Quick Fixes 1: Get Your Photos Ready for Projects with Adobe Photoshop Elements

	Photoshop
Title	Get Your Photos Ready for Projects with Adobe Photshop Elements
About	Image Editing
Short Description	Before you start to edit your image, take a look at the following checklist to help ensure a smooth project workflow, Images in Photoshop Elements are made of pixels. Pixels are small data squares with a specific color value and location. In Photoshop Elements, you can work in RGB, Bitmap, Grayscale, or Index color mode. Very rarely will you work in any mode other than RGB.
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Learn easy ways to fix such problems as red-eye, incorrect colors, crooked images, and more.

Tools: Photoshop Elements

Materials: Your photos

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In this first project, you will learn to use some of Photoshop Elements' features to fix common image problems such as red-eye, color casts, and backlighting. Open an image that you'd like to work on and use the techniques that are best suited to your image. Note: Most of the issues mentioned can be dealt with in Quick Fix mode; however, it is a good idea to become familiar with the Standard Edit mode so you can solve more in-depth problems, such as getting rid of blemishes.

Before you start to edit your image, take a look at the following checklist to help ensure a smooth project workflow:

Save a copy of the original image.

It's always smart to keep the original version of your photo as a backup in case you need it for any reason. The easiest way to remember to do this is, once you edit your image, just save it with a new name. That way, you can always go back.

Work in RGB mode.

In Photoshop Elements, you can work in RGB, Bitmap, Grayscale, or Index color mode. Very rarely will you work in any mode other than RGB. To see what mode your image is in, or to change the mode, choose Image > Mode.

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Use the correct image size

Since most projects you will work onin this book or otherwisecall for a specific dimension, it is important to know how to set the image size.

Whether you are scanning the image yourself, using a digital camera, or simply getting your images from a photo CD, you should know a little about image resolution.

Images in Photoshop Elements are made of pixels. Pixels are small data squares with a specific color value and location.

The resolution of the image refers to the number of pixels per inch (ppi). The rule of thumb is that higher resolution equals higher image quality simply because there is more information. A higher resolution also means a larger file size.

What does this mean for you? First, to check the resolution of your image, choose Image > Resize > Image Size.

Notice that the dialog box that appears has two different sections. One gives you the actual pixel dimensionsthe size the image will appear on screenand the other gives you the document sizethe resolution and print dimensions plus the file size.

Set the resolution

You can change the resolution and print dimensions of the image by entering a higher or lower value. When you do this and the Resample Image box is checked, Photoshop Elements will either add pixels (sample up) or throw them away (downsample). Another rule of thumb: Never sample your images up. Doing so will result in poor image quality as Photoshop Elements can only estimate what information to add; however, downsampling to make your image smaller is generally fine. Ideally, use an image with the resolution and size closest to what is needed for the final output. To get an idea of what resolutions to use, look at the following examples.

16K file size 72 x 108 pixel dim. 1"x 1.5" print size 72-ppi resolution.