplicate, or press
Command + d.
A new file or folder appears, with copy appended to its name.
10 - Selecting Multiple Files
You can select multiple files.
For example, you can open several photographs at the same time.
All
To select the entire contents of a folder, go to File > Select
All, or press Command + a.
To select only some of the files in a folder, do the following.
With Icon View
If the files appear as icons in the window (Icon View), press
and hold down the Command key or the Shift key, and click on the
icons you want to select.
You can also draw a gray box around the icons that you want to
select.
Click, and hold, and drag the mouse to create a box around the
icons you want to select, and then, release.
With List View or Column View
If the files appear as file names (List View and Column View),
use the:
• Command key to select non-adjacent files.
• Shift key to select adjacent files.
Command Key
Use the Command key to select file names that are not adjacent
to each other.
Press and hold down the Command key, and single click on the
file names you want to select.
In the List View, you can select file names from several different
folders in the same window.
In the Column View, you can only select items from one column
at a time.
Shift Key
Use the Shift key to select file names that are adjacent to each
other.
Single click on the first file, hold down the Shift key, and
click on the last item you want to select.
The files between the two clicks will be selected.
There are several ways you can place an item in Trash.
Place in Trash
• Drag a folder or file to the Trash icon in the right end of
the Dock.
• Go to File > Move to Trash.
• Press Command + Delete (not Del).
Files remain in Trash until you empty Trash.
Empty Trash
To empty Trash, do one of the following:
• Click, and hold, the Trash icon in the Dock, and select Empty
Trash.
• Select Empty Trash from the Finder menu.
• Press Shift + Command + Delete.
Caution
When you empty Trash, the files are permanently deleted.
You have to enable the zoom feature.
Do the following.
1) Go the Apple menu > System Preferences > Universal Access.
2) Click Zoom On in the Universal Access window.
Or, press Cmd + Opt (Alt) + 8.
To use the zoom feature, do the following.
1) Press and hold Option (aka Alt) + Command (Cmd).
2) Press the plus (=) key to enlarge, and the minus key (-) to
decrease the magnification.
| Zoom Out |
Opt + Cmd + - (minus key) |
| Zoom In |
Opt + Cmd + = |
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