This manual/tutorial is designed to introduce many of the digital editing features available when working with Adobe Photoshop Elements 5. The manual includes activities that use the four photographs below submitted as part of this resource. It is recommended that you download the photographs as well as the PDF document.
Submitted by: Derek Floyd (Faculty of Ed, UWO). Platform: C. Language: E. Grade(s): 04,05,06,07,08,09,10,11,12. Subject: Cross Curricular. Type: Tutorial.

Get an overview of what you can do in Photoshop Elements 7. Tour the Organizer and Editor workspaces and check out some of the tools.

Learn how to scan original art work directly in to Photoshop Elements then crop each comic panel.

Learn how to use the search feature in MS Publisher 2002 to find the photo you need for your document. Save and collect a number of these images. After you have a collection of photos you can use Adobe Elements to manipulate them.

Adust an image using the smart fixes: lighting, colour, sharpness and the new touchup feature.

Utilize the new smart brush tool in photoshop to make your editing or enhancing tasks easier with a choice of either the standardt brush and the detailed brush.

Utilize the online features of photoshop.com to create your own webspace for your images and galleries.

Learn how to resize and crop large photos using photoshop elements.

Learn to utilize the new blur filter for smoothing out skin tones.

Become familiar with the new key online feature in photoshop for sharing and organizing online albums.